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 Assistant Professor Christopher House has authored a book chapter to be included in a 2013 anthology titled Voicing the Voiceless (Re)Shaping Social Norms in Women's Healthcare.  

His chapter focuses on the voices of black diasporic clergywomen and female church leadership in the battle against HIV/AIDS.

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 The graduating class of Musical Theatre and Acting majors of the Department of Theatre Arts will present an afternoon of music on Sunday, January 27 at 4 PM in the Clark Theatre to benefit the residents of the Sakhi Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Kerala, India. Sakhi provides shelter for battered women, their children, and young victims of the sex trade in Kerala.

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Exhibition Sneak-Peek for Faculty and Staff
The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center

The Center for Faculty Excellence is pleased to be co-hosting a 'soft opening' at the Handwerker Gallery to enable faculty and staff from across campus  to mingle and get a sneak-peek of the upcoming exhibition, meet and speak with the gallery staff, schedule class visits, and learn about upcoming gallery programming for the semester. 

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Kaplan Test Prep is once again offering FREE PRACTICE LSAT, GRE, GMAT*, PCAT*, and MCAT Exams!

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Are you interested in living in an apartment or suite next year? This year, there will be no application process for these living spaces!

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Cory L. Young, associate professor in Communication Management and Design and chair of the Communication graduate program, and Arhlene A. Flowers, associate professor in Integrated Marketing Communications, published "Fight Viral with Viral: A Case Study of Domino’s Pizza’s Crisis Communication Strategies”  in the December 2012 issue of Case Studies in Strategic Communication (CSSC). CSSC is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to the study of strategic communication through the case study form. Case studies illustrate the strategies, tactics, and execution of communication campaigns through in-depth coverage of a single situation. Both Young and Flowers are in the Department of Strategic Communication housed in the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

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IMC associate professor Arhlene Flowers published an article titled, “Decision-Making Factors in Selecting Virtual Worlds for Events: Advocacy, Computer Efficacy, Perceived Risks, and Collaborative Benefits,” in the December 2012 issue of Event Management, an International Journal, which is a peer-reviewed journal intending to meet the research and analytic needs of a rapidly growing profession focused on events.

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Ever wonder what happens when someone goes to CAPS for counseling.  Well, wonder no more.  Check out the video on CAPS homepage!

When you're mentally healthy, academic success is more likely.  Take some time to complete a mental health screening to identify and attend to roadblocks to your academic success.

Confidential and cost-free mental health screenings for depression, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post traumatic stress disorder are available through CAPS website.

In August 2012, Ithaca College launched an Effectiveness and Affordability Review and partnered with a consulting firm, Huron Education, to make recommendations on the following:

• Ways to increase revenue from existing or new opportunities
• Opportunities to reduce costs or eliminate spending
• Ways to enhance efficiencies and improve the college's level of service

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Submitted on behalf of Wade Pickren, Ph.D., Director of Sponsored Research

The 16th Annual Whalen Symposium will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013 and the deadline for faculty to sponsor a presenter's proposal submission is Monday, February 25, 2013. 

Proposals are being accepted for oral presentations or display posters on research completed by students.  Musical or other creative presentations are also encouraged. 

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A gathering to celebrate the life of Victoria “Tori” Howell will be held at Muller Chapel on Wednesday, January 23. Members of the campus community are invited to come together at 4 p.m. to share memories and stories of Tori and to provide support for one another.

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The Search Committee for the Dean of the School of Music is in the final phase of our recruitment efforts and is preparing for 3 finalists to visit the Ithaca College campus.  The search committee encourages your participation as we welcome these candidates to the campus January 28-29, February 4-5 and February 6-7.

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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 Guangzhou, China, in December of 2012. She was posted to China as part of the American Film Showcase, a US State Department initiative to foster cultural exchange and understanding.

On December 3, Zimmermann presented a formal lecture on new media entitled “Open Space Documentary: Participatory Media in Action” at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. 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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Walk-in flu shot clinic this Wednesday, January 23rd from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. at the Hammond Health Center, open to all students, Ithaca College Faculty & Staff, and Sodexho Dining Services employees.

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The Ithaca College Occupational and Physical Therapy Clinic will hold FREE weekly injury clinics for all performing artists every Thursday from 8:30-9:30am during Spring Block 1. 

Spring 2013 drop-in hours begin January 24, 2013.

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The Office of Residential Life is excited to announce the continuation of the First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) Program expansion so we can better meet the requests of incoming students who want to participate in FYRE. 

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Contributed by Wade Pickren, PhD
Director, Center for Faculty Excellence
Director, Sponsored Research

I want to remind all faculty that if you are planning to conduct research or classroom activity involving recombinant DNA or any potentially bio-hazardous material, including pathogens, biological toxins, or human cells, tissues, organs, or fluids you must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee before undertaking that activity. This committee provides federally-mandated oversight of activities that present risk of infection or illness in humans.

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 As Relay for Life nears closer (March 23-24), Colleges Against Cancer urges you to sign up and start raising that money! If you're not registered yet, sign up with a team at www.relayforlife.com/ithacacollegeny.

To make it more fun for you, CAC developed challenges to help you reach those goals. Complete any of these goals before the semester starts and you'll be entered to win a prize! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY, SO LET'S GET TO IT!

•  Raise $250 additional dollars before the semester starts (Jan. 22)
• Send the most emails via the online dashboard before the semester starts.
• Receive the most # of donations from now until the start of the semester.

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.

The one man band, Preston Pugmire, is coming to Ithaca College on January 30th! 

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