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The Handwerker is excited to be reopening our doors with the inaugural exhibition of the semester, The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, a traveling show curated by Jennifer Heath.  The reception will take place on Thursday, January 24th, from 5.00-7.00 p.m..  Please stop by!

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Students Disability Services (SDS) was created to assist faculty and staff in their every day efforts to ensure equal access for students to all college programs and services. The following is a list of frequently asked questions.

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In compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, class materials must be made available in alternate format. Alternate formats include audio versions of written documents, documents in Braille and/or enlarged print, video captioning and materials in electronic format.

Faculty should compile reading lists as early as possible since books from smaller publishing companies and those not designated as textbooks must be scanned and converted.

Please provide course packets, handouts, syllabi, and any other materials used in class to the student in the appropriate format.

Whenever possible faculty should provide the accommodation.  For example, if the student needs print materials enlarged, all standard copy machines are capable of this function.  Typical enlargement is 121%.

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 Assistant Professor Christopher House has authored a book chapter to be included in a 2013 anthology titled Voicing the Voiceless (Re)Shaping Social Norms in Women's Healthcare.  

His chapter focuses on the voices of black diasporic clergywomen and female church leadership in the battle against HIV/AIDS.

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 The graduating class of Musical Theatre and Acting majors of the Department of Theatre Arts will present an afternoon of music on Sunday, January 27 at 4 PM in the Clark Theatre to benefit the residents of the Sakhi Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Kerala, India. Sakhi provides shelter for battered women, their children, and young victims of the sex trade in Kerala.

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Exhibition Sneak-Peek for Faculty and Staff
The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center

The Center for Faculty Excellence is pleased to be co-hosting a 'soft opening' at the Handwerker Gallery to enable faculty and staff from across campus  to mingle and get a sneak-peek of the upcoming exhibition, meet and speak with the gallery staff, schedule class visits, and learn about upcoming gallery programming for the semester. 

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Cory L. Young, associate professor in Communication Management and Design and chair of the Communication graduate program, and Arhlene A. Flowers, associate professor in Integrated Marketing Communications, published "Fight Viral with Viral: A Case Study of Domino’s Pizza’s Crisis Communication Strategies”  in the December 2012 issue of Case Studies in Strategic Communication (CSSC). CSSC is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to the study of strategic communication through the case study form. Case studies illustrate the strategies, tactics, and execution of communication campaigns through in-depth coverage of a single situation. Both Young and Flowers are in the Department of Strategic Communication housed in the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

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IMC associate professor Arhlene Flowers published an article titled, “Decision-Making Factors in Selecting Virtual Worlds for Events: Advocacy, Computer Efficacy, Perceived Risks, and Collaborative Benefits,” in the December 2012 issue of Event Management, an International Journal, which is a peer-reviewed journal intending to meet the research and analytic needs of a rapidly growing profession focused on events.

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Submitted on behalf of Wade Pickren, Ph.D., Director of Sponsored Research

The 16th Annual Whalen Symposium will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013 and the deadline for faculty to sponsor a presenter's proposal submission is Monday, February 25, 2013. 

Proposals are being accepted for oral presentations or display posters on research completed by students.  Musical or other creative presentations are also encouraged. 

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A gathering to celebrate the life of Victoria “Tori” Howell will be held at Muller Chapel on Wednesday, January 23. Members of the campus community are invited to come together at 4 p.m. to share memories and stories of Tori and to provide support for one another.

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The Search Committee for the Dean of the School of Music is in the final phase of our recruitment efforts and is preparing for 3 finalists to visit the Ithaca College campus.  The search committee encourages your participation as we welcome these candidates to the campus January 28-29, February 4-5 and February 6-7.

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Patricia Zimmermann, professor of screen studies and codirector of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), delivered invited lectures and conducted workshops on documentary new media forms in Guangzhou, China, in December of 2012. She was posted to China as part of the American Film Showcase, a US State Department initiative to foster cultural exchange and understanding.

On December 3, Zimmermann presented a formal lecture on new media entitled “Open Space Documentary: Participatory Media in Action” at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Showcasing US-based transmedia projects exhibited in previous Finger Lake Environmental Film Festivals at Ithaca College, her talk theorized the function of collaborative, interactive, and permeable new media practices to open up spaces for new encounters.

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Walk-in flu shot clinic this Wednesday, January 23rd from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. at the Hammond Health Center, open to all students, Ithaca College Faculty & Staff, and Sodexho Dining Services employees.

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Contributed by Wade Pickren, PhD
Director, Center for Faculty Excellence
Director, Sponsored Research

I want to remind all faculty that if you are planning to conduct research or classroom activity involving recombinant DNA or any potentially bio-hazardous material, including pathogens, biological toxins, or human cells, tissues, organs, or fluids you must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee before undertaking that activity. This committee provides federally-mandated oversight of activities that present risk of infection or illness in humans.

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Every January, the Ithaca College community celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr through a series of programs sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement & Multicultural Affairs.

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Faculty Council is seeking a faculty member to serve on the Parking Policy Committee for a two year term.  The meetings are not intensive nor would there be that many, once some of the pending issues are resolved.
Volunteers or nominations should be submitted to rothbart@ithaca.edu as soon as possible.

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Faculty Council is seeking a 3 semester replacement for the At-Large position on the Committee for College-Wide Requirements (CCR). All faculty are invited to submit nominations, including self-nominations, along with a brief statement outlining their interests and qualifications if they so desire.  Committee members can expect to spend about 4 hours per week. Scheduling is TBA.

Please send all nominations including self-nominations to rothbart@ithaca.edu no later than Wednesday, January 30, 10 PM.

For additional information:

http://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol1/volume_1-10602/#1060216

 

Just a friendly reminder as you return to campus-- use your netpass username and password-- the same username and password combination that you use to log into myHome at Ithaca. You won't be able to log in if you enter your full email address (e.g., person@ithaca.edu). If you don't have a Qualtrics account, you must apply for one at the following website: http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/icsrc/accountreq/. 

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Are you a new instructor? Do you need refresher training in Sakai? ITS is pleased to announce that the TLC (Technology Learning Center) is ready to prepare you for the spring semester with training on using Sakai to deliver course materials. Click the links below to register online instantly.  

Sakai: Introduction to Sakai for Instructors
Sakai: Creating Learning Units

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Have you learned how to use the new Outlook Calendar system yet? ITS is pleased to announce that Outlook training for Macintosh, Windows, Designates, and Resource Owners will be offered this week the TLC (Technology Learning Center). Click any link below to register online instantly. 

Moving to Outlook Calendar for Macintosh
Moving to Outlook Calendar for Windows
Moving to Outlook Calendar for Designates
Moving to Outlook Calendar for Resource Owners

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