Ithaca College

Celebrate the beginning of Alumni Weekend with IC Hillel! Fresh challah baking will begin at 5 followed by services at 6. Beginning at 7 a delicious homemade dinner will be served. All events are taking place in Muller Chapel.  

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In honor of Alumni Weekend Hillel at Ithaca College will be sponsoring challah baking, and a special Shabbat service followed by a homemade dinner in Muller Chapel. 

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Thank you to the following individuals who have agreed to serve on the Provost's Task Force on ICC Revision. These individuals will be working on behalf of the campus community to develop proposals for revisions to our Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC). 

Thank you, also, to the governing bodies who selected their representatives.

The members of the Task Force have started meeting and currently are identifying the Task Force co-chairs. We will soon distribute an email address for forwarding questions, suggestions, and notes to be considered by the Task Force.

Thank you in advance for being part of this process!

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“What and how are my students thinking? How can I better understand my students’ reasoning?”

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Please join William Guerrero, Vice President of Finance and Administration this Wednesday, October 9th from 1:00pm - 2:00pm in Clark Lounge. The meeting will include current year financials, next year budget updates, and division updates.

Submitted on behalf of Sally Neal and Vikki Levine

It is with mixed emotions that we announce the departure of Kate Miller from the Academic Advising Center. Her final day in the AAC will be Tuesday, October 15th.  We will miss seeing Kate on a daily basis, but are thrilled for her new opportunity! Kate has accepted a position in the Office of the Registrar, here at Ithaca College.

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Submitted on behalf of Sally Neal and Vikki Levine

It is with mixed emotions that we announce the departure of Kate Miller from the Academic Advising Center. Her final day in the AAC will be Tuesday, October 15th.  We will miss seeing Kate on a daily basis, but are thrilled for her new opportunity! Kate has accepted a position in the Office of the Registrar, here at Ithaca College.

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Bill Kolberg, Economics, presented  "Consumer Response to Increased Variety in Demand and Inverse Demand Systems with Consistent Preferences"  at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Economics Association at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York on Saturday, September 28, 2019.

Congratulations Sarah Shank, Interlibrary loan Borrowing Coordinator.

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Message posted on behalf of Provost La Jerne Terry Cornish:

Dear Campus Community:

After serving for more than a decade at the helm of one of the preeminent communications programs in the nation, Diane Gayeski has let us know that this academic year will be her last as dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications. A 1974 graduate of the school, Diane has spent the majority of her academic career in service to her alma mater. And that service won’t end with her departure as dean—following a fall 2020 sabbatical, she will return to teaching in the Department of Strategic Communication.

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A reception for 2019 Light Work Grant Recipients, Trevor Clement, Lali Khalid, and Reka Reisinger, will take place this Friday, October 11, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition will be on view till Oct. 17 in the Hallway Gallery.

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Percussion...Jazz...Orchestra...Beethoven...and more - there's a lot happening at Whalen!

Full calendar at: ithaca.edu/music/events

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October is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) History Month.  Each day throughout the month a video highlighting a different historical figure will be available for viewing in a special section of the LGBT Center Website.

Each of these 31 leaders were nominated by leaders of state, national and international LGBT organizations and from the public, and have achieved success in a variety of different endeavors, were national heroes, or advanced LGBT civil rights.

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Join the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life today at 4pm in the Muller Chapel for a screening of the film “Dust-Flower-Flame”, a documentary film about the life of Tahirih Qorratol-eyn, a woman of letters, the effect of whose presence on women’s equality movement in the 19th century during the reign of Qajar has continued up until today.  

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 The Ithaca Music Forum continues this semester with our second guest scholar, Dr. Kwami Coleman on, "'Primitive Polyphony' or, When Things are Ordered Differently (in Improvisation.) 

Texture is taken for granted in music theory as an objective category, but the objectivity sought in analyzing structural "order" in music has a legacy shaped by imperialism and notions of ethnic and cultural difference. 

Nabenhauer Recital Room, Whalen Center for Music 5PM, Friday, Oct. 11th. FREE ADMISSION. Reception to follow. 

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What? A 5K race/walk through the cross-country trail in the Natural Lands. 
When? Sunday, November 10th (Family Weekend!)
Where? Race begins at the Kostrinsky Field (softball field near Terraces).
Time? Check-in for the race is at 9:30am and the race starts at 10:30am.

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Patricia Zimmermann, Professor of Screen Studies and Codirector of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, has published a new book, Documentary Across Platforms: Reverse Engineering Media, Place, and Politics (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019).

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This is a reminder to ALL faculty, staff and student employees that the deadline to to complete your assigned Harassment and Discrimination training is TOMORROW.  The original training due date of October 9, 2019 was included on your initial email notification.

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“What and how are my students thinking? How can I better understand my students’ reasoning?”

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Take a tour of your Ithaca College benefits at the Annual Employee Benefits & Work/Life Fair on October 22 in Emerson Suites from 10am - 2pm.

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