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 The Ithacan has been named a national Online Pacemaker Finalist by the Associated Collegiate Press. The Pacemaker is ACP’s top honor, commonly referred to as “the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.” 

Entries for the award were judged during the Spring 2016 semester (Kira Maddox, editor-in-chief; Evan Sobkowicz, managing editor/webmaster). Winners will be announced on Oct. 22 at the Fall National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C.

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 The Ithacan has been named a Gold Medalist for 2016 in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's annual college publication critique.

Each year the CSPA evaluates member papers on overall content, news, depth reporting, features, opinion/editorial, sports, arts/entertainment, editing/headline writing, and design/graphics based on more than 150 specific criteria. This year the paper scored 832 on the critique’s 1,000-point scale. The CSPA consistently ranks The Ithacan as a Gold Medalist, its highest category. The publication was evaluated in the critique’s ”hybrid” category, which is defined as “print publications that provide live coverage via website between print editions.”

 The Ithacan has been named one of 10 national finalists for the Columbia Scholasstic Press Association’s 2017 Crown Award in the competition’s “hybrid” category. The Hybrid category is defined as “print publications that provide live coverage via website between print editions.”

The list of finalists in the category this year includes publications from Indiana University, Iowa State University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pennsylvania and Oklahoma State University, among others. The winners, who receive either a Gold or Silver Crown, will be announced at the Spring National College Media Convention in New York City, March 11–14.

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Join these two organizations on Thursday, October 20th at 7:30pm-9:30pm in 323 Williams Hall. The movie is about a Palestinian leader uniting Fatah, Hamas, and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction.

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 Ithacan Staff Writer Max Denning, a junior journalism major from Portland, Oregon, has been awarded the First Place National Mark of Excellence Award for General News Reporting for 2015 by the Society of Professional Journalists.

The award was for Denning's story “This Shouldn't Happen Here," which covered Ithaca College resident assistants' protest against alleged racial aggression and harassment by Public Safety officers. It appeared in the September 3, 2015, issue of The Ithacan

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The Harvest Moon Dance is an annual intergenerational event where local elders meet and interact with members of the Ithaca College Community.

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The Harvest Moon Dance is an annual intergenerational event where local elders meet and interact with members of the Ithaca College Community.

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The Office of International Programs and the IC International Club are very excited about the upcoming 2016 International Education Week (IEW) from October 31–November 4! This week-long international festival features a whole set of exciting events and we look forward to seeing you there!

We are currently accepting submissions for our annual International Photo Exhibition Contest. Bring us your best photos (they must be your own photos/photos you took yourself). This contest is open to both international and domestic students. Students can submit photos they took at home, in the U.S. or from any other study abroad experiences (if you did any).

 

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Posted on behalf of the Ithaca College Collective Bargaining Committee

To the Ithaca College Community:

We are writing to share some extensive background information that we have just posted to the Office of Human Resources website regarding the negotiations between Ithaca College and its part-time, per-course faculty bargaining unit.

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Each ticket holder for the Hangar Theatre Charades Challenge on October 22 will be entered in a drawing for two tickets for the B'way hit-of-hits, "Hamilton." You must be present to win. (Food and open bar included). Tickets available at www.hangartheatre.org. See you at the Hangar.

Theatre Arts majors in the Styles of Acting class invite you to enjoy scenes from three of Shakespeare's best-known plays. Scenes will be performed from Romeo and Juliet, Cymbeline and Measure for Measure

 

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Please join the State Society on Aging (SSA) of New York for an awards luncheon celebrating the 2016 award recipients on Friday, October 28 from 12:00-1:30 in Emerson Suite B:

SSA Undergraduate Paper Award: Danen Danielak

SSA Graduate Paper Award: Suzanna Katz

Walter Beattie Award: James O’Neal

President’s Award: Dr. Karl Pillemer, PhD

Advocate for Older Adults Award: Dr. Bill Thomas, MD 

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Looking for something to do? Check out this week's Weekend Happenings!  

 IC’s Food For Thought will be hosting it’s 10th Annual Walk for Plumpy’Nut on Sunday, October 23rd in Cass Park from 12:00pm - 2:00pm! Help us celebrate our 10th birthday and continue the fight against Childhood malnutrition!

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Is your office, department, or organization interested in tabling at the Residence Hall Association's annual SexFest Event on November 15th?

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Is your office, department, or organization interested in tabling at the Residence Hall Association's annual SexFest Event on November 15th?

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Is your office, department, or organization interested in tabling at the Residence Hall Association's annual SexFest Event on November 15th? 

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The TELE Collaborative (Center for Faculty Excellence, IC Library, Teaching & Learning with Technology/DIIS) is hosting a series of events during Open Access Week that focus on Open Access, Open Educational Resources, and Digital Scholarship.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday will be celebrated in 2017 during the first week of classes from January 23-28, 2017 (as the Federal holiday falls prior to the return of students this year). MLK Week 2017 marks the 22nd annual Ithaca College community celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his teachings. 

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