I am pleased to announce a new initiative in the area of faculty development.

Instructional Development Fund (IDF) grants support direct course improvement as well as interdisciplinary projects. Proposals are due in the Office of the Provost by September 15 or November 15 for fall and spring implementation, February 15 for spring and summer implementation, and April 15 for summer and fall implementation.

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The Division of Graduate and Professional Studies is pleased to welcome Madelyn Mooney Williams as its Interim Programs Director.

It is with a great deal of sadness that I must inform the Ithaca College community of the death of longtime enrollment dean Larry Metzger, M.S. '87, who passed away earlier this morning after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer.

To celebrate Constitution Day 2008, Ithaca College will honor the struggles for racial justice in the United States with a special event on Wednesday, September 17, at 4:00 p.m. in the Clark Lounge (in Campus Center).