Friday, October 31, 2008

11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Registration and Family Hospitality Center Open
Phillips Hall, North Foyer
Family members, guests, or students with Ithaca College ID may pick up registration materials and event tickets for their families.

7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Fitness Center Open
(open to family weekend guests age 16 and above)

4:00-6:00 p.m.
Athletics Open House
Come and meet with the athletic department staff and see what our student athletes have accomplished in the last year.

4:00 p.m.
Tour of the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise
Tour will begin in the first floor atrium lobby, near the plasma screens
The tours last approximately 45 minutes and will give you a close look at Ithaca College's newest and most innovative academic building. The building received platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, the highest level granted by the U.S. Green Building Council. From basement to roof, it's a real-world example of environmental stewardship that incorporates the highest principles of sustainable design. If you are interested in learning more about the School of Business, as well as how Ithaca College is embracing sustainability, you are encouraged to take a tour. Your guide will be a current School of Business student who will tell you about how this extraordinary building's U-shaped seating areas, small conference rooms, and numerous collaborative breakout rooms allow students to work and learn together in an atmosphere similar to professional business environments. We look forward to introducing you to The Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, which represents a select group of fewer than 100 buildings in the world to be certified platinum by the USGBC, with fewer than a dozen of those located on a U.S. college or university campus.

4:30 p.m.
Faculty Keynote Address
Posters, Propaganda and Persuasion in Election Campaigns
Dr. Steven Seidman, associate professor and chair of the Department of Strategic Communication
Professor Seidman is the author of the new book, Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns around the World and through History. The book traces the impact election posters, broadsides, banners and billboards have had around around the world over the last two centuries. Professor Seidman will talk about current and historical uses of these methods of communication and will share examples of campaign materials used in the current presidential race, as well as in earlier campaigns.

5:30 p.m.
Faculty Keynote Address
Ithaca College's Commitment to Carbon Neutrality
Dr. Beth Ellen Clark Joseph, Associate Professor of Physics
Ithaca College has signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (PCC), a pledge to produce a plan (by Septemer 2009) for the campus to go"carbon neutral." Signed by 575 colleges and universities across the country, the PCC commits us to model ways to eliminate global warming emissions and provide the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. We have begun the process of forming a plan, and can now provide an interim report that serves to fulfill one of the goals of the commitment: making our progress publiclty available. Please come to this informational session to learn about the commitment, our progress, ways for students to get involved, and our goals for the future. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers after a brief presentation.

Starting at 4:30 p.m.
Campus Dining Halls Open
(Cafeteria style, $9.75 at the door, students should use their ID)
Campus Center Dining Hall, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Terrace Dining hall, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.

5:00-8:00 p.m.
Dinner at the Tower Club
East Tower
Reservations are essential for this dinner buffet. Call 607-274-3393 (Meals at the Tower Club are not part of the Family Weekend package.)

6:00-7:00 p.m.
Hillel Shabbat Services
Muller Chapel

7:00 p.m.
Movie: WALL-E
102 Textor
This event is sponsored by the Student Activities Board. The cost is $3.00 at the door.

7:00-8:00 p.m.
Shabbat Dinner
Terrace Dining Hall Balcony
The dinner, served by the kosher kitchen, is $9.75 at the door. Students on the meal plan must use their ID cards.

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Hill Center Pool Open
(Open to all family weekend guests. Children under age 16 must be supervised by a responsible adult.)

8:15 p.m.
School of Music Concert:
Concert Band and Vocal Jazz Ensemble
(ticketed event)
Ford Hall, Whalen Center for Music

8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
IC After Dark's Halloween Party
IC Square
Come enjoy a Halloween party in IC Square, hosted by IC After Dark and Colleges Against Cancer. IC After Dark is a student-run organization that plans free monthly events for the campus community. This year, IC After Dark is opening their Halloween event to the Family Weekend participants in addition to the campus community. This family friendly event will include snacks, drinks, donuts-on-a-string, iron-on-beads, henna tattoos, a costume contest, mummy wrapping, make your own hand wax, a maze, and other activities. So dress up in your costume and come ready to play.

Food Services Available

• 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Campus Center Dining Hall (cafeteria style, $9.75)
• 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Terrace Dining hall (cafeteria style, $9.75)
• 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Tower Club (reservations required by calling 607-274-3393, additional cost)
• 10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Food Court, Campus Center
• 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Lavincita, Campus Center
• 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Grand Central, Campus Center
• 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - BJ's/Sub Connection, Towers Concourse