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Do you know any students who identify from the African Diaspora who could benefit from a group that integrates learned skills and processing with the goal of achieving effective and healthy lifestyle solutions?

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Nominate your student org's MVPs for the Pass the Baton Mini Conference!

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Terri Stewart, who has served since 2009 as director of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, has accepted an offer to become director of the Office of Campus Safety at Nazareth College in Rochester. Succeeding Stewart will be Bill Kerry, who had left IC last summer to become associate director of the Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Campus Police.

Stewart’s last day at Ithaca College will be January 23; Kerry will assume his new role on February 13.

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This month's BalanceWorks Newsletter focuses on New Year's Resolutions, specifically eating healthy. Click here for great healthy recipes such as Grapefruit Brulee! 

The Art History Department has space in the following newly designated ICC courses:

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The new wireless networks, IthacaCollege and IthacaCollege-Guest, have been operating reliably since late November, so DIIS will be turning off the old networks (ICAirnet and ICAirnet-Secure) as of today (Wednesday, January 11th) at 8:00 AM.

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This is a reminder to the campus community that the All College Meeting will be held in Emerson Suites on Thursday, January 19 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM.

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Save the date!

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Submitted on behalf of the Office of Energy Management and Sustainability

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Posted on behalf of Janet Williams, Interim VP for Finance and Administration.

Members of the campus community are invited to join our weekly D&I Discussion Circle on Wednesdays at noon in Klingenstein Lounge. Once a month, a guest presenter will join the group to talk about a topic related to diversity and inclusion. This month our scheduled presenter will be the following:

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Ages & Stages in Our Community is an intergenerational project involving collaboration between South Hill Elementary School 2nd Grade students, Ithaca College students, and “Community Elders.” 

We seek adult participants (age 55+) to serve in the “Community Elder” role  (Note: The 55+ age requirement is completely negotiable!). Participants do not need to be employees of Ithaca College. Please feel free to invite friends and loved ones.

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First class postage will increase 2 cents to $.49 on January 22.  A few departments order rolls to use on outgoing mail.  Departments must email Pete Schlough or call Pete at 4-3332 to order stamps before the rate increase by end of day Thursday 1/12/17.  Stamps need to be paid for by Friday January 20 to receive the current pricing.  Mail Services will contact your department when the order is available.  The Phillips Hall Post Office currently has 4 rolls of 100 stamps on hand and numerous books and sheets.

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DIIS is continuing our work to upgrade the Internet connections for the campus.  While we continue that work, there will be no Internet connectivity during our maintenance window of midnight to 6am on Thursday, January 12th. 

The objective is to improve reliability and performance by replacing outdated equipment and increasing our capacity to 2 Gigabit/Sec. The upgrade will impact the ability to access many systems and services (Outlook email, Sakai, myHome, Parnassus, etc.) based on whether you are on or off campus. See the chart of system availability for details.

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Ithaca College Environmental Health and Safety personnel will be conducting fire alarm testing followed by an evacuation drill in some academic building during break.

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During winter break, Sandella's Café is open 8:00-11:00 AM, Monday-Friday.

Have you tried the Cinnamon Dolce Latte at Starbucks? They pair nicely with our delicious stone oven-heated cinnamon rolls! Come down and sample today!

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Next up in our series of event spotlights for MLK Week 2017 are two events happening on Wednesday, January 25th, 2017; the MLK Scholars Civil Rights Tour Presentation and the MLK film and discussion.

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The Ithaca chapter of Writers Resist will host "Justice for All: A Writers Resist Reading" on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 2:00 pm at the First Unitarian Church in Ithaca. The reading will feature IC alumnus Dubian Ade and IC faculty members Christine Kitano, Raza Rumi, and Saviana Stanescu, among others. The event is free and open to everyone.

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Nominate your student org's MVPs for the Pass the Baton Mini Conference.

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The sophomore class council is looking for a new adviser! SCC plans events for the sophomore class, whether that be a de-stress event during finals or a movie night! Your role as adviser is to guide them into making the best decisions for the student organization. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Lynn Pierce.

This course examines what culture is and explores the roles that culture plays in the lives of individuals and social groups.  It looks at what people do; how they explain what they do; and the things they produce as they go about their daily lives.  The course explores how culture shapes and is shaped by the physical environment and how it is used to adapt to that environment.

Please e-mail Michael Taylor at mstaylor@ithaca.edu for more information.