The Ithacan

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.

Despite the multitude of issues plaguing the college, Rochon has given the impression that he remains oblivious to the current campus climate.

While addressing the college at his final All-College Meeting, President Tom Rochon spoke about the progress he made during his tenure as president.

President Tom Rochon is tiptoeing around this issue by giving ambiguous responses to questions that demand serious answers.

The Ithaca College administration took a different approach to the biannual All-College Meeting on Aug. 18. Instead of the traditional meeting structure consisting of updates on the budget, enrollment data or upcoming initiatives, President Tom Rochon focused on two “commitments” to the campus community — diversity and inclusion, and shared governance.

Fifty-nine staff positions were cut in 29 departments at Ithaca College since August 2013 through the workforce analysis initiative.

An Ithaca College administrator announced at the Jan. 21 All-College Meeting that the initiative to cut 40 staff positions over the course of the 2015–16 academic school year will no longer include positions that are currently filled.

President Rochon responded to a question about his salary by resorting to attempts to discredit the college newspaper’s reporting.

Every year before the academic year begins, Ithaca College hosts the All-College Meeting.

The deadline to register for The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges program is Feb. 17, but Ithaca College decided against entering again this year.

Ithaca College has announced that a plan to charge parking fees for staff and faculty has been suspended temporarily.

Ithaca College President Tom Rochon has announced his plan aimed at keeping the annual cost increase for students at less than three-percent.