Faculty & Staff
Homer: Understanding
Our Student Information System
Our Student Information System is named “Homer” after the classic Greek poet. The reasoning behind this choice of name is the connection to Ithaca. In his epic poem the Odyssey, Homer writes about the Greek hero, Odysseus, and his long journey home to Ithaca. Of course, Homer is actually referring to the Greek island of Ithaca and not Ithaca, NY; however, we would like everyone to think of Ithaca as home and Homer as the tool used to manage academic records while you are here.
There are two aspects to Homer. HomerConnect is the web-based self-service interface that is used primarily by students and faculty, while HomerAdmin is the full blown administrative system which is primarily used by staff members.
HomerConnect allows both students and faculty 24/7 access to their information. Students will use HomerConnect to register for classes, review and accept financial aid, pay their bill, view and order transcripts, select room assignments, perform degree evaluations and much more. Faculty will use HomerConnect to view class lists, maintain grades, and to view advisee lists and perform degree evaluations with their advisees.
HomerAdmin houses all student information. It begins at undergraduate or graduate recruitment and admission and continues through student registration, financial aid and billing, housing, honors, judicial issues, program requirements by catalog year and graduation information and more. Staff members will only have access to information that is pertinent to their role at the college to insure integrity, accuracy and privacy of all records.
- HomerConnect accounts with Ithaca College ID and PINs are different from HomerAdmin accounts with User ID and passwords.
- Routine maintenance is periodically performed on Homer and is announced on the login page of both HomerConnect and HomerAdmin during these times. Neither system is available during these “downtimes”.
