Ithaca College

Share the joy and wonder of mathematics! Help teach children how math is connected to the world outside of the classroom.

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs would like to recognize student leaders who have made an impact on campus. This year we are recognizing student organizations for their work and dedication to the campus. We are asking students, staff and faculty to submit nominations for Outstanding Adviser of the Year, Outstanding Executive Board Member of the Year and Best Program of the Year. To nominate, please submit the Student Organization Nomination Form and the Program of the Year Application found on IC Link and the OSEMA website by March 28, 2014. For more information or questions, please contact Theresa Radley at tradley@ithaca.edu.

As a reminder, ITS full time staff will be participating in an all day retreat on Wednesday March 12, 2014. The Helpdesk will be open normal business hours but second tier support will not be available.

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Writing Department Associate Professor Catherine Taylor gave a presentation on “Research and Innovative Writing: History, Archives, and Documentary Aesthetics” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a public reading of her creative writing as part of the "Felix Series of New Writing" on Thursday, March 6th.

Just when you thought college basketball was over for the year, here’s another tournament!

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Click here to read Club Hub Volume IV Issue X and learn about the great work Club Hub, CAC, ALS, SAB and other student organizations are doing on campus.

Mary Ann Erickson, associate professor and chair of aging studies, recently presented at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)'s Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference in Denver. Erickson's presentation, "What Undergraduate Intellectual Biographies Tell Us About Aging Studies," summarized the narratives of 17 recent graduates, who had participated in a gerontology senior seminar in which they were required to write an intellectual biography outlining the experiences that shaped their identity as a gerontologist.

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs would like to recognize student leaders who have made an impact on campus. This year we are recognizing student organizations for their work and dedication to the campus. We are asking students, staff and faculty to submit nominations for Outstanding Adviser of the Year, Outstanding Executive Board Member of the Year and Best Program of the Year. To nominate, please submit the Student Organization Nomination Form and the Program of the Year Application found on IC Link and the OSEMA website by March 28, 2014. For more information or questions, please contact Theresa Radley at tradley@ithaca.edu.

   We would like to invite you to celebrate your strength and inspire others by joining Colleges Against Cancer at Relay for Life of Ithaca College, an Academy Awards-themed event in partnership with the American Cancer Society. The events will kick off Saturday, March 29 at 2 p.m. in the Ithaca College A&E Center.

Before Relay starts, we would like to invite you to participate in our Survivor Reception at 1 p.m. in the VIP Room located in the A&E Center. Please bring along a loved-one, family member, or friend to the reception. The Survivor Reception is a perfect time to connect with others over food and drink before our Relay for Life begins.

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Registered for Relay for Life but haven't raised any money yet? We have a challenge for you! Raise $20 by tonight and receive two Relay Bucks at the event. Relay Bucks can be used to purchase food and other items at Relay all night long. They are the only currency accepted during the event and can be purchased at the door for $1 each otherwise.

Start raising money! If you're not registered for the event, register here.

Relay for Life of Ithaca College is Saturday, March 29, 2014 from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Athletics and Events Center.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Alyssa Frey at afrey2@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

Come out to Colleges Against Cancer - Ithaca College's 2014 Relay for Life! The event is Academy Awards themed. We'll have food, performances, games and more. Of course, we'll also have luminarias, vigils + hope for the future.

To register for #ICRelay14, go to www.relayforlife.org/ithacacollegeny. You can sign up until the day of the event!

Entry fee is currently $10.

Finalized performers and food sponsors will be announced closer to the date of the event. Keep checking back for new information!

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Hello Campus Community!

The Fitness Center will be closing at 2:00pm this Friday 3/7/2014, and will remain closed through Monday 3/10/2014.  We will reopen with limited hours on Tuesday 3/11/2014, and will resume our normal academic year hours on Monday 3/17/2014.  Please visit the Fitness Center website for details and updates.

For those of you who will be in town, Island Health and Fitness is offering a reduced rate on day passes for Ithaca College faculty and staff (must bring your ID).   The cost will be $6/day at the main location, and $5/day at the community corners location.  The reduced rate will be valid from Saturday 3/8/2014 - Sunday 3/16/2014.

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Assistant Professor Joshua Bonnetta gave an artist talk and presented his installation work Strange Lines and Distances at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland in February. The work will be released in March as LP/DVD by Experimedia Films with a monograph by Jeffrey Sconce.

Strange Lines and Distances won the Deluxe Cinematic Vision Award at the Images Festival for 'excellence and innovation in the 'visual realisation of work by a Canadian film or video artist' and has been previously presented at the Berlin Film Festival and the Rotterdam Film Festival.

Julie Blumberg, assistant professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies, spoke on a panel titled "How Social Media Changed The Conversation Between Author And Audience" at the Association Of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle in February.

The AWP Conference "celebrates authors, teachers, students, writing programs, literary centers, and publishers."

The Friends 110 computer lab and the fixIT Shop will be open with limited hours during spring break. Please visit our lab website for details at www.ithaca.edu/its/services/labs/public. Williams 210 and CHS 105 will close at 5:00pm on Friday, March 7. All labs and the fixIT Shop will resume regular hours on Monday, March 17.

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The fixIT Shop will be open with limited hours during Spring Break. Please visit our website for more details on hours, services, and rates at www.ithaca.edu/its/help/fixit/.

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Submitted on behalf of Julia Herman '14, CHP Intern.

In this month's IC Student Health 101...

The 10-Dollar Challenge

• How to eat healthfully on a budget

What Would You Do With $2,500?

• How would you spend March’s grand prize? please share here!

Failure is a Part of Success

• How to feel empowered and move forward

Find out more - and enter the March drawing in IC Student Health 101!

Have a healthy weekend!!

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Brian DeMaris, assistant professor of performance studies and director of Opera and Musical Theatre at Ithaca College, will be featured on the Out of Bounds radio show with Tish Pearlman during spring break.  

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The Ithaca College women's basketball team has been selected for the NCAA Division III playoffs. The Bombers, who are making their 11th appearance in the NCAA playoffs and 10th in the past 14 seasons, will host a four-team regional Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8.

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