Division of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions

The Division of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions not only provides administrative support to the summer sessions program; it also coordinates workshops and acts in an outreach capacity by making the services and facilities of the College available to the community and nontraditional (over 25) students.

Last year there were 148 degree- seeking and intramural students over the age of 25 at Ithaca College. "Faculty members tell me that they genuinely appreciate having older students in their classes," says Kim Milling, director of the division. "They bring a level of maturity and commitment into the classroom." Continuing education also develops its own programs, in conjunction with IC faculty and staff. Each summer the Healthy Musician workshop, for example, brings together health care providers and musicians for a series of seminars on the care and prevention of musician-specific injuries. Continuing education also collaborates with the Gerontology Institute to provide regular workshops and lectures on aging.

One program that Milling considers particularly exciting is the Ithaca College-Cornell University exchange. In a reciprocal arrangement, all matriculated, full-time students at both institutions can cross-register without additional charge. There are currently 27 Ithaca College students taking courses at Cornell in everything from Chinese language to advanced science courses. On the other hand, Cornell students come to Ithaca College for classes in exercise and health sciences, music, or sign language.

Last year Wells College united with Ithaca College to form a joint archaeological field school. Taught by anthropology professor Jack Rossen, the course is held on the Wells campus during the summer, and the students engage in an archaeological excavation of a 1770 Cayuga Nation settlement in the town of Aurora.