I would like to extend my thanks to all members of the Ithaca College community who assisted with an extremely successful Family Weekend. Approximately 1,700 family members attended a variety of events during the weekend of November 6-8, 2009.

Student photographer, Heather Newburger '10, spent her weekend taking pictures of the event for your enjoyment. You can see her work by clicking onto the photo galleries at www.ithaca.edu/familyweekend.

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The Information Technology Services website (ithaca.edu/computing) will be unavailable all day on Monday, 11/23 while we prepare to make our new website live.

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IC Theatre will present “Eurydice” by MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship recipient Sarah Ruhl. The production is directed by Wendy Dann, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts and Hangar Theatre associate artist. Performances will be held in the Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center premiering Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. and running at selected times through Dec. 6.

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Are you fumbling with formulas, grumbling about graphs, and whining about worksheets? Would you prefer to make dazzling data sheets, pristine pivot tables, and fantastic formulas? Well, then. It's time for you to learn how to excel in Microsoft Excel for Windows with Excelements training! ITS is offering a series of three training topics on Microsoft Excel 2007 for Windows during the first week of December. Please join us!

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs is now planning the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) for the Spring 2010 semester.  We need many presenters for this thriving program!

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Mark Hedglin (Biochem ’05), Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan 

Chemistry Seminar

"Human Alkyladenine DNA Glycosylase (hAAG) Employs a Two Dimensional Processive Search for DNA Damage"

Monday, November 30
10:00 am
CNS 112

Everyone is welcome to attend!

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The holiday season is a wonderful time to give thanks for all we enjoy together at Ithaca College as a faculty and staff community. We will celebrate again this year at a holiday luncheon on campus and at two holiday parties at Fountain Place. 
 

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John Confer presented, "The Scientific Literature, Models of P-eutrophication, and the Lake Source Cooling" at Tompkins County Water Resources Council. November 2009.

The Reggie Simmons '75 Memorial Award Informational Meeting
Come meet last year's recipients and learn about their experience in Africa
Wednesday, Dec. 2
3 p.m.
Park 220
Interested students are encouraged (but not required) to attend.

The Reggie Simmons Memorial Award will recognize the extraordinary accomplishments and contributions of Reginald Leigh Simmons, Ph.D. Simmons ’75 devoted his life to the people of Africa and this memorial award will provide the opportunity for two students with majors in the Park School of Communications or politics to follow in Simmons' footsteps.

Please note: Graduating seniors are not eligible.

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Ithaca College was well represented at the recent annual meetings of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, the largest organization of scholars and practitioners in the field.

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Zillah Eisenstein, professor of politics, will see her newest book, The Audacity of Races and Genders, A personal and global story of the Obama Election, launched in the U.S. and will do a reading in Ithaca December 3.

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Please note the change in hours during Thanksgiving break.

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We are ready for the next stage of implementing the Faculty Commons. This is the model for faculty development at Ithaca College that was developed during 2008-09 by Susanne Morgan and a group of faculty members, was endorsed by the Faculty Development Committee and accepted by the Provost and President. It features a structure linking the varieties of faculty development activities that exist through designated Affiliates who connect with the Faculty Commons as part of their normal job or committee work. It also features a blended face to face and online environment that will be part of the myHome structure that the college has developed. An update and next steps meeting is scheduled on Friday December 4, 1:30-2:30 in the DeMotte Room of the Campus Center.

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The indoor pool hours over Thanksgiving break will be as follows.

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Music Theory Online is the refereed, electronic journal of the national Society for Music Theory, Inc. Published several times each year, each issue includes features such as articles, book reviews, and reports from a distinguished panel of International Correspondents. Deborah Rifkin joins the editorial board for a two-year term.

Ithaca College on iTunes U has been up and running for over a year now and is a way to deliver audio and video to the IC community or the world.  If you want to learn more about podcasting and iTunes U or get started creating your own audio podcasts, ITS has some training opportunities scheduled for the remainder of the semester in the TLC (Friends 101).

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Weekend workshop with Industry Professionals from the Hangar Theatre, December 5 & 6.  Sign up now!

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The editor of the influential news and opinion magazine, National Review, will give a free public presentation at Ithaca College on Wednesday, November 18. Rich Lowry will present a conservative’s perspective on independent media and the current state of journalism at 7:30 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium.

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All offices on the 14th floor of the West Tower will close at 2:30 pm on Friday, November 20th to allow the staff to attend the services for John Galt, our friend and colleague.

Attention Faculty members: if you are teaching winter, winter PT and/or spring courses and plan to use the Blackboard online courseware system, you can now create the Blackboard course shells through HomerConnect!

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