Ithaca College

A reminder to all faculty that if you are planning to conduct research or classroom activities 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.

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Submitted for Marisa Kelly, Provost:

Please join me on Thursday, October 4th, for the second Faculty Colloquium of the new academic year. Devan Rosen, Assistant Professor of New Media, Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies will be presenting: Using Social Networks to Reveal Hidden Connections and Cloaked Contingencies.

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Regular semester testing has picked up and midterms are approaching quickly so here are a few reminders about preparing test materials for students electing to take their tests with Student Disability Services:

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The Office of the Provost & VPEA invites you to consider making nominations for honorary degrees.

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  The boys in blue are back and they are ready to deliver! The first all-male a cappella concert of the year is just around the corner, and we promise...you won't want to miss it!

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 Imprint Magazine is revitalizing its annual writing contest open to ALL MAJORS at Ithaca College (and writers from other colleges as well)!

Five categories. One month. $100 to the winner of EACH category.

The categories are:

-Politics/News/Essay
-Life & Style/Arts & Entertainment
-Creative Writing
-Film/Documentary
-Photography

You can submit entries anytime between 10/1/12 at 12 a.m. and 11/1/12 at 12 a.m.! Submissions will be judged by a TBD panel of professors and area professionals. Winners will be announced on imprintmagazine.org no later than 11/7/12. Prizes will be distributed before Thanksgiving and ALL entries will be published on IM's site.

E-mail submissions and direct questions to icimprintmag@gmail.com!

Check out http://www.imprintmagazine.org/contest for more contest information (and the rest of the site)!

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  With the release of Northern Redemption, The Abrams Brothers – John, James and cousin Elijah – make a transition from the music of their roots to their own distinct sound. It’s a combination of bluegrass, country and folk-rock that’s had the Canadian festival circuit up in arms over their potential, and the rest are sure to catch on. Come to IC Square at 8PM to enjoy the free show!

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 deadline for winter session 2013 undergraduate course proposals is October 1st.

If you'd like to propose a winter session undergraduate course, please contact your department chair.

Questions? Visit the For Faculty site, also available via ithaca.edu/winter. Or contact Jen Wofford at jwofford@ithaca.edu.

Competing in a Socially Responsible Market!

We hope that Competing in a Socially Responsible Market will help you to learn more about the growing trend of corporate social responsibility and how it relates to a career in marketing. 

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Brighten someone's day through our Of The Month recognition!  Start the year off right!

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Timothy Johnson, Professor of Music Theory, was inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon, a national mathematics honor society. The membership of the society at Ithaca College inducted Professor Johnson "in recognition of his work in music and mathematics." Johnson has published a textbook on math and music, Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based Approached to Music Fundamentals, first with Key College Publishing (a mathematics press, 2004) then with Scarecrow Press (in their music list, 2008). This book presently is being used in "Musical Shapes - Mathematical Models," a course in the Ithaca Seminar program. Professor Johnson also has given presentations on music and mathematics at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematics Association of America, several regional societies in music theory, and as an invited speaker at the sophomore math seminar at Ithaca College.

Get ready to clap and sing along with the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble!  This free one-hour concert will be an enjoyable way for all kids to learn about this great American music.  The performance will be at 10AM on October 6th, 2012 at Ford Hall in the Whalen Center for Music at Ithaca College.

Inspired by the children's jazz concerts done by Wynton Marsalis and Leonard Bernstein, the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Vocal Ensemble will play, sing, demonstrate instruments — basically, do anything and everything to help answer the question "What is jazz?"

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Dawn Pierce, School of Music, is accepting video submissions until October 1st for inclusion in her October 8th recital. 

Instructions
Listed here are ten quotes that will be recited during the recital. But, the performers aren't going to recite them. You are! Here's how:

Pick a quote or two and make a video of yourself reciting it. Quality is not the objective: creativity is. Make your video recording during a hike, skydiving, on the beach, in an airport, or even in the middle of the Amazon. It's entirely up to you! We want your interpretation and artistic touch.

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ITS would like to remind faculty and staff to upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Office (version 2010 for Windows and version 2011 for Mac) at their earliest convenience. Older versions of Office will no longer be supported by Information Technology Services as of the end of 2012.

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The Handwerker Gallery is pleased to be hosting the first of four readings in collaboration with the Department of Writing, featuring work presented by Joan Marcus (assistant professor) and Dave Cushing ('13).  A themed reading on polarity/confusion/compromise will follow and is open to all IC community members.

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 REMP is co-sponsoring an Environmental Film Series every week this September!

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James Watkins, Colgate University
"An inordinate frondness for ferns: evolution and ecophysiology of seed-free vascular plant"

Thursday, October 4
4:00 p.m.
CNS 112

Department Seminar Series

Refreshments served at 3:45, 1st floor CNS foyer. Bring your mug. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Nancy Pierce at npierce@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3161. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

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Join us in wearing blue on Thursday, September 27th to support Autism awareness! Members of Autism Speaks U will be carrying candy and giving it out to anyone on campus they see wearing blue!

This is a super easy way to support Autism awareness on campus, and we can't wait for you to be involved!

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Join IC Habitat at our annual Sleepout for Homelessness this Thursday September 27th at 7pm! Hear engaging speakers share their stories of Homelessness and build cardboard shelters to sleep outside overnight. 

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Applications are now being accepted for minors in Television-Radio, Journalism, and Photography.

Deadline for Journalism and Photo applications is Oct. 12. Television-Radio deadline is Oct. 15.

Television-Radio applications can be found here.

Journalism applications can be found here.

Photography applications can be found here.