Ithaca College

Career Services will be offering the following adjusted drop-in hours during finals week: Monday-Friday 12:30-3:30.

Students, feel free to stop by for a quick resume or cover letter review, assistance with internship or job search planning, grad school application help, or anything else career-related!

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Interested in developing your leadership skills, meeting other student leaders, and having a fantastic weekend retreat experience? Leadership Weekend 2014 is almost here!

This retreat is designed to encourage emerging leaders to discuss their own thoughts on leadership, connect with other student leaders, and further their involvement at Ithaca College.

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There are lots of ways to help make this campaign the most successful ever!

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On Sunday December 15th from 5-7pm, the Ithaca College Fitness Center will be hosting its first ever Yogathon, the perfect way to get your mind and body ready for finals week.

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

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

• Swipe or No Swipe?

5 practical tips for using credit cards

•  How Do You Do It?

Explore your safer sex options

This Week’s Poll: What was your favorite course this year? 

Find out more - and enter the December drawing for $1,000 - in IC Student Health 101!

Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to find out when we announce the lucky winner!

Have a healthy week!!

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  Ithaca College's annual winter celebratory events are as follows:

• Family Holiday Party 
  Fountain Place - December 14
  11:00 am - 1:00 pm (RSVP Required)
• Holiday Faculty/Staff Reception
  Fountain Place - December 17
  4:00 pm - 7:00 pm (RSVP Required)
• Campus Holiday Luncheon
  Terrace Dining Hall - December 19
  11:00 am - 1:00 pm (NO RSVP Necessary)

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Hungry and want to make a difference this season?! Call insomnia cookies or order cookies online: 877-63-COOKIE or www.insomniacookies

A portion of the 12-11-13 in store sales and online sales will be donated to the American Red Cross Club.

The Ithaca College American Red Cross Club works to promote and aid the Red Cross mission in helping others around the world. We also hold fundraisers to raise money for the Tompkins County American Red Cross and their mission to help others in need.

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During the Winter break any students that will have their vehicles left on campus are directed to park in the S-Lot, located next to the tennis courts.

All traffic rules and regulations are in effect during all breaks. Vehicles left on campus during fall, winter, or spring breaks must be parked in S lot, close to the tennis courts. Residents living at the Circle Apartments who leave a vehicle during fall, winter, or spring breaks must park the vehicle in the L-lot extension.

Thursday, December 12, 2013, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Register Here)
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Organized by Marilyn DIspensa, Instructional Technology Coordinator
We welcome your attendance at the wrap-up meeting for the Fall 2013 iPad Pilot. Twenty iPads were loaned to faculty and used for a wide range of projects. Participants will informally share their experiences. Light refreshments provided.

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As we stated last week, the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences is temporarily suspending the Environmental Studies minor as of December 20, 2013. Students currently registered in the Environmental Studies minor are not affected by this suspension, and will be able to complete the minor on schedule. We will accept applications from interested students who have not yet entered the program up to and including December 20.

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Looking for new members? Interested in advertising an upcoming event to a large group of people? Do not miss this amazing opportunity to have a table at the Spring Student Organization Fair on January 29, 2014 in Emerson Suites from 10am-3pm.

To request space at the fair please complete the 2014 Spring Student Organization Fair sign up form by January 23.

Space is first come, first serve. All registered or new student organizations are able to sign up.

If you have any questions please email osema@ithaca.edu.

 Dr. Christopher House, assistant professor of Communication Studies, will teach "Introduction to Culture and Communication" online during Winter Session 2014 (January 6-17). To enroll, simply log onto homerconnect and search the winter session offerings.

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The Campus Store will start its end of semester textbook buyback Thursday, December 12th; we'll also be accepting rentals for return. Buyback will run right through the end of finals on Friday the 20th.

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Date & Time: Thursday, December 12th, 9:30 am - 10:30 am 
Location: Technology Learning Center in Friends 101 (TLC)

• Turning Technologies: ITS supports this student response system. Come get an overview on how it works and how you can use it to engage or assess your students. <Register>

If you can't make it, these sessions will be held again in January.  Alternatively, contact Marilyn Dispensa for a one-on-one consultation.

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Opening Reception: December 13, 2013, 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Exhibition Hours: December 14 and 15, 12:00 – 6:00 PM 

108 N. Cayuga St.  /  Ithaca, NY  (above Bandwagon Brew Pub)

The Fall 2013 Ithaca College photo workshop class is proud to present There’s No Reason to Go to The Alamo, an exhibition of photographic works, set to open at 108. N. Cayuga St. in Ithaca, NY. This project brings together the works of nine artists who navigate personal, cultural, and political narratives through a variety of photographic techniques, formats, and media.

Featured artists: Ian Bliss, Karissa Breuer, Krystal Cannon, Gary Chin, Erik Frid, Tommy Geanakos, Alex Mason, Emily Sprague and Leslie Thompson.

The exhibition and opening reception are free and open to the public.   

Photograph by Gary Chin

Naeem Inayatullah (Politics) published a chapter, “Impossibilities: Generative Misperformance and the Movements of the Teaching Body,” in Jenny Edkins and Adrian Kear (eds)International Politics and Performance: Critical Aesthetics and Creative Practice, (Routledge), 2013, pp. 150-57

The chapter first emerged as a talk, “Failing to Teach,” prepared for Ithaca Seminar Faculty Workshop, in May 2008.  Naeem thanks Warren Schlesinger (Accounting) for his support of this project.

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Minna Resnick, Art Department, has been invited to participate in the International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal in 2014.

This is the largest printmaking exhibition worldwide, comprising 400 artists and 800 works from 70 countries. The organization publishes a hardcover catalog. The Biennial includes individual featured exhibitions, as well a conference and workshops. This three month event takes place from early August to the end of October.

 Has the holiday spirit got you tapping your toes and humming favorite seasonal songs? Are you looking for a wonderful event to share with family and friends, guaranteed to leave you feeling warm and fuzzy?  Please join us on Friday, December 13, 2013 at 7:30 pm for the annual Holiday Concert presented by the Ithaca Concert Band, IC voICes, and the Seneca Singers!  Held in Ford Hall of the Whalen Center, the concert is free, open to all, and appropriate for all ages. 

We hope you will join us for what has become a favorite community tradition!  Come early and get a good seat, and happy holidays to all!

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 There are still a few spots left on IC Habitat's winter break trip to Lexington, Kentucky during the last week of winter break!

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Beat the end of the semester rush! Bring in your personal computer for diagnostic and repair services before finals week for expedited service. The fixIT Shop, located in Friends 110, will be open regular hours until Friday, December 20, 2013 for computer pick-up. The last day to drop off computers for general repair service will be on Wednesday, December 18 at 7:00pm.

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