Alumni eNews
April 2008
Featured Event
Alumni Weekend is approaching, and we're expecting more alumni and their families
to return to South Hill than ever before!
Alumni Weekend is for everyone, but this year we will be holding special celebrations for class years ending in 3 and 8. For instance the 40th-reunion class of 1968, chaired by Jess Nadelman '68, is bringing back Father William Graf for a special Saturday morning conversation about that pivotal time in our country's and campus's history. The Class of 2003 is planning a get-together at the Lost Dog Café downtown, to celebrate its fifth reunion. On Friday night, there will be a special affinity gathering for members of Greek social organizations recognized prior to 1993, and we are antici! pating a great turn-out.
There will be tons of kid-friendly activities, a great picnic on the academic quad, wine tasting from 10 Finger Lakes vineyards, a special reception welcoming alumni celebrating their 50th reunion to the esteemed "perennials club," happy hours, dancing, and lots more!
Plan now to come back to IC, May 30 - June 1. Call your old college friends and make a memorable weekend of it! While you're here, be sure to visit your favorite spots around gorges Ithaca, tour the new sustainable School of Business, look up an old professor or two, and find out about some of the exciting things happening on campus today. Register right now, while you're thinking about it, at www.ithaca.edu/alumniweekend.
OpenProfile™ has arrived!
We're
excited to announce several new social networking features to the IC Alumni
Online Community that we think you'll love, because they'll help you stay
in touch with friends and the College. Here are a few highlights:
Public and Private Profiles. When friends come to find you, you can wow them with a customized profile page. Control the layout and content of your page to reflect your personality, and bring in content from around the Web like news feeds, YouTube® videos, Flickr® photos, and even your Facebook® badge. Custom-build a page for each of your audiences: your friends, other members of the IC community, and the rest of the world. You control it ! all!
Blogs and Bookmarking. Been itching to set up your own blog? Now you can, right in the Alumni Online Community. Write posts, automatically notify friends, and subscribe to blog news feeds. We've also added a couple of popular bookmarking tools tagging and single-click, to help you build traffic from your Facebook® page or sites like del.icio.us and StumbleUpon.
Widgets, Gadgets, and Feeds. Your profile page can also include tons of content from around the Web. Sport the latest Google™ gadgets, feed content from ESPN®, or feature your favorite YouTube® videos on your profile page. It will be the place it all comes together for you and your friends.
These new features make our online community more interesting and appealing for everyone.! We're glad to bring them to you, free of charge -- yet another benefi t of being an Ithaca College alumnus or alumna.
Don't wait, get out there and visit your profile page now!
News
Ithaca College's 2008 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Begins Its Second Decade
It's spring-time for Ithaca College's Finger Lakes Environment Film Festival (FLEFF). Running through Sunday, April 6, the 11th annual edition of FLEFF offers a week-long smorgasbord of forums, music, films, and multimedia events aimed at rethinking and re-creating our roles in our communities and our world.
This year's festival features four content streams, dubbed "Camouflage, Counterpoint, Games, and Gastronomica." Within those categories are a wide landscape of 150 presentations, including films from all over the world, digital art exhibitions, special festival mini-courses, silent films with live commissioned m! usic, installations, new media, and community forums.
Music students to perform at New York's Avery Fisher Hall
Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem will resound through Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, brought to life by some 300 students from the Ithaca College Choral Union -- the Choir, Chorus, and Women's Chorale -- and Symphony Orchestra under the direction of professor of music performance Lawrence Doebler. Assistant professor of music performance Jeffery Meyer will also lead the orchestra in Johannes Brahms's Tragic Overture. The concert will take place at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15. Tickets are available from the L! incoln Center box office at 212-721-6500. The concert will also be performed in Ithaca at a free concert in Ford Hall on Sunday, April 13, at 3:00 p.m.
Since the early 1970s Ithaca College School of Music ensembles have appeared in eight concerts at Lincoln Center. In 1992 the concert featured five world-premieres of compositions commissioned by the school to celebrate the College's centennial. Ten years later the concert celebrated the 80th birthday of Karel Husa, and most recently, 2005, the Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra performed Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in Avery Fisher Hall.
Events
Recreation
and Leisure Studies Alumni Reception
4/6/2008 4:45 PM to 4/6/2008 6:00 PM
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York
Please join us for our annual alumni reception at the New York State Therapeutic
Recreation Association's 12th annual conference.
Real
Estate Seminar
4/17/2008 6:00 PM to 4/17/2008
Location: New York City
Come network with fellow alumni in the real estate field.
How
to Grow Your Business in a Chamber of Commerce
4/22/2008 9:00 AM to 4/22/2008 10:00 AM
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut-area alumni, join us for an alumni lecture series.
Defensive
Driving Course 2008
4/26/2008 9:00 AM to 4/26/2008 3:30 PM
Location: Ithaca, New York
The Office of Alumni Relations, in conjunction with Liberty Mutual Insurance,
is sponsoring a Defensive Driving Course for members of the Ithaca College
community at a special discounted rate..
Introducing the Bombers Bulletin
This
new regular feature will share news and notes from your favorite Ithaca teams
and keep you informed about upcoming Bombers alumni events. Here you'll find
letters from coaches and links to recent articles and event registrations.
Check it out, and stay connected. It's always a great day to be an Ithaca
team fan!
* Read the men's lacrosse letter from coach Jeff Long.
Annual
Alumni Volleyball Tournament and Celebration
4/26/2008 12:00 PM to 4/26/2008
Location: Ithaca, New York
Please join us for our annual alumni volleyball tournament and celebration!
Men's
and Women's Soccer Alumni Games
4/26/2008 12:00 PM to 4/26/2008
Location: Ithaca, New York
Join us for our annual alumni soccer games and social
