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The Sustainability Café on Monday, February 13th will feature Ben Haith from the Palmerton Group, speaking on “The History of Oil and Gas in New York State and the Practice of Hydraulic Fracturing.” The Café will be held in Center for Natural Sciences Room 112 at 4:00PM.

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Coming up are a couple of Faculty Show and Share sessions focusing on how faculty are using Turnitin in their courses.  Turnitin is primarily an online plagiarism detection tool but can also be used to demonstrate proper citing and use of sources. No sign up is required. The location is in the CET (Job 102).

Monday, Feb 20, 1:30- 230 pm

Tuesday, Feb 28, 12:10-1:10 pm

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Congratulations to all nominees and winners for the months of December and January. Your efforts are outstanding an inspirational.

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Dr. Bill Stewart, the third candidate for Dean of HSHP, will give a public presentation followed by an informal reception tomorrow, Thursday Feb 9, from 4-5 in EMERSON B. (Please note change of venue from previous announcements)

The 2011 Faculty Survey on Instructional Technology was sent out to 660 faculty members at Ithaca College to assess the current use and perceptions of instructional technologies, their current and future technology needs, and the barriers and motivators to using these technologies. See the reports published last fall containing analyses of the 223 responses.

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This is a reminder that a test of the Ithaca College Emergency Notification System (ENS) will take place this Thursday, Feb. 9, during the noon hour. It will include a test of the Outdoor Warning System, which features a siren tone and a loudspeaker message. There is no need to take any action in response to the test.

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The  Art of Living YES+ Workshop. (Yoga, Empowerment and Service) is coming to Ithaca College this week! 

Dates: February 9-13

Time: Thursday and Friday 6 pm - 10pm, Sat. and Sun. 11 am - 5pm, and Monday 6-10pm

Venue: The course begins on Thursday in Williams Room 218

Cost: $175 (Special price only for this course - See below for scholarship info) 

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Bring your lunch and improve your health!

Acupuncture for Emotional Health

presented by Sadie Hays, Licensed Acupuncturist, Ithaca Community Acupuncture

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Noon - 12:50 PM

Taughannock Falls Room, 3rd Floor of the Campus Center

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The Institute for the International Education of Students (IES), is one of Ithaca College's primary affiliated study abroad program providers.  IES holds a photo contest each year featuring the best student photo submissions in three different categories.  This year, no fewer than 6 Ithaca College students' photos are featured in the contest! Vote now for your favorite ones!  Votes must be submitted by 1:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 8.

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Cantus will present "On the Shoulders of Giants," a diverse program of music from the earliest notated music to recent works in a variety of languages and styles. Music of Victoria, Grieg, Thompson, Schubert, Spirituals, U2, and a host of others.

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Week 2 of the Today vs Tomorrow Career Challenge is all about professional dress.  Task #3 was released today (see the Facebook post), so make sure you complete the task soon as the next task will be released on Thursday!

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Nicholas Walker, associate professor in the School of Music, invites you to join him at performances in Ithaca and Rochester, before and after he travels to perform overseas. 

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Please join me on February 9th at the next IC Faculty Colloquium.  Skott Freedman, Assistant Professor of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, will be presenting his work on “Autism Awareness Amongst Ithaca College Students.”

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The Handwerker Gallery is pleased to present "How to Fail", an artist talk with Brody Burroughs from the Department of Art.  The event will occur on Thursday, February 9, at 6.00 p.m..  Burroughs will discuss the pitfalls of his development and professional career as a painter, as well as the importance of failure to the creative process.  

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Register now for the Tenth annual Women in Leadership Experience. WILE 2012 is a day long retreat on March 24, hosted by OSEMA.  Transportation, meals, and all retreat materials are provided at no cost to participants. The retreat offers a tradition of making connections and engaging in conversations women in leadership roles.

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Workshops for the upcoming annual review period will begin shortly.  If you have not yet reserved your seat, come, join us and see what's new in the process. 

Performance management is an ongoing, collaborative communication process that supports supervisors and staff members in their efforts to align expectations and accomplish goals.  Because performance review conversations are an essential component of the process and involve all employees, the Office of Human Resources will offer training, tools and support to help supervisors and staff prepare for their upcoming performance meetings.

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Jonathan Ablard, History, presented “Fruto del cuartel: Military Service and Masculinity in Argentina, 1901-1930” at Cornell University's Americas' Colloquium on February 2, 2012.

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For the 61% of Americans carrying revolving credit card debt*, at an average $10,691**, January credit card statements pack an unwelcome New Year’s punch. For the past decade, getting out of debt has been one of American’s top New Year’s resolutions.

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Wednesday, February 8th is Tu B'Shevat, Arbor Day on the Hebrew Calendar, the New Year for Trees.

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Associate Professor of Writing Fred Wilcox will be the guest on The Gary Null Show this Wednesday, February 8, at 12:30 EST, speaking about his book Scorched Earth. The show airs on WBAI (Pacifica) & WNYE in New York City. The show will be simulcast on the Progressive Radio Network (PRN), www.progressiveradionetwork.com. The following night, Thursday, February 9, at 7:30pm in Klingenstein Lounge, Professor Wilcox will read from the book and talk about the legacies of chemical warfare in Vietnam and on the toxic chemicals in our environment.