ITHACA, NY — Some 700 professionals who serve college-bound students will gather at Ithaca College June 6–8 for the annual conference of the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling (NYSACAC). The program will feature a keynote address by Jeff Selingo, vice president...

 ITHACA, NY — At its May meeting, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees elected Thomas Grape as chair and David Lebow as vice chair. Each will serve a three-year term in their respective role.

First elected to the board in 2009, Grape is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Benchmark Assisted Living, the largest provider of senior housing in the Northeast and...

 ITHACA, NY — At its May meeting, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees elected sophomore politics major Tariq Meyers to a two-year term as student trustee.

A Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar at the college, Meyers has been involved with a number of institutional programs and student organizations. He has served as an Orientation Leader, Student Ambassador for the Office of...

 ITHACA, NY — Amy Kule, the 1987 Ithaca College history graduate who plans and produces the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned to her alma mater on Sunday, May 20, to give the college’s Commencement address. As Kule spoke, she was flanked by a pair of giant helium balloons from the parade, and as she concluded her address, the audience was showered with...

ITHACA, NY — Educators interested in exploring human behavior in the context of sustainability action and education will be attending the annual Finger Lakes Project Workshop at Ithaca College, May 24–25. The theme of this year’s workshop is “The Psychology of Sustainability.”

Geared toward...

 ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College’s 117th Commencement ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, May 20, with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade executive producer Amy Kule returning to her alma mater to deliver the main address.

Kule (pronounced ‘cue-el’) will speak to some 1,360 graduates and their guests at the 10:00 a.m. ceremony at Butterfield Stadium. She...

 ITHACA, N.Y. – Ithaca College’s collegiate sports program has been honored by Campus Pride’s Out to Play Project as one of the nation’s 10 most lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-friendly college sports programs.

Campus Pride is the nation’s leading educational organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer...

ITHACA, NY — Before beginning his 20-year career playing football in the NFL, Junior Seau starred at the University of Southern California and in high school. According to Chris Hummel, a certified athletic trainer and clinical associate professor at Ithaca College, “We don’t know yet if Seau’s suicide is directly linked to a history of concussions, but we have seen a...

 ITHACA, NY — By betting on the rebound of the American auto industry, a team of students from the Ithaca College School of Business bested a field of entries from colleges and universities in New York and New England to win the inaugural Adirondack Cup.

The...