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Are you ready to make a change in your use of substances such as cannabis, alcohol, or nicotine? The Center for Health Promotion can help!

IC BASICS staff will help guide and support your efforts in a confidential, nonjudgmental setting. The IC BASICS Program is providing one-on-one sessions via Zoom.

To schedule a BASICS meeting, just send an email with your availability to healthpromotion@ithaca.edu.

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The experience of a remote learning semester impacts you as a student in many different ways. A personalized wellness coaching session offers a chance to explore your concerns, set new routines, and learn about campus support resources. 

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Our intentions to stay focused, positive, and healthy can be especially challenging during this semester of remote learning at IC. The Center for Health Promotion has compiled a list of recommended readings, websites, and other resources to help you. Check back often for updates!

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Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis CNPH 10100 in the Roy H. Park School of Communications has now secured an ICC Diversity designation.

It is now open to all students on campus.

The course runs ONLY in the Fall semester.  Those students seeking courses to fulfill the ICC Diversity requirement should register for seats now.

The course is team taught with faculty with different national cinema and mode/genre specializations.

Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis provides a survey of multicultural and international cinemas from 1895 to 2020. It trains students in how to  actively "read" a film rather than to passively "consume" a movie.

The course focuses on the aesthetics, history, economics, industry, and politics of multiple forms of cinema across narrative, documentary, and experimental modes.

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As we approach the start of the fall semester students will have a few ways of accessing Adobe Creative Cloud.  

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As we near the start of the fall semester, there may be members of our student community who have settled into their remote location only to find they are having a hardship communicating with their classes and/or professor. Perhaps they lack a piece of equipment, are missing an app, or lack the necessary WIFI needed to connect—whatever the issue may be, the College is committed to supporting students. With this in mind, the technology assistance committee has once again come back together ready and eager to assist students.

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The Opioid Overdose Prevention Training Workshop is a skill-building program presented by staff from Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP). The workshop is designed to help you in recognizing and preventing fatal opioid overdoses. Participants will learn basic information about opioid drugs, harm reduction, signs of overdose, and how to administer naloxone in the case of an medical emergency. Participants who complete the training will receive an identification card that they can use to obtain a free naloxone kit at the STAP location in downtown Ithaca.

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 In a collaborative partnership with Hillel, student financial services, and dining and auxiliary services, swipe out hunger will be launching again when students return to campus this spring. Students can donate up to two Guest meal swipes per semester, completely anonymously. Donated Swipes are pooled and reallocated through student financial services. Students who utilize the program receive packages of 15 Guest meal passes automatically uploaded onto their student ID cards, whether or not they have a meal plan. This can be “reloaded” as many times as a student needs. These guest meal passes can be used at any dining facility on campus where the meal plan is accepted. Swipe Out Hunger was started on Ithaca College’s campus in 2018 by Hillel Intern Unagh Frank, and to date it has collected more than 3000 meals. To volunteer or to utilize the program and receive guest meal passes email: lgoldberg2@ithaca.edu You can also find the donation form at linktr.ee/ichillel

Located in the Center for Health Promotion, THRIVE wellness coaching is tailored to the concerns and goals of each individual student. You may come in for a single session, or several sessions over the course of a semester. All sessions are free and confidential!

Getting quality sleep is a common concern that is addressed in wellness coaching. Our certified wellness coaches have college-specific tools and tips to help you find ways to improve your sleep that work for you.

Making an appointment is easy! Simply send an email with your availability to healthpromotion@ithaca.edu. 

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The Center for Health Promotion has partnered with A Massage Station of Ithaca to bring chair massages to IC students.

When? Tuesday, February 11th, noon-3pm

Where? Center For Health Promotion, on the lower level of Hammond Health Center. (Enter from the parking lot side of the building, walk down the staircase, and turn right down the hallway).

Cost: $1 per minute (pre-pay via PayPal or credit card )

Sign up for 10, 20 or 30 minutes of massage - it's easy! Visit the Center for Health Promotion website for more information:

https://www.ithaca.edu/center-health-promotion/massage-services-students

Get your appointment before all the slots are filled!

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Al-Anon is a mutual support groups for people whose lives have been affected by someone else's addiction. Al-Anon meets weekly at Ithaca College. Meetings are held in the Phillips Room of Muller Chapel every Wednesday from 12:00-12:50 pm. The group, officially called the South Hill Higher Ground Al-Anon Family Group, is not affiliated with Ithaca College and is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the Ithaca community beyond the campus who seek support. The purpose of the meeting is to establish ongoing on-campus support for those who have loved ones contending with addiction. Everything shared by individuals at these meetings will be kept confidential. For anyone coming from off campus, free parking is available in the visitor lot near the entrance to campus from 96-B (Danby Road). For more information, contact SouthHillAFG@gmail.com. 

