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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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Taylor Borash

Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor

Rakin "Rock" Hall, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Success, spoke with the Faculty Council Dec. 3 about combatting the college's budget deficit.

Faculty council discusses college’s work to eliminate budget deficit

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
December 6, 2024
John Neeson ’84, chair of the board of trustees, and Christopher Palmieri ’96, vice chair of the board of trustees, spoke to 18 people who attended the open conversation during their visit to campus.

Board of Trustees discusses generative AI and decreasing enrollment

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
October 15, 2024
The Tompkins County Board of Elections has worked to make voting more accessible through accessible voting machines and in-person events in senior living homes.

Tompkins County works to make voting more accessible for marginalized communities

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
October 9, 2024
Ten students were elected to the Student Governance Council through the Fall 2024 election. Eight positions remain unfilled.

SGC releases results of Fall 2024 election

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
September 24, 2024
The Tuition Exchange is an international reciprocal scholarship program that offers scholarships to dependents of college faculty and staff. The college’s eligible dependents will have the opportunity to apply for Tuition Exchange Scholarships beginning in Fall 2025.

IC joins international Tuition Exchange

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
September 11, 2024
Provost Stein spoke with the Faculty Council Sept. 3 about updates to the 2025-26 academic calendar. The changes align breaks with Yom Kippur and Eid al-Fitr.

Faculty council discusses college’s next steps for reaccreditation

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
September 4, 2024
The AI Exploratorium will teach students, faculty and staff about GenAI, a type of AI that uses machine learning models to generate new content or ideas.

New exploratorium aims to increase AI literacy on campus

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
August 28, 2024
Lauren Kelly Benson, the new director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Ithaca College, will host monthly events for the entire college community to participate in.

Q&A: New director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life encourages community involvement

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
August 28, 2024
Lauren Kelly Benson officially began Aug. 5 as the director for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Ithaca College. The decision brought an end to the college's search for a permanent director to take over following Austin Reid's time as interim director.

College announces permanent director for Office of Religious and Spiritual Life

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor
August 19, 2024
Cornell University President Martha Pollack will be retiring from Cornell University June 30 according to a message she shared with the Cornell community.

Cornell President retires after serving for over seven years

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
May 12, 2024
David Bayne, assistant professor in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, teaches and supervises students at Ithaca College who are getting their master’s in speech-language pathology. His students work with clients for 50 minutes a week in the no-charge Sir Alexander Ewing-Ithaca College Speech and Hearing Clinic, which was established in 2011 and is the only place in Ithaca to offer in-person gender-affirming voice care.

Ithaca College implements the only gender-affirming voice care clinic in Ithaca

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
May 1, 2024
Belisa González, dean of faculty equity, inclusion, and belonging and co-chair of the Campus Climate Committee, moderated a Key Findings Report meeting where faculty discussed the high faculty dissatisfaction rate reported in the Campus Climate Survey.

Faculty and students respond to key findings in the Campus Climate Survey during follow-up meetings

By Taylor Borash and Vivian Rose
May 1, 2024
Victoria Cabal, Rankin Climate’s executive vice president, of strategy and operations, said the company will continue working with the college to plan its upcoming course of action.

Community engages in understanding Campus Climate Survey results to discuss next steps

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
April 28, 2024
Bill Turner, founder of the first ITHACON, and Ed Catto, instructor of the ITHACON course in the School of Business, hold the 2024 ITHACON pamphlet.

ITHACON ’47 brings a diverse array of experiences to students and fans

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
April 25, 2024
The new majors — which were approved by the New York State Education Department in Fall 2023 — are all areas of focus that could previously be declared as concentrations within the business administration major which is now being sunsetted. This means that any students currently enrolled in the major may choose to finish it, but the major will no longer be offered to incoming students.

School of Business phases out low enrollment majors, rebrands concentrations into new majors

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
April 2, 2024
Kelby Woodside, owner of Snailboat Studio, and Ithaca College sophomore Katie Oliver pose with the variety of crochet animals that were available for purchase at this year’s Fairy Fest on The Commons.

Fairy Fest creates magical day on The Commons

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
March 27, 2024
Fernanda Media, a visual artist, paints during the "Spring Into Art" event held at Hair Color Art on March 1.

‘Spring Into Art’ celebrates upcoming relocation

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
March 6, 2024
(Left to right) Diane Gayeski , Rita Bunatal, Via Carpenter, Eden Strachan. The Cultural Entrepreneurship course will be led by Gayeski and will feature five guest speakers, all of whom are alumni of color who attended the college.

Alumni of color return to teach students about cultural entrepreneurship through mini-course

By Taylor Borash, Staff Writer
February 15, 2024
The Last Dinner Party released their first album, "Prelude to Ecstasy," Feb. 2 featuring some new indie-rock sounds.

The Last Dinner Party’s first album shatters expectations

By Taylor Borash, Contributing Writer
February 8, 2024
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.

Project Look Sharp uses grant to expand media literacy initiative nationwide

By Taylor Borash, Contributing Writer
November 13, 2023
Kurt Jordan, professor of anthropology at Cornell University and director of Cornell’s American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, lead a community discussion about his book that gives a brief history of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ people, beginning at the end of the last ice age and ending in 2021. 

Book talk presents brief history of the the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ people

By Taylor Borash, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2023
From left, junior Hannah Pond, senior Ashley Graichen, Judith Pena-Shaff, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, and seniors Nick Galka and Ashanti Ford discuss the data in their survey. The survey anonymously collects information about students' experiences with mental health services on campus and in general.

Student research team’s survey assesses barriers to counseling

By Taylor Borash, Contributing Writer
October 19, 2023
Joan Marcus, assistant professor in the Department of Writing is pictured above with Mikayla Tolliver, a 2023 Summer Scholar who did a research project into the diversity of YA novels.

A study into the diversity of YA novels reveals the genre has a long way to go to be more inclusive

By Taylor Borash, Contributing Writer
October 8, 2023
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