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Junior photo editor Kalysta Donaghy-Robinson writes about her experience with chronic illness and the need for more awareness and education on the topic.

Commentary: Education around chronic illness is vitally important

December 6, 2023
Junior defensive specialist Ellie Benedict has taken part in the Ithaca College volleyball teams historic hot stretch. During the regular season, the team won 24 out of 25 sets in conference play.

Volleyball digs deep in historically dominant season

November 8, 2023
The national labor shortage and the “Great Resignation” have impacted colleges and universities across the country throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and created low levels of faculty, staff and administrative retention. 

Explainer: How IC is impacted by vacancies within finances and operations

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant Photo Editor
November 1, 2023
From left, sophomore distance runner Kyla Eisman and junior thrower Lily Seyfert aim to lead the Ithaca College womens track and field team to another Liberty League championship.

Women's track and field strives to reclaim conference glory

November 7, 2023
Disclaimer: the pay and raise are for explanation purposes only and do not reflect the actual compensation or raises of Ithaca Colleges employees. The graph is meant to simplify how raises are calculated into compensation.

Explained: Employee base compensation on calendar and fiscal year timelines

By Noa Ran-Ressler , Staff Writer
September 25, 2023
Explained: ICs audited financial statement shows operating surplus

Explained: IC’s audited financial statement shows operating surplus

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
September 20, 2023
Leon Holden, the first candidate for the director of Staff Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging position, spoke with staff in an open session Sept. 5.

College holds open session with candidate for director of Staff Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

September 6, 2023
Linda Petrosino ’77, M.S. ’78, retiring dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, has been the dean of the School of HSHP since 2012 and has facilitated the development of programs, partnerships and strategic goals.

Linda Petrosino to receive Presidential Medal at commencement

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
May 3, 2023
First-year student Aysia Louis runs for an executive board position at Sister 2 Sisters April 25 meeting.

Student organizations handle recruitment and funding issues

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
April 26, 2023
Larry Hirschhorn ’80 will be the main speaker at the 2023 commencement ceremony. Senior Francesca Infante-Meehan is the Class of 2023 speaker and Loki Mullholand, a civil rights activist, filmmaker and author, will receive an honorary Doctorate of Letters.

College announces commencement speakers for Class of 2023

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
April 19, 2023
The Ithaca College National Association of Black Accountants and Beta Alpha Psi, an accounting, finance and business honor society, invited Paquita Davis-Friday, interim dean of the Zicklin School of Business at CUNY Baruch College and professor in the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, to speak at their meeting. 

Expert discusses workplace diversity, equity and inclusion

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
April 12, 2023
From left, Cory Young, associate professor in the Department of Strategic Communication and director of the Honors Program; Chee Ng, assistant professor in the Department of Finance and International Business; and Jonathan Ablard, professor in the Department of History, discuss academic freedom, mental health and misconduct policies at the Faculty Council meeting April 4.

Faculty Council discusses mental health and academic processes

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
April 5, 2023
President La Jerne Cornish said in an announcement that this temporary child care partnership with the Coddington Road Community Center’s preschool and afterschool programs could be a trial for more permanent on-campus child care.

Circles Community Center may become temporary child care facility

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
March 29, 2023
The summary was shared Feb. 1, 2023, with music faculty and staff, and participants remained unnamed. In the summary, faculty and staff without tenure and faculty and staff of color expressed feeling silenced and ignored by senior faculty.

Cultural review in former School of Music exposes tension among employees

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
March 22, 2023
From left, David Gondek, associate professor in the Department of Biology; Susan Salahshor, director of the Physician Assistant Program; and Laura Kuo, health sciences librarian, attend the March 7 Faculty Council meeting.

Faculty Council reviews syllabus policies and search committees

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
March 8, 2023
Kathleen Mulligan, professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance Performance, is one of 14 faculty members at IC who have received Fulbright Scholarships in the past decade. Mulligan left for Amritsar, India, on Dec. 12, 2022, to complete her Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship research.

IC recognized as top Fulbright Award producer

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
March 8, 2023
On Feb. 27, the dashboard was opened to select faculty and staff. In another email to students, sent Feb. 26, the Student Success Team reminded students to review their information before access expands.

IC releases new Student Success Dashboard

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
March 3, 2023
Elyse Nepa, assistant director of the Clery Act and Prevention Education within the Office of Public Safety and Energy Management, spoke with SGC on Feb. 27.

SGC meets with Office of Public Safety and Energy Management

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
March 1, 2023
Since 2019, the City of Ithaca has seen fluctuations in the number of businesses opening and closing.

