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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs would like to invite all juniors and seniors to apply for the Peggy Ryan Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership (PRWAACL) for the 2015-2016 school year.

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Make your voice heard in drafting the Student Bill of Rights with Student Body President Dominick Recckio. 

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Engage with us in a conversation about what you value in a leader and a college President!   

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SGA seeks student input on their shared governance model before the model is put forward to the committee that creates suggests the Shared Governance model for the college to the Board of Trustees in the Spring.  

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Microsoft will stop supporting and providing security updates for all versions of Internet Explorer below IE11 as of January 12, 2016. In addition, for services such as the Office 365/Outlook Web App, Microsoft states "You should expect the quality of the user experience to diminish over time, and that many new Office 365 experiences might not work at all with versions below IE11".

Digital Instruction and Information Services (DIIS) recommends that you check your version of Internet Explorer (even if you primarily use some other Web browser) and upgrade if needed. Technology renewal computers have been coming with IE11 since January 2015.

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Leadership Weekend is a two-day retreat that brings together students from a variety of roles on campus to learn from each other and discover new ways to demonstrate leadership. Participants attend a series of leadership development sessions that focus on team-building and further developing individual leadership skills and understandings.

This is also an opportunity to earn 3 Leading Self credits for the Student Leadership Institute (SLI)!

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The Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs is seeking a two members of the staff or faculty who are interested in serving as a trip advisers for students participating in the Alternative Spring Break Program (ASB) from March 12 - March 20, 2015. We are currently seeking an adviser for the volunteer trip to Salamanca, NY, where students will work at a youth center located on the Seneca Nation of Indians Allegany Territory, Students on this trip will have the opportunity to learn more about the dynamics between native and non-native peoples living in the area. In addition, one adviser will be needed for the trip to Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles, Virginia, where students will engage in a variety of park preservation and maintenance projects. 

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Happy Holidays from Dining Services! 

 Please click here for our Winter Break Hours of Operation. 

Our administrative offices will be closed from Thursday, December 24th until Monday, January 4th. 

In its first-ever ranking of colleges and universities, The Economist has listed Ithaca College at #47 in the country for providing value to its graduates. The prestigious publication demonstrates the economic value of a college by comparing the gap between how much money its alumni earn and how much they might have earned had they studied at another school with a similar student profile.

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Employee permits for 2016 will be available to order online beginning Tuesday, December 1, 2015.

Current Employee Parking Permits will expire on January 15, 2016. You may order your new parking permit online at www.ithaca.edu/sacl/parking_registration.php/

When registering online, please identify your preferred delivery method.  Permits can be delivered via campus mail, picked up at our office or mailed to your home address.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Parking Services

Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management

607-274-3756

parking@ithaca.edu

https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/safety/parking/

Posted on behalf of Tom Grape ’80, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and David Lissy ’87, vice chairman of the Board of Trustees.

As part of ongoing discussions, this past Wednesday the full board of trustees met to review the issues that face the Ithaca College community. The feedback and perspectives that we have received from students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents have helped inform the board and given us a comprehensive understanding of the concerns around the areas of campus climate, leadership, and governance.

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Ithaca College will implement a co-curricular transcript for all students, beginning during the Fall 2016 semester. The co-curricular transcript is a comprehensive record of students’ participation and achievements in campus life experiences outside of the classroom while enrolled at Ithaca College. These activities help students achieve excellence in their chosen fields and can demonstrate how they have learned to share the responsibilities of citizenship and service in the global community. When coupled with their academic transcripts, a holistic representation of students’ total education, both inside and outside of the classroom, will be created.

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Do your part to save energy over the holiday break.

Ithaca College is continuing its commitment to climate action by pursuing energy conservation measures whenever possible. In order for this effort to be successful, the Office of Facilities and Energy Management and Sustainability need your continued help and cooperation.

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Going on a Winter Break adventure? Zimride, Ithaca College’s private network for ridesharing, can help you get there. It’s easy! Sign up, share your ride, and find a ride.

Check it out!! www.zimride.com/ithaca/

Leadership Weekend is a two-day retreat that brings together students from a variety of roles on campus to learn from each other and discover new ways to demonstrate leadership. Participants attend a series of leadership development sessions that focus on team-building and further developing individual leadership skills and understandings.

This is also an opportunity to earn 3 Leading Self credits for the Student Leadership Institute (SLI)!

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Underground Utility work to impact Tower Skyline Drive- As mentioned in a previous Intercom announcement, Facilities will be working on an underground utility project during the inter-session period. During phases of this project, Tower Skyline Drive at the entrance of J lot will be restricted to one lane. We will re-route buses and large delivery trucks starting 12/21. The lot will remain open to general parking and emergency vehicles throughout the project. Facilities has been – and will continue to work with the Office of Public Safety and TCAT as the bus stops at Towers and Terraces will be relocated to a temporary stop at the intersection of Tower Skyline Drive and Flora Brown Drive. Signage has been posted at the current stops directing users to the temporary stop location where TCAT will be providing service. The lot is scheduled to re-open to all traffic starting 1/4/16.

Posted on behalf of Gerald Hector, Vice President for Finance and Administration

On Wednesday, December 16, from 3 to 5 p.m., we staged a campus community event where we viewed excerpts of the documentary “The Color of Fear,” after which we engaged in very robust and heartfelt discussions. 

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Ithaca College is pleased to announce that, after a rigorous selection process, its athletics program has been accepted into the Liberty League as the conference's newest member. 

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Contributed on behalf of Nancy Pringle

We are off to a late start, but we can make it up with a little heart. Help us reach our $42,000 goal. Every gift counts! It takes a village… and that has never been more true in our local community. United Way of Tompkins County (UWTC) improves lives by providing our community with a wide breadth of opportunities to support the needs of our community. The United Way’s Community Care Fund areas include: basic needs, child care and early learning, crisis services, financial stability and building self-sufficiency, health and environment, seniors, and youth. 

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The Fitness Center will be operating with reduced hours throughout winter break.  Our winter break hours will take effect at 2:00pm on Friday 12/18/15.  Please visit the Fitness Center website for a complete listing of hours.

As a courtesy, Island Health and Fitness will be offering reduced price guest fees throughout winter break for all Ithaca College faculty and staff.  A valid Ithaca College ID must be presented to be eligible for the discount.

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