The Ithaca College Board of Trustees decided on which professors would receive tenure, promotion and emeritus status at its February meeting in New York City.

Retired faculty members who were named professor emeritus include Jeff Claus, who retired in 2013 from the Department of Education; and Stephen Hilbert and Dani Novak, both of who retired in 2014 from the Department of Mathematics.

Lynn Gitlow, associate professor of occupational therapy, was awarded tenure.

The board of trustees awarded tenure and a promotion from assistant to associate professor to the following faculty members: Peter Martin from the Department of Education, Wei Zhang from the Department of Finance and International Business, Emilie Wiesner from the Department of Mathematics, Steven Gordon from the Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, Elizabeth Berglund Hall from the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Michael Titlebaum from the Department of Performance Studies, Wendy Dann from the Department of Theatre Arts and Eleanor Henderson from the Department of Writing.