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Elizabeth Kharabadze

Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor

Barbara Adams, associate professor in the Department of Writing, has been a faculty member at Ithaca College for over 50 years, having served as a teacher. adviser and innovative writer.

Barbara Adams retires after 50 years of inspiration

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
May 1, 2024
From left to right: Sue Perlgut and Caryl Henry Alexander, the collaborators of the exhibition "Stand Up Women! Older Women & Social Activism in Tompkins County."

Art exhibit tackles social activism topics through visual art and interviews

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 12, 2023
Complete with chicken tenders, Silly Bandz and shutter shades, the Student Activities Board's iParty event brought students back in time to the early 2000s to relive their childhood for a single night.

iTravel back to the early 2000s with nostalgic iParty

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
May 3, 2023
Guests hike along the trail to visit the South Hill Forest Products open house Feb. 8. South Hill Forest Products is the brainchild of Jason Hamilton, professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Science. Each year, students in the Non-Timber Forest Products class work to market and manage the small business.

Students learn from Mother Nature

By Elizabeth Kharabadze and Noelle Cook
April 19, 2023
From left, senior Zoe Johnson and first-year student Nick Williams venture into the Unknown in Macabre Theatre's stage adaptation of "Over the Garden Wall."

Audiences return to familiar cartoon with stage production

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
April 12, 2023
Eden Strachan ’21, author and founder of Black Girls Don’t Get Love, poses with her book, “Black Girls Don’t Get Love.” Strachan hopes to empower Black girls.

Alum works to empower Black girls with media campaign

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
March 22, 2023
First-year student Mathew Hastava plays the saxophone with others at the Jazz Jams session. The club is open to all students, regardless of musical experience.

Students swing with evening jazz sessions

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
February 22, 2023
The State Theatre of Ithaca is joining the Alive Downtowns! theater coalition along with 13 other historical theaters to seek additional financial support from the state.

Historical theaters join forces to seek state support

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
February 8, 2023
Yasin Ahmed, director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, organized and hosted the first annual Spirit of IC concert, which took place Dec. 1 in the Hockett Family Recital Hall.

College community taps into spirituality with concert

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
December 7, 2022
From left, junior Chris Bendig and senior Ben Macarell host the current rendition of the "Breakfast with the Beatles" radio show, which has been on since 1980.

Alum documents 40 years of Beatles radio history

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 16, 2022
From left, juniors Mikolaj Konieczny and Wesley Czubryt-Ogino use a telescope to look into the sky. The revitalized astronomy club is aiming to bring more students from all academic backgrounds.

Club encourages students to reach for the stars

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 2, 2022
Hannah Reynolds ’10 released her second novel "Eight Nights of Flirting" on Oct. 25. Reynolds is a Jewish author who seeks to diversify the holiday romance genre with Jewish voices.

Q&A: Author brings diverse voice to holiday romance genre

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 2, 2022
The Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library held their Fall Book Sale from Oct. 8 to 25. Prior to the start of every sale, donations of books, CDs, DVDs and more are collected from the community, with the goal of selling 80% of all inventory by the end of the sale. Any items that are not sold by the end are donated to ThriftBooks.

Old books receive new life at community book sale

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
October 26, 2022
The Diana Leich quartet performs at Porchfest on Sept. 25 as crowds of people walk by, taking in the sound of various music genres from different porches.

Porchfest happily returns to the Ithaca live music scene

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
September 28, 2022
A group of students work on "Road Kill," a senior thesis project produced by four Ithaca College alumni. The film is in competition at the Motor Film Awards on Sept. 21 in the category of "Best Student Film," with other categories in the award ceremony including films like "The Batman," "No Time to Die," "Ambulance" and "Night Teeth."

Thesis film drives across the pond

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
September 14, 2022
Ithaca local Jonathan Petronzio ’04 performs Aug. 18 at the Ithaca Night Bazaar for the first time with his experimental funk and reggae music project, Road Man. The Ithaca Night Bazaar, which runs monthly from May to September, welcomes diverse local and regional artists and musicians to the Ithaca Farmers Market.

Ithaca Night Bazaar welcomes creatives

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
August 24, 2022
As the graduates turned their tassels from the right to the left, and as blue and white confetti shot up into the air, the Class of 2022’s journey at Ithaca College came to a close.

Commencement Ceremonies held for graduating Class of 2022

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
May 26, 2022
Freshman Shina Mitchell walks down the runway April 28 during HiFashion Studios’ “The Network” event in Emerson Suites.

HiFashion Studios makes a return to the runway

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
May 5, 2022
In an email sent to the campus community April 25, Rosanna Ferro, former vice president for Student Affairs and Campus Life, reminded students to act with caution and care when celebrating to ensure the health and safety of the community. One celebration, Kendall Day, is a tradition started in 2008 by students.

Kendall Day celebration proceeds despite COVID-19 risk

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
May 4, 2022
While there have been no immediate threats to security in these programs, David Weil, chief information officer for Information Technology, said the changes were made because of MFA’s ability to deter hacking and to better protect all student, staff and faculty accounts. 

Cyber security expands at IC with Duo authentication

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
March 24, 2022
As president of the college’s student chapter of SVA, a club that was officially recognized by the college in Spring 2022, Hinojosa said he hopes to bridge the gap between student-veterans and non-veteran students, partly by hosting events — like movie nights and book clubs — that would help veterans integrate into college and non-military life.

New club at IC aims to support student-veterans

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
March 23, 2022
In Spring 2019, members of the Ithaca College Jewish Learning Fellowship (JLF) pose with their certificates after participating in JLF’s experiential learning program about Judaism.

