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The Urban Mentorship Initiative is a distance-mentoring program where students from IC are matched with eighth grade students from The School for the Urban Environment (UE) in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. In this year-long program, mentors and mentees communicate through both structured and unstructured interactions.  Mentors and mentees also participate in 3 required trips.  In late September, IC mentors travel to Brooklyn to meet their UE mentees.  Then, at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters, UE students travel to Ithaca.  

The program requires a year-long commitment, including participation in a 300-level Sociology course (1.5 credit course in the Fall and 1.5 credit course in the Spring). Note: For Sociology majors and minors, the course counts toward the Social Change area. For more information please contact Dr. Belisa Gonzalez at bgonzalez@ithaca.edu.

SOCI 30500 Practicum in Social Change I: Urban Mentorship Initiative 

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Instructor: Dr. Belisa González

Active Minds at Ithaca College, the campus chapter of the mental health advocacy and outreach organization and winner of the "Outstanding Existing Student Organization" award for 2012-2013, is looking for student work with mental health themes for an upcoming film showcase.

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Project Look Sharp is a nonprofit, on-campus outreach organization that provides media literacy materials, curricula, and workshops to help educators integrate media literacy into classroom instruction and curricula. Join our educational team to help promote critical thinking and media literacy skills for the next generation. We host an average of 8 to 10 internships per semester, and we accept interns from all majors.  For more information about Project Look Sharp, visit our website.

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The workshop is FREE to Ithaca College faculty, staff, & students. This year's Finger Lakes Project Workshop will focus on "Silent Sustainability" 

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The Park Award for Photo Activism Project includes students in Professor Janice Levy’s documentary photography class. For their class assignment, students were partnered with local non-profit organizations and asked to provide in-depth visual explorations of the contributions these organizations make to their constituencies and our community.

Their final work will be on display as part of an exhibition and screening.

Exhibition:
May 1-30
CAP ArtSpace, 171 Commons

Opening Reception:
Friday, May 3
5-8 p.m.
CAP ArtSpace, 171 Commons

Special Screening of Documentary Projects
Sunday, May 5
2-3:30 p.m.
Cinemapolis

The Park Award for Photo Activism is funded by the Park Foundation with additional
support from the Community Arts Partnership and Ithaca College.

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Come to IC Square and play BINGO and other board games!

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May 3, 2013 from 2pm-6pm  on the Campus Center Quad is IC Kicks Back, an event you do not want to miss. There will be free food, music, inflatables, and much more.

The event is only open to the Ithaca College Community. Please bring your ID. It is your ticket into the event.

Bags are not allowed into the event.

If you are interested in volunteering at the event please email tradley@ithaca.edu.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Theresa Radley at tradley@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3222. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

Please join the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in congratulating Thomas Conners '14. Tommy is the winner of the American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Cemanahuac Educational Community Scholarship. This is a very competitive scholarship program, and only one scholarship is awarded annually. As part of the scholarship, Tommy will travel to Cemanahuac, Mexico. There, he will participate in a full-immersion language-learning community with the purpose of gaining invaluable professional skills as a future teacher of Spanish language, literature and culture.

¡Felicitaciones, Tommy! 

Sheryl Thurston, Administrative Assistant in the Department of Speech-Language and Audiology, will be retiring after 24 years at IC. 

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The Student Government Association will be discussing the results to our campus wide survey as well as what the campus can do in order to improve the current campus climate.  

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Presented by Nancy Pringle, Vice President and General Counsel, Legal Affairs

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The next No Pressure Blood Pressure will be held on Wednesday, May 1st.

 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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Claim a plot at the Circles Community Garden for the summer!

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Bomber Bikes, the bicycle advocacy student organization on campus, is proud to announce the completion of Ithaca College's first bicycle shelter! All are welcome to celebrate its installation this Tuesday, May 7th at 12:15pm. At the new shelter (on the east side of Williams Hall) there will be a few words of appreciation given with ribbon-cutting and CAKE to follow! 

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Sell your books to other students using ithacabooktrade.com, a free online service for Ithaca College students.

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 On April 11, Prof. Sheibe participated in an online roundtable sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy Education, spotlighting the work of three member organizations, which included:

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs (OSEMA) is proud to announce our 2013 Summer Orientation Leaders. These students are enthusiastic, resourceful, and exemplify the character and spirit of our community. Please join us in congratulating the following students:

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We are pleased to announce the launch of the IC Mentoring Network!

The IC Mentoring Network will be in the form of online discussions hosted on LinkedIn, where you can connect with alumni, other students, and the broader IC community.

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We are pleased to announce the launch of the IC Mentoring Network!

The IC Mentoring Network will be in the form of online discussions hosted on LinkedIn, where students, alumni, and the broader IC community can connect.

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The next student driver safety class for the semester is being offered Wednesday, May 1, 2013 from 7-9pm in Textor 102.  Seats are still available...Register Now!

You may register on-line for the class at:  www.ithaca.edu/riskmanagement/ed_prog/ 

If you are a student and you need to drive a College owned/leased vehicle for any reason, you must attend the full 2 hours of the driver safety class.

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