Ithaca College

A celebration of the life and legacy of dean Larry Metzger will be held on Friday, September 26, at 4:00 p.m. in Ford Hall of the Whalen Music Center. Members of the Ithaca College community are invited to attend this event to honor Larry through words and music. The celebration, which is hosted by the Office of the Provost, will conclude with a reception in the McHenry Lobby.

An inspiring leader and astute manager, Larry was completely dedicated to Ithaca since joining the College as a research assistant in 1975. He was named director of institutional research in 1983 and dean of enrollment planning in 1996. He held a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University in addition to his master's degree from Ithaca.

Larry was instrumental in shaping Ithaca's increasingly talented and diverse student body, and his commitment to sharing the Ithaca experience with prospective students and families has had an enormous impact on the College's image and success. He championed major projects such as the Homer student information system implementation and the Web Infrastructure and Branding Initiative (WIBI).

In partnership with the schools and the Office of Marketing Communications, he supported key institutional branding efforts and bold shifts in recruitment marketing, from the development of the IC Peers social networking community to the launch of the student-written magazine <i>Fuse</i>.