I am pleased to share very important news as a follow-up to our meetings this past weekend with the board of trustees.
MASTER PLAN
Gateway Building—The board of trustees approved the selection of HOLT Architects for the new Gateway Building, which will house enrollment services, human resources, and other administrative offices. It will be located on the north side of Dillingham, west of the new School of Business, and construction will commence in the spring of 2007.
A&E Center—Critical lead gifts of $10 million for the Athletics & Events Center, announced on Friday, ensure our ability to move forward with this important project. The gifts come from two philanthropic foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies and the French American Charitable Trust, at the direction of Ithaca College trustee Caroleen Feeney ’86. With the help of our internal stakeholder team, architects at Moody Nolan are hard at work determining the building’s program and refining the design. We will be inviting the campus community to learn more about the project in the coming weeks.
School of Business—Fifty guests, including trustees, donors, IC faculty and staff, and community leaders, joined us for a wonderful groundbreaking ceremony on Friday evening that marked the formal beginning of construction on the new building for the School of Business. You will recall that in 2004, Mrs. Dorothy Park made a $7 million lead gift for the campaign to build a dedicated facility for the business school. Mrs. Park’s interest in this project has grown as it has moved into the construction stage. On Friday, trustee Adelaide Gomer announced her mother’s intention to commit another $3 million to help ensure that it will be fully funded. This is an act of tremendous generosity, and with Mrs. Park’s additional commitment, we have raised $13.5 million toward a new goal of $17 million.
TENURE AND PROMOTION
Beth Harris and K. Brooke Olson were promoted from assistant to associate professor and granted tenure.
Beth Harris, Department of Politics, came to the School of Humanities and Sciences in 1999. She received her B.A. from Evergreen State College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle.
K. Brooke Olson, Department of Anthropology, came to the School of Humanities and Sciences in 1998. She received her B.A. from the University of South Florida and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.
PROMOTION
Nancy J. Brcak, Verna Brummett, Debra Moree, Eric Robinson, and Susan Weisend were promoted from associate to full professor; Melinda Cozzolino and Elizabeth Peterson were promoted from assistant to associate professor; and Michael Buck was promoted from clinical assistant to clinical associate professor.
Nancy J. Brcak, Department of Art History, was promoted to associate professor and granted tenure in the School of Humanities and Sciences in 1990. She received her B.A. from Vassar College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.
Verna Brummett, Department of Music Education, was promoted to associate professor and received tenure in the School of Music in 1999. She holds B.M.E. and M.M.E. degrees from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and an Ed.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Debra Moree, Department of Music Performance, was promoted to associate professor and granted tenure in the School of Music in 1997. She earned her B.M. and M.M. degrees from Indiana University Bloomington.
Eric Robinson, Department of Mathematics, was promoted to associate professor and received tenure in the School of Humanities and Sciences in 1985. He received his B.A. from Harpur College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Susan Weisend, Department of Art, received tenure and was promoted to associate professor in 1994. She received her B.A. from the State University of New York College at Cortland, B.F.A. from Syracuse University, and M.F.A. from Washington University.
Melinda Cozzolino, Department of Occupational Therapy, joined the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance in 1999. She received her B.S. from Keuka College, M.S. from the University of Scranton, and O.T.D. from Creighton University.
Elizabeth Peterson, Department of Music Education, joined the School of Music in 1998. She holds a B.M. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, M.M. from Northwestern University, and D.M.A. from Shenandoah Conservatory.
Michael Buck, Department of Physical Therapy, came to the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance in 1992. He received his B.A. from Canisius College and his M.S. from Arcadia University.
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
The College conferred 1,380 degrees at the Commencement ceremony on Sunday.
NEW TRUSTEES
Four new members were elected by the board of trustees: Joshua Keniston ’08, television-radio major, Roy H. Park School of Communications; Susan Pervi, Vice President for Student Life, Catholic University of America, and parent of Kristina Pervi Ayers ’02; Sandra Pinckney ’70, host of “Food Finds” for the cable television Food Network; and Lawrence S. Smith ’69, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial Officer, Comcast Corporation.
Peggy R.Williams, President
