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A memorial
service is scheduled for Friday, October 12, for Ithaca’s
sixth president, James J. Whalen, who passed away on Thursday,
September 6, in Boston after a brief illness..
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Students,
faculty, and staff will get the chance to view three proposed
alternatives for future campus land use and development presented
by Sasaki Associates, a Boston-based consulting firm.
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James Earl
Jones, the distinguished actor with the distinctive voice, will
lend that voice to Ithaca College’s graduation proceedings
next spring.
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Poet and
essayist Adrienne Rich will visit the College October 1 and 2
to kick off the third year of the Department of Writing’s
Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. In addition to meeting
with students and faculty, Rich will give two free public presentations.
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Assistant
professor of biology Jean Hardwick has received an Academic Research
Enhancement Award from the National Institutes of Health to complete
her research into the roles played by the immune and nervous systems
in regulating heart function.
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Parents and
other family members of current stu- dents will get a chance to
sample the Ithaca College experience at this year’s Family
Weekend. Set to run Friday through Sunday, October 5-7.
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Ithaca College
parents continued their generosity to the College in the 2000-2001
fund year. Gifts to the Parents Fund from 2,440 parents of current
students and alumni totaled $213,822.
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Ithaca College
will begin a year-long lecture and discussion series, "Race
and Its Meanings," on September 19 with a two-part presentation
featuring John Mohawk, associate professor of history at the SUNY-Buffalo,
and Margaret Washington, associate professor of history at Cornell
University.
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Angela Cheng
--- hailed by critics for her remarkable 	technique, tonal
beauty, and musicianship --- will be this year’s guest artist
in the Rachel S. Thaler Concert Pianist Series.
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The Office
of Multicultural Affairs has invited the College community to
take part in the Unity Festival, a two-day celebration of cultural
awareness and diversity.
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Saxophonist
Steven Mauk and guitarist Pablo Cohen, two members of the School
of Music faculty, will present "Music for Saxophonist and Guitar"
on Sunday, September 23, at 4:00 p.m.
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Editor: Keith Davis
Writers: Erik Kibelsbeck, Dave Maley, Emily Russell
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