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community service



Ethan Medley ’01 helps the Super Bowl champions share their wealth and skills.   by Greg Forbes Siegman

While millions of fans debate whether the New York Giants can win back-to-back Super Bowls, Ethan Medley ponders a different question: What can they do to remain champions off the field?

As the team’s assistant director of community...

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A campus faith group partners with a grade school to help minority kids succeed academically and creatively.   by Liz Getman ’09

As an IC student, Lesley “Alex” Rhoden ’11 spent her Saturdays at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School (BJM) teaching children the importance of education.

Rhoden was one of about 15 students...

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“VoluntEars” Carl Hansen and fellow grads help out after the California forest fires.   by Carl Hansen ’99

I looked to the mountains east of my Los Angeles apartment, and while I’m used to seeing them through the haze of smog, now they were almost entirely obscured by thick smoke. Ash was falling...

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Grades had nothing to do with this honor roll, but it’s certainly something to be proud of. Ithaca College was one of 33 New York state institutions—out of almost 500—named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The distinction is given to colleges and...

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