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Over the next year, ITS will move network accounts for all faculty, staff, and students from the Novell network to the new Microsoft Active Directory network for campus printing and file sharing services. The Technology Learning Center is pleased to announce training sessions to prepare both Macintosh and Windows users in the IC community for this transition. Please join us for our quick, half-hour introduction to the new network! Click the links below to register online instantly.

Active Directory Basics for Macintosh: Using the New IC Network
Active Directory Basics for Windows: Using the New IC Network

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Microsoft Access is a popular database design program that is included in the Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows suite of office productivity applications. "Access for Windows: Introduction" and "Access for Windows: Advanced" will be offered in back-to-back training sessions on Thursday, November 10, from 3pm to 4pm, then from 4pm to 5pm. Click the link below to register for one or both sessions instantly!

Access for Windows: Introduction
Access for Windows: Advanced

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Khadijah Anderson was FLEFF intern.  Read her story here.

Maybe the next FLEFF featured intern will be you.  So don't miss out on this exciting opportunity: apply for FLEFF 2012 internship and be part of a major festival.

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There are still 27 million slaves in the world today.

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Make your Mom happy when you go home for Thanksgiving....

Get the shot,   :-)

Not the flu!     }:-(

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Did Shakespeare really write the plays attributed to him?  Here's one opportunity to decide for yourself.

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Jeff Claus, Associate Professor in the Education Department, presented a paper at the annual meetings of the American Educational Studies Association, Nov. 3-6, in St. Louis.  The title of the paper was, "'It’s Often a Subtle Thing' and 'I Wish Teachers Would Really Listen': An Interview Study with Parents/Caregivers of African American Youth about Their Families’ School-Related Experiences with Issues of Race and Racism."  It was also announced at the conference that a book in which Claus has a chapter, Adolescent Education: A Reader, received an AESA Critics’ Award this year.  Claus' chapter, about service learning programs for youth, is titled, “An Empowering, Transformative Approach to Service.”

They already have - all of the big public computing labs are on the new network!

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This is just a reminder that this Friday, November 11th, is the due date for Technology Renewal Spring 2012 questionnaires.

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Kathleen Mulligan (Theatre Arts) will participate on a panel entitled "Fulbright Relationships for Global Action" at the 34th Annual Fulbright Association Conference in Washington D.C. on November 5.

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  IC Habitat is so excited to present two incredible break trips for this winter break! They're always some of the most memorable features of Habitat for Humanity at Ithaca College — a great way to make friends, build homes, and enjoy an affordable week down South!

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Stephen Tropiano, associate professor in the Department of Television-Radio and director of the Ithaca College Los Angeles Program, was invited to participate on a panel entitled "Publishing the Contemporary" at the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present in Pittsburgh on October 28. Tropiano represented the Journal of Film and Video, for which he has served as editor for the past ten years.
 

Submitted by Eric Maguire, Vice President for Enrollment and Communication, and Brian McAree, Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Life.

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Dr. Baruch J. Whitehead, will present "Peace Cantata" a work for voice, piano and Orff instruments at the 2011 American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Conference in Pittsburgh, PA on November 13, 2011.  He will also travel to Plattsburgh, NY on November 19 to conduct the Willsboro Area All State Mixed Chorus.

Assistant Professor of Writing Eleanor Henderson appeared on the NPR series, "You Must Read This," describing her admiration for (and indebtedness to) the author Robert Cohen, who was Henderson's teacher at Middlebury College. You can read or listen to her piece on NPR's site. 

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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Hitting the road for Thanksgiving and need a lift home or to the airport? Want to make a few extra bucks driving others along the way? Ithaca Zimride makes it easy to catch a lift or fill the empty seats in your car.

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Ithaca Dining Services presents Saying Thanks: Support Local Troops at the tc Lounge from 8-10pm on Monday, Nov. 14th!

Bring your donations of old cell phones, CDs, DVDs, beanie babies, books, canned foods, lotion, bug repellant, razors, shaving cream, etc.

Write a letter to a soldier and be entered in a raffle to win a Bonus Bucks or ID Express Gift Card!

BOGO frozen and regular hot chocolates served all night and live entertainment provided by The Erik Caron Connection!

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Sakai, the new collaboration and learning management solution replacing Blackboard, is now available to faculty for Winter 2011-12 courses. 

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The first-ever nationwide test of the federal Emergency Alert System (EAS) will be conducted on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 2:00 p.m. The alert will run simultaneously on all broadcast radio and television stations, cable TV, satellite radio and television services, and other video service providers across the United States.

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