Education Technology Center opens podcast production studio to all

The Education Technology Center’s podcast production studio is now open for students, staff and faculty. Interested individuals can sign up to book the studio through this link. People of all experience levels are welcome to use the studio and the center also provides technical assistance to those who might want it. The studio has a RODEcaster Pro sound mixer, three podcasting microphones and headphones, as well as an iMac desktop with editing software.  

Ithaca College Library to celebrate Banned Books Week with the community

The Ithaca College Library is celebrating Banned Books Week from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7. As a part of the week, the library is organizing a Banned Book Read Out from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Handwerker Gallery and is seeking participants. Prospective participants can learn more about book bans by visiting the library’s Banned and Censored Media page. The book read is open to the entire Ithaca community. Participants of the event will be expected to explain why they chose a particular text and read it aloud for six minutes. They have the freedom to choose any kind of text and can also read in another language. The event is supported by the Handwerker Gallery and Amnesty International’s Ithaca Chapter. Interested individuals can sign up via this link or by emailing cmichael@ithaca.edu. 

BIPOC Unity Center and IC Poder to host a Café con la Directora session featuring a guest speaker

Angélica Carrington, director of the BIPOC Unity Center, and IC Poder, Ithaca College’s Latinx student association, will be hosting a Café con la Directora session from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Ithaca Falls room. The session is a part of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. The event will have coffee and feature a guest speaker who will talk about their experiences as a leader and navigating a Primarily White Institution as a person of color. Questions and accommodation requests for this event should be directed to bipocunity@ithaca.edu. 

Society of Physics Students organizes game night 

The Society of Physics Students is organizing a game night for all students from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20 in rooms 206 and 208 of the Center for Natural Sciences building. There will be a variety of games at the event, like Smash Bros., FIFA and board games. Students are requested to get their own controllers, but there will be some at the event for students who do not have one. All questions and accommodation requests regarding the event should be directed to imahoney@ithaca.edu. 

College seeks images of veterans and active military personnel for Veterans Day celebrations

As preparation for its Veterans Day celebrations, Ithaca College is asking active military personnel and veterans to submit a photo of themselves, along with their branch. These pictures will be included in the presentation that will be shown as a part of the Veterans Day celebrations. All images should be sent in JPEG format to Jessica Hsu, executive assistant to the dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, at jhsu1@ithaca.edu by Oct. 16

Updated academic concerns system is now open for faculty 

The academic concerns system is now open to faculty to submit their concerns regarding students. The system has been updated with new features, like faster updates on students already in the system and the ability to differentiate between mild and more serious concerns. Milder concerns include missing classes or work, being disengaged or having low grades. For mild concerns, a message is sent to students that they are not required to respond to. For more serious concerns, students are required to connect with their school’s dean’s office. If students do not respond to communication from their dean’s office, they are referred to the Center for Student Success.