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All seniors, their families and all on campus are welcome to attend the Baccalaureate Mass taking place this Saturday May 20 at 5 pm in the Hockett Recital Hall in the Music School! Join us as we gather to celebrate the Eucharist and the class of 2017 before graduation on Sunday! 

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In a paper entitled ‘Cinephilia in the z-Dimension: Jean-Luc Godard’s Intertextual Vectors of Love and Death,’ he spoke on how the recent 3D films of French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard engage ideas on death espoused by French philosophers Emmanuel Levinas (‘Bad Conscience and the Inexorable’) and in turn Jacques Derrida (The Gift of DeathAdieu to Emmanuel Levinas).

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Digital Instruction and Information Services (DIIS) is hiring for the fall 2017! We have over 90 students on our team working in a variety of positions. If you love working with people and have an interest in technology, there's a position here for you!

We are accepting applications for the following positions on a rolling basis:

  • Business Productivity Training Specialist
  • Endpoint Systems Technician
  • Lab Consultant
  • Learning Spaces Technology Specialist
  • Network Assistant
  • Service Desk Consultant

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The $7.50 summer semester complimentary print allowance will go into effect on Monday, May 22nd. Unused allowances from the fall and spring will not roll over to the summer semester allowance. Log in to webprint.ithaca.edu to check your Ithaca College print account information.

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Dr. Carly Jo Hosbach-Cannon, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, was selected as the 2017 Graduate Marshal for the 163rd Commencement of Syracuse University, held on May 14th.

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This informal conversation is a chance to get to know the two honorary degree recipients who will be part of the Sunday Commencement program.

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The Network and Unified Communications team with assistance from two third party partners will be replacing outdated network equipment in several buildings on campus between Monday May 22nd and Friday May 26th. Once complete, network services will be more reliable and ready to accommodate additional bandwidth.

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Graduate Hooding Ceremony

Contributed by Noel Wheeler on 05/15/17 

Submitted on behalf of Melinda Cozzolino, Faculty Coordinator of Graduate Studies. 

Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Graduate Hooding Ceremony. 

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This Saturday Ithaca College will commission two of its graduates into the US Army.

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Staff Compensation Program Review

Contributed by Donna Veres on 05/15/17 

Submitted on behalf of Brian Dickens, Vice President for Human Resources

As communicated in early March, the College has engaged Sibson Consulting (a Human Resources consulting firm that is nationally recognized in Higher Education), to reassess and update the staff compensation program and provide a high-level review of health benefits, retirement, and other pay-related policies.  To launch this project, members of the Sibson consulting team visited campus and met with various representative groups to begin to understand current perspectives around the College’s compensation and benefits programs. At that time, we indicated that our employees would have an opportunity to participate in this data gathering phase of the project through an on-line survey.  

 

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In an effort to support the increasing growth of conferences and events occurring at Ithaca College during the summer, Parking Services has collaborated with Campus Center and Event Services to create new summer parking restrictions that are more hospitable to the many visitors that are attracted to come to Ithaca College over the summer.  The goal of this change is to create a more welcoming environment for our summer guests who are unfamiliar with our campus.  These changes are feasible given the significant reduction of faculty, staff and students accessing parking facilities on campus during the summer months. 

 

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 Submitted on behalf of the Office of Energy Management and Sustainability 

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We are providing this update regarding the Ransomware Attack that has been in the news and impacting computers around the world. 

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As is being reported in the media, a number of organizations around the world have been hit by a major ransomware attack. Ransomware is a kind of malicious software, similar to computer viruses, that encrypts user files and then holds them hostage demanding payment for the keys to decrypt them. DIIS is not aware of any IC computers that have fallen victim to ransomware as part of this attack, but there’s no reason to think we will not be affected.

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Important HSA Updates from PayFlex

Contributed by Katie Sack on 05/12/17 

We have some important updates to share with you about your Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Below you’ll find details on the following.

  1. New HSA limits for 2018
  2. Tax Form 5498-SAs coming soon

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Commencement Eve Concert
5/20/17 | 8:30 P.M. | Glazer Arena, Athletics & Events Center

You and your family are invited to the Fiftieth Annual Commencement Eve Concert on Saturday, May 20, at 8:30 p.m. in the Glazer Arena, within the Athletics and Events Center. Admission is free.

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Stephen Sweet, Professor of Sociology, has received a $15,000 grant awarded by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.

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It’s time to relax like its summer and celebrate the end of another academic year! The Annual Employee Picnic will take place on Thursday, May 25, 2017 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm on the Campus Center Quad (Rain Location: A&E Center).

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DIIS will be making enhancements to the following spaces, which will be closed from May 15 through June.

·         Technology Learning Center (TLC), in Friends Hall 101

·         Center for Educational Technology (CET), in Job 102

·         Digital Media Services lab (DMS), in Job 103 

If you have any questions please call the Service Desk at 607-274-1000.

In order to help people more easily identify and locate Outlook calendar room resources, DIIS will be revising resource names as necessary to include the building and room number.

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