Ithaca College

Submitted on behalf of Wade Pickren, PhD, Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence/Sponsored Research:

Starting today, Ithaca College has subscribed for a free trial of COS PIVOT which will expire on May 14, 2013.  Upon using this trial period subscription, it would be helpful to let the Sponsored Research Office know if it would be something you would want to continue using.  You can email acadfund@ithaca.edu with your comments.  If so, once the trial period has ended, we will purchase a regular subscription. 

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Special optical scanning procedures and schedules are in place for the processing of final exams during finals week.

Final exams will be processed Tuesday through Friday, May 7th – 10th and Monday, May 13th with a twenty-four hour turnaround time. Special procedures are in place after hours between 5pm-8pm Tuesday–Friday and again 5pm-8pm Monday. Regular optical scanning processing will resume on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Please see last week’s Intercom article detailing the new Optical Scanning finals week procedures. If you have questions about the optical scanning process, please visit our website or contact the ITS Help Desk at 274-1000, between 8am-5pm, Monday – Friday.
 

The Roy H. Park School of Communications will host a variety of end-of-the-semester screenings and exhibitions to showcase student work. All events are free an open to the public and take place in Park Hall Auditorium unless otherwise stated.

Senior Media Thesis
Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3
7 p.m. (both nights)

Photo Workshop Exhibition: Symptoms May Include

Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 2
6-8 p.m.
Transmedia Studio, Downtown Commons

Additional exhibition hours: May 3 and 4 from noon-5 p.m.
 

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Haven't started to prepare for the GRE, LSAT, GMAT, or MCAT exams this summer? Don't know where to start? Come take a look at the brand NEW Kaplan books in the Career Resource Library!

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Ithaca College Junior and Senior Art students present Collectanea, a self-made, self-curated show of their own work. The show will take place at 239 South Cayuga St, on the corner of Clinton St, across from the Holiday Inn and will run for the first two weekends in May. The artists will be present both weekends to provide insight into the presented works. Opening reception is Friday May 3, from 5:00-8:00pm.

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Congratulations to thirty School of Business students who've earned Microsoft Excel Core Certifications. 

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Professor Barney Beins has authored a book on research projects entitled Successful Research Projects: A Step-by-Step Guide. The book was published by Sage.

Come and learn what research students have been working on in the lab.

May 1 & 2

CNS 112

4:00 p.m.

IC Hope, is please to announce that ALL OF THE ROSE BUSHES HAVE BEEN SOLD!!!  Thank you so much for your support.  

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Friday, May 3, 2013
Coordinated by Katharine Kittredge, Professor and Elizabeth Bleicher, Associate Professor,
Department of English.
Co-sponsored by the Community Arts Partnership as part of its "Spring Writes" Literary Festival.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013
2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Presented by Nancy Pringle, Vice President and General Counsel, Legal Affairs

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Facilitator: Janice Elich Monroe, Faculty Development Coordinator

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Dr. Donathan Brown, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Humanities and Sciences, has been invited to speak at the Centre for the International Study of Literatures in English (CISLE) at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.  The July talk will center on American political responses to immigration reform.

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Congratulations to Dr. Danette Johnson, Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Core Curriculum for the College.  As first vice president of the Eastern Communication Association, Dr. Johnson planned and coordinated the annual meeting,  held in Pittsburgh and drawing attendees from across the nation.  ECA is one of the largest regional associations in the discipline.

The theme of this year's conference was "Confluence".  Chosen for the state of the discipline, as well as the geography of the host city, the theme resulted in many fascinating papers and presentations.  The conference also offered a number of short courses and interest group business meetings.  

Coordinating and hosting the conference is especially impressive in light of Dr. Johnson's duties on campus this past year.  Warmest congratulations, Danette, from your colleagues in Communication Studies, in H&S, and across the College.

On April 29, Prof. Cynthia Henderson, Theatre Arts, gave a lecture titled, Transformative Theatre:  Using Theatre as an Agent for Social Change, at Cornell University’s Center for International Studies as part of the Spring 2013 Seminar Series. 

Prof. Henderson shared the history of Performing Arts for Social Change (PASC) and how it was influenced by Theatre of the Oppressed.  She spoke about the mission of PASC and how it informs the process of building trust, gathering stories, and creating the theatre piece, as well as its potential to change the public discourse. 

 Julia Cozzarelli, Associate Professor of Italian and Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures, presented a paper titled "Between Reality and Symbol: Fierce Dogs and Ferocious Wolves in the Decameron" at the Boccaccio at 700: Medieval Contexts and Global Intertexts conference.  The paper examined the role of animals in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio within the context of a presumed shift from the allegorical models of the Middle Ages to the more naturalistic approaches of the early Italian Renaissance.  The study examined the topic using Dante's Commedia as a point of comparison.

Hugh Egan, Professor in the department of English, is ending his three-year term as the Robert Ryan Professor of the Humanities, and will deliver a lecture on Friday, May 3, at 4pm in the Handwerker Gallery. His talk is entitled, "Slavery and Self-Reliance: Douglass, Emerson, and the Limits of Metaphor." A reception will follow the talk.  

The new Robert Ryan Professor is Vivian Bruce Conger of the History Department.

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The New York State Archaeological Association Conference was held in Watertown, NY on April 27 and 28, 2013. The Anthropology Department was well-represented.

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 CEO of the KettleShell, PT Grad Student, Timothy Reynolds competes at New York State Business Plan Competition on April 26, 2013.

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