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Juniors and Seniors at IC who will be 21 or older by March 10, 2017, are encouraged to participate in Alternative Spring Break trip this spring! ASB is a chance to travel AND make a different on a budget!

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 Career Services Workshop - Networking in Practice TODAY at 3:00 PM

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Do you want to spend a part of your day giving back to the community and building leadership skills? Then you should sign-up for this month's Service Saturday, on Saturday February 18th! Students will be volunteering at awesome local sites such as:

• Beechtree Care Center

• Cayuga Nature Center

• Newfield United Methodist Church

Service Saturdays are a great way to participate in community service and to give back to the Ithaca Community. Sign up to gain community service hours, spend your Saturday doing something new, and to meet new peers!

SIGN UP HERE!

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Tonight at 7pm in Park 285 we will be breaking into SWISH teams and begin planning for the event. There are three teams to pick from: Social Media, Sponsorship and Donations, and Team Management. 

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Please join us at the Handwerker Gallery for Rhonda Vanover's Exhibiting Artist Talk on Thursday, February 9, at 6 p.m.. The artist will contextualize her current work on display at the Handwerker (exhibition summary below) within the greater arc of her studio practice, ongoing research, and professional career. Q & A to follow.

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Submitted on behalf of the Office of Energy Management and Sustainability

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Are you interested in studying abroad in Australia?  Come learn all about spending a semester or summer at the University of Sydney on Thursday, 2/9, 6:00-7:00; Textor 101.  Pizza will be provided!

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Are you interested in studying abroad?  A representative from IES Abroad, one of IC's long-standing affiliated study abroad partners, will be on campus this Thursday, February 9, 12:10-1:00, in Textor 101 to meet with students and provide further information about the IES study abroad options. A free pizza lunch will be provided!

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Are you looking to do something exciting this summer? Consider one of IC's options for short-term study abroad! In 2017, we'll be offering a variety of different types of programs in countries across the globe. Short-term study abroad is a great way to expand your horizons and satisfy degree requirements without missing a full semester on campus!

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Are you looking for a rewarding internship experience?  Interested in spending a semester living, interning, and studying in New York City or Washington DC?  Information sessions are coming up for these two exciting study away options.

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What's better than some self-expression?

Come to IC After Dark’s Blank Canvas event for a night of creativity and specialty coffee! On Friday, February 17th from 8-11 pm in IC Square there will be graffiti art and other cool art activities. There will also be baked goods, hot chocolate and an espresso machine making free specialty coffee drinks (and you’ll have the chance to win the espresso machine by posting on social media)!

 I am looking for students who are interested to work (online) with 5th graders.

The qualifications:  Love and knowledge of music (have a sense of composition is a plus). Love for Mathematics.  Feeling comfortable with computers.

 If you are interested to get more information email Dani Novak at novak@ithaca.edu (or danovak@gmail.com)

Key resources, strategies, and tools that every college student should know.

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Contributed on behalf of Interim AVP/CIO, David Weil for Digital Instruction and Information Services 

On Thursday, March 23rd at 10:00 AM in the Klingenstein Lounge Alex Freeman from the New Media Consortium, will be sharing insights from the 2017 NMC Horizon Report, which will have just been released a few weeks before Ed Tech Day. The internationally recognized NMC Horizon Report series and regional NMC Technology Outlooks are part of the NMC Horizon Project, a comprehensive effort established in 2002 by the NMC that identifies and describes important developments in technology likely to have a large impact over the coming five years in education around the world. This particular edition focuses on trends, challenges, and developments in technology disrupting global higher education.

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From Senior Vice President Nancy Pringle, Provost Linda Petrosino, and Professor Gwen Seaquist, representatives of the Ithaca College bargaining committee.

The Ithaca College bargaining team is disappointed to hear of the part-time, per-course faculty union’s announcement that it plans to conduct a strike authorization vote on February 13 and 14. Significant and meaningful progress has been made to date in the negotiations for a part-time faculty contract. There is a planned bargaining session with a federal mediator set for February 21 to discuss the college’s most recent wage proposal, as well as another bargaining session with the mediator scheduled for February 24.

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IC Sociology's Assistant Professor, Jessica Dunning-Lozano's presentation explores the extension of punitive policies into the school lives of marginalized black and Latino children.  Additionally, how disciplinary practices and procedures in punishing schools constitute "disciplinary technologies" devoted to the transformation of students deemed "culturally deficient" by school authorities.

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The February edition of Employee Benefits & Work/Life Brief is now available.

Join Environmental Studies and Sciences instructors Jason Hamilton and Jed Jordan for this weekend intensive offered through Primitive Pursuits, February 11 and 12. 

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Donathan Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, recently served as an expert commentator on the news radio program, Central Time, on Wisconsin Public Radio

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Submitted on behalf of the Inclusion, Cultural Fluency, and Global Citizenship Committee.

As we continue to address the challenges of inclusion, cultural fluency, and global citizenship and what they will mean for Ithaca College, we invite you to join us on Monday, February 27th from 3pm to 6pm in the Klingenstein Lounge to participate in Making Excellence Inclusive: Teaching, Learning, and Classroom Climate, a panel presentation and discussion.

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