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In the complaint, Brad Hougham, a professor in the Department of Music Performance, accused some members of the president’s cabinet of fostering a toxic educational environment. (Julian DeLucia/The Ithacan, File Photo by Abby Brady/The Ithacan).

Ithaca College professor files Title IX lawsuit claiming anti-LGBTQ+ environment

By Prakriti Panwar and Kaeleigh Banda • May 9, 2025
Brad Hougham, a professor in the Department of Music Performance, filed a civil lawsuit against Ithaca College on April 30. Hougham, through his attorneys, claims that he experienced a “hostile sexual environment” and anti-LGBTQ+ work environment on campus. 
Huron Consulting Group will help identify some services that are not critical to Ithaca College. The college may choose to cut these services and their associated staff positions.

IC facilitates study to reduce deficit, eliciting concerns over possible cuts

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • December 5, 2024
Ithaca College started working with the Huron Consulting Group in October to conduct a budget and resource planning study, which aims to address declining enrollment and decrease the budget deficit. Administrators will share a study update in February 2025 and incorporate some of Huron’s suggestions in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which is due in May 2025.
From left, Mickey Huff, distinguished director of the Park Center for Independent Media, and Cyndy Scheibe, professor in the Department of Psychology, hope to integrate media literacy more seamlessly into education.

Leadership work toward making media literacy more accessible at IC

By Sarah Payne and Prakriti Panwar • December 4, 2024
At the beginning of Fall 2024, the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College hired its third director. Mickey Huff, distinguished director of PCIM, is a well-known media critic and scholar in independent media and came to the college with plans to make media literacy more accessible across campus. While Huff is new to the college, efforts to promote media literacy on campus have existed since 1996. Project Look Sharp is the college’s nonprofit media literacy program and aims to provide materials to teachers and students that promote critical thinking and a deeper understanding of media. 
Kari Brossard Stoos, associate professor and associate chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Public Health, will be teaching three new health courses in Spring 2025 called Introduction to One Health, Let’s Talk about Periods and Antibiotic Resistance: The Creeping Pandemic. Brossard Stoos said these courses are an effort to educate health care leaders-in-the-making about the World Health Organization’s objectives and provide a space for students to discuss pressing global health care concerns. 

Q&A: Professor promotes conversations about global health concerns through new courses

By Prakriti Panwar, News Editor • December 4, 2024
Kari Brossard Stoos, associate professor and associate chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Public Health, is helping train future health professionals at Ithaca College by offering health courses that focus on concentrated topics about primary global health issues. 
Reginald Briggs, senior director of Dining Services, met with the Ithaca College Student Governance Council at its Dec. 2 meeting to discuss the meal exchange service and hear about its suggestions for dining.

SGC passes bill to make advertising and solicitation policy more flexible

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • December 4, 2024
Reginald Briggs, senior director of Dining Services, met with the Ithaca College Student Governance Council at its Dec. 2 meeting to discuss the meal exchange service and hear about its suggestions for dining.
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council heard from students involved in International Club, Open Mic Night and the IC Club Swim team about their organizations’ roles on campus. The SGC also discussed holding a Thanksgiving drive to provide meals to students who will be on campus over the Thanksgiving break.

SGC hears from clubs about engagement and future programming

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • November 15, 2024
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council invited the executive board members of several student groups on campus to discuss their clubs and what their plans are for the future. 
Two Cornell University students were found in the water of Fall Creek Gorge on Nov. 10 at different times — one was found dead and the other was hospitalized. First responders reported they are believed to be unrelated incidents and investigations for both are ongoing.

Two Cornell students found in Fall Creek Gorge in unrelated incidents, one dead, one hospitalized

By Lorien Tyne, Editor-in-Chief • November 12, 2024
On Nov. 10, Cornell University sophomore Winter Knutson was found dead in Fall Creek Gorge. Earlier that morning a woman — only identified as a Cornell student as of this time — was found unresponsive after falling into another section of the Fall Creek Gorge. The unidentified student was airlifted from a field on Cornell’s campus to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania.
Students watch the results of the presidential election crawl in on Nov. 5 at an election watch party organized by the Department of History.

Campus community reacts to results of 2024 general election

By Vivian Rose, Prakriti Panwar, Julian DeLucia, and Matthew Telyczka • November 7, 2024
On Nov. 6, voters across the U.S. were informed that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. Senate Republicans have the majority and as of Nov. 6 gained three seats, while House Democrats lost one seat. The house majority still remains unclear as races continue to be tallied. 
Rakin “Rock” Hall, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Success, explained what factors contribute to decreasing enrollment and what the plans to increase enrollment are. 

College administration discusses plans to address falling enrollment and increasing deficit

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • October 31, 2024
Ithaca College administrators presented their plans to address decreasing enrollment and an increasing budget deficit to the students, faculty and staff gathered at the State of the College meeting Oct. 22. Administrators also outlined how the college will transition from the current strategic plan to a new strategic plan that focuses on long-term stability.
Ithaca College sophomore Kit Kelly died by suicide Oct. 15. Kelly was a television and digital media production major in the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

Campus community celebrates life and shares memories of sophomore Kit Kelly

By Prakriti Panwar, News Editor • October 16, 2024
Ithaca College sophomore Kit Kelly died by suicide Oct. 15. Kelly was a television and digital media production major in the Roy H. Park School of Communications.
The vigil was organized by Ithaca College Students for a Free Palestine and students sat in a circle playing music, reading poetry and sharing their feelings.

Students grieve death of Palestinians in ongoing war

By Prakriti Panwar, News Editor • October 16, 2024
About 20 students gathered outside of the Campus Center Dining Hall on Oct. 12 to attend a candlelight vigil to collectively grieve the death of Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The vigil was organized by Ithaca College Students for a Free Palestine and students sat in a circle playing music, reading poetry and sharing their feelings.

Flu shot clinic returns to campus after two years

By Prakriti Panwar, News Editor • October 14, 2024
The flu Point of Dispensing is returning to Ithaca College after two years and will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in Emerson Suites. This year, individuals who wish to be inoculated will have to present their insurance cards, a requirement that did not exist when the flu POD was last organized in Fall 2022.
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