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The Outstanding Service Organization of the Year Award is presented to one registered student organization that demonstrates exemplary community service beyond the Ithaca College campus. All organizations will be evaluated based on the quality of services provided during academic year in which the award is presented. For the purposes of this award year, projects and activities that occur between August 31, 2013, and April 20, 2014 will be accepted. In addition, candidates are evaluated based on the impact of these services within the intended population or geographic area.

Students interested in apply for the award must complete the application before Friday, April 4, at 5:00pm in order to be considered for selection. The awardee will be honored at OSEMA’s Recognition Ceremony on Monday, April 28, in Emerson Suites.  APPLY HERE.

Past awardees include IC Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Club (2012) and Project Generations (2013).

For more information on this award, please contact Don Austin at Austin@ithaca.edu

Sample and vote for your favorite dish in this year's Chefs' Fare competition!

Ithaca College Dining Service's Chefs' serve as host - going head to head with Le Moyne College and SUNY Oneonta's culinary teams to compete for your vote for best themed and tasting dish!

Join us for some tasty and eclectic fare and then vote for your favorite!

CHEFS' FARE - IT'S A FOOD FIGHT TO THE FINISH!

• TUESDAY, MARCH 25th, 2014
• TERRACE DH / Near the Simple Servings station
• 5pm to 7pm

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Please join us this Wednesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in BUS 111, for a special lecture with Kenneth Fisher (School of Humanities & Sciences alumnus) entitled: “Our Nation’s Wounded: Leadership Challenges in a Time of Austerity,” funded by the Jahn Family Civic Leadership Fund. 

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On March 22nd, Ithaca College held its first TEDx talk.  It featured an array of speakers and Mary Bowers from the Class of 2013 was one of them.  The title of her inspirational talk was, "Rethinking the Student Body," which summarized in TED talk style the incredible 18 month long research she conducted for her anthropology major on the experiences of students with disabilities at Ithaca College.  She (re)defines "disability" as "uncelebrated human variation" and moves us to (re)consider normality and disability as myth.  She received a standing ovation on Saturday. May her work and talk continue to move us reconsider our student body here at Ithaca College. 

The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen series will host a showing of the documentary “Overruled! The Case That Brought Down Sodomy Laws” on Wednesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in Textor 103. The screening is free and open to the public.

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Professor Janice Levy will participate in a reading at Wells College featuring the editors and writers of Stone Canoe, Syracuse University's annual journal of arts, literature and social commentary. Levy's work titled Welcome to Saudi Arabia is included in the issue.

The reading will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the Art Exhibit Room of Macmillan Hall on the Wells College campus. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

In addition to Levy, editors and writers associated with current issue #8 of Stone Canoe include General Editor Robert Colley, nonfiction writer Christopher Gonzales, poets Bruce Bennett, James Crenner, and Sarah Jefferis, and fiction writers Jennifer Savran Kelly, Kailey McDonald, and Joey Marzocchi.

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The twelfth annual Rainbow Reception will be held on Friday, April 25. The Rainbow Reception is a celebration of Ithaca College's graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied seniors and graduate students. Reservations are required. Please visit http://alumni.ithaca.edu/rainbow_reception_2014 to register.

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Patricia Zimmermann, professor of screen studies and codirector of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), delivered invited lectures and conducted workshops on documentary new media forms in Guinea in February 2014. She was posted to West Africa as part of the American Film Showcase, a US State Department initiative to foster cultural exchange and understanding.

Zimmermann presented a formal lecture on new media entitled "New Emerging Forms of Documentary Participatory Media in Action" at US AID and the US Embassy in Conakry, Guinea, for the Guinean Film Association, a group of professional producers, directors and writers. Showcasing US-based transmedia projects exhibited in previous Finger Lake Environmental Film Festivals at Ithaca College, her talk theorized the function of collaborative, interactive, and permeable new media practices to open up spaces for new encounters.

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The twelfth annual Rainbow Reception will be held on Friday, April 25. The Rainbow Reception is a celebration of Ithaca College's graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied seniors and graduate students. Reservations are required. Please visit http://alumni.ithaca.edu/rainbow_reception_2014 to register.

