Ithaca College

Want to learn about language? How it works? How we use it? How it intersects with culture, society, science, and the mind? Consider taking Intro to Linguistics (LNGS 23200) for Summer Session II (July 1 - Aug 2)

Intro to Linguistics counts as a Humanities course for Identities or World of Systems. It's also a flexible, work-at-your-own-pace course that you can take from anywhere. 

Email jpfrehm@ithcaca.edu for questions. 

Brenda Mikula and Ben Hogben were chosen as recipients of the Staff Council Recognition Award.   The Staff Council Staff Recognition Award was created to honor staff members who are actively involved with the IC community and who have gone above and beyond their regular work duties demonstrating initiative, support, commitment, and accomplishment.  Below are excerpts from each of their nomination letters:

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Please join in celebrating the accomplishments of the August Orientation Planning Committee (AOPC) and campus-wide efforts to launch a brand-new, exciting Fall Orientation program for our incoming first-year and transfer students.  

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Dear Ithaca College Community:

Imagining Ithaca—our blueprint and framework for an exceptional educational experience
We hope you saw Board of Trustees Chair Dave Lissy’s email on Monday, sharing the great news that the board unanimously approved our five-year strategic plan for the college.  This is a major milestone and a giant step towards realizing our vision to become a global destination for bold thinkers seeking to build thriving communities.

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Please join us in celebrating Samantha Guter for her hard work and dedication to Ithaca College and Residential Life and Judicial Affairs.  Sam will be leaving IC for a wonderful opportunity on the west coast.

We will be having a gathering on Monday, July 1st from 3:00-4:00pm in the Klingenstein Lounge in the Campus Center.  Light refreshments will be served.

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 Please join us in celebrating Samantha Guter for her hard work and dedication to Ithaca College and Residential Life and Judicial Affairs.  Sam will be leaving IC for a wonderful opportunity on the west coast.

We will be having a gathering on Monday, July 1st from 3:00-4:00pm in the Klingenstein Lounge in the Campus Center.  Light refreshments will be served.

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Please join us in celebrating Samantha Guter for her hard work and dedication to Ithaca College and Residential Life and Judicial Affairs.  Sam will be leaving IC for a wonderful opportunity on the west coast.

We will be having a gathering on Monday, July 1st from 3:00-4:00pm in the Klingenstein Lounge in the Campus Center.  Light refreshments will be served.

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What does it mean to be a First-Generation college student?

First-generation college students are students who will be the first in their family to graduate from a four-year college or university.

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 The Campus Store and MACs Convenience Store will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

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Want to learn about language? How it works? How we use it? How it intersects with culture, society, science, and the mind? Sign up now for Intro to Linguistics (LNGS 23200) for Summer Session II (July 1 - Aug 2). 

Intro to Linguistics also counts as a Humanities course for Identities or World of Systems. It's a flexible, work-at-your-own-pace course that you can take from anywhere. 

Email jpfrehm@ithcaca.edu for questions. 

Happy Summer! Stop by IC Square Food Court between 11am-2pm for our Sweet & Savory Specials! 

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Mindfulness is being promoted everywhere these days, but is it all accurate? Check out the information that SH101's mindfulness expert shares and then rate how you think they did. Reviewing the article gets you entered in the SH101 weekly raffle drawing with a prize of a $25.00 Amazon gift card. 

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   The on-campus Food Pantry will be open this week on Tuesday June 25th 5-6pm and Friday June 28th 2-3:15. It will also be open next week Tuesday July 2nd 5-6pm and Friday July 5th 2-3:15pm 

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 Katarzyna Pasternak a PhD student from the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland is visiting Ithaca to conduct research for her dissertation, The Value of Imagination in People's Lives.

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Ithaca College will hold a shelter-in-place drill on the morning of Tuesday, June 25, in the Facilities Administration Building on Farm Pond Road. The building will be completely closed to the public from 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Any incoming phone calls—including service requests—during that time will be forwarded to the Office of Public Safety.

Only the Facilities Administration Building will be involved in the drill. All other nearby buildings and operations, including the warehouse, vehicle rental and service shop, and print shop, will remain open for business during that time. The rest of the campus will also be unaffected.

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Dear campus community,

We have some sad news to share with the Ithaca College community, as former member of the board of trustees Kurt Wolfgruber ’72 passed away on June 17 after battling cancer for the past several months. 

On behalf of the college, we want to convey our condolences to Kurt’s family, especially his wife, Kim, and his children, Derek, Christian, Hayley, and Heidi. We also offer our sympathies to his many IC friends and colleagues who had the pleasure of working with Kurt, during both his decade of service on the board from 2007 to 2017 and in his many college-related activities.

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It is with mixed emotion that I share news of the departure of our colleague Corinna Davies ‘14, admission counselor. Corinna has accepted an Assistant Director of Admission position at Merrimack College in Massachusetts. Please join us to celebrate Corinna today (Friday, June 21) 1-2:30 pm, in the Peggy Ryan Williams Center Lobby.

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Head to Student Health 101 to learn about this fun outdoor workout. Looking for more workout session ideas? Use the search feature and search "workout" to pull up more energizing ideas. 

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Professor Johnson (Chair, Department of Music Theory, History, and Composition) presented “How Harmonic Structure Shapes Characterization in John Adams’s Nixon in China” at The Princeton Festival on July 18. 

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The Office of Admission would once again like to thank all of our campus partners for their support of our large-scale programs over the past year. Your collaboration and hard work helps to ensure the success of these programs. As you begin planning for the upcoming academic cycle, please note the dates of our Admission programs.

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