Tenure and Promotions

At its February meeting the Ithaca College Board of Trustees awarded emeritus status to a retired biology professor and granted tenure and/or promotion to the incoming provost/vice president for academic affairs and to eight faculty members.

Emeritus Status

John "Jack" Bernard, who retired in 2000 after more than 30 years of teaching in the Department of Biology, has been named professor emeritus of biology. He started at IC in 1964 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 1968 and professor in 1973. He served as department chair from 1973 to 1982 and 1997 to 1999. His research focused on life history, production, and nutrient cycling in wetland plants, especially the genus Carex, and over the years he was awarded grants from the National Science Foundation, United States Geological Survey, and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. His last NSF grant funded a three-year project to study the effects of pollution on clonal plant development in the United States and the Czech Republic. He presented invited papers at numerous international conferences and published articles in a variety of biology journals.

Tenure

Peter Bardaglio, the College’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs, was granted tenure.

Promotion

Mark Fonder (music education), Lee Goodhew (music performance studies/bassoon), Michael McCall (business administration), and Wendy Mehne (music performance studies/flute) were promoted to professor; Gary Fountain (English) was promoted to associate professor; and Elizabeth Begley (speech-language pathology and audiology) was promoted to clinical assistant professor.

Tenure and Promotion

Linda Heyne (therapeutic recreation and leisure services) and Susan Swensen (biology) were granted tenure and promoted to associate professor.