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On April 3rd, 10th and 17th, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm, in Friends 304, Ithaca College will be joining an community initiative across Ithaca and Tompkins County that is over 1,000 members strong, to view the eye-opening and powerful three-part series (one hour episodes, one episode each night) PBS documentary, Race: The Power of An Illusion. Each episode will be followed by a discussion about the film and its relevance today, that will be facilitated by a representative of the Multicultural Resources Center of Ithaca, in affiliation with Cornell’s Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

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On April 3rd, 10th and 17th, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm, in Friends 304, Ithaca College will be joining an community initiative across Ithaca and Tompkins County that is over 1,000 members strong, to view the eye-opening and powerful three-part series (one hour episodes, one episode each night) PBS documentary, Race: The Power of An Illusion. Each episode will be followed by a discussion about the film and its relevance today, that will be facilitated by a representative of the Multicultural Resources Center of Ithaca, in affiliation with Cornell’s Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

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Interested in environmental & social justice?  If so, you're invited to a Career Information Session with The Fund for the Public Interest, a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country.

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The next No Pressure Blood Pressure will be held on Wednesday, March 26th. Important reasons not to miss the next screening:

1. 65 million Americans have hypertension (high blood pressure)

2. Many people don't even know their blood pressure is high because there are no symptoms in most cases

3. Hypertension can lead to heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease

4. 66% of those IC employees measured at the last screening were pre-hypertensive   (above ideal )

5. A 20 point increase in systolic blood pressure (top number) or a 10 point increase in diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) doubles the risk of heart disease.

6. Poor diet, inactivity, and being overweight can lead to an increase in blood pressure

7. If one does not adopt a healthy lifestyle, the hypertensive individual will need to take costly medication with potential side effects

8. Physical and emotional stress can elevate your blood pressure

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Theresa Radley has won another round of speech competition with her story, "Seeing My Strength." If you haven't heard her tell this true story yet, please consider coming to the Toastmasters District Conference in Owego the weekend of April 25th and 26th. She is advancing to a fourth round of competition.

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The Sustainability Café on Monday, March 17th will feature Dr. Janet Hunting presenting “Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research at IC.” The Café will be held in Center for Natural Sciences Room 112 at 4:00PM, in conjunction with the Environmental Seminar. The Spring 2014 Sustainability Café/Environmental Seminar series is focused on the concept of Campus Sustainability: Hiding in Plain Sight. 

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 Hello everyone!

The talk for IC Animal Rights will be postponed to a later date! Something came up, but we will definitely let everyone know when the exact date will be!

THANK YOU!

Relay for Life is on Saturday and we're inviting the entire Ithaca College community to our Academy Awards-themed event!

Saturday, March 29, 2014
2 p.m. to 2 a.m.
IC Athletics + Events Center

Food, games, performances
Celebration, remembrance + taking the time to fight back

Come out and cherish life with Colleges Against Cancer. Sign up here as an individual or with teammates.

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Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 3/25) at 6 p.m. in the Clark and McDonald Lounges for a fun filled night of fashion! Everyone is invited, but we will be modeling primarily women's clothing.

ICWIC will be hosting a professional dress fashion show to help you learn what you should wear for different professional settings. Refreshments will be provided.

For $5, we will also be taking headshots so you can update your profiles before sending out resumes!

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Leaving her home for the first time, Anna embarks on a journey to save the Kingdom of Arendelle from an endless winter caused by her sister Elsa. With the help of a man named Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and Olaf the snowman, Princess Anna must stop Elsa before her powers become too dangerous.

From Thursday March 27 to Sunday March 30, the Student Activities Board presents this FREE comic, musical adventure! All showings begin at 8:00 pm sharp in Textor 102. Bring your friends and don’t miss out on a magical film for FREE!

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Julia Ryan at jryan1@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

Calling all volunteers for this year’s IC Kicks Back! We need a grand total of 30 volunteers to help with various jobs throughout the afternoon. Some jobs include:

-Maintaining lines for the inflatables and photo booths

-Checking IDs

-Taking photos of the event

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

If you are interested please email tradley@ithaca.edu.