How do you rebuild relationships? With trust. It’s easier said than done but possible with the right elements: commitment, effort, consistency, and solutions-based, positive change that yields desired results.
After studying communications, anthropology, sociology, and history at Ithaca College, I truly value and treasure the excitement and joy I witness and feel as alumni gather together. I felt camaraderie during the ICUnity hybrid summer event as I gathered with a small, diverse group of alumni in Philadelphia. Friendships were renewed and made stronger at Cortaca Jug Day in the Bronx in July, as the Bombers watched the Yankees beat Kansas City by one run in the ninth inning.
Despite everything we’ve been through in the past few years, human nature’s most positive characteristics prevail when we all come together. The Ithaca College Alumni Association is proving it every day as we start to gather across the United States. Volunteers are ready to create the events you want.
Sarah Richards ’89, chair of the Alumni Events Committee, was elected secretary of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and has also agreed to stay in her committee role, providing the commitment and consistency we need to reach alumni in every region. She succeeds Zack Ford ’07, whose officer term ended June 30. Zack continues as an alumni board member through June 2023. The effort they each put forth in their work on and for our alumni board is just one example of the solutions-based, positive change we strive for.
We need you to join us in our quest to build bonds and bridges that hold the alumni network together for students, faculty, and our four new deans.
I hope to see you all at our three-day IC in the City event that includes our Alumni Awards Celebration on November 10. On November 11, we will have our ICUnity: Building Bridges event, 10th President Meet and Greet, and IC on Broadway: South Hill State of Mind. And on November 12, the much anticipated 63rd annual Cortaca Jug will take place at Yankee Stadium.
It’s a great time to be a Bomber, day or night. Come show your pride in your alma mater by actively participating with your alumni association. Show up, show out, and most of all, show your fellow alumni that you care enough to rebuild relationships with one another and the college every day of the week. Will you join us?