Ithaca College

Show your support for alumna Elizabeth Altbacker ('94), a music educator on Long Island raising funds to rebuild her classroom after the devastating storm this past fall. A benefit concert, coordinated by School of Music senior Jamie Ocheske and the music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon, will take place Friday.

Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert
Friday, March 22
6:00 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall

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 Srijana Bajracharya, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, published a research article titled, “Colorectal Cancer Screening (CRC): Knowledge, Perceived Benefits and Barriers, and Intentions Among College and University Employees” in American Journal of Health Education, March Issue.

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Facilitating Communication and Social Interaction: Implications for Theory of Mind Assessment in Autism

March 23, 2013 at Ithaca College
Patricia Prelock, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
ASHA President

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Find out about how to correctly use the plethora of equipment available in modern gyms, and help Exercise & Sport Sciences students study at the same time!

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Josh Feldman ’04, vice president for the new Xbox Entertainment Studios in LA, will be on campus this week visiting classes and giving a public presentation on Friday, March 22 from 4-5:30 in Park Auditorium.

One great alum, two great topics:
How to Get from Here to There
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Stories of Storytelling and Technology Going Terribly Right

Throughout his career, Feldman has been working at the intersection of story and technology. Prior to Xbox Entertainment Studies, he served as the executive producer of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a multi-part live-action digital series for Microsoft. He was also a co-writer and producer on Tom Hanks' Electric City, a 20-episode animated series for Playtone and Reliance Entertainment.

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Associate Professor Cathy Lee Crane will screen her latest film, “Pasolini’s Last Words,” at Cornell Cinema on March 27 at 7:15 p.m. A discussion will follow. Admission fee applies.

The film was shot on location in Rome and Bologna, Italy and in New York with actors Bochay Drum, Amanda Setton (IC Alum), and Lee DeLong. Beth Custer (My Grandmother) composed the film’s original score.

The film enjoyed its International Film Festival premiere in October at Le Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, Quebec in the Panorama International section as one of thirty “gems of world cinema”. It then screened at MIX/NYC the New York Queer Experimental Film Festival and in London at the Lesbian and Gay Film Festival at the British Film Institute.

Amy Goodman, the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, will speak on Sunday, March 24 at 8 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public. Limited seating available. A book sale and signing will follow the lecture.

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,100 public television and radio stations worldwide. Goodman is also the author of numerous books including, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, written with Denis Moynihan.

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Thursday, March 21st, the College will be holding our 23rd Educational Technology Day.  This event attracts over 800 visitors to our campus to explore new technologies and learn more about how technology can be used both in and out of the classroom.

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If you are a faculty or staff member who has an interest in taking students abroad, you are invited to attend an important workshop.  The Office of International Programs will be co-hosting, together with our affiliate IES Abroad (the Institute for the International Education of Students), a workshop entitled "Taking Students Abroad: Legal and Risk Management Issues Involving International Programs" on April 11, 2013

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 Announcing Sodexo-Ithaca Dining Services  annual vendor showcase event, Food Frenzy: For Your Community, on Wednesday March 27, from 11:30-2:00pm in Emerson Suites. 

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Hello,

Student Government Association has just finished compiling the results of its annual Campus Wide Survey. The survey was emailed to all students a month ago, and was posted on Intercom and other online social media platforms. We received over 200 responses, and of course the survey is far from scientific, but SGA uses the results of the survey to help guide initiatives for the year to come.  Think of it more like a suggestion box and less like a political poll. It’s important to note that because of the nature of the survey, only the students with the loudest opinions would be inclined to respond, but SGA’s function is to investigate and provide recommendations for improvement on all areas of student concern. 

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Thursday, March 21st,  at 6pm in Muller Chapel

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Do you have questions about planning your retirement, your eligibility to retire, retirement income options, social security benefits, health care in retirement, volunteer opportunities, etc.? If so, you’ll want to stop by IC My Future, a retirement planning open house being held next month. The open house will bring available resources together in one setting to help assist you in planning for your retirement and to help answer your retirement-related questions. And remember, the more information you get now, the easier it will be to make decisions that will achieve the brightest future for you! 

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The next No Pressure Blood Pressure will be held on Wednesday, March 27th.

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February 1st marked the application deadline for first year undergraduate students and I am pleased to report the College has experienced a sizable increase.  The College received 15,641 applications for the fall semester, a 13 percent increase over last year’s 13,813.  Of particular note, international applications increased 18 percent and ALANA applications grew 24 percent.  As I have mentioned our freshman application gains to select groups across campus, I am quick to receive two important questions…

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The March 19th edition of the Ithaca Journal features a story about Ithaca College students' involvement in teaching Spanish at the elementary school level. As part of a service-learning program spearheaded by Annette Levine (Associate Professor, Spanish, MLL), IC students such as Kristin Leffler, who is featured in the Ithaca Journal article, work with children to help them acquire life-long language skills. Kudos to them!

As you begin to plan for Commencement Week 2013, please keep in mind the following on-campus housing guidelines. All campus residents except for graduating seniors, Resident Assistants, and Circle Apartment residents are required to vacate their rooms no later than 3:00 p.m. on May 11, 2013 unless they receive written approval from the Office of Residential Life to remain. For students with a final exam scheduled, or final papers/projects due on Monday, May 13, 2013, the deadline to vacate their rooms will be extended until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Students with a Monday final exam, paper or project due should notify their RA.

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Please join the Handwerker Gallery in celebrating the opening of First Person, Twice Removed, an exhibition featuring the work of local artists Claire Lesemann, Jessica Warner, and Melissa Zarem. Please forward widely and spread the word!

First Person, Twice Removed: OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, March 21, 5.00-7.00 p.m.
Handwerker Gallery
Gannett Center, Ithaca College

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Jennifer Tennant's article, "Isolating the Effect of Major Depression on Obesity: Role of Selection Bias" with Dhaval Dave and Gregory Colman, has received the "Excellence in Mental Health Policy and Economics Award" for 2011-2012.

The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics gives out two awards, the Adam Smith Award and the Excellence Award.  The Adam Smith Award is given to the best paper published in the journal in two years; the Excellence Award is given to the two exceptional/top papers (after the Adam Smith award) published in the journal in two years.

Together these three papers are the best three papers published in all issues of the journal between 2011-2012.  The papers are chosen by the editoral board and voted upon by them.

The award will be given out at the biennial conference at the end of March in Venice, Italy.

Chilean poet and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña's public reading that was scheduled for tonight has been POSTPONED due to illness.

Her visit, which is sponsored by the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, will be rescheduled for a later date.