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 Imagine a delicious traditional dinner of Pasta Amatriciana, access to many raffle opportunities and dancing with DJ Washburn, all for just $10, and 100% of proceeds will be donated to a very worthy cause: The National Italian American Foundation's relief efforts for the victims of the earthquake that destroyed Amatrice, Italy.  Love and Aid for Amatrice will be on November 11th from 6:30-9:30pm in Emerson Suites.  Formal Attire encouraged but not required!

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The IC Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium announces a presentation by Jennifer Lyons, Art History, titled  "Synagoga, Ecclesia, and the Typological Imagination at Chartres Cathedral."  Prof. Lyons will give her talk on Wednesday, November 16, at 5:30 in Business 103.  All interested members of the IC community are invited. 

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Dr. Enrique González-Conty presented a paper titled “The Cuban Connection: Caribbean Drug Wars on the Big Screen” on October 29, 2016, at the Conference of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. His paper examined Orlando Jiménez Leal’s film 8-A (1992) and its role in deconstructing the official representation of what is known as the Ochoa affair of 1989 in Cuba.

Provost Linda Petrosino announced today that Dr. Alicia Swords, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been named Director of the Honors Program. Dr. Swords has taught at Ithaca College since 2006 and focuses on global development, social movements, and social change. A graduate of Oberlin College with majors in environmental studies and politics, she earned her Ph.D. in development sociology from Cornell University.  Dr. Swords employs community-based learning and service-learning in her teaching and has led short term study abroad trips to the Dominican Republic. 

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Today marks the start of our 2017 open enrollment period. Re-enrollment runs from Monday, November 7, through Friday, November 18, 2016 at Noon! This is your annual opportunity to make changes to your benefits.

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IC PRSSA recently announced an exciting new project! Over the course of this month, we will be working on a PR campaign and strategy for HiFashion Studios' biannual fashion show, which will be held on November 17th.

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ITHACA, NY, October 25 - HiFashion Studios, Ithaca College’s only fashion-centered student organization, has announced its Fall 2016 show. The event will take place on Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 PM in Emerson Suites at Ithaca College with the theme “Sporting Gold.” Admission for this event is free and open to the public.

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs is looking for some outstanding student leaders to be nominated for the Peggy Ryan Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership. The PRWAACL recognizes outstanding juniors and seniors who excel in academic performance, perform service to the Ithaca community and beyond, and represent an exemplary level of accomplishment.

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Submitted on Behalf of Dr. Roger Richardson & Dr. Brian Dickens
 

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students -  

The safety and security of the Ithaca College community is a top priority for the College. As we continuously strive to enhance our policies and programs related to campus security, it is helpful to periodically conduct objective assessments of our initiatives to help us to understand how we may further address the safety of our community.

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Apply to participate in one of this year’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips!  ASB is an application-based program sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs (OSEMA) that provides students with service opportunities at one of five sites across the eastern United States.  All students are eligible to apply.

Our five trips include:

• Park Preservation (Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia)
• Youth Mentoring and Cultural Exploration (Seneca Nation of Indians Allegany Territory in Salamanca, NY)
• Coastal Conservation (Outer Banks, NC)
• Food Justice in the Urban Environment (Washington, DC)
• Fighting Poverty, Creating Opportunity (Detroit, MI)

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How to find SPR 2017 Salsa I, Salsa II, Swing, Ballroom Classes to Pre-Register in Schedulizer & Homerconnect - It's not obvious!

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Join Active Minds as we begin a discussion about veteran mental health on our campus and around the country.

Active Minds is a safe space and welcomes people with a diverse variety of experiences and viewpoints. Newcomers always welcome!! Join us Thursdays at 12:15pm in Williams 211.

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Informational meeting on Monday November 9, 2016 in Center for Health Sciences (CHS) room 207 at 6:30-7:30 PM. Learn about the great opportunity to Study Abroad in China.

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Are you looking to do something exciting this spring break or 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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If you will be studying abroad in the winter or spring of 2017 on ANY affiliated, non-affiliated, or exchange program (NOT the London Center), you must attend one or two study abroad orientations, as well as meet with an adviser in the Office of International Programs (OIP) to go over required Ithaca College paperwork.

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On November 12, Ithaca College will take on SUNY Cortland in the annual Cortaca Game. This year the game will be at SUNY Cortland.

The Student Activities Board (SAB) and Students Today Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) will be hosting a viewing party in the Campus Center Dining Hall starting at 11:30.

There will be tons of prizes and food like Root beer Floats, Breakfast sandwiches, banana splits. Fried Pickle Chips & Jalapeno Peppers.

Come cheer on Ithaca College, eat exciting foods and win amazing prizes with friends.

Don’t forget to wear your Cortaca T-shirt that you can get during Spirit Week. If you wear this shirt you will receive an extra ticket. No worries if you do not get a shirt please still come on by.

See you there!

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 Critical Health Issues, HLTH 20500 is a 3 credit online Summer Course offered during the Winter 2017 session.  ICC Attribute: Diversity. Social Science. Self and Society. ICC Theme: World of Systems.

Health: the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.  And so much more.  Health is: nurses, doctors, and hospitals. And so much more...neighborhoods, food, income, education, race, and so much more.  Join this class to discuss these issues and more in the context of health.

Please contact Stewart Auyash at auyash@ithaca.edu for more information.

Jennifer Kimball (Biology '05), NC State University
will present at the Department Seminar Series

"Pillars of Plant Breeding: Genetic Diversity and Environmental Adaptation"

November 10  
4:00 p.m.
CNS 112

All are cordially invited to attend.

View other IC events here.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Nancy Pierce at npierce@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3161. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

"Why does Donald Trump matter?  What factors seem to explain the flourishing of a Trump political brand?

Rising income and wealth inequalities across segments of the declining middle class, the growth of conservative media outlets since the 1980s—especially Rupert Murdoch’s business ventures—and the expanding campaign finance system that opens the powerful moneyed interests have all played a part. As do the return of identity politics over recognition and redistribution from the left and right—the political fights and white backlash over affirmative action, Black Lives Matter and the struggles over the classification system, leading to what I call a cultural war over taxonomy as politics for defining citizenship, civic worth and social entitlements.

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The Department of Writing's student-edited journal of art and literature, Stillwater Magazine, joins forces with Spit That!, IC's spoken-word poetry club, to present the ever popular and always lively Read, Write, Improv Night, which takes place TONIGHT, November 9, at 7 PM in Clark Lounge (Student Center).

Many in our community may be looking for a place to express themselves creatively today. This is the place.

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