Ithaca College

Improve your public speaking and leadership skills with the Ithaca College Toastmasters International Club. The Ithaca College Toastmasters club is open to all IC and Longview community members. We offer positive, constructive encouragement to members and guests who start at varying skill levels.

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The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen LGBTQ will screen the documentary From Selma to Stonewall on Wednesday October 2. Free and open to the public, the film will be shown at 6 p.m. in Textor 103

The film describes its theme as a black, straight preacher and a white, lesbian activist, and the bond they form as they seek to find the intersection between the Black Civil Rights and the LGBTQ Equality movements.

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Join alumni, faculty, staff, and students for opportunities to build professional networks, conduct informational interviews, engage in panel discussions, sit for professional headshots, attend alumni presentations, and get career advice from industry professionals. 

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Mary Ann Rishel, Professor Emerita, Writing, has recently served on another Ph.D. dissertation committee for Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.  The thesis of this dissertation introduces new perspectives on fictocritical parameters for creating comedy.

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Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Shackell, Assistant Professor of Accounting, who recently published "The upsides and downsides of online labor" in Financial Management along with four coauthors. The article discusses the advantages and pitfalls of the gig economy, noting that it can allow companies flexibility to respond more freely to changing circumstances in their business. 

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 Dance Minor Audition will be held Monday September 30th at 6 pm in studio 3 in Dillingham. Please bring ballet and jazz shoes.

 September 25th, 11am-1pm, Student Activities Center

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How can universities and colleges in Central New York to come together to promote voter registration and turnouts? The Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Regional Coalition Summit will be held Saturday, 28th 2019 at Cornell University to bring Central NY students and campuses together to answer this and other important questions. Plus, keynote address by David Hogg and Samantha Fuentes - student activists and survivors of the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, during which 17 students and staff members died.

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Christine Schutt is the author of three short story collections (Nightwork; A Day, a Night, Another Day, Summer; and Pure Hollywood) and three novels (Florida; All Souls; and Prosperous Friends).

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Adobe has changed their licensing model so that starting on September 27, 2019 all Adobe applications will only be available through the Adobe Creative Cloud service which will require individuals to log into Adobe with their Netpass username and password.  Under the new licensing model Adobe applications will continue to be available for use on College computers deployed to individuals and in the campus labs and classrooms.  

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Established through contributions from staff, faculty, and friends of James J. Whalen, Ithaca College’s 6th president, in honor of his 22 years of service to the College.

This award is granted to eligible staff members in a degree program at Ithaca College. The money can be used to pay for books and defray other educational costs. Candidates for the J.J. Staff Scholar Award must be full-time staff members of the College; matriculated in a degree program; have completed at least 60 credit hours toward an undergraduate degree, or pursuing a graduate-level degree, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

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The Office of Student Engagement is now accepting Block II SLI Proposal Forms on IC Engage!

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The on-campus Food Pantry will be open this week on Tuesday September 24th, from 6-7 pm and Friday September 27th, from 4-5:30pm. Fall hours will be every Tuesday, from 6-7 pm and every Friday, from 4-5:30 pm.

The Pantry is located in the DeMotte Room (you can enter by going down the stairs to the left of the information desk in Phillips Hall or by using the back entrance to Phillips Hall closest to the upper quads and near the stairs that go up to the academic quad). The Pantry is open to any and all members of the IC community. There are no qualifications for this program.

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Challenge Workforce Solutions is teaming up with Cornell’s Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability to organize The Right Talent, Right Now—a free disability employment summit for employers and educators in the Ithaca area and beyond.

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Is there a book that changed your life, or represented YOUR experience, or meant a lot to you? Odds are, it's probably been banned or challenged. From 9 am - 1 pm on Thursday September 26, we're providing postcards, computers, and addresses for authors whose work has frequently been banned, such as:

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No matter where you are in life - just getting started or planning for retirement - a session with Joseph Silino can help you create a plan for your goals. And, it’s at no additional cost as a part of your retirement plan. You’ll get answers to these questions and more:

• Am I invested in the right mix of investments to help meet my goals?
• Am I saving enough to create the retirement income I need?
• How do I take income from my retirement account once I stop working?

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Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and Opera Ithaca will perform La Bohème, with the Ithaca College Choir

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The Division of Marketing and Enrollment Strategy provides complimentary headshots for current faculty, staff, and students during two photo events, once held in the fall and spring semester.

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STUDY IN BELIZE THIS JANUARY!  Explore Mayan Ruins, canoe down lush rivers looking for jaguar tracks, feel your way through the underworld of Mayan caves, snorkel the Belize Barrier reef, stay with a Belizean family.   Belize is considered Nature’s Best Kept Secret.  We will actively and adventurously  explore that secret through the lens of human impact and environmental conservation. 

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Ruth’s multimedia, solo show takes us into the story of one woman’s courageous and soul-searching journey of adventure, discovery, and ultimate forgiveness. The memoir, although intensely personal, is universal in its dramatic and historic appeal.

Born in 1956, playwright Ruth Bieber, second daughter of post World War II immigrant parents, begins life in rural Alberta. The farm life, her Father’s dream, holds devastating consequences for the six-week old infant, her Mother, and ultimately the family as a whole.   

The show features salient highlights of Ruth's life as a woman, mother, professional, academic and world traveling adventurer, who happens to be blind.  Ruth invites audience members to wear nightshades during the show to fully experience her own vision loss.  

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