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If you want to reduce your vaping habit, or quit altogether, the IC Center for Health Promotion can help you figure out strategies that will work best for you. Our services are free, confidential, and nonjudgmental.

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The Center for Health Promotion has partnered with A Massage Station of Ithaca to bring chair massages to IC students.

When? Monday, Dec 16th AND Tuesday, Dec 17th, noon-3:00 pm

Where? Center For Health Promotion, on the lower level of Hammond Health Center. (Enter from the parking lot side of the building, walk down the staircase, and turn right down the hallway).

Cost: $1 per minute (pre-pay via PayPal or credit card )

Sign up for 10, 20 or 30 minutes of massage - it's easy! Visit the Center for Health Promotion website for more information:

https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/healthpromotion/massage/

Get your appointment before all the slots are filled!

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As posted to the CDC website on 9/27/19: 

CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments, and other clinical and public health partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette product use, or vaping. The latest findings from the investigation suggest products containing THC play a role in the outbreak. More information is needed to know whether one or more e-cigarette or vaping products, substances, or brand is responsible for the outbreak. CDC continues to work closely with FDA, states, public health partners, and clinicians on this outbreak. 

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All Ithaca College students are welcome to join the Information Technology department on Saturday, September 21st at 12:30 pm in the Emerson Suites for the 2nd Annual IT Gaming Tournament!  Plan on having a fun afternoon that includes competing in the Mario Kart tournament, experiencing Virtual Reality, playing Atari Tempest / old School video games / various board games and free food.  The champion of the Mario Kart gaming tournament will win a Nintendo Switch!  Over $1,000 in prizes and giveaways from Monster Energy, Atari, the fixIT Shop and various local vendors will be awarded during the event.  Pre-registration is available at www.ithaca.edu/itgaming

Individuals requiring accommodations for the gaming tournament should contact ITStudentCoord@ithaca.edu.

All Ithaca College students are welcome to join the Information Technology department on Saturday, September 21st at 12:30 pm in the Emerson Suites for the 2nd Annual IT Gaming Tournament!  Plan on having a fun afternoon that includes competing in the Mario Kart tournament, experiencing Virtual Reality, playing Atari Tempest / old School video games / various board games and free food.  The champion of the Mario Kart gaming tournament will win a Nintendo Switch!  Over $1,000 in prizes and giveaways from Monster Energy, Atari, the fixIT Shop and various local vendors will be awarded during the event. 

Individuals requiring accommodations for the gaming tournament should contact ITStudentCoord@ithaca.edu.

Treat your body to a stress-busting massage so that you can finish strong this semester! Massage is a convenient and soothing way to recharge. The Center for Health Promotion has partnered with A Massage Station of Ithaca to bring chair massages to IC students.

When? Monday May 6th and Tuesday May 7th, noon-3pm both days.

Where? Center For Health Promotion, on the lower level of Hammond Health Center. (Enter the Office of Counseling and Wellness, from the parking lot side of the building).

Cost: $1 per minute (pre-pay via PayPal or credit card )

Sign up for 10, 20 or 30 minutes of massage - it's easy! Visit the Center for Health Promotion website for more information:

https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/healthpromotion/massage/

Get your appointment before all the slots are filled!

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Join Information Technology on Monday, April 29 from 5 pm - 7 pm in Friends 110C for pizza and video games!  There will be four Nintendo Switches, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros and free pizza provided.  This is a great opportunity to practice for the 2nd annual gaming tournament scheduled for September.  Hope to see you there!

The Center for Health Promotion would like to extend a warm thank you to the more than 900 IC students who completed the IC Student Wellness Survey this month. The random drawing prize winners have been selected and notified.

The purpose of this survey is to assess the health and wellness needs of students so that campus programs and services can be improved to meet those needs.  The IC Student Wellness Survey has been conducted biannually since 2003. Data from past NCHA surveys can be found on the Center for Health Promotion website. This year's data will be added when it becomes available to us later this semester.

Please join the Department of Occupational Therapy Monday, March 18, 2019 from 9:00am-3:30pm for a day of presentations from our remarkable graduate students on their research projects?

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