John Vongas is an associate professor in the School of Business at Ithaca College. He was able to lend his expertise to help research stress-work relationships and assisted in writing the paper “The Essential Impact of Stress Appraisals on Work Engagement.”

A study ranked the City of Ithaca as the 10th most stressed-out college town after analyzing tweets from students. However, some students and staff at Ithaca College question its accuracy.

Providing a creative outlet to those who didn’t know they needed it has been the most satisfying and important work that I have done with my time at IC.