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IC PRSSA’s 11th Annual Make-a-Swish for Make-a-Wish Basketball Tournament ApproachesContributed by Marc Phillips on 03/14/11 IC PRSSA is hosting their 11th annual Make-a-Swish for Make-a-Wish charity basketball tournament. Read more . . . (285 words) 10% off Summer Music Academy for IC Faculty & Staff!!Contributed by Molly O'Shea Polk on 03/14/11 Ithaca College Summer Music Academy is extending the 10% discount, offered to all IC faculty and staff, until the end of March. Visit www.ithaca.edu/sma for additional information. Read more . . . (464 words) 27 Million Slaves in the world today Read more . . . (60 words) Bomber Wrestling Coach Marty Nichols Named NCAA Coach of the YearContributed by Michael Warwick on 03/14/11 Ithaca's Marty Nichols was named NCAA Coach of the Year following the NCAA Wrestling Championships. Nichols led the Bombers to a fourth-place finish -- their best in 16 years -- behind four all-Americans and eight national qualifiers. Read more . . . (74 words) The Bookstore and Macs will have adjusted hours for the Spring Break week (03/14-19/11). Read more . . . (30 words) Not sure what to do with the family when our area schools are on Spring Break? --> That's what we're talking about at our April 4th WPAG meeting! JOIN US!Contributed by Joelle Albertsman on 03/11/11 **ALL PARENTS AND PARENTS-TO-BE ARE WELCOME!** Affinity groups are designed to be a safe place where both staff and faculty may speak on common interests and provide an opportunity to seek and support one another. The Working Parents Affinity Group (WPAG) provides different perspectives on integrating work and our families as working professionals. This group is co-facilitated by two moms who work here on campus and who are interested in developing a resourceful place for other working parents to come together and share with one another based on ideas that YOU provide!! Read more . . . (200 words) As you begin to plan for Commencement Week 2011, please keep in mind the following on-campus housing guidelines. All campus residents except for graduating seniors, Resident Assistants, and Circle Apartment residents are required to vacate their rooms no later than 3:00 p.m. on May 14, 2011 unless they receive written approval from the Office of Residential Life to remain. Read more . . . (606 words) Fractured Fairytale: Restructuring Myth Through Artists' Books - May Session!Contributed by Jennifer Wofford on 03/10/11 IC Summer Sessions: Online or On the Lake! This May Session (May 16-27), develop your imagination and your critical prowess -- register for ART 17000 Fractured Fairytale: Restructuring Myth Through Artists' Books. Take this chance with IC Professor Susan Weisend to revise a tale or myth using three-dimensional book forms like tunnel books, accordions, and pop-ups. Here, you'll deconstruct and recreate. ART 17000 Read more . . . (64 words) Physics Café: "Climate Change: Picturing the Science" Save the Date!! March 21, 2011 from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM in Emerson SuitesContributed by Jill Ackerman on 03/10/11 Please join the Physics Department Monday, March 21, 2011 from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM in Emerson Suites for a talk with Gavin Schmidt, a climate modeller at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and co-author of "Climate Change: Picturing the Science" published by W. W. Norton (2009). Read more . . . (134 words) Do you want to learn more about preparing for your career while helping your peers? Career Services is looking for motivated students who like to help others, to serve as Peer Career Advisors (PCAs) for the 2011-2012 academic year. Read more . . . (128 words) The Society of Professional Journalists has named The Ithacan a finalist for the 2010 Mark of Excellence Award for Best Non-Daily Newspaper in the Northeast region. The paper is consistently ranked among the top three papers in the Northeast, and three years ago was ranked number two in the country by SPJ. In addition, junior Whitney Faber's story "Behind the Lens," which appeared in the September 2, 2010 issue of The Ithacan, was named a finalist in the competition's feature writing category. The winners will be announced at the SPJ Region 1 Spring Conference in Providence, R.I., April 8–9. First-place winners from SPJ's 12 regions go on to compete for the national Mark of Excellence Award in their categories.
The IC Student Health Survey Period Ends This SundayContributed by Nancy Reynolds on 03/10/11 Did you receive an email invitation to complete the IC Student Health Survey? This is an online survey that takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. Please participate before this Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 5pm when the survey period closes. Students who submit completed surveys will be entered into a drawing for a choice of: A one year subscription to NetFlix OR an IPod nano! Your responses will help improve campus wellness programs for you and your fellow students. Read more . . . (12 words) Maura Stephens, associate director of the Park Center for Independent Media, is presenting a paper and leading a panel on "The Gandhian Method of Non-Violent Struggle and Its Applicability to Burma, Iran, and the Middle East" at Northeastern Illinois University's Conference on Non-Violent Social Change: Models, History, Practice, and Contemporary Local and International Challenges, March 10-11. The following week at the Left Forum: Towards a Politics of Solidarity at Pace University in New York City, she will be presenting as part of a panel on "Resisting Shale Gas Extraction the Next Fossil Fuel Industry Assault." And in April she will present at the SUNY New Paltz Green Feminisms: Women, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice Conference her paper "Our Bodies, Our Selves . . . Our Children, Our Homes, Our Communities, Our Lives." Predoctoral Diversity Fellow Donathan Brown to Discuss English-Only MovementContributed by Laurie Arliss on 03/10/11 Save your noon hour on March 22 to attend a presentation by predoctoral diversity fellow, Donathan Brown, from the Department of Communication Studies. The presentation will be held in Clark Lounge from 12:10 - 1:10 p.m. Read more . . . (119 words) Commencement 2011 – Sunday, May 22, 2011 Read more . . . (111 words) Ransom Chosen as First Year Reading for the Class of 2015Contributed by Office of the President on 03/10/11 I am pleased to announce the selection of Ransom, by the Australian novelist and poet David Malouf, as the First Year Reading for the 2011-2012 academic year. Read more . . . (351 words) The Parking Service Office will have limited hours on Wednesday, March 16th. Read more . . . (46 words) Friends 110 will be open with limited hours and staffing during spring break. Please see the spring break schedule for more details. Williams 210 and CHS 105 will close at 5:00pm on Friday, March 11. The Student Computer Repair Center will also be closed during the break. Please see the SCRC website for more details. Read more . . . (77 words) Submit your work to Imprint, Ithaca College's online college life magazine, and you could win $100! Read more . . . (71 words) Kati Lustyik, TV-R, Publishes in Journal of Children and MediaContributed by Melissa Gattine on 03/09/11 Kati Lustyik, assistant professor in the Department of Television-Radio, has published article in Journal of Children and Media entitled, "Media Regulation and the International Expansion of Nickelodeon." The article, co-authored with Dr. Norma Pecora (Ohio University), was published in the 2011 Special Issue entitled, "Children's Media Policy: International Perspective." Read more . . . (123 words) |
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