Ithaca College

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MODERNIST IDENTITY
Monday, April 1, 2013, 5.30 p.m.
Handwerker Gallery (Gannett Center)

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ITS is pleased to announce that the Technology Learning Center will be offering some great training on a variety of computing topics during the week of April 1st to April 5th, and they're not fooling! Click any link below to register online instantly!

Adobe Creative Suite Series:
InDesign: Introduction
Photoshop: Introduction
Photoshop: Creating Flyers

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Dr. Murthy will be sharing how the lack of prioritizing women's health leads to dire consequences. Dr. Murthy has been actively involved with advocating for women's rights and has been working with students in projects to improve maternal health. She will be presenting how we can become involved in being global citizens for women's health using work at the New York College of Medicine as an example.

Textor 102, Thursday, April 4, 7pm.

Dr. Murthy's many accomplishments and positions includes:

Global Health Program Director New York Medical college 
School of Health Sciences and Practice

NGO Representative of the Medical Women's International Association to 
the United Nations

International Council on Women's Representative to the World Health Organization

Chair, Committee of Women's Rights- American Public Health Association

This event is sponsored by the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education. For more information, please contact Amy Frith at afrith@ithaca.edu

Ithaca College Gerontology Institute announces Spring Workshop Series, which will be held on three Wednesday afternoons, April 10, 17, and 24 from 2 to 4:30 p.m., at the Country Inna and Suites, 1100 Danby Road. The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute provides high quality education to students and professionals, empowering them to positively impact the lives of older people.

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It's back!

The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival's annual HOW TO GET YOUR BREAK panel--a perennial favorite among Ithaca College undergrads!

Hear film directors, film distributors, artists, and intellectuals who work internationally share their stories about their first experiences in film, media and communications in an engaging, interactive environment.

Expert, in-depth, and engaging facilitation by Steve Gordon, former Viacom executive and now a faculty member in the Roy H. Park School of Communications (and the originator of the HOW TO GET YOUR BREAK session at FLEFF 8 years ago!)

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LeeAnn Hill, Christina Kranz and Curt McConnell accompanied geology professor Chris Sinton to New Hampshire, where they presented posters at the Geological Society of America’s 2013 Northeast Chapter Meeting in Bretton Woods.

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Submitted by Marisa Kelly, Provost

Please join me on Thursday, April 4th for the fifth Faculty Colloquium of the academic year.  Saviana Stanescu Condeescu , Department of Theatre Arts, will be presenting “NEW YORK WITH AN ACCENT (Writing the Immigrant Experience).”  

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The Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) is hosting a presentation on Monday, April 1, by Michelle Erai, assistant professor of gender studies at UCLA. Her talk, “If I Win, I Might Tattoo My Face—Mike Tyson as Māori Artifact,” will be held at 7 p.m. in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. It is free and open to the public. 

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A physical therapy student and 2 athletic training faculty from the Department of Exercise & Sport Sciences crossed disciplinary boundaries in co-authoring a case study manuscript, which is to be published soon in the Journal of Athletic Enhancement.

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Kent Scriber, EdD, ATC, PT, FNATA, and Professor of Athletic Training in the Department of Exercise & Sport Science has been chosen as the 2013 Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator Award winner by the National Athletic Trainers' Association's Executive Committee for Education.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
9:00 -11:00 a.m., Klingenstein Lounge
Facilitator: Janice Elich Monroe, Faculty Development Coordinator

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This year's C. P. Snow Lecturer is Dr. Anthony Aveni, who on Wednesday, April 10 at 7pm in Textor 102 will present a talk entitled "Doomsday Scenarios and the Ancient Maya:  At the Crossroads of Culture, Science, and Religion."  On the previous day, Tuesday, April 9 at 7pm in Business 111, there will be a panel discussion entitled "Four Views of the Apocalypse" consisting of Ithaca College faculty members from the departments of Physics, Philosophy and Religion, and Writing.

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This year FLEFF has the honor of presenting two films from Korean filmmaker Yong Ki Jeong. The director will be in attendance at the Cinemapolis screenings and also present at two on campus workshops.

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The Center for Faculty Excellence is pleased to announce the following April events.  Please visit www.ithaca.edu/cfe for updates and additional events offered through the Center. 

DAILY GRIND: Telling Likely Stories
Join us Monday, April 1, for a special edition of the Daily Grind. We will be joined by playwright and poet, Saviana Stanescu-Condeescu, playwright and drama professor, Claire Gleitman, and journalist/documentarian, James Rada, for a conversation about the power and importance of narratives in our lives. 

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M. Braun (Biology ’11), M. Menges (Biology ’10), F. Opoku  (Biochemistry ’13) and A. M. Smith.  2013. The relative contribution of calcium, zinc and oxidation-based cross-links to the stiffness of Arion subfuscus glue. The Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 1475-148.  View the article here.

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In order to effectively manage the planning process, and ensure an exceptional guest experience, we will be closing the Alumni Weekend schedule this Monday, April 1. We are working to develop a schedule that minimizes conflicting event times, and we currently have a few open times available to accommodate other activities.

If you are planning activities that will take place during Alumni Weekend, please notify Brenda Carlisle (bcarlisle@ithaca.edu or 274-1381) no later than April 1, so that we are able to include your event in Alumni Weekend 2013 and assist with logistics and communications support.

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The Work/Life Mission Series, MISSION: NUTRITION would like to present…

MEAL MAKEOVERS AT THE IC FOOD LAB

WHEN: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 from 2:30pm – 3:30pm

WHERE: Terrace Dining Hall’s Food Lab

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The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen series at Ithaca College will host a free public showing of the documentary “Riot Acts” on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7 p.m. in Textor 103.

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Don’t miss this opportunity to meet 50 employers with jobs and internships for students in ALL MAJORS!   On Tuesday, April 2nd  in the Emerson Suites.   This fair will host over 45 employers with outstanding opportunities jobs and internships!  

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Imprint Magazine has been named a finalist in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards for the Northeast Region (Region 1). 

Imprint will be honored for overall excellence in the "Best Independent Online Student Publication" category. The actual place awarded will be announced at a ceremony on April 12-13 at Rutgers University. The winner of the regional competition will go on to compete against the winners in SPJ's other 11 regions for the national Mark of Excellence Award.

Imprint Magazine is "a national college life magazine, exclusively online, based from Ithaca College" with sections titled Arts & Entertainment, Life & Style, Music, Culture & Politics, and Sports, and one creative writing section, Impact. To read the magazine, click here.