It’s one for all in the exhausting, educational, exhilarating, and uniquely cooperative sport.
by Doug McInnis

In any team sport there are players who labor in anonymity. In the sport of crew, anonymity is the rule. No one stands out because every rower does the same thing at the same time as every other rower. ...

Coaches Dan Robinson ’79 and Becky Metz Robinson ’88, M.S. ’95, share professional and personal lives.    by Doug McInnis with Maura Stephens 

In many households the standard after-work greeting is “How did your day go?” Often the question is perfunctory, but not at the Robinsons’...

Artist and former crew member Peter Feitner ’81 shares his passion for the sport.  by Kate Larrabee

“Probably the single most influential aspect of my experience at IC was my participation with Ithaca crew,” says Peter Feitner. For many years the Ithaca native has been returning the favor.

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“VoluntEars” Carl Hansen and fellow grads help out after the California forest fires.   by Carl Hansen ’99

I looked to the mountains east of my Los Angeles apartment, and while I’m used to seeing them through the haze of smog, now they were almost entirely obscured by thick smoke. Ash was falling...

Tough backgrounds notwithstanding, these students shine — thanks to their own determination and the Summer Institute.   by Gary E. Frank

For Betty Jeanne Rueters-Ward ’04, the most rewarding experience of her time at Ithaca College came after she graduated.

Weeks after receiving her...

From professional athlete to the Catholic priesthood.   by Sheryl A. Englund

When the IC football team took the 1991 Division III national title in the championship game against the University of Dayton, quarterback Joe Fitzgerald ’93 was in seventh heaven. Joe remembers with relish, too, standing shoulder-to-shoulder...

Tibet’s head of state and spiritual leader offers campus a lesson on “training the mind.”
by Liz Getman ’09

A group of meditating Tibetan monks knelt on stage, framed by a throne-like platform covered in dark red pillows and gold silk blankets. Their voices rose in a deep and sonorous chant that...

Cynthia Sayer ’77 has a most unusual profession—jazz banjoist
by Elizabeth Bauchner

Ask Cynthia Sayer what has been the greatest source of pride in her musical career, and she won’t mention playing for two presidents, her long membership in the Woody Allen Jazz Band, her collaboration with several...

A 1970s-era Ithaca couple sets benchmarks for community involvement. by Elizabeth Field with Maura Stephens

When it comes to fund-raising, Jerry Dietz ’75 and Judy Schapiro Dietz ’76 acknowledge, potential donors must first understand an issue, and then feel it in their hearts. Only then will they be willing to reach...

After an on-the-go, community-building decade, President Williams announces her upcoming retirement.    by David Maley and Maura Stephens

President Peggy R. Williams announced in July, shortly after marking her 10th anniversary in the position, that she plans to retire at the end of the academic year. Williams took office on...

Bill Schwab ’68, esteemed trauma surgeon, administrator, and educator, brings eclectic experience to his new role as IC’s board chair.  by Tamar Morad

As a young physician in the early 1970s, Charles William “Bill” Schwab ’68, M.D., worked with a group of sur­geons at the U.S. Naval Regional Medical...

In the absence of a national policy on climate change, IC steps up institutional efforts.  by Doug McInnis

As the planet heats up, a lot of people have waited for Washington to set an aggressive national policy to curb greenhouse gases. Ithaca College isn’t waiting—on the government or anyone else.

Lee Bird ’86 has a demanding career and busy family life, but keeps his cool.   by Jeff Candura '01

Lee Bird ’86 had a problem. It was the beginning of the school year. His oldest child, a high school senior and member of her school’s water polo team, came home to report that all of her games this...

Michael Faber celebrates a quarter century as leader of IC’s Jewish community.  by Khrista Trerotola '07

When you say Michael Faber’s name, the first thing that comes to mind is Michael smiling,” says Raphael “Rafi” Golberstein ’06, past student board member of Hillel and current member...