Ithaca College

Funds to Aid Sustainability Initiative

A major gift from longtime supporter Dorothy Park will help Ithaca College become a leader in producing business graduates who not only achieve financial and professional success, but also promote social justice and environmental stewardship.

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Ithaca College has long had programs in various parts of campus life that support the tenets of environmental sustainability, garnering national attention for successfully integrating resource management programs such as office paper recycling and state-of-the-art composting of dining hall food wastes.

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Thank you to the many community members who have already generously donated items for this year's Celebration of Service Auction, sponsored by the bursar's office. We still need your help!

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Associate professor Joel Maxcy (sport management and media) has published the paper "Motivating Long-Term Employment Contracts: Risk Management in Major League Baseball" in the journal Managerial and Decision Economics. The article appears in the journal’s March 2004 edition (volume 25, number 2).

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Spring is coming, and hopefully soon. For those who feel they just can't shake the winter blues, we have some exciting bus trips planned that should help get rid of what ails you.

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Mark your calendars for April 7, 2004

The sixth annual "Take a Child to Work Day" has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 7. This event is organized in conjunction with the national Ms. Foundation's "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work"® Day, which is scheduled for April 22.

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The annual James J. Whalen Academic Symposium will be held on Monday, March 22, 2004, in the Ithaca College Campus Center (Emerson Suites, Clark Lounge, and Klingenstein Lounge), beginning at 9:00 a.m. and continue throughout the day.

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Students, faculty, and staff will have the opportunity to voice their support for critical state financial aid programs.

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Please be aware of a new e-mail virus (variants of W32/Bagle.X@MM) circulating on campus. The messages contain various subjects and contents, but always contain a password that it says is needed to open a ZIP file that is attached to the message.

DO NOT open the attached file. Please delete the message immediately.

This problem has appeared on campus in the last 24 hours and we are investigating the issue further.

ITS Helpdesk
helpdesk@ithaca.edu
4-3282

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The campus community is invited to an open meeting with the third candidate for dean of the School of Business on Monday, March 15, 3:00-3:45 p.m. in Smiddy 419. Please contact Wendy Fonder, 274-7308, for further information.

Contributed by Wendy Fonder

The Tower Club Restaurant will be closed during spring break (except for special events already booked). The restaurant will re-open for business on Monday, March 15.

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As a partner in the Parnassus implementation at Ithaca College, the Student Employment Office announces the imminent availability campuswide of the electronic student employment authorization form, commonly referred to as the SEA.

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With increasingly sophisticated e-mail "scams" continually being reported on campus, Public Safety and ITS would like to remind the campus community to be extremely cautious with regard to unsolicited e-mail messages that offer business or investment opportunities or that ask for any kind of personal or financial information.

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Over the past two years, a workgroup has been charged with the responsibility of developing an Emergency Response Plan for Ithaca College.

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You are cordially invited to a farewell gathering for Emily Russell, associate director of the Ithaca Fund, on Thursday, March 11, at 10:45 a.m. in the Alumni Hall conference room.

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The IC Purchasing Department and Staples Business Advantage are cosponsoring a "Lunch 'N Learn Avery Office Products for Greater Productivity" seminar on Monday, April 5, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the North Meeting Room, Egbert Hall.

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You are invited to attend: The project to modernize the student information system (SIS) is well underway. Significant progress has occurred since the first Intercom article announcing the SIS project.

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The AED committee will offer the adult CPR/AED recertification challenge on Thursday, March 11, 2:00-3:00 p.m. and 3:00-4:00 p.m. in Hill 53. There are only 10 spots available in each time slot; the fee is $3.00.

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The application deadline for the 2004 C.P. Snow Scholar Award is approaching -- Friday, March 5!

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The Ithaca College women's basketball team (23-3) will host Cortland in a first-round NCAA playoff game on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. in Ben Light Gymnasium.

Ticket prices are $4 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens (children under five are admitted free). There are no complimentary tickets or passes.

The winner of Wednesday's game will play at Rochester, Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

Ithaca College earned the NCAA playoff bid by winning the Empire 8 championship tournament over the weekend.

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