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Email is a necessity for every business workplace but writing email well is not a skill that most people have been taught. When you’re at a desk and under time pressure to get work done, you usually don’t pause and review the rules for effective business writing.

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Jean Hardwick (Biology) was one of 25 neuroscientists from across the country invited to a workshop focusing on increasing PUI involvement in NSF-funded BRAIN initiative research.

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Katie Luckett (Biochemistry, '16) received a travel award from the Faculty for Undergraduate Education (FUN) to attend the Society for Neuroscience meetings held last week in Chicago, IL.

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A Professions Week Featured Event!

Panel members from the Business Advisory Council (BAC) will share their unique perspectives on the opportunities, challenges, and lives of women in leadership and entrepreneurial roles. This panel will be followed by a reception in which attendees will have the opportunity to network with members of the panel and other BAC associates. Business attire is recommended.

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We’re bringing together alumni, faculty, staff, and special guests at the School of Business to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in today’s competitive job market.

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A Professions Week Featured Event!

The Ithaca College School of Business cordially invites you to spend an evening with our students as they begin Professions Week 2015, a weeklong extravaganza of professional development opportunities. 

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A Professions Week Featured Speaker!

Peter Schottland ’80 is CEO and President of American Packing Corporation, a leader in the packaging industry for more than a century. Join Peter and your fellow students for a discussion on his journey since leaving IC to becoming the President and Director of American Packaging Corporation. He will share the challenges and opportunities of working in a family business, his companies "winning formula" for being a "best workplace in America", and lessons he has learned along the way.

Tuesday, October 27
12:05-1:10pm
Park Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Room 111

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 A Professions Week Featured Event!

Technical skills are extremely important in today’s competitive job market. However, if you want to stand out amongst your peers, land that internship or job and get the competitive edge, developing your "soft skills" could be your career "game changer." Soft skills can include; diversity and cultural awareness, leadership, teamwork and good communication skills. Join us for an interactive learning environment to develop those top 10 skills employers are looking for and are crucial to your career success!

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EXSS 12000 Anatomy and Physiology; EXSS 22000 Kinesiology; EXSS 24600 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries; and EXSS 2500 Athletic Training Techniques!  

We may also be able to add you to existing groups for other courses.  Please sign up today!

THE LAST DAY TO REQUEST TUTORING FOR THE SEMESTER IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015.

 Contributed by Wade Pickren, PhD
Director, Sponsored Research/IACUC Chair

All faculty planning to conduct research or classroom activity involving live vertebrate animals for research and/or teaching must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee before undertaking that activity. This committee provides federally-mandated oversight of all activities that have a direct impact on the well-being of animals.

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 Stressed? Come see IC Players THIS SUNDAY for some Beyond Therapy!

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Sign up now for this thought-provoking and applicable online course in cultural anthropology (ANTH 104000) this Winter 2016 session! It's a course that connects us to the current global era and fulfills one of your general education requirements for ICC. Sign up for this active and engaging 10-day course that you can take from the comforts of wherever you are! Winter session dates are January 11-22, 2016.

Contact Dr. Sue-Je Gage at sgage@ithaca.edu for more information.

Are you a New York resident pursuing a STEM major or have an interest in a STEM career or field leading to professional licensure?

Apply NOW to become a participant in the competitive Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP).

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 Congratulations Christina Rafanelli for winning an iPad Mini!  Thank you again to all who participated in the First Year Residential Experience Survey.  Look out for more opportunities from Residential Life to submit your thoughts and be entered to win a prize!

Only three days remain for Arno's Awakenings to be victorious in Acting Out, The Great Hangar Theatre Charades Challenge. Tickets may be purchased for the Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 7 PM (hilarious) event by going to www.hangartheatre.org. Folks who can't attend can designate donations to Arno's Awakenings at the Hangar website. Help us and the Hangar Theatre win!

Due to the high demand for seats in Acting I, freshmen and sophomores can rarely enroll in the class. The Department of Theatre Arts offers one section exclusively for these students, available by audition.

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 Celebrate. Engage. Commit. Join IC Dining Services in our effort to waste less! WasteLESS Week is designed to educate and empower the IC community to save food, water, energy, and the Earth’s natural resources. This year’s WasteLESS Week will be filled with lots of exciting events, prizes and giveaways, so don’t miss out!

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) History Month is almost over. The final videos highlighting different historical figures will air on the LGBT Center website in the coming days. Visit the LGBT Center website's LGBT History Month Featured Videos section to find a new video each day during October.

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Professor Barney Beins (Psychology) received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the New England Psychological Association and gave at invited address at its annual convention.

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Two student affairs staff members, Doreen Hettich-Atkins and Tiffani Ziemann, have are very involved in the College Student Personnel Association of New York State (CSPA-NYS).  They both serve as Board members and presented at the recent conference.  

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