Students discuss themes in Judaism through fellowship

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
March 10, 2022
Project Look Sharp was founded in 1996 by Cyndy Scheibe, Dana professor in the Department of Psychology and executive director of Project Look Sharp, and Chris Sperry ’79, director of Curriculum and Staff Development at Project Look Sharp.

Ithaca College’s Project Look Sharp receives grant

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
March 9, 2022
Shannon L. Scott, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy created the “Upper Extremity Motor Recovery Boot Camp” pilot program.

IC professor pioneers program in Ithaca for stroke survivors

By Elizabeth Kharabadze and Jay Bradley
February 24, 2022
The event, held Feb. 14, was part of the Difficult Dialogues: Cultivating Cultures of Belonging Symposium — an event created to facilitate discussion of complex and controversial subjects by bringing guest speakers to campus to address challenging subjects.

Guest speaker gives presentation on equity in education

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
February 16, 2022
The college is attempting to address the mental health needs of students through its partnership with the JED Foundation, which is a nonprofit that works to protect emotional health.

Students express need in more mental health services at college

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
December 2, 2021
The School of Music hosted a memorial service in person and on Zoom for Harold Reynolds that was full of kind words and trombone tributes of his favorite songs from alumni and former faculty members. Individuals who knew Reynolds personally gave heartfelt testimonies to a packed auditorium on the time they spent with Reynolds and emphasized his good nature and humor. The service was followed by the Trombone Troupe Concert, of which Reynolds used to be artistic advisor and director.

Campus community gathers for memorial service and concert

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 17, 2021
Scott Fried, an HIV and AIDS activist, said he plans to further speak about his personal experience with HIV, as well as discuss his personal guidelines for surviving life on Nov. 10 and 11. Fried also plans to speak at a talk-back for a preview of RENT, hosted by the Department of Theatre Arts on Nov. 10. Ithaca College Theatre is putting on a production of RENT during the 2021–22 season. The show is running from Nov. 13 to 18. 

HIV and AIDS activist shares powerful message with IC community

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 11, 2021
The college is a predominantly white institution, with 3,795 white students enrolled during Fall 2021, while there are 1,223 students of color enrolled, according to AIR. Laurie Koehler, vice president for Marketing and Enrollment Strategy, Nicole Eversley Bradwell, executive director of Admission and Shana Gore, executive director of Student Financial Services said they were concerned by the recent downturn in enrollment of Black, Indigenous and students of color (BIPOC), and that it reflected a national downtrend.

College community unsatisfied by students of color enrollment

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 3, 2021
Senior Norman Staub said he welcomes the changes to the department. Staub said he initially wanted to pursue a minor in computer science but instead chose game development as a result of limited availability in classes that were required for the computer science minor.

Department of Computer Science sees changes in programs

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
October 20, 2021
Wythe Marschall, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, spoke to Ithaca College students and faculty about the lack of inclusion of scientific knowledge from marginalized communities.

Department of Physics and Astronomy holds guest speaker event

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
October 20, 2021
Luca Maurer, director of the Center for LGBTQ Education, Outreach and Services at Ithaca College, often takes his work into the Tompkins County community.

Census reveals many same-sex couples live in Tompkins County

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
September 8, 2021
The scholarship was established for incoming journalism, sports media or documentary studies students in the Roy H. Park School of Communications who demonstrate financial need and represent historically underrepresented communities.

Sophomore receives inaugural Iger-Bay Endowed Scholarship

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
September 2, 2021
Hierald Osorto, executive director of student equity and belonging and executive director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, will teach the three-week course.

Students will participate in collaborative course during May session

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
May 6, 2021
At the Ithaca College Library, a small but growing collection of personal letters, pictures and videos of life during the pandemic is being collected and archived by Bridget Bower, librarian and college archivist, who serves as the project’s administrator.

Staff and students work to create COVID-19 archive

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
April 29, 2021
Students voice their opposition to the faculty cuts at a protest organized by the Open the Books coalition Feb. 22. Protesters held a banner at the crosswalk outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center.

IC organizations hold events to discuss impacts of APP

By Caitlin Holtzman, Elizabeth Kharabadze, and Syd Pierre
April 29, 2021
Sex education and/or HIV education is legally mandated in 39 states and Washington, D.C., but only 11 states and Washington, D.C. require inclusive content with regard to sexual orientation.

LGBT center intern offers sex education workshops for LGBTQ+

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
April 22, 2021
Jack Powers, interim dean of the Park School of Communications, said the endowment sponsors a variety of programs, including the Ithaca College Los Angeles program.

College celebrates 25 years of the Pendleton endowment

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
April 12, 2021
From left, Hierald Osorto, director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual life, and Interfaith Program Assistant Jalen Lisbon, sit inside Muller Chapel on March 24.

Religious groups continue to create community amid pandemic

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
March 25, 2021
The Outing Club celebrates a hard days work of community clean up in 2019 by tossing leaves in joy. The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, which houses the club, is recommended to be cut.

Future of clubs unknown amid faculty and program cuts

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
February 25, 2021
PCIM Director Raza Rumi opened the discussion, which took place Nov. 18, by recognizing the ways the 2020 presidential election caused concern among the public. Among these concerns included unemployment, public health, and racial economic insecurity.

IC community members discuss 2020 election results in panel

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 23, 2020
The discussion was held Oct. 29 and centered around what could happen following the 2020 presidential election Nov. 3. Other topics ranged from police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement to voter suppression and the Supreme Court.

Politics department holds event to discuss 2020 election

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor
November 3, 2020
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