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Join Ithaca College as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during our MLK Campus-Wide Celebration Event! On Monday, January 19, 2015, students, staff, faculty and community members will honor Dr. King by coming together to discuss the relevance of his work today.

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Breathe in relaxation. Breathe out tension.

In this article in SH101, learn 8 small steps to stress less:

• Spend time outdoors
• If-then planning 
• Put on some beats 
• Fun and games

Discover more small steps by clicking here or use the link: http://readsh101.com/ithaca.html

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  Are you looking for new ideas for your student organization? Want to learn from other successful student organizations?

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   Are you looking for new ideas on how to retain members, market your organization, run effective meetings and/or more?

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3D laser scanning uses a pulsed laser to record the x, y, and z location of objects it strikes to a precision of ~1 mm while taking readings every millimeter. The resultant point clouds support preservation plans, research, virtual tours, and public outreach.

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Quoted in the media: Faculty members Chris Hummel, Deborah King, Patrick McKeon, Jeff Cohen, Donald Beachler, Rebecca Plante and Michael McCall; staff members Christopher Sperry and Teri Reinemann; and student Rachael Murray. For more information on the following articles, please visit the IC in the Media page.

IC in the Media

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Ithaca College music graduate and retired professor Malcolm Lewis passed away on December 15 at Cayuga Medical Center. He was 89.

Lewis entered the college in 1941, but his education was interrupted by service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He returned to finish his studies, receiving a B.S. in Music Education and a B.M. and M.M. in Music Composition. Following postgraduate work in music theory and composition at Juilliard and New York University, he began teaching in Montana, where he served as president of the Billings Art Institute.

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Employee permits for 2015 will be available to order online beginning Monday, December 8, 2014.

Current Employee Parking Permits will expire on January 15, 2015. You may order your new parking permit online at https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/parking_registration.php.

When registering online, please identify your preferred delivery method.  Permits can be delivered via campus mail, picked up at our office or mailed to your home address.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Parking Services

Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management

Center for Public Safety and General Services

Farm Pond Road

Ithaca New York 14850

607-274-3756

parking@ithaca.edu

https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/safety/parking/

Patricia Zimmermann, Professor of Screen Studies and codirector of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, has been appointed to the jury for the 2014 International Documentary Association Awards in Los Angeles.

Zimmermann served on the jury for Short Form Series, a new category for web-based, short, interactive documentaries produced by organizations such as the National Film Board of Canada, the New York Times, National Public Radio, Vice News, ESPN, PBS,HBO, Sundance Institute, and other international independent producers advancing multimedia journalism and new forms of documentary that engage new technologies.

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Join Ithaca College as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during our MLK Campus-Wide Celebration Event! On Monday, January 19, 2015, students, staff, faculty and community members will honor Dr. King by coming together to discuss the relevance of his work today.

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Leadership Weekend is filled with exciting activities, insightful workshops and memorable moments. Leadership Weekend is a free two-day retreat that brings together FIRST-YEAR students from a variety of different backgrounds to learn from each other and discover new ways to demonstrate leadership. Participants attend a series of leadership development sessions that focus on team-building and further developing individual leadership skills and understandings.

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Enroll in Winter 2015 Online course CSCR 26100 WATCHING RACE IN AMERICAN MEDIA! Deadline to Enroll is Jan 5, 2015!

Spend your break watching films and learning about the history of race and representation while getting your requirements out of the way!

To enroll, search course number CSCR 26100 for Winter 2015 term on HOMER.

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The Spring 2015 Student Organization Fair is Wednesday, January 28 from 10am-3pm in Emerson Suites. There will be over 100 student organizations promoting events, recruiting members, and showcasing their student organization. The student organization is free to attend. Take this opportunity to network with student leaders, find your passion and sign up for so many amazing student organizations. 

Student Organizations interested in signing up please click here. All recognized and new student organizations are able to sign up. Deadline to sign up is January 21 by 5pm.

*Please note OSEMA Recognized and Recreational Sport Clubs have top priority. 

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  Are you looking for new ideas on how to retain members, market your organization, run effective meetings and/or more?

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More than 500 local families are having a happier holiday this year thanks to local law enforcement agencies, including the Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management. The Cops, Kids & Toys program recently delivered gifts to financially disadvantaged Ithaca-area children who otherwise would have to go without.

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Information Technology Services is pleased to announce the release of a new Sakai Scantron Answer Sheet for optical scanning that will generate compatible files for use with the Sakai gradebook. The new charcoal form will make its formal debut for processing starting with the Spring 2015 semester. The form is currently available for purchase through the warehouse using item# F070506.

Please keep a lookout for more information about the upcoming release of the Sakai Scantron Answer Sheet, instructions for use and drop-in hours at the ITS Help Desk with the Computer Operations staff at the beginning of the Spring 2015 semester.

The Friends 110 computer lab is open until 8:00pm on Friday, December 19. Williams 210 closes for the semester at 5:00pm on Friday, December 19. Friends 110 will not be open 24 hours during the break. For details regarding computer lab hours, please visit www.ithaca.edu/its/services/labs/public/.

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  Leadership Weekend applications are now being accepted. All First-Year Students are welcome to apply! 

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Dr. Abraham Mulugetta, Chair of Finance and International Business Department, School of Business, and Dr. Yuko Mulugetta, Director of Enrollment Planning, presented "Exploring the Use of Big Data in Strategic Business Education: A Case Study Approach" on October 25th at the Big Data and Analytics Educational Conference (EDCON) 2014 sponsored by IBM, Ryerson University in Canada, and the University of Derby in U.K.   

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Olivia Abry (Sport Management Class of 2017) published her research on the benefits of employer supports for schedule flexibility and schedule predictability on the website One Million for Work Flexibility.  Her editorial argues that flextime enhances parents’ capacities to support their children. In return for flexible work arrangements, employees reciprocate by being more productive. As promising as flexible work arrangements might be, Olivia suggests that options are not realistic for every labor market.  That does not mean that work cannot be re-imagined to optimize work-family harmony.  For example, schedules for some hourly jobs are sporadic and posted just days before. In an hourly wage jobs, predictability is incredibly important. Posting schedules a week in advance is one way to help.  Sometimes simple solutions can make a world of difference.

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