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Enjoy an evening out with your children at the IC Family Carnival! Inflated bounce houses, arts and crafts, face painting, and assorted activities stations will transform the fitness center into a children’s play land. You will want to stick around for the live entertainment, raffles, and snacks!

The event is on Friday, April 24th from 5:30 to 8 pm in the gyms on the lower level of the Fitness Center. Entry is $3 for kids, $5 for anyone over 18, and $16 for parties of 5 or more. Members of IC Student United Way organize and run the Family Carnival. All proceeds benefit the ICSUW's fall grant program, during which funds are allocated to organizations in the Ithaca community.

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ICIC 12000-03 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic Finding Joy

Mondays & Wednesdays 4-5:15, Aug. 26 – Sept. 30

Gordon Rowland & Karl Paulnack

CRN 23781

What is joy? Where do we find it? How do we get it? What life practices build joyous lives?

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Stop Hunger Servathon!

Contributed by Rachel O'Campo on 04/16/15 

Did you know that $3 can help a child in need? Until April 24, Dining Services Retail Locations are taking donations at the registers for the BackPack Program for Food Bank of the Southern Tier. 

You may donate any amount, but if you can spare $3.00, it'll supply a BackPack full of nutritious food for a child who otherwise might not be able to have 3 meals a day over the weekend. 

Donate today at  at Grand Central Café, Food Court, Sandella's Flatbreads, Business School Café, Park Café, and CHS Coffee Cart.

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"In honor of National Healthcare Decisions Day (April 16th), learn what to look for in a health website, and how to recognize red flags."

In this article in SH101:  

  • Learn ways to sort the best from the bogus (online health info)
  • Discover how to check if info is evidence-based 
  • Browse through a list of reliable health websites 

Here's the link: 

http://readsh101.com/ithaca.html

 

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With days to go before the first ever Ithaca Pan Asian American Film Festival, you can own a piece of history. The IC Asian American Alliance will be selling IPAAFF t-shirts at the Campus Center on Friday, April 17 from 9am to 3pm. Shirts will sell for $15! Proceeds go directly to IPAAFF.

 

Jason Hamilton, natural history expert in the Environmental Studies & Sciences Department and initiator of IC’s immensely popular Environmental Sentinels course, will be teaching a Maymester course – ENVS 142 – in the art and science of tracking.

 

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It’s that time of year again! South Hill Forest Products is hosting our annual Sugar Bush Open House on Saturday, April 18th, from 9am to 2pm. Come on by to see how this student-run business makes its maple and hickory syrup, soaps, salves, and honey, and sustainably ‘farms the forest.’  There will be free pancakes, maple and hickory syrup, live music, face painting, tree identification walks, and wood chopping demonstrations. 

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"Bees Do It (For Now): Biologist’s Research May Lead to Building a Better Vibrator"

Read a press release about Paul's work.

 

This June Jason Hamilton from the Environmental Studies & Sciences Department will teach a Summer Session course in herbal remedies and nature-based healing. ENVS 140 will explore both modern herbalism and ancient vitalist traditions.  

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FREE COFFEE, TEA, COOKIES, CHEESE AND CRACKERS!

Now that we’ve got your attention, we’d like to invite you to Stillwater Magazine’s release party and showcase!

Come to Emerson Suites on April 21st from 7-9pm for refreshments, great artwork, and readings of original works by your peers. Stay the full two hours or just pop by! We’d love to have you!

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FREE COFFEE, TEA, COOKIES, CHEESE AND CRACKERS!

Now that we’ve got your attention, we’d like to invite you to Stillwater Magazine’s release party and showcase!

Come to Emerson Suites on April 21st from 7-9pm for refreshments, great artwork, and readings of original works by your peers. Stay the full two hours or just pop by! We’d love to have you!

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FREE COFFEE, TEA, COOKIES, CHEESE AND CRACKERS!

Now that we’ve got your attention, we’d like to invite you to Stillwater Magazine’s release party and showcase!

Come to Emerson Suites on April 21st from 7-9pm for refreshments, great artwork, and readings of original works by your peers. Stay the full two hours or just pop by, we’d love to have you!

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On Thursday, April 23, from Noon – 1 p.m., the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise is proud to host the Annual Sustainability in Action Student-Faculty colloquium.

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Understand the financial challenges unique to women, as well as get tailored approaches to saving for retirement, goal setting, evaluating your financial health, and tips to help your money work harder.

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Monday, April 20, 2015, 319 Gannett Center
Dr. Michele DiPietro
, Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Kennesaw State University

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Last Chance to apply

Contributed by Theresa Johnson on 04/16/15 

Does your student organization need a centralized desk space to store important documents? Do you love hanging out in the SAC and interacting with other student organization members? Great! Apply for SAC Tenant Space.

 

Applications are available from until April 27. All registered student organizations are welcome to apply. Apply now.

 

Be apart of the SAC!

Contributed by Theresa Johnson on 04/16/15 

Does your student organization need a centralized desk space to store important documents? Do you love hanging out in the SAC and interacting with other student organization members? Great! Apply for SAC Tenant Space.

 

Applications are available from until April 27. All registered student organizations are welcome to apply. Apply now.

 

Timothy Butterfield, PhD ATC, associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Kentucky, is presenting “Massage à Trois: Uncovering the mechanism of massage efficacy using three research models” on Thursday April 23rd at 7 pm in Hill 104. The talk is free and open to the public.

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I’d like to invite you to the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra’s final concert of the 2014-15 season. It is a first of its kind collaboration between the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra, several schools at Ithaca College, a brilliant collection of renowned guest artists, faculty soloists and notable alumni. It should prove to be a very unique and enjoyable evening. There will be two opportunities to see the concert in Ford Hall.       

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Erika Bucior presented a poster at the Northeast Regional American Society of Plant Biologist Conference held at Northeastern University in Boston, MA on  April 11th and 12th.

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