Store closures and openings create retail instability

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
February 22, 2023
In a Feb. 6 Intercom post, it was announced that the free on-campus COVID-19 testing location has moved from Boothroyd Hall to Mueller Hall. 

COVID-19 testing location moves to Muller Hall

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
February 15, 2023
Junior Jimmy Mejia is one of many students who utilize Coursicle, a platform for college students to create course schedules and read student feedback on professors, despite mental issues impacting the platforms founder, Joe Puccio.

Coursicle founder opens up about mental health

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
February 15, 2023
The Feb. 7 Faculty Council meeting discussed including trust issues between Ithaca College faculty and administration, shared governance responsibilities and a controversial Title IX report.

Faculty Council discusses long-standing issues and Title IX report

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
February 8, 2023
Joel Malina, Cornell University’s vice president of university relations, said TCAT did not justify the financial contribution increase of 8% and said TCAT already has enough funding, so the university would not comply with the larger increase. 

Cornell agrees to 5% increase in underwriter funding for TCAT

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
February 1, 2023
Elizabeth Bleicher, dean of the Center for Student Success and Retention, is one of the lead members of the Retention and Engagement Strategy Team, which is responsible for developing the Student Success Dashboard.

College faculty and staff test new Student Success Dashboard

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor
January 25, 2023
Screenshots pulled from Ithaca College email communications to current students, alumni and other members of the campus community asking for donations in the Cortaca Giving Challenge.

College encourages alumni engagement beyond financial donations

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
November 30, 2022
From left, junior Alexa Rahman, first-year student Taya Thompson and senior Shosh Cohen discussed the prejudices they have independently faced in their lives and on campus, each noting the ignorance of others and the importance of educating people about racism. 

Ithaca College holds Day of Learning to address antisemitism

By Emma Kersting, Joshua Pantano, Noa Ran-Ressler, and Vivian Rose
November 16, 2022
Brittany Watros was promoted to student organization business coordinator in the Ithaca College Office of Student Engagement (OSE) on Oct. 31. She formerly held the role of administrative assistant in the OSE since July 2015.

Q&A: staff member promoted to student organization coordinator

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
November 15, 2022
The college is expanding on its strategies that increase yield while utilizing new marketing campaigns to increase enrollment and initiating outreach to students to improve retention. Since Fall 2018, enrollment has decreased from 6,517 students to 5,054 students in Fall 2022 — a 22% decline — according to the college’s Office of Analytics and Institutional Research.

Yield increases while college works to improve enrollment and retention

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
October 26, 2022
Republican Congressman Joe Sempolinksi spoke at Ithaca College by invitation of IC Republicans on Oct. 5.

IC Republicans host Congressman Joe Sempolinski

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
October 10, 2022
James Rada, professor and chair for the Department of Journalism at Ithaca College, announced Sept. 20 that he will leave the college after the 2022–23 academic year. Rada began working as an associate professor in the Department of Journalism at Ithaca College in Fall 2011

Longtime journalism professor to leave IC after Spring 2023

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
September 28, 2022
Carole Dennis, a co-founder of Assistance in Motion and professor emerita in the Department of Occupational Therapy, and Sharon Stansfield, the other co-founder and professor in the Department of Computer Science, began research at the college in 2001 to fill the gap they noticed in mobility aids for infants and toddlers with motor impairment.

Faculty founds tech company to bring mobility to children

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
September 26, 2022
A petition was launched March 3 to make Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) free, which would increase accessibility and efficiency but reduce TCAT’s revenue. The petition is part of a larger campaign by the Ithaca branch of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) called FreeCAT that advocates for fare-free and expanded TCAT services.

Ithaca residents get on board with free TCAT campaign

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
September 14, 2022
Anne Hogan joined Ithaca College as the inaugural dean of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (MTD) on Aug. 1. She most recently served at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, as the dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts. 

Q&A: Dean shares vision for School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Contributing Writer
September 7, 2022
From left to right, David Harker, director of the Center for Civic Engagement, senior Kelly Warren and Scott Doyle, director for the Office of Energy Management and Sustainability, plan to increase Eco-Reps involvement with the campus and broader Ithaca community in 2022.

Eco-Reps plan for major outreach after a year of struggles

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer
August 31, 2022
Lisa Searle (bottom right) and David Prunty (bottom left) both left the college during Summer 2022, while Scott Doyle (top right) and Caryanne Keenan (top left) started new positions.

IC staff leave and arrive in offices throughout summer 2022

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Contributing Writer
August 24, 2022
Freshman Noa Ran-Ressler discuses the lack of care for students safety on icy pathways across campus. She calls for the college to take action and mitigate these dangerous conditions.

Commentary: Ice at IC creates dangerous walking conditions

By Noa Ran-Ressler
February 16, 2022
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