Ithaca College

Award-winning historian Rachel Maines will discuss her book The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction Thursday, March 23, at 4:00 p.m. in the lounge, second floor of Park Hall.

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Ithaca College squeaked by Harvard University for the number fifteen position in week five of RecycleMania, a friendly competition among university recycling programs in the United States. While falling from number twelve last week, Ithaca remains in first place in New York State, outpacing Hamilton College and Binghamton University. Complete results available at www.recyclemaniacs.org.

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Dear Students,

Have you ever wanted to just hang out in New York City? Do you want to see Times Square, Central Park and the other wonderful attractions
New York City has to offer?

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Rob Gearhart, former faculty member in the Park School of Communications, has returned to Ithaca College as the new director of Online Learning, Certificate, and Professional Programs in the Division of Graduate Studies. In this new role, Rob will coordinate programs that utilize online or blended learning approaches in the delivery of online coursework, certificate, and professional programs. He will work closely with Greg Woodward in the Division of Graduate Studies, Kim Milling in Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, the Office of Information Technology Services, as well as deans, chairs, and faculty members from interested programs as the director of a new college initiative to develop more online learning opportunities and offerings for our current students as well as for select professional audiences from outside the college.

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This year's C.P. Snow Lecture Series presents Manjul Bhargava, from Princeton University, speaking on "Drumming and Poetry, The Nature of Human Thought and the Origins of Mathematics." This event will be held on Thursday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. in Textor 103. Professor Bhargava will integrate his lecture with percussion performances using a Tabla, a small India hand drum.

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Dutch bass and contrabass trombonist Brandt Attema will give a free guest recital on Tuesday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall. Kathy Hansen will collaborate on piano, and a trombone choir will accompany Attema on David Anderson's "Elegy for Van." There will also be music by Schnyder, Sandstrom, Casterede, Gillingham, and Telemann.

The Senior Class of 2006 is still seeking student volunteers to work
during Senior Week on May 5 – 14, 2006. Applications are due Friday,
March 24, 2006.

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I'm delighted to announce that Chris Gonzales, web content specialist in the Office of Marketing Communications, is the new Intercom managing editor.

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Due to recent system maintenance, a change was made to the default settings in the College's Webmail system that caused HTML-formatted e-mails to display improperly for some users. This change affects messages like the Intercom roundup on March 9 and 13, and other HTML-only messages. Starting March 16, the Intercom roundup will include a plain text version as well for those who prefer not to receive HTML e-mails or haven't changed their Webmail settings.

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The annual James J. Whalen Academic Symposium will be held on Monday, April 3, 2006, in the Ithaca College Campus Center (Emerson Suites, Clark Lounge, Klingenstein Lounge, and North Meeting Room), beginning at 9:00 a.m., and continuing throughout the day.

A program of presentations by students from all five schools of the College and the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies will feature work they have accomplished in collaboration with faculty sponsors.

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The Veterans Committee invites new members to join them as they begin planning for the Fourth Annual Veterans Day Celebration to be held on Thursday, November 9, 2006.

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Join us in IC Square on Thursday, April 6, at 3:00 p.m. to celebrate the generosity of spirit of Ithaca College students, faculty, and staff.

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The Center for Student Leadership and Involvement is seeking nominations for the William Scoones Community Service Award. The award was established to provide recognition for students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community service.

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The annual James J. Whalen Academic Symposium will be held on Monday, April 3, 2006, in the Ithaca College Campus Center (Emerson Suites, Clark Lounge, Klingenstein Lounge, and North Meeting Room), beginning at 9:00 a.m., and continuing throughout the day.

A program of presentations by students from all five schools of the College and the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies will feature work they have accomplished in collaboration with faculty sponsors.

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Paula Davis, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, has accepted a new position at St. Bonaventure.

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A non-business undergraduate degree combined with an MBA provides highly marketable skills that are attractive to employers and recruiters in all fields.

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Ithaca College's annual spring Job & Internship Fair is coming and you don't want to miss it!

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The Handwerker Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of “Refugees Even After Death: A Quest for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation” on Thursday, March 16.

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Continuing the School of Humanities and Sciences 50th Anniversary celebration, Karen Allaben-Confer '69 will give a seminar "The Art of Birds: Alumna Journey through Biology" on Thursday, March 23, at 4:00 p.m. in the Center for Natural Sciences room 112.

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The top-ranked gymnastics team repeated as ECAC champions and will be competing at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships, to be held March 24-25 at Brockport. The team and all-around competition will be held on Friday, March 24 with the individual event championships scheduled for Saturday, March 25.

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