Ithaca College

Ithaca College learned on Friday, Sept. 4, that two Ithaca College graduate students living off campus in Ithaca have tested positive for COVID-19. The students are in isolation in their local residences and are receiving proper care. The Tompkins County Health Department confirms that there was no exposure on the Ithaca College campus from these individuals. These are the first two known positive cases among members of the Ithaca College community since the college announced on August 18 that it would continue with remote instruction for the fall semester.

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The IC Web Team will be hosting a virtual Drupal training via Zoom on Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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OSE would like for you to join us by presenting SLI workshops for our students seeking to develop leadership skills through a multitude of topics relating to the four tracks of SLI: Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading in a Diverse World, and Leading at IC. 

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Dear Valued Customer:

Thank you for filing a letter with our Department of Complaints located in our prestigious Office of Sure, Sure, Whatever You Say. While we were sorry to learn that you were less than satisfied with the musical plastic toy-set (with no OFF button), purchased for your grandkids, we are pleased to offer you a semi-free gift with your next purchase of a larger plastic toy-set with super flashing lights. But first, for a limited time only - we are offering you this exclusive opportunity to step away from our colorful catalogue of things; put your wallet in a hidden drawer - and go for a walk. During that walk, collect your thoughts - 17 syllables worth of thoughts, and write it down. We present to you the gift of time. Time for reflection. For creativity. For stillness. For enjoyment. Time for Haiku.

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The Ithaca College Library, in collaboration with the Community Arts Partnership Artspace, is pleased to present the virtual exhibition Ithaca College in the Downtown Era. The exhibition is available during the month of September.

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Dear Ithaca College Community,

The Ithaca College Public Health Task Force, which President Shirley M. Collado announced in her August 18 message to the campus community, has formally convened. This group will support my work as Director of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, building upon the tremendous foundation laid over the summer by the Return to Campus Task Force and its associated subgroups, which prepared the college’s reopening plan submitted to the state in August.

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VoiceThread is an interactive multimedia discussion tool that allows instructors and students to asynchronously engage with each other using media, voice, video, or text. Voicethread instructional designer George Haines is holding an online training especially for IC faculty on Friday, September 11, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.

Please click this registration link to register.  All are welcome.

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As Ithaca College continues efforts to prioritize the health and well-being of students, faculty, and staff as well as members of the wider Ithaca community, it has launched an online form through which unsafe behaviors can be reported. In addition, the college has created the position of Off-Campus Community Living Coordinator to serve as a support resource for students living in the Ithaca community, whether they are fully remote or attending on-campus classes.

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Faculty and staff- please join the Women's Mentoring Network for a welcome event on Friday September 4th from 2-3pm! 

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Recently President Trump issued an executive order authorizing employers to defer the withholdings, deposits, and payments of certain payroll taxes from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. This is only a deferral — not forgiveness of the tax owed.

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The Center for Faculty Excellence is pleased to host Ithaca College Community Artists each Friday at 5pm. In a mere 15-20 minutes, learn what our community brings to the Arts, and the invariable ways Art invigorates our lives. This week’s guest is Brian Dozoretz.

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Rachel Madsen, Associate Professor in the Sport Management department, recently published an article in Sport in Society. This project explored the unique choice faced by North American ice hockey athletes on their route to a professional hockey career.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2019.1615454

Seating capacity for the online HLTH 10000 "Meditation: It's not what you think" has been expanded. So join us for weekly reading, reflection and meditation practice this fall. Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience.

"Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight" Ajahn Brahm

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Thank you for your continued participation in the weekly COVID-19 testing required for all employees planning to regularly access campus this fall. We know that testing is a disruption to your daily schedule. We appreciate that you are prioritizing testing as it is an important contribution to our collective goal of maintaining the health and well-being of our campus.

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Career Services is hosting a weekly “State of the Industry” series, highlighting a different industry sector each week. 

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Andy Smith (Biology) was interviewed by BBC radio to talk about his research on sticky animal secretions. The interview was part of an episode for their CrowdScience program called "What is the point of slime?". In the interview, Dr. Smith talks about the molecular structure of slime and how it gives rise to unusual properties. In particular, some slimes are remarkably sticky, and extraordinarily difficult to wash off. The discussion of slime's structure is followed by other interviews focusing on the diversity of slimes in the animal kingdom and their impact on humans before returning to Dr. Smith's work and the potential for designing novel adhesives for medical use.

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Classes are almost upon us and we wanted to provide a reminder about the role that we as faculty and staff play in the experience that our students have at Ithaca College.

Some of our students are transgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, agender, or have another gender identity and may use a name different from their birth name. Some cisgender (non-transgender) students use a name different from their birth name, too. If you would like to learn more about these terms, you can visit the following resources:

• www.teachingtransgender.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TTT-Glossary-of-Terms.pdf and/or
• https://www.glaad.org/transgender/allies.
  
  Both resources are helpful in becoming a strong ally to our transgender students and colleagues.  

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Associate Professor Jorge Grossmann to be featured in hour-long show on Mexico City’s UNAM Radio Station

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Wonyul Bae, associate professor in the Department of Sport Management, recently published an article entitled 'English proficiency matters': ESL learning as a vocational behavior among former Korean college student-athletes on dropping out of athletic programs in the International Studies in Sociology of Education. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09620214.2020.1762109

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