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Diane Gayeski: Pioneering emerging technology at her alma mater

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • May 14, 2026

Diane Gayeski ’74, professor in the Department of Strategic Communication at Ithaca College, has worked with clients like General Electric, Sony and Fiat through her consulting firm, Gayeski Analytics. Even as her firm grew, Gayeski chose to continue teaching at IC — and later, serve as the Dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

Zenon Wasyliw: Building lasting connections across campus

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • May 14, 2026

Zenon Wasyliw, professor in the Department of History at Ithaca College, ends every class session by leading students in a cheer of “Budmo!”, a Ukrainian toast. The routine shows both his heritage and his commitment to engaging students in class. Since he started teaching at IC in 1989, Wasyliw has built connections with hundreds of students — many of whom still talk with him or follow his Instagram account. 

Hormoz Movassaghi: Breaking out of silos and driving curriculum forward

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • May 14, 2026

After attending an R1 research institution where his classes had a minimum of 70 students, Hormoz Movassaghi, professor and chair of the Department of Finance and International Business at Ithaca College, wanted to teach at a college that allowed faculty to connect with their students.

Bob Sullivan: Called to teach

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • May 14, 2026

Bob Sullivan, professor in the Department of Literatures in English at Ithaca College, believes that young people are much smarter and more engaged than common stereotypes suggest they are. In his 30 years of teaching at IC, Sullivan said he has emphasized building relationships with students and supporting and challenging them as they develop their thinking and views of the world. 

Faculty Council discusses changes to enrollment

By Naomi Martin, Newsletter Editor • May 12, 2026

The Ithaca College Faculty Council met May 5 to hear about updates to enrollment for the 2026-27 academic year and to hear the provost's report. 

Canvas outage affects IC on first day of finals

By Isabella Edghill and Naomi Martin • May 7, 2026

Ithaca College Canvas went down in the afternoon of May 7, the first day of final exams. The outage occurred alongside a larger outage connected to a cyberattack affecting 9,000 schools. The Ithacan has been unable to confirm if IC’s Canvas outage is connected to this attack.

SGC passes four bills at final meeting of semester

By Isabella Edghill, Assistant News Editor • May 5, 2026

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council passed four bills, elected first-year student Ari Medvinsky as senate chair and honored graduating seniors at its last meeting of Spring 2026 on May 4.

SGC announces results from Spring 2026 election

By Isabella Edghill, Assistant News Editor • May 4, 2026

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council announced the elected candidates for the 2026-27 academic year. Students voted on IC Engage from 9 a.m. April 29 through 4:59 p.m. April 30. 

Commercial growth strategy for The Commons elicits mixed reactions

By Prakriti Panwar, Editor-in-chief • April 30, 2026

Following a wave of store closures in Downtown Ithaca in late 2025 and early 2026, 10 new businesses have announced their openings on The Commons this spring. Recent store openings follow the implementation of a retail study that calls for attracting higher-income customers to the shopping district.

Ithaca College confident in eliminating budget deficit amid CFO’s departure

By Eamon Corbo, News Editor • April 29, 2026

As Ithaca College approaches the end of the fiscal year with a projected $8 million budget deficit, administrators say that the college is on track to eliminate its budget deficit by fiscal year 2028.

Revision of private lesson times sparks frustration among music students

By Sydney Martin, Assistant News Editor • April 29, 2026

The Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance announced revisions to private lesson times in an email sent to music students March 23, sparking frustration among students. The new system divides students across 30-minute, 45-minute and hour-long lessons depending on the major. The changes will take effect in Fall 2026. 

SGC hosts platform presentations ahead of elections

By Isabella Edghill, Assistant News Editor • April 29, 2026

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council held platform presentations April 27 to allow candidates running for positions for the Fall 2026 council to share their ideas and views with the college community ahead of the voting period. Candidates can campaign through April 30 and students can vote for candidates on IC Engage from 9 a.m. April 29 through 4:59 p.m. April 30.