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Andrew Utterson (Roy H. Park School of Communications and Coordinator of the first-year Ithaca Seminars) has recently published a new book with Edinburgh University Press, a leading international publisher of scholarly books and journals.

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Established through contributions from staff, faculty, and friends of James J. Whalen, Ithaca College’s 6th president, in honor of his 22 years of service to the College.

This award is granted to eligible staff members in a degree program at Ithaca College. The money can be used to pay for books and defray other educational costs. Candidates for the J.J. Staff Scholar Award must be full-time staff members of the College; matriculated in a degree program; have completed at least 60 credit hours toward an undergraduate degree, or pursuing a graduate-level degree, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

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Provost La Jerne Terry Cornish invites us all to gather remotely for an evening of engagement with our colleagues sabbatical projects.

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How do students demonstrate their learning?  Hosted by the Center for Faculty Excellence,  eight interdisciplinary colleagues will describe a range of their alternative, and perhaps,  innovative, assessment methods for an online modality. Please join your colleagues for one or both lively discussions about their virtual assessment practices.

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Hello Campus Community!

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Free virtual screening of  Made in Bangkok, an LGBTQ themed film, cosponsored by ¡CULTURA! Ithaca and the LGBT Center, Sept 23 at 7 pm. As part of CINE con CULTURA film festival featuring Latin American films, in celebration of Latino Heritage Month in collaboration with ¡CULTURA! Ithaca.

Find more information and the complete list of films at https://www.culturaithaca.com/cine-con-cultura

To view the calendar of events listing click here.

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A virtual film screening and panel discussion highlighting The Venture Out Project's work to connect the LGBTQ community to national parks and the outdoors.

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Justine Vosloo, PhD. CMPC, Associate Professor from the Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training published a paper: “Culturally Competent Sport Psychology: A Survey of Sport Psychology Professionals’ Perception of Cultural Competence” in one of the premier journals in the field: The Sport Psychologist. The paper examined the perceived cultural competency levels of professionals in the field of sport psychology (i.e. Certified Mental Performance Coaches/CMPCs & Sport Psychologists). The paper examined the professionals’ perceived cultural knowledge, competency and beliefs around the effectiveness of formal training in the development of their own cultural competence. A major finding was that professionals believed that their training was only moderately effective in their cultural competence development.

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Want to study abroad in 2021-22 or beyond? Need help finding the right program? Come to an info session and get the information you need to make it happen! It's definitely not too soon to start planning for your future international adventure now. IC will be holding two info sessions this week, and several of our study abroad partners will also be offering info sessions about their programs.  

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Have you found yourself composing short poems, observations, one-liners (or...something like it...) in your head during these last six months? Well, even if you haven't - IC's Staff Council invites you to take a creative break and reflect on a moment in time by writing your own Haiku. Let's connect beyond the daily emails, Zoom meetings and (awesome) GIFs.  This 3-line, 17-syllable form of poetry is calling you. Concise. To the point. And so much more.  

Submit your words/thoughts today at: MY HAIKU for the Staff Haiku Project. Deadline has been extended to October 9th.  For information contact Staff Council members: Sara Jacobs and/or Sarah Shank at: sjacobs4@ithaca.edu or sshank@ithaca.edu.

Have you found yourself composing short poems, observations, one-liners, (or...something like it...) in your head during these last six months? Well, even if you haven't - IC's Staff Council invites you to take a creative break and reflect on a moment in time by writing your own Haiku. Let's connect beyond the daily emails, Zoom meetings and (awesome) GIFs.  This 3-line, 17-syllable form of poetry is calling you. Concise. To the point. And so much more.  

Submit your words/thoughts today at: MY HAIKU for the Staff Haiku Project.  Deadline has been extended to October 9th.  For information contact Staff Council members: Sara Jacobs and/or Sarah Shank at: sjacobs4@ithaca.edu or sshank@ithaca.edu.

The deadline for 2021 winter session undergraduate course proposals is October 15th.

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The Women’s Mentoring Network invites you to join the Fall 2020 Coffee Conversation Series, with topics selected and hosted by women across campus. Additional topics will be added later in the semester. Stay tuned for more details, and reach out if you’d be interested in hosting a Coffee Conversation!

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The Women’s Mentoring Network invites you to join the Fall 2020 Coffee Conversation Series, with topics selected and hosted by women across campus. Additional topics will be added later in the semester. Stay tuned for more details, and reach out if you’d be interested in hosting a Coffee Conversation!

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The Al-Anon meeting that regularly takes place at Ithaca College in Muller Chapel on Wednesdays at noon (the South Hill Higher Ground Family Group) will be meeting online via Zoom until further notice. Muller Chapel is currently closed. Anyone who is affected by the addiction of a family member or friend is welcome to join the meeting (students, faculty, staff, and community members). Meetings will continue to take place at the same time, Wednesdays from 12 to 1. Click the link below to join, and enter the meeting ID and password if prompted.

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Chemistry Department is pleased to host Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar Series Virtually, Tuesday’s at 12:10 pm. Please see Ithaca College Chemistry web page.
 https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-humanities-and-sciences/chemistry/chemistry-and-biochemistry-seminar-series

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The Fitness Center's Fall group fitness calsses are underway! All classes are offered live through Zoom, and the weekly class schedule is available on our website.

Registration will open 48 hours prior to the scheduled class start time and will close 30 minutes beforehand to allow our staff time to send the Zoom meeting invitations. Please visit recreation.ithaca.edu to register.

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No matter where you are in life - just getting started or planning for retirement - a session with Joseph Silino can help you create a plan for your goals. And, it’s at no additional cost as a part of your retirement plan. You’ll get answers to these questions and more:

• Am I invested in the right mix of investments to help meet my goals?
• Am I saving enough to create the retirement income I need?
• How do I take income from my retirement account once I stop working?

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Information Technology, in partnership with the Provost Office and stakeholders from across the college, will be leading a review of alternative learning management systems (LMS) this fall, with the goal to replace Sakai, our current LMS, next summer.

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 Marella Feltrin-Morris (Modern Languages and Literatures) gave a presentation at the Virtual Conference of the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters on September 18, 2020. The title of her presentation was "Off into the Great Unknown: Translation for Research."

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