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Harry Potter Alliance Meeting!

Contributed by Monica Watson on 09/19/11 

Join the Harry Potter Alliance on TUESDAY Sept. 20 at 7pm in Williams 221 for our first meeting of the semester!

The IC Harry Potter Alliance aims to help educate individuals on various social action and social justice-based initiatives by drawing links between the book series by J.K. Rowling and our world. We act as both a community for fans of the Harry Potter series and as a way for students to help make the world a better place. For more information send us an owl at hpaithacacollege@gmail.com.

 

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The Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a series of events, many of which will be held during Fall Splash/Alumni Weekend. For complete information visit the LGBT Center 10th Anniversary webpage.   Come celebrate with us - learn about where we've been, and be a part of our future.

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Meyer holds degrees in piano as well as composition and completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance with Gilbert Kalish at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  This week he will return to his alma mater as a Guest Conductor. 

 

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The Athletics and Events Center is now open to all Faculty, Staff and Students.  Everyone is welcome to walk or run on the track when it's not reserved.  Lockers are available but they are for day use only.  We recommend bringing a lock and a towel.  The A & E Center hours are:

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The next in our ongoing series of meetings for all supervisors will be held on Monday, October 31, 2011, from 8:30 am – 11:00 am, in the Emerson Suites.  It is an expectation that all supervisors attend.  More information will follow. For now, please hold the date!

Mark Coldren
Mary Tomaselli

Several users have reported that Webmail is not working with Google Chrome after a recent Chrome update.

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Cory Young, assistant professor in the Department of Strategic Communication, published two essays in Sage Publication’s Green Series, a twelve volume reference series on various issues surrounding sustainability.

“Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” parallels the evolution of the corporation alongside the evolution of its social responsibility. "International Standard Organization (ISO)" summarizes the multiple plenary sessions held in various nations to develop the new standard for CSR—ISO 26000.

Young is very passionate about CSR and has integrated the ideas of ISO 26000 into her Human Communication in Organizations and Government and Stakeholder Relations courses.

Sign up for the Walk for Plumpy'nut today! The first 75 participants receive a free t-shirt and goodie bag! Register at: icfoodforthought.webs.com

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Take advantage of the more than 300 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/

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Scott Ulrich, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry co-authored a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry titled Acetylation of heat shock protein 20 (Hsp20) regulates human myometrial activity.  

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Tonight at 7:30, Emerson Suites, author and journalist SUSAN FALUDI will share her rather startling conclusions after examining, for her recent book The Terror Dream, the connections between 9/11 and profound changes in U.S. media and culture in the ensuing ten years.

Why, Faludi asks, did an assault on American global dominance provoke an almost hysterical summons to restore "traditional" manhood, marriage, and maternity?

Why did our media react as if the hijackers had targeted not a commercial and military edifice but the family home and nursery?

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The newly formed School of Music ALANA group will hold a benefit concert for the family of Soo Yeon Kim, a School of Music student who graduated last December.  She and her family recently lost everything to a fire in their home. 

The School of Music ALANA students have put together an evening of songs of encouragement to express their love and support for Soo Yeon and her family. The concert is entitled “That’s What Friends are For” and will be held in Hockett Recital Hall in the Whalen Music Center Thursday Evening (9/22) at 7:00 p.m

Suggested donation is $5.00.

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Distinguished speaker Dr. Jonathan Shay uses Ransom to explain the first-year experiences in college

 

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Exercise & Sport Sciences faculty (Gary Sforzo, Miranda Kaye) awarded grant by the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate.

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Come out and  roll up your sleeve and show your school pride!!! 

Tuesday October 4th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm we will be in the Fitness Center Mondo Gym, and then Wednesday October 5th from 8:30 to 2:30 in Campus Center Emerson Suites.

Please Call 1-800 RedCross or email Redcross@ithaca.edu for your appointment time!!

We will be taking walk-In's!!!!!!! But  appointments have first proirty !  

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Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman's animated documentary on his combat memories of the 1982 Lebanon War, is being screened Thursday, September 22, at 7:00 p.m. in Textor 101.

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We are excited to announce the very first meeting EVER for IC's brand new chapter of Net Impact!
When: Tuesday, Sept. 20th @ 6-7 pm
Where: Campus Center Ithaca Falls room (If you are walking from Grand Central Cafe towards Emerson Suites, it will be the conference room on your right). 

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Please join us tomorrow, September 20 from 5:30-7:30pm in the North Foyer and Emerson Suites.

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Monday, September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day

www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

But don’t be download’n or shar’n what ye don’t own.

It’ll cost ye an arm and a leg in Spanish gold (that’s up to three thousand dollars per offense in land lubber terms).

Talk like a seafarin' hearty, but don’t act like a copyright pirate. Ya scurvy dog!

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Join the IC Environmental Society (ICES) as we celebrate Moving Planet on Saturday, September 24, an international rally for clean energy solutions to the climate crisis by taking advantage of alternative forms of transportation, supporting local farms, and enjoying our beautiful natural surroundings, all in one day!

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