Ithaca College

You’ve designed, decorated and submitted your red dresses in support of our Go Red for Women campaign; now it’s time to VOTE! Please take a moment to vote for your favorite red dress design on February 25, 2013 from 10:30 until 1:00 in the North Foyer, Campus Center. The red dress with the most votes will win a great heart healthy prize! 

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What is it like growing up as an LGBTQ individual these days? Is there really as much equality for the LGBTQ population as the media portrays? Get answers to questions like these by booking a ZAP! Panel for your class, organization, or floor meeting!

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Bruce Smith

"Water fleas and kiwis: too much,too little, …. too late?"

February 28    (pdf)
4:00 p.m.
CNS 112

Part of the Department's Seminar Series.

Everyone is welcome to attend!
Refreshments beforehand* (3:45-4:00pm)
CNS first floor lobby

*Please bring your own reusable mug for beverages. Reuse, reduce, recycle! 

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Faculty Council will hold the first of two faculty-only Town Hall meetings on Tuesday, February  26 at 12:05 - 1:00 PM in Textor 102. No minutes will be taken, no reporters will be present. This meeting is intended to be an open forum for faculty from all of the schools to share thoughts and ideas of mutual concern and interest. Administrators holding faculty appointments are requested to refrain from attending.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Peter Rothbart at rothbart@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-1497. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

Assistant professors Patrick Winters and Andrew Utterson were invited panelists at a recent Cornell Cinema special event. The two discussed the impact of science and technology on how movies are produced and consumed, following a screening of a new feature-length documentary on the subject, Side by Side.

Utterson teaches screen studies in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies. He recently co-curated a 2012 Blu-ray/DVD release of the 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

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This year's student employee appreciation lunch will be held on April 9th in the Emerson Suites from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. to thank Ithaca College’s outstanding student employees for their dedicated work. All current student employees will receive a personal invitation to attend, and we encourage supervisors to join us with their student employees. More information will follow, so please save the date.

All faculty and staff are welcome to attend a Pathways training to learn to identify and respond to a student who might be experiencing distress.  We appreciate your willingness to learn crisis response skills before you need them. 

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The political hip-hop duo known as Rebel Diaz will give a free performance at Ithaca College on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) Discussion Series, the show will take place at 7 p.m. in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall.

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Dear Ithaca College Community Members:

The Ithaca College Board of Trustees regularly conducts reviews of the performance of our President, as is customary practice in all employment settings. Since this is the fifth year of President Rochon’s tenure, we are undertaking a more expansive process called a Comprehensive Presidential Assessment which will involve inviting input from representatives of the different constituencies which comprise the Ithaca College community. The purpose of this process is to highlight areas of positive performance and to contribute suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the work of the President in advancing the goals and mission of the College.

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Complete list of all registered Student Organizations! If your organization is not on this list, you are not registered.

 Take advantage of the last opportunity for the academic year 2012-2013 to register your student organization. The registration process will officially end March 8th. All steps must be completed by March 8th.

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Jake Brenner (Environmental Studies & Sciences) and Leann Kanda (Biology) collaborated on a paper, titled "Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) Invades Lands Surrounding Cultivated Pastures in Sonora, Mexico," that will be published soon in Invasive Plant Science and Management, a journal of the Weed Science Society of America.

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Gustavo Licón, Assistant Professor of Latino/a Studies in the Center for the Study for Culture, Race and Ethnicity (CSCRE) was recently awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty.  This fellowship is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by The Woodrow Wilson Foundation.  This Fellowship, along with the support of Ithaca College and the School of Humanities and Sciences, will provide Dr. Licón the opportunity to focus on his research and writing from June 2013-June 2014. His goal during this fellowship year is to publish several articles in peer reviewed journals.

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Join Stephanie Piech, Sustainability Coordinator for Ithaca Dining Services, on a tour of the Terrace Dining Hall’s Food Lab and Simple Servings Station. This tour will include an introduction to the Food Lab and Simple Servings Station as well as a presentation about additional places to find unique and nutritious options elsewhere on campus.

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Saturday, March 2, 12:30-5:00 PM, Williams Hall 2nd Floor

What is your next step when it comes to planning your career and future? Seniors where are you going after you graduate? For others, what are you doing to prepare for your future?

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Marie Sanford, Clinical Associate professor in the Dept of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, three IC students and a colleague from Cornell University presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences in Las Vegas, NV. 

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Ithaca College Fuse, the twice-yearly magazine created by students for students, and Life at IC, a social media project showcasing daily student life, each earned bronze honors in the 2013 Cuppie Awards Program. Sponsored by the Association of Communicators in Education, the Cuppie Awards recognize creative excellence in marketing and communication in higher education. Ithaca College Fuse competed in the Print Publications - Magazine category; Life at IC in Electronic Media - Social Media. A panel of senior-level industry experts judged the entries.

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The Jewish Mardi Gras!

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Check out all the name brand fashions at 310 Rosemont on February 25th & 26th!

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs is seeking a member of the IC community to join the Alternative Spring Break trip to Virginia Beach from March 9  -17. 

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Frank Gabriel Campos, professor of trumpet, and Nicholas Walker, associate professor of string bass, are appearing twice this week on Performance Today, a nationally syndicated radio and internet show on American Public Media that reaches 1.5 million listeners worldwide.

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