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On-line applications are now available on the Jumpstart website.  You can also read about each of the four Jumpstart programs offered prior to classes starting in August and find contact information for each program.

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ITHACA, NY — One of the nation’s leading environmentalists, whose books have shaped public perception — and public action — on climate change, alternative energy and the need for more localized economies, will speak at Ithaca College on Thursday, Nov. 11. Bill McKibben will present “From Walden to Warming: Global, Local,...

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Walden Chosen as First Year Reading for the Class of 2014
Contributed by Thomas Rochon on 04/01/10

I am pleased to announce the selection of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, as the First-Year Reading Initiative book for the 2010-2011 academic...

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Check out our new Facebook page!

Want to keep on top of all of FYE's events and happenings?  Then you need to become a fan of Ithaca College's First-Year Experiences' own Facebook page!  By becoming a fan at the link below, you can keep up to date on information, announcements, discussions, events, contests, and anything else we can think of that will help to keep our...

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 For those of you who will come to us from across state lines and will be new here at Ithaca College, I thought I would take a moment to remind you of our cell phone/texting laws here in New York State.  Won't you please take a moment to familiarize yourselves if you are not...

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