The Ithacan

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

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • December 4, 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.

Emergency relief fund launching in Spring 2025 aims to support faculty and staff

By Kaiden Chandler, Design Editor • December 4, 2024

In January 2025, Ithaca College is opening up applications to a new resource for some college staff and faculty. The Employee Emergency Relief Fund, managed by the college’s Office of Human Resources, distributes money to the college’s employees in times of need and is entirely supported by voluntary donations from other employees.

College expands its number of EV chargers and levies fees per use

By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor • December 4, 2024

Ithaca College will be expanding its on-campus electric vehicle charging stations. In the past, use of an EV charger on campus was free, but now the college will be implementing a fee that will charge users per kilowatt-hour.

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.

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.

SGC passes bill to make advertising and solicitation policy more flexible

By Eamon Corbo, Staff Writer • 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.

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December 4, 2024

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SGC discusses feedback to improve orientation for incoming students

By Eamon Corbo, Staff Writer • November 20, 2024

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Nov. 18 to hear from Caryanne Keenan, director of New Student and Transition Programs, about Fall 2024 orientation and plans for Fall 2025 orientation. The SGC provided suggestions on how Keenan could further help new students get acclimated to the college.

SGC hears from clubs about engagement and future programming

By Eamon Corbo, Staff writer • 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.

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Climate Action Plan for Ithaca to be rewritten for community-focused approach

By Ryan Johnson • November 14, 2024

The City of Ithaca's Climate Action Plan that was written in 2023 and will be rewritten over the next six months to include more climate justice-oriented goals. Ithaca residents have been urging for a community-focused plan that would bring in local climate and social justice organizations to help plan and combat climate change.

Community expresses concerns about local issues under Trump administration

By Eamon Corbo and Julian DeLucia • November 13, 2024

In the wake of the results of the election, many local groups in the city of Ithaca are expressing concerns about the implications of Trump’s second term.