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The book, Understanding Teen Eating Disorders: Warning Signs, Treatment Options and Stories of Courage by Cris E. Haltom, Cathy Simpson, and Mary Tantillo introduces readers to common teen eating disorder scenarios, their warning signs, and treatment options.

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The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies recently gained accreditation of their Outdoor Adventure Leadership (OAL) Program until 2025 by the Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Related Professions (COAPRT). 

The Council approved the following commendations:

• Department is to be commended for pursuing and maintaining academic excellence as evident by 27 years of accreditation and for pursuing new accreditation in the Outdoor Adventure Leadership Program.
• Involvement in professional organizations and service is exceptional. 
• The Program has gone above and beyond expectations by providing their students with unique learning opportunities that impact the learning experience. Program has developed exceptional learning labs both on and off campus to enhance curricular needs.
• Faculty have demonstrated a solid understanding of the assessment process and student learning outcomes

The program also received the Best of the Best award, recognizing their role in training highly effective professionals in the field of Outdoor Adventure Leadership.

 Submitted on behalf of KellyAnn Robinson, Ph.D., Manager of Student Accessibility Services

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All faculty, staff and students are invited to join us on Wednesday, December 5th at noon in Klingenstein Lounge.

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All students, Faculty and Staff welcome! 

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Hillel at Ithaca College will be sponsoring a special Shabbat dinner featuring authentic Israeli sufganiyot and a latke bar on December 7th at 7 P.M. in Muller Chapel as part of this year's Hanukkah celebrations! 

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Mary Ann Rishel, Professor Emerita, Writing, recently presented a paper in Doha, Qatar on medical humanities entitled The Great Medical Questions—and Beyond:  A Global Medical-Humanities Curriculum.  The paper will be published on the online journal Innovations in Global Health Professions Education (IGHPE).

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 Are you a first year or a transfer student looking to get involved on a free weekend get-away? 

Apply for the 2019 Leadership Weekend "What's Your Sound?" taking place on the weekend of February 8th and 9th!

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Senior Athletic Training major, Anthony Cosby (Reisterstown, MD) was recently awarded a scholarship from the National Athletic Trainers' Association to attend the national student leadership conference in Dallas, TX. Tony will attend the 2019 Student iLead Conference, held in conjunction with the Athletic Training Educators' Conference this coming January, and so doing will represent District 2 of the Association.

Bringing in the Bystander® (BITB) is a bystander intervention workshop facilitated by trained students. Join our team!

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Spring break is an amazing opportunity to get out and give back! That’s why the Office of Student Engagement offers students the chance to travel and serve across different states during IC”s Spring break (March 9-16). There are five opportunities that you can be a part of this year to make an impact from park improvements to food security. 

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Join our last event of the semester, where we will be giving back to the Ithaca community on Saturday, December 8th. Hot lunch and a service reflection will follow service activities in Ithaca Falls Room at 1:30pm.

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Please be advised that 2019 employee parking permits are available to order online using the following link: http://tinyurl.com/yd2c8yo3. If you have changed vehicles and/or plate numbers, please take this time to also update your vehicle information.

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On Saturday, November 10th, Maggie Wise (Outdoor Adventure Leadership ’18) presented on her internship experience with Northwest Outward Bound at the CNY Internship Showcase. 

Out of the 20 students who presented, Maggie’s presentation on the Northwest Outward Bound School Field and Logistics Internship was granted the Best Presentation Award including a $500 prize. 

Congratulations Maggie!

Join the Chemistry Department and celebrate the current student research at the Chemistry Department Poster Session!

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2019 Spring Orientation (previously Winter Welcome) is just around the corner on January 18th - 20th...

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Submitted on behalf of Guilherme Costa, Vice President and General Counsel

As you may have read or heard, there has been a significant development on the federal level regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault on college campuses.

On November 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education issued an unofficial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Title IX, which would replace previous guidance on how colleges and universities handle allegations of sexual misconduct. On November 29, the proposed rule was published in the Federal Register, which began a 60-day period during which the department will accept comments from the public. This is just the first step in what is likely to be a lengthy process.

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On behalf of the strategic planning steering committee, we invite you to two events in early December that will help us move the Imagining Ithaca planning process to the next important stage.

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 Applications now open for spring semester SAB positions 

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 SAB presents the annual gingerbread decorating contest!

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