Ithaca College

Submitted on behalf of Mark Coldren, Associate Vice President, Office of Human Resources

The next in our ongoing series of meetings for supervisors will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in Emerson Suites.  It is an expectation that all supervisors attend.  Please hold the date.

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Independent journalist Madiha Tahir will screen and discuss her film on Pakistani survivors of U.S. drone attacks.

"Wounds of Waziristan: Ethnography of a Kill Zone"
TUESDAY, NOV. 11
7 - 9 p.m.
CLARK LOUNGE, EGBERT HALL
*Free and open to the public*

Since the drone attacks began in Pakistan in 2004, much of the focus by analysts and academics has been on aspects of drone technology. Tahir’s documentary, “Wounds of Waziristan,” considers the voices of those who experience such attacks firsthand, who have been either labeled de facto as “combat militants” or summarily dismissed as “collateral damage.”

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 The students in the Exercise and Rehab Psychology graduate class are conducting a study to investigate exercise and eating behavior among college students. If you are 18-years or older, we invite you to please participate in our quick online survey. 

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Spend the last week of your winter break with IC's Habitat for Humanity!

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Dr. Chrystyna Dail, Assistant Professor in Theatre Arts, was featured as a presenter at Cornell University's 'TWO FOR THE SHOW: A Mini-Symposium on Broadway Revivals'  on November 6, 2014. 


Dr. Dail's presentation, “These Are Dangerous Woods: Normative Gender Roles from Broadway to the Big Screen” was featured alongside a presentation by Jordan Schildcrout (SUNY Purchase).

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Monday, November 10, 2014, 3:10 - 4:05 p.m. (Register here) (Registration is recommended, but not required.)
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Facilitated by Miranda Kaye, Assistant Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, with the assistance of Mindy Cozzolino, Chair of HSR and Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, and MaryAnn Taylor, Coordinator, Sponsored Research

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. (Register here)
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Facilitated by Belisa Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Michelle Rios-Dominguez, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion

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Last semester, Michael Faber hosted meditation sessions on-campus, twice a week at the noon hour. The Work/Life Initiative is looking at the possibility of bringing meditation back for the Spring 2015 Semester at the same time of day.   

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The Unites States Postal Service has strict requirments on how international mail is addressed and has begun returning mail to the senders for non-compliance.  There is a link on the Mail Service web page to a document on the regulations.  A brief overview is listed below reflecting common issues that the Mail Service department and the Phillips Hall Post Office encounter.

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The third Thursday in November is the date of The American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. They encourage smokers to use this date (NOVEMBER 20, 2014) to plan in advance to quit smoking THAT day! We want to take this time to follow The American Cancer Society’s plan within our Ithaca College community. If you are a smoker looking for motivation, use this time and start toward a healthier YOU!

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Contributed on behalf of Sally J. Neal, Director of the Center for Academic Advancement

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The School of Humanities and Sciences and the Department of Writing are pleased to present fiction writer Victor LaValle, winner of the PEN Open Book Award, as part of this semester’s Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. He will read from his most recent novel, The Devil in Silver, at 7:30pm on Wednesday, November 12 in Klingenstein Lounge in Campus Center.

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 “The BOLD Conference taught me to build my personal brand, professionalism, and marketing yourself for success” –Darcy Ray ’15 Business Administration 

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 Have you been to any of SAB's events? Maybe the Day of the Dead Celebration or seen Adam Grabowski do stand up? Perhaps watched music performances or caught a film in Textor? Have you passed by our posters hanging up all throughout campus and wondered.."Gee, I would like to be apart of this greatness!" Come apply to be apart of the executive board because there are tons of positions open! Here is the link to the application : https://orgsync.com/87829/forms/121905 

CANCELED!! Public Viewing Night at the Clinton B. Ford Observatory TONIGHT!! November 7, 2014 from 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. CANCELED!! Due to forecast of cloudiness, poor visibility & flurries!!

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Dr. Kara Lavender Law is a research professor at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, MA. She has logged more than 12 months of sea time on oceanographic and sailing research vessels, where she has studied large-scale and mesoscale ocean circulation, the role intermediate and deep water formation in the North Atlantic plays in meridional overturning circulation, and – more recently – the distribution and behavior of plastic marine debris, the subject of her presentation at Monday’s ENVS Seminar.

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Assistant Professor Candidate in Ecology

“Understanding how ecology and evolution interact to make or break species”

4:00 p.m.
CNS 112

Part of the Department's Seminar Series.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Meet for beverages & goodies at 3:45
CNS 1st floor lobby.
All are cordially invited to attend.

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It's only been a little over a month since we were last in the Suites, but for some reason it feels like it was decades ago... or was it? Ithacappella is bringing you all the way back to the 1980s for our Block II Concert, this Saturday, Nov. 8th at 7:30pm in Emerson Suites.

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We are off to a late start but we can make it up with a little heart. Help us reach our $60,000 goal. Every gift counts!

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The Harvest Moon Dance is an annual intergenerational event where local seniors meet and interact with members of the Ithaca College Community.

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