Family Weekend
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 6, 2009
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)
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Ithaca College Bookstore Open
Josten's representative for College rings available from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Handwerker Gallery Exhibition
Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center
Threads of Hope: The Chilean Arpillera Movement
Chilean arpillera from the collection of Dr. Marjorie Agosí'n, Latina author, activist, and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. Arpillera are small hand sewn and embroidered/embellished tapestries, created by women, most of whose relatives were among those listed as detained/disappeared during the military dictatorship in Chile.
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Athletics Open House
Emerson Lobby, Phillips Hall
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 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.
Starting at 4:30 p.m.
Campus Dining Halls Open
(Cafeteria style, $11.00 at the door, students should use their ID)
Campus Center Dining Hall, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Terrace Dining hall, 4:30 - 8:00 p.m.
5:00 pm
Film Screening
"All Together Now"
Park Auditorium
This documentary film charts the creation of the LOVE show by Cirque du Soleil. The show LOVE plays in Las Vegas and contains daring performances of acrobatics, dance, and extreme sports with incredible staging all set to Beatles music. The sound track, which re-shaped some archival Beatles tracks, went on to win two Grammy Awards. The documentary tells the story of this bold collaboration - and includes interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Sir George Martin. The director, Martin Bolduc, and film producer, Adrian Wills, are being brought to Ithaca by the Ithaca Motion Picture Project and will be at this showing to discuss the making of the film. This event in sponsored by the Roy H. Park School of Communications.
5:30 p.m.
Faculty Keynote Address
A Brief History of Ithaca College
Dr. Michael Trotti
Associate Professor of History
From 4 rented rooms on Seneca Street to a nationally-recognized comprehensive college: Ithaca College's rise has not been without drama. This brief overview of IC's history includes rather startling information culled from students handbooks from the past, showing us something of what it was like to be a student in very different eras of IC's past.
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Hillel Shabbat Services
Muller Chapel
7:00 p.m.
Movie: "Shorts"
101 Textor Hall
Admission is $3.00 per person at the door. Sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Shabbat Dinner
Terrace Dining Hall Balcony
The dinner, served by the kosher kitchen, is $11.00 at the door. Students on the meal plan must use their ID cards.
7:00 p.m.
The One World Concert
Emerson Suites, Philips Hall
Interested in exploring the world? Join the Ithaca College International Club as they come together to celebrate diversity. As part of International Education week, this concert is dedicated to the appreciation of arts, music, dance, and other performances representing different cultures in the United States and internationally.
8:00 p.m.
Ithaca College Theatre presents:
Children of Eden
Dillingham Theatre
(ticketed event)
Inspired by the Book of Genesis, "Children of Eden" uses Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Noah and the flood to shed new light on universal stories of love, hope, parents, and children. Composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) brings musical life to familiar characters as they struggle to raise families and do what's right in a complex and conflicted world.
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Indoor Pool Open
Hill Center
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
Food Services Available
- 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Campus Center Dining Hall (cafeteria style, $11.00)
- 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Terrace Dining hall (cafeteria style, $11.00)
- 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