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Employee Appreciation Month

Contributed by Jane Ray on 10/27/11 

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around”. Leo Buscaglia, author and lecturer

November is almost here, and with it comes the highly acclaimed seventh annual Employee Appreciation Program, “Thank You for Making a Difference”.

 

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Dan Isbell, Assistant Professor of Music Education in the School of Music, has published a journal article titled "Learning Theories: Insights for Music Educators" in General Music Today. 

The full article is currently available online, and will be offered in print this January. 

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Food for Thought is joining thousands of students across the country to sell tie-dye cupcakes, generously donated by Purity Ice Cream, in a grassroots fundraising movement that will drastically improve individual girls’ lives in the developing world.

Visit http://www.icfoodforthought.webs.com to pre-order tie-dye cupcakes. Pre-orders are due November 4th.

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All benefits eligible employees should have received their copy of the 2012 Re-enrollment Newsletter this week. Copies of the newsletter are also available on our re-enrollment website located at: www.ithaca.edu/hr/benefits/2012reenrollment. This website is full of resources to help you be a more informed consumer so please be sure to visit!

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The great pianist and composer Franz Liszt was born in October 1811, and the Ithaca College School of Music will wrap up its month-long celebration of his 200th birthday with two free events on Friday, October 28

·  At 7 p.m., alumnus lecturer Jeffery Engel will talk on “Liszt and Literature.”

·  At 8:15 p.m., faculty performers Charis Dimaras, Jennifer Hayghe, Brad Hougham, Deborah Montgomery-Cove, Elizabeth Simkin and Susan Waterbury will perform selected instrumental and vocal chamber works by Liszt.

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Lauren Houdek (Biology’09)
2nd year Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania

“Medical School – a view from the inside”

Friday, November 4
1:00-2:00 p.m.

CNS 117

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Nancy Pierce at 274-3161.  We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

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Come join Ithaca College Light Opera for our first ever staged production of Transformations. Music by Conrad Susa, Text by Anne Sexton.

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 Want to experience new cultures? Looking to improve your Spanish? Interested in ESL? Need subjects to practice your speech pathology exercises with?  Engaged in linguistics? IC Intercambios wants you!

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Thank You IC Community!

Contributed by Amy Thompson on 10/27/11 

The Office of Marketing Communications would like to extend its sincere thanks to the IC campus for all of the help and support that was provided during our campus photo shoot the week of October 3rd.

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This session was rescheduled from October 26th.

Join us on Wednesday, November 29th at 12pm in Ithaca Falls Room! Don Austin will be presenting on how to recruit and manage volunteers at IC!

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Join us on Wednesday, November 2nd at 4pm Ithaca Falls! Liz Chabot will be presenting on how to collaborate perspectives to form a new perspective and a shared understanding!

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 The scholarship of Chris House, one of three predoctoral diversity fellows in the School of Humanities and Sciences, will appear in a special January 2012 volume of  the Memphis Theological Seminary Journal.  The volume focuses on rhetoric and religion.

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You are invited!

Contributed by Stephanie Piech on 10/27/11 

Is your department, class or student organization sustainably minded?  Do you enjoy local, organic foods?  Interested in nutrition? Are you working towards reducing resources on campus?

WE WANT YOU!!

Register today to be a part of a unique sustainability event.

The Better Tomorrow Plan Celebration, hosted by Ithaca Dining Services, will bring together many groups interested in sustainability! Table, host a hands-on demonstration, and bring your creativity to share with your peers and the Ithaca College Community!

 

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Ithaca College Natural Lands is holding its second annual Fall photo contest! The contest will be held starting September 25th and will last until Monday, October 31st.

The contest is open to all students, faculty, and staff of Ithaca College

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Are you planning a sabbatical abroad and/or do you have an interest in working with prospective international students?

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Family Weekend 2011

Contributed by Doreen Hettich-Atkins on 10/27/11 

The 2011 Family Weekend will be held November 4-6. A full listing of events for the weekend is available online: www.ithaca.edu/familyweekend.

Students whose parents are attending can pick up their registration materials in the north foyer of Phillips Hall beginning at 11:00 on Friday.  Please bring your ID.

Students whose parents are unable to attend are welcome to attend any non-ticketed events. Students who would like to attend ticketed events can stop by the registration area in the north foyer of Phillips Hall beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Friday to check on ticket availability.   

Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the non-ticketed events. Bring your family as well. (Ticketed events have limited seating reserved for students' families although seats may be available at show time.)

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A new book by Nick Muellner, associate professor in the Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts, was published by in September by A-Jump Books. The Amnesia Pavilions is a textual and visual autobiography that centers on his return to a small city in Easter Siberia after a seventeen-year absence.

A-Jump Books released his book on September 29 at the New York Art Book Fair. Muellner also presented an illustrated reading and slideshow as part of the New York Art Book Fair’s “Classroom” program on October 1. “The Classroom” is a curated series of informal conversations, workshops, readings and other artist-led programs, with continuous enrollment for all fair-goers throughout the New York Art Book Fair weekend.
 

Arhlene Flowers, assistant professor in Integrated Marketing Communications, presented "Learning from Lindsay, Tiger, Brangelina, and Oprah: Celebrities as Teaching Tools for Reputation Management in Public Relations" at the Public Relations Society of America's Educators Academy Research and Posters Session held in Orlando, Florida, during the PRSA International Conference 2011.

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The Ithaca College chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America has teamed up with the American Marketing Association to bring the Intern Queen to Ithaca’s campus on November 8th at 12:05 pm in Textor 102.

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The Ithaca College Residence Hall Association is raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation! Make-A-Wish is a non-profit organization that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions.

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