Ithaca College

Submitted on behalf of Mark Coldren, AVP for Human Resources

This is a reminder to all supervisors and staff members that performance reviews for the 2011/2012 academic year are due to the Office of Human Resources by July 31, 2012. Completed reviews are a shared responsibility by staff members and their supervisor.  Signed copies of all reviews are to be submitted to the employee files to meet the expectation for the College – with ultimate accountability for completion residing with the supervisor.  If there are any questions or issues regarding the completion of this expectation, please contact Mark Coldren in Human Resources at x-3853 or mcoldren@ithaca.edu. 

Do you know someone in your family or in your neighborhood who would enjoy some challenging temporary work and some extra cash?

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The Caring and Sharing Committee is *accepting donations of new or very gently used backpacks, lunchboxes, and other school supplies for Ithaca College employees needing assistance. Donations will be accepted through August 21 at the following locations:

• Bookstore
• Peggy R. Williams Center, garden level
• Office of Public Safety, foyer

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Take a look at OUCH!, a monthly security awareness newsletter from SANS:
www.securingthehuman.org/resources/newsletters/ouch

The July issue of OUCH! explains a common social engineering technique called the tech-support attack.
http://www.securingthehuman.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201207_en.pdf
 

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Staff Council and the Red Coss Club need your help! Today in the Mondo Gym at the Fitness the American Red Cross will be here to accept your blood donation up until 5:00pm. They are currently in critical need of O-, O+, A-, and B-. Please consider giving today. In appreciation of your donation you will receive a coupon or a carton of Friendlys ice cream.

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a relationship directly between consumers and farmers based on an alternative socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. Before the growing season starts, consumers purchase a “share” of the farm, which helps pay for a portion of the farm’s expenses. In return for purchasing a “share” of the farm, consumers receive a “share” of the harvest.

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Jason Harrington won a grant in Electronic Media and Film from the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) for his latest project, Breathing In.

Harrington, an assistant professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, is producing and directing the short animated film and also creating a related exhibition/video installation. Breathing In is "a creation story, comprised of modern takes on ancient myths, images borrowed from religious iconography, and pagan symbolism. It follows the journey of a woman through the stages of creation as symbols morph into worlds and planets are eaten by dragons."

His other animated film, My Mind, has continued to screen across the country, and was recently selected for the upcoming Beijing New Youth Film Festival (BNYFF).

The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs welcomes Mary Holland as the Student Organization Business Specialist.

Mary joined the college on July 9th. She will be managing the student organizations finances and travel.

Please join OSEMA in welcoming her to the IC Community. :)

Come watch a variety of speeches given in a variety of styles at the IC Toastmaster’s Annual Speech-a-Thon, Tuesday, July 31!  Scheduled from 9:00 AM to 10:15 AM in the Cayuga Lake Room at the Campus Center, members of this on-campus professional development group will be giving speeches on a variety of topics that will help complete requirements towards the club’s educational goals.  Free and open to the College community, this event will also help explain what Toastmasters is all about!

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Professors Birr, piano, and Hougham, voice, traveled to Germany to perform at Rathaus Schöneberg in Berlin on May 25.  The program of German and Spanish Art Songs, and American Musical Theater and Spirituals, was very well received by an enthusiastic audience.

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The Office of Residential Life would like to invite upperclass and transfer students to fill vacant spaces in the Circle and Garden apartments.

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Time is running out to RSVP for this free event! Please register online by this Tuesday, July 10, or contact Belinda McGill at 274-1388 or bmcgill@ithaca.edu.

The campaign to build the new backstop at Ithaca College's Freeman Field brought out the best in the Bomber family. This spring, players, spectators, students, and families had the chance to enjoy the improvements and have taken tremendous pride in these upgrades.

To celebrate this accomplishment, the baseball program is hosting a ceremony to officially dedicate this new aspect of our beautiful facility -- and the entire campus community is invited.

The dedication will be held at 5:30 p.m., Friday, July 20, at Freeman Field and will be attended by head coach George Valesente '66, M.S. '75, College president Tom Rochon, members of our current team, Bomber baseball alumni, and members of the community.

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In the coming weeks, ITS will be working to implement another major phase of the Networking and Security re-Architecture (NSrA) project, which is to move files from the Novell file servers (Memphis and Pulsar) to the Active Directory (AD) file server called Mentor.

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Congratulations to the IC Toastmasters members who were recently elected as officers of the Ithaca College Toastmasters Club for 2012-2013.

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Hello Everyone,

From Monday, July 9th through Friday July 13th, the Upper J Lot will be closed to traffic and parking due to construction that needs to occur in replacing the parking lot lights and the electrical lines that run to them.

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Using high-tech equipment such as ground-penetrating radar and magnetometers the team is non-invasively 'looking' at what is buried beneath the ground at two 3,000 year old cities.

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Eating Local is the theme for July and August for Get Your GreenBack Tompkins, a community-based campaign to inspire all 42,000 households and every business in Tompkins County to take at least one step to save energy and money in the areas of Food, Building Heating and Lighting, Transportation, and Waste.

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Join us as Elizabeth Karabinakis, Community Food Educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension, presents information about local foods, particularly community-driven initiatives that are making seasonal produce more accessible to community members with limited resources.

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In June 2012, Itohan Osayimwese, Assistant Professor of Art History, participated in a German script course at Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA. Participants of the course were filmed by French-German TV newtork “Arte” for a segment on German culture in the United States. 

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 Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste and Dr. Mo Baptiste have been selected to present at the Haitian-American Caucus, Teacher Summer Institute Conference on July 9th-20th. 

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