Ithaca College

Ithaca College offers 9 pre-orientation programs that allow first-year students to explore their new community, learn about resources on campus, and meet new friends!  Programs are of no cost to students, and will be held on Tuesday, August 17th. 

Applications close on Monday at 9am!  Learn more about Jumpstart & apply today by visiting the Jumpstart website.  Continuing students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to share this with any incoming students they may know!  Questions can be directed to the Office of Student Engagement at ose@ithaca.edu.

ENACTING COCREATIVE FUTURES IN DOCUMENTARY AND JOURNALISM CONVENING

TUESDAY JUNE 22, 2021 
11 AM EASTERN TIME (GMT 4:00)

Please join us for conversation and lively exchange in an interactive, discussion-driven environment as we continue our exploration of cocreation in theory, research, practice, and teaching during pandemic, protest, and beyond.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ithaca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf-yhrD8sH9OSG86EUCJf1Ao7lSGY7kjy 

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Please join us for Episode 3 of Scott MacDonald and Patricia Zimmermann’s FLASH FLAHERTY: TALES FROM A FILM SEMINAR (Indiana University Press, 2021).

Sunday June 20
1 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ithaca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIod-urrjIvH9WGOk1jh_OaJ6jr1n1uw4_3

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Submitted on behalf of La Jerne Terry Cornish, Ph.D.,
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs:

I wish to take this opportunity to announce some changes within the School of Business.  Dr. Alka Bramhandkar graciously assumed the leadership role of Interim Dean last year and I have asked her to continue for another year while the search for a new dean is conducted.  Dr. Johnine McCartney has accepted the position of Interim Director of the MBA Program for the 2021-22 academic year.

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Michael Serino, advisor to The Ithacan, retires after 31 years at Ithaca College

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Starting July 1, the Intercom website will be on the same Drupal platform as the rest of ithaca.edu, marking the final stage of a three-year content migration process and a major milestone for the web team.

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For Staff Council's IC Spirit Month, IC Library is offering a workshop to create written memories of living, working, teaching and learning during the pandemic.  After writing, participants can deposit their piece in the library’s COVID-19 History Archive.  The purpose of this Archive is to gather personal stories about how the pandemic affected members of the Ithaca College community. 

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We are recruiting healthy, inactive females for a study of exercise capacity & physical activity level at Ithaca College. Participants will serve as controls for a grant funded study of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

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Professor Susan Allen of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Dept. gave a presentation to the Rochester-based Microplastics working group about her research in collaboration with Jose Lozano and the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility on the ways in which microplastics find their way to the Ithaca Area and Cayuga Lake. There are microplastics in our air, rain and snow!  Read more about it.

Assistant Professor, Praneeta Mudaliar has been accepted as a Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project, a core project of Future Earth. Earth System Governance — a global research alliance, is the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change. Research Fellows are early to mid-level career scientists who seek to link their own research projects with the broader themes and questions of earth system governance. Through a bottom-up, dynamic, and active network, senior research fellows and research fellows collaborate on research, debate ideas and disseminate information on relevant events and opportunities in the field.  Learn more about Earth System Governance.

MacOS Big Sur is the next major iteration of Apple’s operating system for 2020-2021. Starting today, you are encouraged to upgrade your Ithaca College Mac computer to macOS Big Sur at your earliest convenience.

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Do you have an old t-shirt that you just can’t part with? Maybe it holds sentimental value, makes you smile, has a special catchphrase, or captures you at a different time in your life. Perhaps it was from a concert or event you attended, a gift, a prize, marks an accomplishment, or it's from a place you visited, traveled to or lived in long ago.  Every time you sort through old clothing you just can’t seem to let this shirt go – even if it’s torn, doesn’t fit anymore, or hasn’t been worn in years.  

