President's Corner
8/1/2011
By President Tom Rochon
“Starbucks is not a coffee company that serves people. It is a people company that serves coffee.”
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, wrote these words in a somewhat self-promoting book about the lessons...
4/27/2011
By President Tom Rochon
The undergraduate student population on the Ithaca College campus increased overnight by more than 50 percent between March 31 and April 2 of this year.
No, we didn’t accidentally send out an extra 3,400 letters of admission. We...
12/15/2010
By President Tom Rochon
As the leaves began to fall in upstate New York, I was tempted to take up my rake, not least because of what I learned last summer from the three days I spent working in the facilities department at my college. My goals were to get to know more of those staff members and to...
8/10/2010
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” — Henry David Thoreau,...
5/18/2010
It is always a good idea to take a fresh look at what one is doing and how it can be done better.
This spring semester, faculty and staff across the campus are taking part in a discussion of our core commitments as a residential, comprehensive college dedicated to providing an excellent educational experience for every student. In every department, program, and office we are asking...