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It makes up 60% of your body. You can’t survive without it. Water is considered “blue gold,” but it’s much more valuable than gold. In this lively class, you learn about your water footprint, water in your body, in your hometown and on the planet. We examine water from personal, social/political and creative views in this unique online class with conversations, films, readings and guest experts from around the world to answer your individual questions.

Fulfills ICC Humanities Quest for Sustainability + Power and Justice + Gen Ed. Requirements.

Can be done from anywhere with high-speed online access.

Register now on Homer: GCOM 20100    (General Communications) 3 credits  Online Course May 16 – May 27, 2016
 If you’d like more info, ask Mara at malper@ithaca.edu

 Zen and Chocolate is a great opportunity for the IC community to take a much-needed break and relax! This event will include massages from PT students, yoga, meditation, crafts, cookie decorating, and a Speak Your Mind panel by Active Minds. Join us Sunday, April 24th from 7-9 PM on the 2nd floor of Friends Hall!

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Did your last study session feel like a brutal slog?

Student Health 101 can help! Read up in the April issue: 

Fitness for focus
How to power up your brain
http://readsh101.com/0416/04/ithaca.html

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Workshop Description:

Privilege is a concept with many meanings. Some privileges can be bought; some may be earned through one’s profession, office, or be awarded upon admission to an institution, club or society. This workshop will focus on the kinds of unearned privilege that are afforded on the basis of belonging to included social identity groups. 

Prerequisite: Participants must have already attended Moving Toward Cultural Competency Workshop in order to attend.

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Cultural competence refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. Developing cultural competence results in an ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. Join us for this interactive works shop on cultural competency. This workshop serves as the prerequisite Understanding Privilege and Microaggressions Workshop.

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 "We're Here, Too" is a "Speak Your Mind" panel that will focus on the intersections between mental health and various identities. We also will be serving dessert and milk for this event!

Come join us Wednesday, April 20th at 8 PM in Textor 102!

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Bigoted comments, jokes, negative assumptions and stereotypes are challenging because they can provoke our emotions and make us reactive, scared, confused, uncertain, judgmental, and less able to access our intelligence and good thinking.

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In keeping with the College’s commitment to sustainability, students and faculty in the School of Business and the College have engaged in collaborative research.

Join us as these students present on their sustainability research topics and experiential learning in the field. 

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Come celebrate with Stillwater Magazine as we release our brand new issue this week! There will be readings and artwork by our featured writers and visual artists. Plus, we'll feed you all the cookies, cheese, and fresh fruit you can eat. Wednesday, April 20th, from 6:30-8:00 PM in Clark Lounge. We hope to see you there! 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Katie Marks at kmarks@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3569. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

Come celebrate with Stillwater Magazine as we release our brand new issue! There will be readings and artwork by our featured writers and visual artists. Plus, we'll feed you all the cookies, cheese, and fresh fruit you can eat. Wednesday, April 20th, from 6:30-8:00 PM in Clark Lounge. We hope to see you there! 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Katie Marks at kmarks@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3569. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

If you will be studying abroad in the Summer or Fall of 2016 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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Are you interested in studying abroad in Australia?  Come learn about spending a semester at the University of Sydney on Tuesday, 4/26, 6:00-7:00; Textor 103.  Pizza will be provided!

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May 2nd at 7pm we will be having a movie night. Join us at our last event where we watch a fun Israeli movie/tv show and eat yummy snacks! 

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A reading and discussion of the children's book "I Am Jazz" - the story of a transgender child based upon the real life experiences of Jazz Jennings - will take place in Room 319 of the campus library on Thursday April 28 at 12 noon. The event will be of interest to students, faculty, and staff across disciplines - in LGBTQ studies, as well as education and pedagogy, library sciences, rec and leisure studies, sociology and psychology, and other fields. Discussion of ways such works can be used by those going into teaching, coaching, counseling, health, parent education, and other fields, and  a short video clip of Jazz herself, will follow.

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 On Wednesday April 27th at 7pm please join us for our deserts going green event. 

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There's no better way to finish off the semester than dancing! Take a step back in time and dance through each decade at IC After Dark's final event, Dance Through the Decades, featuring special guest DJ WASHBURN

Join us on this Friday, April 22nd from 8-11pm in IC Square to dance out all your end-of-semester stress! Watch performances by various Ithaca College dance clubs, enjoy free food, win prizes, make DIY's and dance of course! 

We're looking forward to seeing you at our last event :)

 Come watch the Family Food Gameshow! 

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Are you passionate about helping children around the world? If so, Food for Thought wants you for our new Social Media Director or Vice President of Outreach!

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On behalf of the students on the Senior Week Committee I want to share their website and events with faculty and staff that are making the various arrangements to celebrate our amazing students the week of May 15-20. 

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The nature of people, events and the truth are explored with passion and wit in the Ithaca College Theatre’s production of “Arcadia,” the Olivier Award-winning drama written by acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard. Performances will be at the Hoerner Theatre in Dillingham Center on April 26, 28, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m., as well as 2 p.m. matinees on April 30 and May 1.

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