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The PT department — with half its faculty graduates of the program — is one of the College’s shining stars. by Greg Ryan ’08 When Terri Hoppenrath ’89 was a physical therapy student at IC, Andrew Robinson had a reputation as the toughest professor in a physical therapy department known for its... |
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Reaffirming the promise of the education our graduates receive from Ithaca College. In the months since I announced my impending retirement from Ithaca College, I have been asked many times how I would sum up my experiences and accomplishments over 11 years as Ithaca’s president and 36 years in higher education. Even if such a... |
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Renowned media critic Jeff Cohen leads venture. by Karin Fleming ’09 “Journalism is not [just found in] newspapers,” says Dianne Lynch, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications. “If we were starting journalism today and deciding the best way to deliver dynamic, interactive, breaking information... |
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More than 37,000 donors help the College top its ambitious campaign goal. by Kate Larrabee On February 29, Ithaca College made history, completing its largest fund-raising effort ever. Not only was the $115 million goal met, but it was surpassed by $30 million for a total of $145 million! Thanks to this... |
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The U.S. Air Force honors Colonel Arnald Gabriel ’50, M.S. ’60, H.D.M. ’89. by Alex Meril ’07 Raised in humble circumstances during the Great Depression, Arnald Gabriel ’50 discovered his love of music listening to the Metropolitan Opera on the radio. He honed his own musical talent... |
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Alumnae sisters create a scholarship for students studying at the London Center. by Greg Ryan ’08 When it comes to stellar IC siblings, there aren’t many as successful as Jan Studin ’78 and Cindi Studin Berger ’83. Studin is vice president and publisher for Better Homes and Gardens, ... |
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Physics professor discusses the search for life on other planets. by Karin Fleming ’09 In 1974 scientists beamed their first message into space to communicate our presence to other civilizations in our galaxy. By now, the coded message, named after Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, from which it was sent, has... |
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Student uses travel grant funded by an IC parent to study a nearly extinct culture. by Greg Ryan ’08 The Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete once featured a flourishing Jewish culture. Today that culture is almost extinguished, as nearly the entire Jewish population of the islands perished or was dislocated... |
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A young alumnus starts a scholarship in gratitude to an administrator who cared. by Greg Ryan ’08 Tas Hasan ’01 almost didn’t make it to graduation, let alone Wall Street. The Bangladeshi student was out with friends in downtown Ithaca one night when someone accidentally smashed a beer bottle... |
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PT pair Michael Theeman ’02, M.S. ’03, and Elizabeth Jackstadt Theeman ’02, M.S. ’03, help the annual fund meet its goal. by George Sapio Sometimes a little procrastination can bring an unexpected bonus. Michael Theeman ’02, M.S. ’03, and Elizabeth Jackstadt Theeman ’02, M.S.... |
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Michelle Diemer ’08 works with Operations Crossroads Africa, thanks to the Reginald Simmons Memorial Award. Communications management and design major Michelle Diemer ’08 traveled to Gambia, West Africa, last summer as one of the first two recipients of the Reginald Simmons Memorial Award, established by ... |
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A $2 million gift from a sociology grad helps the A&E center campaign and overall campaign meet their goal. by Alex Meril ’07 “From when I was a transfer student to today, Ithaca College has always treated me great,” says Edward Glazer ’92. “For that I remain enthusiastically involved.” ... |
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Donald Bertolini ’71 hopes his contribution will give more students a chance to learn the ropes of scientific research. by Khrista Trerotola ’07 Failure. Donald Bertolini ’71 believes in it. As the director of global clinical research on treatment for morbidly obese people at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals... |
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Now three writers in different genres will come to campus each semester, starting with Robert Olen Butler. by Greg Ryan '08 It’s not every day a Pulitzer Prize winner compliments your writing. Aspiring writer Evan Perriello ’08 knows what it feels like, though. In a master class conducted by Robert Olen Butler at the... |
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Frances Cicero LaPlaca ’60 infuses her classroom and studio with grace and love. by Anne Ryan She was a second grader in Albany when she fell in love with the piano, but Fran Cicero’s Italian immigrant parents could not afford to buy her one. Three years later they presented her with a second-hand piano... |
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Paul Fields ’79 uses his food-business savvy to nurture a nonprofit that feeds thousands. by Erika Spaet ’09 Paul Fields was hungry. After graduating from IC, the Scarsdale, New York, native found himself in the dog-eat-dog world of business. He was enormously successful at an early age, but he craved... |
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Controversial bioethicist Peter Singer, the distinguished speaker in the humanities, has definite ideas about our diet. by Liz Getman ’09 Around noon each day, parking lots of fast food restaurants and mini-marts are filled with people looking for a quick and inexpensive meal. For many, convenience is a primary factor... |
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Reality show educates the producers and entertains audiences. by Liz Getman ’09 Dave Newberg ’09 doesn’t normally like to get his hands dirty. But last March he spent a Saturday afternoon digging through trash at a junkyard in Binghamton, New York, searching for a car tire, hubcap, and interior roof... |
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New student group discusses hot issues of the day. by Greg Ryan ’08 “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” anchorman Howard Beale shouted on live television in the 1976 film Network. More than 30 years later, Beale’s tirade against the vapidity of most news media... |
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Class chooses athlete-turned-judge and humanitarian. The class of 2008 chose Alan Page, Minnesota’s first African American Supreme Court Justice, as its Commencement speaker. A former member of the 1970s Minnesota Vikings team, Page was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was the first defensive player in NFL history to... |
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Celebrating 15 years of education, research, outreach, and innovation The Gerontology Institute marked its 15th anniversary in November with a celebration of the institute’s achievements, including the addition of a major and minor in aging studies; participation in the Gerontology Infusion in the Public Schools Project; founding... |
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With an 8-3 season record, the IC football team clinched its 37th consecutive winning season. It was the second-longest active winning stretch at any level of U.S. college football (Linfield College hit its 52nd winning season this year). Ithaca’s 40-17 Cortaca Jug victory at home over rival Cortland earned the team its 16th spot... |
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IC kicks off 2008 by honoring Martin Luther King Jr. by Greg Ryan ’08 Flyers blanketed the campus. “Why are you in classes today?” they demanded. The question caught many students venturing to class that blustery Martin Luther King Jr. birthday in 2005 by surprise, and that’s what the MLK scholars... |
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Faculty from the art; cinema, photography, and media arts; and television-radio departments exhibited at a January–February show in the Handwerker Gallery. |
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A campus faith group partners with a grade school to help minority kids succeed academically and creatively. by Liz Getman ’09 Instead of catching up on sleep like most college students, Lesley “Alex” Rhoden ’11 spends her Saturdays at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School (BJM) teaching children the... |
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Dan Cassavaugh ’07 is a pretty smart guy; he graduated in December, a semester early, with a degree in journalism. But even so, and even after three-and-a-half years of dealing with the bursar, he still doesn’t know the proper definition of “bursar.” “It’s like the IRS of college,” he says. “If you don’t pay... |
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John O’Neill '55 and his wife, Nelle Doak O’Neill ’56, haven’t slowed down one bit since we wrote about them in our 2006/4 issue (“Renaissance Couple”). If anything, maybe they’ve become more active! Two of John’s compositions for strings, An Americana Medley and his... |
