Around the World in Just Four Years

By Lauren Mateer, '13

When I came to Ithaca College, I had very little experience travelling anywhere outside of the United States. Apart from a week long high school orchestra trip to Vancouver and another week in Costa Rica with my Spanish class, plus a short trip to Niagara Falls with my family, I had never travelled outside of the country, and rarely without my family. I know that...

A Semester in our Nation's Capital

By Elizabeth Stoltz, '13

Two classes. One research paper. One internship. One half-marathon. One spotting of President Obama’s motorcade. Countless new friends made, monuments run by and museums explored. My fall semester in Washington D.C. shaped me, challenged me and inspired me more than I could have ever imagined.

My average week in Washington D.C. looked something...

Finding inspiration in Uganda

By Jenna Jablonski, '13

Like many Park Scholars will tell you, volunteering isn’t something we do on the side; it becomes the fabric of our college experience. For me, community service makes up some of my most vivid memories and defining moments from college. One of these experiences was spending this past summer volunteering in Uganda.

First of all, doing Operation...

Overcoming Obstacles During Senior Thesis

By Amy Obarski, '13

You would think that producing one thesis film in a semester is more than enough work for a senior cinema and photography major who keeps up her grades, organizes the LGBT educational ZAP! panels, volunteers for the Advocacy Center and has the tiniest social life in the universe. Anymore would be overkill, right? Well, I’m the masochist who decided to do...