Ithaca College

Batya Kallus
Wednesday, December 5, 7:30 pm
Room 103 of the Park Center for Business, Ithaca College

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Oracle Calendar has been the institutional calendaring system for many years. The Oracle Calendar product is no longer being developed or supported and does not work on the latest Mac operating systems (Lion 10.7 or later). Microsoft Live@edu provides a calendar solution (Outlook Calendar) along with email. ITS will be migrating user data from Oracle Calendar to Outlook Calendar over the December shut-down (exact dates to be announced).

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In this workshop, you will learn that the pen is mightier than the sword! ITS is pleased to announce that the TLC (Technology Learning Center) will be offering training on using the Photoshop Pen Tool starting this week! See how to work with Pen Tool points for both straight and curved edges so you can easily "cut out" parts of your images, change their backgrounds, and/or combine them with other images. The prerequisite for this workshop is "Photoshop: Introduction" or equivalent experience. Click the link below to register online instantly!

Photoshop: Pen Tool

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What if you have a list of first and last names you need to break into different columns? What if you need that data export you grabbed to show the entire address in one field? In "Excel for Windows: Text Manipulation," learn how to break apart, reorganize, and put together information in Excel cells automatically using simple formula tools. The CONCATENATE, LEFT, MID, and RIGHT functions will be covered, along with other useful tools that will make it easy for you to reorganize information in your spreadsheets. Click the link below to register online instantly!

Excel for Windows: Text Manipulation

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ITS is pleased to announce that the TLC (Technology Learning Center) will be offering Sakai Gradebook training sessions for instructors starting this week! Gradebook allows instructors to calculate, store, and distribute class grade information to their students within Sakai. Learn how to add, set up, work, import, and export grade information. Post 'Em, a related tool that allows you to quickly post your grades, will also be covered. Click on the link below to register online instantly. We'll see you in class!

Sakai: Gradebook

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New Optical Scanning procedures and schedules are in place for Final Exam week Monday, December 17th through Friday, December 21st.

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ITS is pleased to announce that the TLC (Technology Learning Center) will be offering training on a variety of computing topics this week, Monday December 3rd through Friday, December 7th. Click any link below to register online instantly. Training is open to all faculty members, staff members, and students. We'll see you in class!

New Topics!
Excel for Windows: Text Manipulation 
Sakai: Gradebook 
Photoshop: Pen Tool 

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You've heard all about it, and now have one more chance to experience it live! The Lesbian Fairytale Musical goes up once again Sunday December 9 at 7:30 pm downtown at the Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street, 3rd floor Performance Hall. Doors open at 7 pm, performance at 7:30 pm, and seats are limited.

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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 “The Chorus” on Wednesday, Dec 5, at 7 p.m. in Textor 101.

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How does my family history affect my health? Do genes make someone gay? Is my personality more influenced by genetics or my environment? Explore these questions and more in a new 12-day online course designed specifically for non-biology majors. 

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Interested in a career in the federal government?  Want to learn more about Latin American Affairs?

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 Every time you consume meat, have you ever wondered what’s in that meat?  We aren’t talking about the mystery meat that you may have been served in your high school cafeteria.  Rather, we are talking about what has that cow or that pig consumed that now you may be consuming as well? Read Ithaca Dining Services Sustainability blog to find out!

http://icdiningsustainability.blogspot.com/2012/11/hidden-costs-of-processed-meat.html

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If you are considering using a student response system (a.k.a. clickers) for your spring 2013 courses, you may sign up for one of the following demonstrations of the Turning Technologies system.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012: 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Wednesday, December 19, 2012: 1:00 -2:00 pm

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 On behalf of the search committee for the Director of Academic Advising, I am pleased to announce the visits of our four finalists. Each candidate is scheduled to visit campus during the next few weeks and students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend their open sessions. The finalists have been asked to discuss “The Importance and Vision of Academic Advising” with ample time for Q & A.

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Jennifer Jolly, Associate Professor in the the Department of Art History, has received an NEH Research Fellowship for her project "Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas's Legacy as a Nation Builder through His Art Patronage in Michoacan’s Lake District." The research is part of Professor Jolly's book-in-progress Creating Pátzcuaro, Creating Mexico, which examines Lázaro Cardenas’ extensive patronage in and around Pátzcuaro and pairs it with a history of images of this region in considering how the area figures historically in the post-revolutionary re-imagining of Mexico.

Please refer to the announcement in Intercom dated 11/26/2102 for all the pertinent information.

Twelve teams made their final pitch for a chance to win $5,000 during IC's School of Businesses Second Annual Business Idea Competition. And for two HSHP students their ideas are one step closer to becoming a reality.

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Attention all office and department event planners—you don’t want to miss this opportunity! The Campus Center & Event Services Office is hosting an Event Planning Open House on Monday, December 10, 2012 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in the Emerson Suites. We will share with you KEY event planning tips, tricks and reminders. In addition we will introduce our new FLAVOURS menu that will be released in January. Come for the great information…and stay for the fabulous food samples.

Space is limited and you must register for this event.  Register today.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Jessica L. Barnes in CC&ES (jlbarnes@ithaca.edu). We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

Stay connected to the people who know how to plan great events. Find us on Facebook (keywords: Campus Center and Event Services).

 The Ithaca Area Ultimate Alliance (IAUA) is hosting an Ultimate Frisbee Holiday Hat Tournament to benefit Toys for Tots!

A hat tournament is only played one night, players come individually and teams are picked "out of a hat" 

Players of all skill and experience are welcome to join!

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Posted on behalf of Anthony Hopson

There are only a few more days to make donations of clothes to the Share the Warmth campaign. The last pickup from the BIG RED BOX located in the Campus Center across from the information desk will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2012.  

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