Ithaca College

We'll be kicking off another great year of volunteering in our local community by helping out with Some BIG events and IMPORTANT causes.

Students can choose to volunteer with one of three different sites:

• Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack Event - An opportunity to pack nutritious, low cost meals for food insecure areas across the world.
• AIDS Ride for Life - Volunteer at the check-in station of the biggest HIV/AIDS treatment and awareness fundraiser in southern New York. Cheer on the cyclists and help make this event a success!
• The Salvation Army of Ithaca - the Salvation Army serves over 100,000 meals annual to residents of Ithaca, NY. Help them prepare and serve one of their Saturday meals!

Service Saturdays is your opportunity to make a difference the fun and easy way!

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Applications for Kaplan GRE, GMAT, LSAT, or MCAT Test Prep class scholarships are now available for Fall 2014.

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Interested in teaching an undergraduate course during the 2015 winter session or 2015 summer sessions?

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Tom Shevory of IC’s Politics department will be the featured speaker at next Monday’s ENVS Seminar (Sept. 8). His talk, entitled “Moldovans, Mongols and Modesty: Perspective vs. policy,” will draw on his experiences with global policy issues in Asia.  

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Don't miss out on attending the First-Year Diversity Speaker, Maura Cullen, TOMORROW night! Her award-winning session will inspire, educate and motivate you on how to embrace diversity and take meaningful action toward an inclusive community.

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This Saturday, September 6th, from 10 am to 4 pm the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) will be hosting tours to a number of permaculture installations around the area. One stop will feature IC’s permaculture installation outside of Williams Hall (across from the IC Bookstore entrance).

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A public conversation marking Constitution Day, "Targeted Killings, the Constitution, and You: U.S. Drone Policy and Citizens’ Rights,” will be held on Wed., Sept. 17, 2014, 7:30–9:30 pm in Emerson Suites, Campus Center.

Recent drone technology has several promising business and benign applications. But it also has some frightening ones -- such as targeting and killing people. The U.S. government claims “targeted killings” are necessary for national defense and fighting terrorism, yet many innocent civilians in several countries have been killed by drones. Outrage has grown about these deaths and about the fact that President Obama has claimed constitutional authority as commander in chief to use drones to kill U.S. citizens accused of potential or actual terrorist acts.

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Submitted on behalf of David Dray, Deputy Chief for Public Safety and Emergency Management

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I would like to update the campus community on the process and timeline in the search for IC’s next Provost and Vice President for Educational Affairs.   As you know, this leadership position has overall responsibility for the quality of the educational experience in every dimension ranging from academic programs to residential and co-curricular life.

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Spanish Studies Abroad, SIT (the School for International Training) and IES (the Institute for the International Education of Students) are all long-standing affiliates of Ithaca College, and each semester many IC students study abroad on programs run by these organizations.  Over the next two weeks, representatives from each of these organizations will be on campus to present an information session and to table in the Campus Center lobby. 

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Are you looking to eat more organic foods? Start here with the BalanceWorks September Newsletter, highlighting the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen food lists! 

The Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) will kick off their annual discussion series with a presentation on “Technologizing Funk/Funkin Technology." Adam Banks will discuss the rhetorical practices of the DJ in black music traditions on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall. His talk is free and open to the public.

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• Do you need help budgeting your time?
• Unsure how you will get through all your reading assignments?
• Stressing out about your first exam?

We can help! Throughout September, the Academic Advising Center is providing workshops to address some common challenges faced by first year college students. In these workshops, you will learn strategies and skills to prepare you for academic success.

Sign up today by emailing advisingcenter@ithaca.edu. Space is limited!

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The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series at Ithaca College will kick off the new year on Tuesday, Sept. 9, with the documentary “Off and Running,” the story of an adopted girl’s complicated exploration of race, identity and family that threatens to distance her from the parents she’s always known. Free and open to the public, the film will be shown at 7 p.m. in Textor 101.

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The 13th annual Cross Cultural Leadership Retreat (CCLR) for Ithaca College students will be held on October 31 to November 2, 2014. This two and a half day retreat presents the opportunity to explore various aspects of diversity and their relationship to leadership. During the retreat, the entire group will participate in a series of educational sessions and discuss issues as a large group. There will also be an opportunity to connect in smaller, informal groups.

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(Submitted on behalf of Samarra Mbenga, leader of the Weight Watchers At Work program at Ithaca College) 

WELCOME BACK!   

Although Weight Watchers has been around for 50 years, the program today is NOTHING like it was even 2 years ago. It is more flexible and accessible than ever. Just to give you a brief example:

• a baked potato and chicken for no points
• a free bar code scanner to scan your favorite foods in the grocery store?!

See what I mean? Come learn more!

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A test of the Ithaca College Emergency Notification System (ENS) will take place during the noon hour on Tuesday, Sept. 9. It will include a test of the Outdoor Warning System, which features a siren tone and a loudspeaker message. There is no need to take any action in response to the test.

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Looking for individuals to participate in a study that involves listening to real people’s stories and rating how clear they are to you! Testing time is about 1 hour. Your participation will help future clinicians understand the relationship between cognition and story-telling, as well as help to promote graduate student research at Ithaca College!

Interest or questions?

Please contact Sarah Mucci at the Adult Cognition and Language Lab at 607-274-7046 or smucci1@ithaca.edu

Participant requirements: Must be at least 18 years old, speak English as a first language, and have no history of any cognitive, speech, language, or hearing impairment, or learning disabilities.

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The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management's Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol (SASP) is hiring!

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As many of you know, Mike Lindberg will soon be ending his time here at Ithaca College as Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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