A scholarship
program that provides educational opportunities for outstanding
students in the Roy H. Park School of Communications will be expanding.
Park Scholar Awards --- which have been given to 10 incoming students
annually --- will be given to 20 new students each year beginning
in the fall of 2002.
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A new scholarship
program will provide substantial financial assistance to incoming
Ithaca College students of exceptional academic ability who are
members of ethnic or racial groups that have historically been
underrepresented in American higher education. The program, sponsored
by the Office of Admission and the Office of Multicultural Affairs,
will be inaugurated with 15 recipients.
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Sylvia Chase,
ABC News correspondent for PrimeTime Thursday, will deliver
this year’s Jessica Savitch Distinguished Journalism Lecture Series
talk in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Titled "Television
News: Maybe Henny Penny Is Right," her presentation is scheduled
for Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Emerson Suites, Phillips
Hall.
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In accord
with key recommendations from the President’s Task Force on Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse Prevention, changes will be made to the Ithaca
College Student Conduct Code. The changes will make it a violation
of the conduct code for any student under the age of 21 to possess
or consume alcohol on campus, and for anyone to possess an open
container of alcohol in a public area on campus.
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A concert
honoring the memory of the longtime Ithaca College supporter,
"A Mostly Musical Celebration of the Life of Charles F. Hockett"
will be held on Sunday, April 29, at 4:00 p.m. in the recital
hall. "Chas"
Hockett passed away last November.
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Many participants
--- most of them Ithaca College students --- will celebrate the
beauty of mathematics at the "Math and Talent Fair for Learners
of All Ages," to be held on the third floor of Williams Hall
on Sunday, April 22.
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An opening
reception for the Annual Senior Student Exhibition will
be held April 19 in the Handwerker Gallery. The exhibit showcases
the creative achievements of students in the Department of Art
and the Department of Cinema and Photography.
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The 260-member
choral union and the 90-member symphony orchestra will present
two performances of the Johannes Brahms masterpiece in April.
The concerts will be held Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April
21, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall.
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This staging
in Hoerner Theatre of the ancient Greek drama by Euripides will
feature an original score by associate professor of music Peter
Rothbart.
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The Gerontology
Institute has received $240,000 from an anonymous donor to support
a two-year program aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of class
activities and lesson plans that integrate gerontology-related
topics into the social studies 7-12 curricula.
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Principal
events on campus April 16-May 2
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