Ithaca College

Established in 1997 to honor president emeritus James J. Whalen, the award of up to $500 per semester for the 2017-2018 academic year, is granted to eligible staff members in a degree program at Ithaca College.

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Come check out Campus Center Dining Hall’s new look! Campus Center Dining Hall was renovated to feature a new aesthetic to enhance your dining experience. This includes a larger entrance to increase speed of service, new, contemporary seating, and added hours for breakfast on Sundays. On the culinary front, we’re bringing you a restaurant experience with the new Signature Stations, including Chef’s Table, a new Simple Servings station for patrons with food allergies. We’ve also updated old favorites with an enhanced Vegan station, offering more plant-based options, World’s Fare, offering authentic International cuisine, and adding entrée salads and wraps for convenience!

Special thanks for the Facilities Department and IC Digital Media Services for their expertise and assistance in creating our new look!

Staff support always encourages students!  Please join us as we salute our students for their academic achievement and involvement on Saturday evening, September 16, 2017 at 6:00pm in Emerson Suites.

If you are interested in attending this special event, email Yolanda Clarke at yclarke@ithaca.edu no later than Wednesday, September 5 to reserve your space. 

Dr. Jason Diaz, Humanities and Sciences Class of 2009, will be our keynote speaker.  Dr. Diaz has distinguished himself as an Ithaca alum.  Recently he has served as a post-doctoral fellow in Biological Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.  This Fall he will begin as an assistant professor in  Integrated Science, Business, and Technology at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA.

Individuals requiring accessibility accommodations should contact Heather Crider at hcrider@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3381 by September 10th to ensure that proper arrangements are made.

Find helpful information for new and transfer students as they join our community during  Move-In Day and Fall Welcome starting Sunday, August 27 through Tuesday, August 29.

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Historian Jonathan Ablard's latest article has been published in The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (Cambridge University Press).

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With the semester almost here, it's time to start thinking about how you want to get involved on campus. Whether you're a new student looking to start your involvement on campus or a returning student looking to try something new, come out to Radio Recruitment Night!

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 If you have moved off-campus, your mail and packages should be addressed to your off-campus address. If you accidentally sent something to your former on-campus address, please contact us immediately once you see it has been delivered to IC. It is the student's responsibility to contact us about misaddressed deliveries before we return them.

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 Mail Services will be staffing these locations on Sat and Sun, 8/26-27

• Phillips Hall Post Office, 10:30am - 4:30pm
• Circles Mailroom, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
• Bogart Mailroom, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
• Mail Center (by Public Safety), 10:30am - 4:30pm

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Contributed by Warren Calderone, Director
Sponsored Research

Institutional Animal Care and Use (IACUC) Protocols for review must be received by Friday, September 1, 2017 by 5pm. 

The IACUC protocol review process is now managed through the Mentor IACUC system.

To obtain protocol forms and instructions, please go to the website. 

All faculty planning to conduct research or classroom activity involving live vertebrate animals for research and/or teaching must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee before undertaking that activity. This committee provides federally-mandated oversight of all activities that have a direct impact on the well-being of animals.

Ithaca College’s animal use program is managed in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations.

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Mary Ann Rishel, Emerita, Writing Dept, presented the paper, “A Unified Theory of Humor:  Are we there yet?” at the International Society for Humor Studies Conference held this July at the University of Quebec, Montreal.

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The Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability: Theoretical, Ethnohistorical, and Methodological Perspectives, co-edited by Jennifer F. Byrnes and Jennifer L. Muller, was released by Springer in July 2017. 

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IT@IC is pleased to unveil a new design for apps.ithaca.edu, a centralized hub for providing quick and easy access to most web-based applications used across campus.  Thanks in part to feedback from our campus community, we have updated the design of the site to incorporate a cleaner and more modern look, as well as a more comprehensive list of applications.

We will continue to incorporate phased improvements to this site over the coming months. As always, we want to hear from you.  Please check out the new design and use our feedback form to give us your thoughts.

Working on your syllabus? Be sure to include “Conversation: Started” on Friday, November 3, and attend the symposium with your students. It will be held at the A&E Center and will feature IC faculty, alumni, and students, as well as speakers from around the country.

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The Academic Advising Center will not have Drop-In Hours Tuesday, August 22, 2017 due to a staff retreat.  Drop-In Hours will resume Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from 9 AM to 4 PM.  Please contact us at 607-274-1001 or advisingcenter@ithaca.edu with any questions.

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Annette Levine has published a digital translation of Testimony and Archive for Argentine Human Rights Archive, Memoria Abierta, available online at:  http://www.memoriaabierta.org.ar/wp/archivo-y-testimonio-disponible-en-ingles/

Angela Rudert, lecturer in the philosophy and religion department, has published a chapter titled “Shakti’s New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female Empowerment” in Women and Asian Religions, Ed. Zayn Kassam. Praeger, 2017.

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The Center for Faculty Excellence and the Office of Human Resources invite you to participate in a 2-hour session designed to serve as a road map in navigating the hiring process from the perspective of a search chair.

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Jack Wang, associate professor in the Department of Writing, has been longlisted for The Writers’ Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for his short story “The Nature of Things.”

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Department of Theatre Arts Associate Professor Cynthia Henderson will be leading a series of workshops in acting and theatre for social change at The Juilliard School in New York during September 2017. 

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The Café at the Business School is now serving Gimme! Coffee. Stop by this week from 8:00 - 11:00 AM for your daily cold brew, latte or shot of espresso and let us know what you think!

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