Well – you're not alone!  T-shirt folks unite!  Go find your special shirt for the staff photo project Me, Myshirt, and I.  We'll be collecting self-portrait photos of staff in their ol' shirt as part of IC Spirit Month throughout the month of June. Photo entry submission details/link to follow shortly. For more information email: staffcouncil@ithaca.edu.

*(photo of shirt with artwork by artist Keith Haring). 

The Student Employment Enhancement (SEE) Subcommittee of the Experiential Learning Alliance is seeking proposals for our 2021 Summer Summit! This is a week-long, virtual conference designed for supervisors of student employees at IC. Any member of the IC community is welcome to submit a proposal to be presented to an audience of supervisors of student employees.

We plan to offer two, 50-minute time slots each business day throughout the week of Monday, July 12th - Thursday, July 15th (8 sessions total). Presenters will have the option of using the full time slot for their session, OR presenting a 10-15 minute lightning round session (will share the time slot with ~2 other presenters). All sessions will be offered synchronously via Zoom, and recorded.

Please complete this form by Wednesday, June 23rd at 5:00pm. We will reach out by Wednesday, June 30th to confirm participation and time slots.

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The Student Employment Enhancement (SEE) Subcommittee of the Experiential Learning Alliance is seeking proposals for our 2021 Summer Summit! This is a week-long, virtual conference designed for supervisors of student employees at IC. Any member of the IC community is welcome to submit a proposal to be presented to an audience of supervisors of student employees.

We plan to offer two, 50-minute time slots each business day throughout the week of Monday, July 12th - Thursday, July 15th (8 sessions total). Presenters will have the option of using the full time slot for their session, OR presenting a 10-15 minute lightning round session (will share the time slot with ~2 other presenters). All sessions will be offered synchronously via Zoom, and recorded.

Please complete this form by Wednesday, June 23rd at 5:00pm. We will reach out by Wednesday, June 30th to confirm participation and time slots.

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 Join us for our last two sessions in our Empowering Patients for Better Outcomes: A Health Literacy Series.  These 2-hour sessions are hosted from 10AM - Noon (EST) and are free to the public.

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There will not be a Restoration Friday on June 18, 2021, as this is already a staff holiday in observance of Juneteenth.

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The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Utterson, Associate Professor of Screen Studies in the Park School of Communications, has been reappointed for a three-year term as the Ithaca Seminar Program Coordinator. Dr. Utterson was first appointed to the role of Ithaca Seminar Coordinator in January 2019, and this reappointment will extend his tenure through August 15, 2024.

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Please welcome Quinten Hernandez, our new Administrative Assistant in New Student & Transition Programs! Quinten is a recent grad from the class of 2021. While majoring in Television-Radio (B.S.), Quinten started working in NSTP since 2019 as an Orientation Leader, New Student and Transition Ambassador, Orientation Coordinator, and Spring Welcome Leaders. After work, Quinten enjoys portrait photography, taking his two-year old husky, Iris, to the dog park with his partner, or playing tennis. 

Elena Chang, a '21 graduate of IC's Integrated Marketing Communications program, competed in the national finals of the Washington Media Scholars Media Plan Case Competition this past week. She and her teammate finished as the runner-up team, winning $6000 in scholarships. This competition challenges students to use real-world data to design a strategic media plan based on a public policy issue.

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In celebration of IC Spirit Month, Staff Council invites you to send a note of appreciation TODAY to a colleague/or colleagues. Whether it's someone you work with, or someone across campus. Let em' know they ROCK! 

And tomorrow... Tuesday, June 15th - Show your IC Spirit! Wear your IC gear. Post a picture of you/your family/your dog decked out in blue and gold on the Employee Engagement FaceBook Group at:  www.facebook.com/groups/2930511097017826.  (If you're not on Facebook but would like to contribute an image or comment, please email: sshank@ithaca.edu.)

Don't forget to show off with your IC gear/colors on all your Zoom calls on Tuesday! How cool would that be?! with EVERY single one of us dazzling in blue and gold? (We'll answer that question for you right here: it would be SUPER COOL!)

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