Ithaca College

 Peace Action IC is a non-partisan student group dedicated to empowering student advocates and taking action on issues of peace and justice. 

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We are looking for students who identify as having a physical or a psychosocial disability to participate in a focus group where we will discuss what activities you do as a college student at Ithaca College. We will also discuss the availability of accommodations on campus for both academic and non-academic activities.

The focus group runs for an hour and a half. Refreshments will be provided. You will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card for participating.

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Join the Campus Center Events Board for spring 2020!  This group puts on fun events for the campus community in Campus Center throughout the semester.  We meet on Fridays at 2-3pm (starting this week) in the Six Mile Creek Room (1st floor of Campus Center).  Reach out to Jess Shapiro (advisor) at jshapiro2@ithaca.edu if you are interested in joining!  

Need a place to watch the Super Bowl?

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On Saturday, February 1 at 7pm the Department of Theatre Arts senior class will present the 9th Annual “Wheels for Women” Benefit Cabaret. We hope you will come out for a wonderful evening of entertainment while helping to change women’s lives on the other side of the world.

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The annual honor for outstanding achievement in independent media — named after legendary journalist I. F. “Izzy” Stone — is presented by the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College.

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ITHACA MUSIC FORUM presents "An Artist Talk with Composer Sarah Hennies." Join us for a talk with the internationally-renowned composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies. She will discuss her music that explores a persistent obsession with transfeminine identity and how she uses a vast spectrum of "queerness" as a frequent point of departure for her work. Friday, January 31 at 5PM in James J. Whalen Center 2105 (Iger Lecture Hall). This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

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Ithaca College Environmental Health and Safety personnel will be conducting fire  evacuation drills for all campus owned and occupied buildings over the course of the next few weeks.  

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Dear Ithaca College Faculty, Staff and Students:

Due to the recent outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that originated in Wuhan, in the Hubei Province of China, I wanted to reach out directly to keep you informed.

While we are not aware of anyone in our community having contracted this strain and believe the risk to our campus community to be low, Ithaca College is working with our campus partners (including Environmental Health and Safety) and local and state resources (Tompkins County Health Department and New York State Department of Health) to help protect the health of our community members.

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As we being transitioning from PeopleAdmin to ORC, we wanted to share the following information regarding faculty, staff, and student job postings: 

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The Office of the Provost is hosting informal “Updates from the Office of the Provost” open house meetings for any interested faculty, staff, and students. These gatherings will serve as an opportunity for updates and conversations related to initiatives in Academic Affairs, and our first gathering for the spring semester will be Wednesday, January 29th, from 12:00 to 12:50 in Clark Lounge of the Campus Center.  

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Historian Pearl Ponce’s chapter on the Mormons’ disunion from the United States has been collected in Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century.

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Are you interested in welcoming new students and their families to Ithaca College and sharing your expertise on all things IC? Join this exciting group of student leaders on the Fall 2020 Orientation Staff! Applications are open now and will remain open until February 16th at 11:59pm.

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The All-College Gathering will be at the Campus Center, in Emerson Suites, from 12:10 – 1:05 p.m., on Tuesday, January 28.  You are welcome to arrive as early as 11:45 for light refreshments and an opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues.

There will be time for questions at the end of the meeting, which can be asked in person, either by writing your question down on a piece of paper or by using one of the provided microphones.

For those who cannot attend the gathering in person, it will be Livestreamed.

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There are a number of one credit hour courses listed under General Communications (GCOM) that begin right after spring break. These courses are offered in conjunction with an opportunity to attend various films and other events associated with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, March 23-29. A listing of courses is below.

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Rainbow IC Lapel Pins are available for LGBTQ+ identifying staff and faculty members. Please fill out this form to request a pin and we will be in contact with you as soon as possible.

Show your IC Pride and make yourself known to our campus community and prospective students in a subtle and stylish way.

Contact Luca Maurer via email at lmaurer@ithaca.edu or by phone at (607) 274-7394 with any questions.

Rainbow IC Lapel Pins are available for LGBTQ+ identifying staff and faculty members. Please fill out this form to request a pin and we will be in contact with you as soon as possible.

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Submitted on behalf of the Roy H. Park School of Communications Dean Search Committee co-chairs:

The search for the next Dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications continues apace in partnership with the search firm WittKieffer. The committee wishes to take this opportunity to update the campus community on our work thus far and outline a broad timeline for the spring semester.

Initial interviews are scheduled for February with campus visits scheduled for mid-to-late March. The latter will include open meetings with the finalists and we very much look forward to inviting your interaction with those candidates at that stage.  

The committee are immensely grateful for the considerable interest in this search and the countless collegial contributions of members of the campus community.

 Sincerely,

Jack Bryant
Associate Professor
Writing for Film, Television, and Emerging Media

Andrew Utterson
Associate Professor
Screen Studies

Phishing messages may now be reported to IT’s Office of Information Security using the new “Report Message” button in Outlook’s Home or Message toolbars on Windows and macOS. This replaces our previous “Report as Phishing” add-in.

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Two Award Winning Films on Transgender Life in the 21st Century
Tangerine – Sun, Jan 26 at 2 pm
The Most Dangerous Year – Sun, Jan 26 at 4:30 pm

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