By Jennifer Reardon '99
	Some Ithaca College graduates liked it here so much that they decided to stay. About 130 alumni are currently employed by the College. Of those, about 30 are working hard to find innovative ways to contribute to the IC community. "We don’t have a lot of out-of-pocket money to donate back to the school, but we are all very willing to give our time and energy," says Deborah Page ’92, assistant to the director of the Office of Campus Center and Activities and copresident of Ithaca College Community Alumni. The organization was the brainchild of Susan Greene ’86, lab technician in the biology department. She created it in spring 1998 with a service philosophy in mind. When she got letters asking her to donate to the College’s Annual Fund, Greene says, she felt unable to give enough monetarily, but still wanted to give back to the College in a meaningful way. Greene found that many alumni were already doing their own volunteering on campus but hadn’t been able to formalize these projects, pool resources, or create publicity. Now ICCA gives them the chance to do all that. Although the group is still in its infancy, ICCA’s members have already invested a lot of time and energy in campus events. They’ve assisted with Network Nights, all-campus career fairs, Commencement, Reunion, the Day of Service, and other special events. Many people are unaware of the large number of alumni working on campus. Greene, who received an undergraduate degree in philosophy, worked in campus safety and the provost’s office before moving to her current position. "It used to be two or three years before I discovered a coworker was also an alum," Greene says.