Ithaca College

ICIC 12000-01 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic – Efficiency, Productivity, and Permission to Waste

Tuesdays & Thursdays 4-5:15, Sept. 1 – Oct. 1

Barbara Adams & Paula Turkon

CRN 23335

How much does efficiency matter in an endeavor – whether sport or agribusiness, microbiology or filmmaking? Does efficiency always yield productivity? and is productivity necessarily the goal? Does nature itself privilege these concepts? Is it ever acceptable to waste time, money, and resources? Through classtime interviews with professionals and experts from a wide range of fields, this course asks students to explore these concepts.

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Everybody loves a Sweepstakes!

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Please join us as Majors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy give talks on their research for the 2015 Spring Seminar Series

Amy Parker: Contact Binary Stars 

Matthew Bellardini: A Summer of SOFIA

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"Instead of highlighting and underlining material -- which studies suggest does not boost learning or test performance -- come at it actively."

In the article in SH101: 

• Learn about short-term fixes for when your test is next week
• And long-term fixes for when life is a series of tests 
• Watch videos of students give their views ("the writing game", "5 testing tips", and "what r the 3 r's?")
• Discover the app that blocks online distractions

Here's the link:

http://readsh101.com/ithaca.html

Enjoy your read!

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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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With one week 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 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. Shirts will sell for $15! Proceeds go directly to IPAAFF.

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Come explore your voice in a fun, informal workshop with touring singer-songwriter Eli Conley at 12 noon on Friday April 17 in the Handwerker Gallery. Total beginners to experienced singers are welcome! Queer and transgender folks all too often find spaces focused on singing lacking relevance to our lives, awareness of our needs, and commitment to collective liberation. It is a powerful act for LGBTQ people and our straight and cisgender allies to find the power in our voices, listen deeply to each other as singers and raise our voices together in song.

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We know you love being a part of a student organization at Ithaca College, but we want to know what would make you love it even more! 

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Ask Big Questions (ABQ), a non-denominational fellowship in campus,  will host a campus-wide conversation regarding sexual assault.

It is a first of a kind, student-led attempt to have a facilitated conversation for students, faculty and staff around the table.

This event will open with a reception at Emerson Lounge.

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 Join the IC African Students Association for our second event of Africa Week!

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 Are you still looking for SLI credits?

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 GET READY!

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 We bring you funny man Alingon Mitra on Tuesday, April 14th. He performs his comedic talents in IC Square at 8:00 p.m. Alingon has been on Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, The Late Late Show, Conan and his twitter profile even mentions public transportation. SAB is quite impressed with his resume! So lets see how many IC students we can gather in the pub! Let's enjoy the last comedy show of the year and see just how funny Alingon is.

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Looking for a fun way to volunteer? Want to skip the lines at IC Kicks Back? Then volunteer at IC Kicks back on May 1, from 2pm-6pm.

You can volunteer in a variety of ways:

·        Maintaining lines for the inflatables and photo booths

·        Checking IDs

·        Taking photos of the event

·        Line control

A FREE IC Kicks Back T-shirt will be included!

If you are interested please fill out this survey by April 19.

If you have any questions please tradley@ithaca.edu

Modern Languages and Literatures is happy to be able to provide free, drop-in tutoring for students enrolled in various language courses during the spring 2015 semester. All sessions will be held in the Language and Cultural Exchange Cooperative (LCEC), Job 209. Sessions are as follows:

• Arabic: Mondays from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• French: Fridays from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• German: Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m.
• Hebrew: Thursdays from 5:00 pm - 6:00 p.m.
• Italian: Wednesdays from 2:00 pm - 4:00 p.m.
• Spanish: Thursdays at the noon hour

Modern Languages and Literatures also offers some conversation groups for students to hone their language skills. Groups meet at the times and places indicated below:

• French: Mondays from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in IC Square
• German: Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m. in the LCEC
• Italian: Wednesdays from 2:00 pm - 4:00 p.m. in the LCEC
• Spanish: Sundays at 3 pm and Tuesdays at the noon hour in the LCEC  

We hope to see you!

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A tertulia is a social gathering with literary or artistic overtones, especially in Spain or Latin America. If you are a student of Spanish, speak Spanish at home and miss speaking it on campus, or if you are simply looking to meet others who are passionate about the Spanish-speaking world and its cultures, then please join us.

When & Where: Sundays from 3:00-4:00 p.m. and Tuesdays during the common noon hour. Both sessions are held in Job 209, the LCEC.

Why: This is a great opportunity for you to  practice your Spanish language skills in a supportive, relaxed environment with native or near-native speakers of Spanish. Students of all language abilities are welcome.

Questions: Contact Professor Maria DiFrancesco, Muller 411 (mdifrancesco@ithaca.edu).

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Professor Maria DiFrancesco at mdifrancesco@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3547.

Take advantage of the more than 350 concerts offered each year by the School of Music. A full listing of all concerts and events is available at ithaca.edu/concerts; highlights across the next few weeks are listed below.  

Can't make it? Web-streamed performances are available live and on demand at ithaca.edu/music/live. Check the expanded webcasting schedule for more information!

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 Showing Tonight and Sunday April 12th at 8 p.m. is Hunger Games : Mockingjay part 1 in Textor 102. You now have the dates, time and place for an amazing movie. SAB expects you there, so bring your friends, roommates and IC crushes too! Don't miss out on the continuation of Katniss's journey. Find answers and become even more confused in the most recent installment of the super awesome Hunger Games series.

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Want to have a positive impact on first-year students while simultaneously earning course credit? Consider the ICSM Peer Leader Program and apply online!

Applications due April 24th!

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Excitement is building about the Izzy Award ceremony, happening this Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites B&C, Campus Center (Phillips Hall).

Author NAOMI KLEIN (pictured; photo by Kourosh Keshiri), joining us in Ithaca amidst her whirlwind book tour of Europe and North America, and investigative reporter DAVID SIROTA, who continues to poke the powerful with new exposés just about every other day, will accept the Izzy Award and each give a speech.

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