The Ithacan

At the All-College Gathering on Jan. 28, Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado spoke about impending economic and structural changes the college will see.

On Aug. 29, the Ithaca College administration hosted an All-College Gathering for students, staff and faculty to come together, hear the administration’s latest updates and voice their concerns regarding changes on campus. 

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado discussed the strategic plan and financial health at the All-College Gathering Aug. 29 in Emerson Suites.

Departments across the college were asked to cut their budgets in order to reallocate their funds to balance the budget for the 2019–20 fiscal year.

At the All-College Gathering on Aug. 23, Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado announced that the college’s carbon footprint is projected to drop by 45 percent this academic year. This decrease in overall carbon output is part of the college’s previous pledge to be completely carbon neutral by the year 2050.

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado held a student media press conference – with media representatives from The Ithacan, WICB and VIC Radio – Sept. 6 to answer questions about topics brought u

At the All-College Gathering held Aug. 23, the community learned about the first stages of the college’s five-year strategic plan.

Those of us distributing the stickers were clear in our messaging that they were available but not expected or required.

“I stand here with you, continuing to have the courage to share with you who I am as a person and certainly as your leader,” Collado said.

Simply put, the college needs to allocate more resources to ensure that students are safe, happy and healthy while on campus.

Collado is promising, to say the least, and has arrived to much excitement and fanfare in the campus community.

Collado said her two largest focuses this year are to get to know the college deeply as an institution and to encourage campus communities to come together.