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Jason Freitag, presidential fellow and professor in the Department of History, presents new language developed by the Strategic Planning Committee to shape and reinforce the college’s values to the Council.

Faculty Council discusses new values statement

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
January 23, 2019
From left, Tina Caswell, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Jana Waller, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, and Chris McNamara, clinical associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, discuss the faculty ombudsperson position at the Faculty Council Meeting Dec. 4.

Faculty Council discusses new ombudsperson position

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
December 5, 2018
The Faculty Council has been meeting virtually due to COVID-19, but discussed having meetings in person for Fall 2021. Pictured is a Faculty Council meeting Nov. 18, 2018.

Faculty Council discusses potential changes to freshman orientation

By Ben Kaplan
November 14, 2018
The evening event at the Bernie Milton Pavilion was one of over 200 rapid response protests happening nationwide. The series of protests is part of an ongoing national campaign called Nobody is Above the Law.

Ithaca locals protest the resignation of Jeff Sessions

By Ben Kaplan, Senior Writer
November 9, 2018
A two-car collision at the main entrance of Ithaca College resulted in one injury Nov. 1. One of the drivers in the accident was a student at the college.

BREAKING: Two cars crash outside main entrance of college

By Ben Kaplan and Rachel Heller
November 1, 2018
Members of Ithaca College Faculty Council discuss how to amend a discrepancy in the college’s Title IX policy. Any revisions must still reflect the overarching guidelines for Title IX provided by New York state labor laws.

Faculty council examines Title IX policy at the college

By Ben Kaplan, Senior Writer
October 3, 2018
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado and the tri-council group created a working group to review free speech policies at Ithaca College.

Working group proposed to review free speech policies at IC

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
December 13, 2017
Students lined the hallway in Textor, protesting Larry Pratt, a conservative gun advocate who spoke at the college Nov. 9.

WATCH: Gun advocate speaker Larry Pratt incites protests at IC

By Ben Kaplan and Sophia Tulp
November 13, 2017
Tom Swensen, professor and chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences and Faculty Council chair, said the idea for closed sessions were originally proposed to the executive committee by Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado

Faculty Council planning closed meetings

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
October 4, 2017
The Ithaca College Office of Residential Life has implemented a new policy under which it automatically confiscates items found to be violations in student housing.

Res Life begins new policy to confiscate violations

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
October 3, 2017
Campus Center Dining Hall underwent a complete remodel over the summer, including a new entrance, furniture and lighting.

Ithaca College makes campus renovations over the summer

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
August 28, 2017
The winners include senior Kaleb Cabisca, a history major and politics minor; senior Samuel Rubin, a music major and politics minor; senior Victor Lopez-Carmen, a health sciences major with a pre-medical concentration; and Kaela Bamberger ‘14, a planned studies major.

Students and alumna receive Fulbright awards

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
May 2, 2017
Senior Hayley Warren was one of nine scholars to present about the difference between proactivism and "slacktivism" at the April 27 CSCRE luncheon.

MLK Scholars present on millennial activism

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
May 1, 2017
Michael Fox, an implementation consultant with Strata Information Group, gave a presentation about how the new Degree Works software will work at Ithaca College.

Ithaca College to implement new degree evaluation program

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
April 17, 2017
Bryan Roberts, associate dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, who previously pitched the idea of revamping the registration process at Faculty Council meetings, said the registration process has long needed the update.

New class registration process implemented

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
April 4, 2017
Ithaca College flu numbers expected to exceed last year

Ithaca College flu numbers expected to exceed last year

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
March 1, 2017
Local government has been taking steps to protect the local refugee populations. On Feb. 1, the Common Council passed an ordinance ahead of schedule to make the City of Ithaca a sanctuary city.

Ithaca bound refugee families halted by immigration ban

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
February 8, 2017
Governor Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship would give free tuition to all New York State students from families with an average annual income lower than $125,000, over 950,000 students.

Free college plan likely to have impact on Ithaca College

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer
January 31, 2017
Keynote speaker Russell Rickford, associate professor in the Department of History at Cornell University, discussed how King's legacy was transformed from the radical activist he was to a more tame icon of the civil rights movement.

Ithaca College celebrates MLK’s roots

By Ben Kaplan and Meaghan McElroy
January 25, 2017
It is not decided where the African Diaspora learning community will be housed on campus, but other learning communities exist in the Terrace dorms, pictured above.

New African Diaspora living community proposed for IC

By Ben Kaplan, Contributing Writer
November 7, 2016
Junior Elena Haskins leads a Human Expression Through Arts Resident Development program meeting in the Student Activities Center Sept. 27. Haskins said to her, volunteering is not simply a way to fill out a resume, but her interest stems from a sense of duty to give back and a self-realization about privilege.

IC junior gives back through the arts with incarcerated youth

By Ben Kaplan, Contributing Writer
September 27, 2016
Two cars crashed at the intersection of Alumni Street and Danby Road, across from the main entrance to Ithaca College. One person involved was a student at the college, who was driving a a silver Mercedes SUV that overturned in the crash.

BREAKING: Two cars crash outside Ithaca College main entrance

By Ben Kaplan, Contributing Writer
September 15, 2016
From left to right, Stephen Shoemaker and Dan Verdosa, who both work in the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications, talked and laughed with people at their table at the Community Gathering event held Aug. 31.

Campus Gathering addressed violence and community relationships

By Ben Kaplan, Contributing writer
September 2, 2016
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