Ithaca College

Please save the date for this year’s Engaging Communities Luncheon which will take place on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites. We are very pleased to welcome a dynamic and energetic speaker, Brian Johnson. Brian comes to Ithaca to put a smile on our face and to stimulate our minds. His creative presentation, Reel Diversity, frames the diversity conversation through modern film. To learn more about Brian Johnson, please visit his webpage at http://www.campuspeak.com/speakers/johnson.

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January 29th the Ithaca Softball team will be hosting their 3rd annual Championship Softball clinic in the Athletic and Events Center. The clinic is for high school athletes, and will have sessions that cover hitting, defense, catching, and pitching. For more information please go to bombers.ithaca.edu.

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Tis the season!! Come out and ring in the holidays with Ithacappella and celebrate the release of our brand new CD, Off The Hook!! This concert is definitely one that you won't want to miss.

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 Are you creative and like to design posters and advertise for really cool events? Fill out an application for Advertising Chair for IC's Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Club!

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Are you (or do you want to be) substance free? Join this informal support group to talk about concerns and strategies.

When? 4:00pm

Where? Center for Health Promotion, Lower Level, Hammond Health Center. Enter through the stairwell on the parking lot side of the building (Office of Counseling and Wellness). Go down the hallway to your right.

No registration required, just drop in.

For more information, contact Nancy Reynolds, Center for Health Promotion by email or phone (607-274-7933).

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 What?! All the trash cans and recycle bins have been removed! Why?! It’s the new Carry-In/ Carry-Out campaign!

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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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 Join Hillel at our Chanukah Party this Sunday

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Looking for a last minute present for your favorite Potter fan? Then come to the Harry Potter Alliance's table in the North Foyer to pick up some AWESOME Potter-inspired jewelry, ornaments, pillows, and MORE! We will also have the first round of Yule Ball tickets available for purchase at a limited-time-only lowered price of $8. After break the prices go up to $10 and then $12 at the door (if we have tickets left). 

Tabling days and times: December 12th, 14th, and 16th from 10am to 3pm in the North Foyer of Campus Center. 

In the Harry Potter books, the Yule Ball was a mid-winter dance to celebrate the Triwizard tournament. Our Yule Ball will be a charity concert and dance held in Emerson Suites to raise money for the Finger Lakes Land Trust, which is an environmental organization based in Ithaca. 

The event will be open to the public! RSVP to our event page.

The night will begin with a wizard rock concert from 7pm to 9pm featuring wizard rock artists The Whomping Willows and Lauren Fairweather. Following the concert there will be a DJ and dance from 9pm to midnight. Two events, one ticket!

Ticket Prices:
$8 before winter break 
$10 after winter break and online
$12 at the door

We will begin selling tickets at the $8 price on December 12th, 14th, and 16th from 10am to 3pm in the North Foyer of Campus Center. Tickets will be available online for people not in the Ithaca area soon after the 16th.

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As the College's licensing and trademark enforcement program continues to evolve, the Office of Marketing Communications has made a few changes to further refine and strengthen the brand. The program was established in July to protect Ithaca College's name, reputation and identity. It requires that both on-campus and off-campus organizations gain approval through the licensing program in order to use the College's name, logos, nickname, and other protected terms (Ithaca College, IC, Bomber(s), Bomber nation, Ithaca [club/organization name/1892]) on any product.

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Jeffery Meyer, Director of Orchestras, and the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra (ICCO) will perform music by Vivaldi and Beethoven and feature the North American premiere of Laura Kaminsky’s Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, a joint commission by the ICCO and the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic (St. PCP). Meyer, who is director of orchestras at Ithaca College, conducts both ensembles. Renowned pianist Ursula Oppens is soloist in the Kaminsky concerto. The concert at 8 p.m. in Ford Hall is free and open to the public.  Kaminsky will be available to speak with composers 12/8 from 7-8:30pm and conduct a piano masterclass 12/9 from 5-6:30pm. 

Meyer said, "It is an extraordinary opportunity to collaborate with Ursula Oppens, who is such a distinguished and important figure in American new music, as well as composer Laura Kaminsky, who wrote this concerto specifically for Oppens, the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic and the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra."

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Your support for the presentations is appreciated.

All are welcome to hear the research that students have been conducting under faculty supervision.

• Tuesday - Thursday, December 13-15; starting at 4:00 in CNS 112. 
  • View the PDF of the schedule here.

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Take advantage of the more than 350 concerts offered each year by the School of Music.  A full listing of all concerts and events is available at https://www.ithaca.edu/music/events/

Web streamed performances are available live and on demand at www.ithaca.edu/music/live

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The mail rooms have an abundance of unclaimed packages.  Have you checked your mail box recently?  Within the past week?  Within the past month?  Ever?  You may have a pink card notification to pick up a package at your mail room.
Package pick up service at mail rooms will end on 12/16/11.  Unclaimed packages will be returned to the Mail Center.

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Coming this winter break, the new 3-credit course offered by Environmental Studies & Sciences: Winter Sentinels.  Come learn all the stuff you always wanted to know about nature in the wintertime.

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At the recent North East Association of Institutional Researchers (NEAIR) meeting, Martha Gray, IC's Director of Institutional Research, was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Service Award. This award is given to each year to the one individual who best exemplifies the professional qualities of an institutional researcher.

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ITS and a faculty advisory group are currently evaluating 3 student response systems (clickers) to replace the eInstruction PRS system, which is being discontinued.  The 3 finalists are coming to campus to give live demonstrations of their products.  Anyone in the Ithaca College campus community is invited to attend any or all of the following live vendor demonstrations.  There will be an opportunity to ask questions and provide online feedback.

• Wednesday, December 14, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM [iClicker], Cayuga Lake Room, Campus center.
• Thursday, December 15, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM [Qwizdom ], Ithaca Falls Room, Campus Center
• Monday, December 19, 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM [Turning Technologies], Ithaca Falls Room, Campus Center

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Congratulations to Govind Acharya, Research Analyst in the Office of Institutional Research, for his recent poster presentation at the 2011 North East Association for Institutional Research Conference.  His presentation on the IC Survey Clearinghouse provided insights about the challenges and opportunities (technological and institutional) of creating an all-college survey clearinghouse.

 Come hang out at the TC Lounge (14th Floor of East Tower) Tuesday, December 13th at 8pm!

There will be food, games, prizes, massages, live music and so much more! Take a break from all your studying and join us for this fun event! 

Any questions or concerns should be directed to RHA at rha@ithaca.edu.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations are encouraged to contact the Residence Hall Association at rha@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests be made as soon as possible.