Ithaca College

Dear Campus Community:

When the Return to Campus Task Force was officially launched on May 26, we committed to keeping the college community apprised of its progress through periodic updates. We are pleased to report that the task force is off to a quick start, focusing on the critical things that we must address across the campus before we can open in the fall. As the co-chairs of the task force steering committee, today we will discuss two important topics—the addition of a 10th subgroup, and further background and context around decisions related to the 2020-21 academic calendar.

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After 17 years of dedicated and spirited service to Ithaca College, Chief Analytics Officer Dr. Yuko Mulugetta is retiring at the end of June.  Dr. Mulugetta taught in the School of Communications (not Business, as stated in an earlier version of this post) in 1984, then returned to IC in 2003 as Institutional Research's Analytical Statistician.  She went on to serve as IC's Director of Enrollment Planning, then in 2016 was hired as the college's first Chief Analytics Officer, transforming the former offices of Enrollment Planning and Institutional Research into Analytics and Institutional Research.

A Zoom shindig to celebrate her work and general wonderfulness is being held June 30th from 4 to 5 p.m.  If you aren't a member of the Marketing and Enrollment Strategy team and would like to attend, please email cborch@ithaca.edu and I'll add you to the Zoom meeting.

Congratulations, Yuko - we love you and you will be greatly missed!!!

 IC Soul* is a weekly 30-minute interactive shared reflection space for any student, staff, or faculty regardless of religious, spiritual or non-religious worldview. Hosted by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. 

June 10, 2020 (Every Wednesday through July 29)
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM EST
Join us via zoom here
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This week Hierald Osorto, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life, chose cultivating justice as our theme. Hierald will share "Sorrow is Not My Name" a poem by Ross Gay and "Ella's Song" by Sweet Honey in the Rock as our song. Together, we'll light a candle, share in silence, music and text, reflect in small groups, and receive a blessing. 

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 Join IC Spectrum on Tuesday June 9 at 8pm EDT for a Netflix party! We will watch the first episode of the show Pose, a series about NYC's black and Latinx queer ballroom culture in the 1980s.

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Mark your calendars! Join us each Wednesday at 1pm for Academic Success Workshops.  All workshops are via Zoom, and open to any Ithaca College student. They are recorded and available on-line if you are not available at 1pm on Wednesdays. Here are the topics:

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 IC Soul* is a weekly 30-minute interactive shared reflection space for any student, staff, or faculty regardless of religious, spiritual or non-religious worldview. Hosted by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.

June 10, 2020 (Every Wednesday through July 29)
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM EST
Join us via zoom here
BYO Candle

This week Hierald Osorto, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life, chose cultivating justice as our theme. Hierald will share "Sorrow is Not My Name" a poem by Ross Gay and "Ella's Song" by Sweet Honey in the Rock as our song. Together, we'll light a candle, share in silence, music and text, reflect in small groups, and receive a blessing. 

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All workers’ unions have a moral imperative and a moral duty to fight against the white supremacist capitalist structure to create more power for vulnerable workers, and to center the needs of poor, trans, and disabled black people in that struggle.

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Join IC Staff Council’s Employee Engagement Committee in JUNE 2020 for a month of fun activities. Get to know colleagues across campus and share what you’re doing. Each week, there will be a different focus and/or group of activities. Week 2 is all about showing your IC spirit!

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This summer, Career Services is hosting a weekly "State of the Industry" series, highlighting a different industry sector each week. Panelists will discuss what is happening in their industries right now as well as provide advice for people looking to enter that industry.

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Join the Ithaca College Sexual Violence Prevention Committee for a virtual event series to screen and discuss the Fundamental docu-series created by the Global Fund for Women. This event series will be co-hosted by the Tompkins County Advocacy Center, BOLD Women's Leadership Network, Office of International Programs, the Center for IDEAS, the LGBT Center, Athletics, the Office of Student Engagement, Public Safety, the Politics Department, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, the Women's Mentoring Network, and the Psychology Department. 

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Fundamental is a mini docu-series created by the Global Fund for Women. Learn more about the series here. 

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Fundamental is a mini docu-series created by the Global Fund for Women. Learn more about the series here. 

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Fundamental is a mini docu-series created by the Global Fund for Women. Learn more about the series here. 

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The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is partnering with Cinemapolis to offer a week of FREE virtual screenings of America Street, a new documentary film by Idrissou Mora-Kpai, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies at Ithaca College.

In solidarity with the latest movement of social protest for racial justice and #BlackLivesMatter, the director is providing free access to the film, shot five years ago in Charleston in the wake of the Walter Scott killing.

America Street is a 2019 release and was scheduled for its upstate New York premiere at the 23rd Annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival

The film focuses on Charleston, South Carolina. On America Street in Charleston’s East Side neighborhood, Joe is the owner of a small corner store, the heart of an old but slowly disappearing black community. 

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No matter where you are in life - just getting started or planning for retirement - a session with Joseph Silino can help you create a plan for your goals. And, it’s at no additional cost as a part of your retirement plan. You’ll get answers to these questions and more:

• Am I invested in the right mix of investments to help meet my goals?
• Am I saving enough to create the retirement income I need?
• How do I take income from my retirement account once I stop working?

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After serving the college for 21 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days, our colleague Terry Ruger will be retiring from the college on June 30th of this year.  Terry is currently the Associate Director for Client Technologies in Information Technology. 

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Hello from Ithaca! We hope that you are staying well during this extended summer break, and we have an exciting opportunity for you to be involved in a cool showcase of student talent at IC! 

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Please join President Collado and members of the senior leadership team for a virtual All-Faculty-and-Staff Gathering on Tuesday, June 9, from 12:10 – 1:05 p.m. This gathering is for faculty and staff only to provide space to engage in a transparent and open dialogue with one another and with college leadership around issues that are specific to our work. 

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In April, members of the Faculty and Staff from the B.F.A. in Theatrical Production & Design program in the Department of Theatre Arts invited professional alums and colleagues to speak to students about the many challenges Women+ face in the industry. 

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Returning Library Books, Media, Interlibrary Loan items, and Scores.

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