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Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland held a joint press conference along with a representative from the New York Yankees on Sept. 21 when the game was announced.

Cortaca 2022 venue change results in varying reactions

By Aidan Charde, Connor Glunt, and Tommy Mumau • September 29, 2021
The 63rd annual Cortaca Jug game between Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland will be held at Yankee Stadium in November 2022.
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado at the Class of 2025 convocation Aug. 18. Collado is stepping down as president of the college effective Aug. 30.

Campus community reacts to Collado’s departure

By Caitlin Holtzman, News Editor • August 26, 2021
Some members of the Ithaca College community have expressed disappointment in President Shirley M. Collado’s last year as president following the announcement that she is leaving the college.
At the All Student and Family Gathering on March 25, La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, announced that the college is planning to be fully open for Fall 2021.

Ithaca College plans to be fully open for Fall 2021

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • March 26, 2021
Ithaca College is planning for all classes to be in person, for faculty to return to campus and to return to a normal schedule for Fall 2021.
Ithaca College sophomore Irena Rosenberg attends her Intermediate Khmer II class, a course offered at Cornell University. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she is taking the class remotely.

Language exchange program persists amid faculty cuts

By Jillian Bleier, Contributing Writer • March 17, 2021
Through the Ithaca College-Cornell University Exchange Program, IC students can take language classes that are not offered at Ithaca College.
This weekly series aims to put human faces on the faculty members who have been notified of their termination as a result of the Academic Program Prioritization.

The Faces of Austerity March 18

By Harriet Malinowitz, lecturer in the Department of Writing • March 16, 2021
This weekly series aims to put human faces on the faculty members who have been notified of their termination as a result of the Academic Program Prioritization.
Pictured from left to right is Julie Dorsey, Deborah Rifkin and Jean Hardwick. They oppose the Faculty Council issuing a vote of no confidence following faculty cuts.

Commentary: Going on a path forward following faculty cuts

By Deborah Rifkin, Jean Hardwick, and Julie Dorsey • March 10, 2021
It would be strategic for us to work on healing these traumas and learning how to offer each other compassion, even within stark disagreement.
Pedro Molina is a former cartoonist at Confidencial in Nicaragua. Molina is a visiting international scholar in residence at Ithaca College, but with the program's elimination, he is searching for a new sponsor for his visa.

Visiting international scholar in residence program eliminated

By Alex Hartzog, Staff Writer • March 4, 2021
Pedro Molina, Ithaca College’s International Visiting Scholar in Residence, is now struggling to plan his future after the college decided to end the Scholar in Residence program. 
Heather Brecht, lecturer in the Department of Communications Studies, teaches a class March 2. Brecht's position, along with her department has been targeted for elimination.

Communication studies major eliminated due to APP

By Alyssa Beebe, Contributing Writer • March 4, 2021
Members of the Department of Communication Studies are disappointed with the elimination of the communications studies major, which is being cut as a part of the APP process.
The Ithaca College Presidential Search Committee has announced that it has picked an executive search firm to use in the search for the 10th president of the college.

Administration discusses APP, campus life and COVID-19

By Caitlin Holtzman, Assistant News Editor • February 27, 2021
Administrators spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic and the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process during the All-Student and Family Gathering.
From left, sophomores Gianna Nigro and sophomore Julia DiGeronimo show their support at the Open the Books protest Feb. 19 outside of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center.

Students protest against faculty and program cuts in snow

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • February 20, 2021
Approximately 30 protesters gathered outside the PRW Center with signs and dyes to write messages in the snow.
The Ithaca College Presidential Search Committee has announced that it has picked an executive search firm to use in the search for the 10th president of the college.

IC AAUP circulates petition to reject faculty and program cuts

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • February 18, 2021
The petition asks for increased shared governance, an extended timeline and increased financial transparency throughout the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process.
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