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Leslie Kelly, manager of Student Accessibility Services, said the new online streamlined process provides a direct link between students requesting accommodations and their professors.

Ithaca College releases online test accommodations form

By Kyle Stewart, Contributing Writer February 4, 2015
Students can now request test accommodations through an online process rather than filling out paper forms and making a series of phone calls.

Academic Workflow initiative releases change of major form

By Ashley Wolf, Staff Writer October 22, 2014
Students are now able to change their majors through an online process rather than a series of signatures and paper forms.
Junior Alex Blackman, left, uses Google Glass to video record junior Fiona Mancuso, right, as she treats him in the physical therapy clinic in the Center for Health Sciences under the supervision of associate professor Michael Buck.

Google Glass makes its way into IC classrooms and student research

By Maura Aleardi, Contributing Writer September 24, 2014
Ithaca College faculty have owned Google Glass for no longer than a year and have already begun using it for major advances in education and health. Both the Roy H. Park School of Communications and the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance are working on new uses for Google Glass within the classroom, as well as outside of the college.
Peter Rothbart, professor of music theory, history, and composition, and Linda Petrosino, interim provost and vice president of educational affairs, gather at the Faculty Council meeting to discuss budget reforms and academic advancements

Ithaca College leaders share progress with Faculty Council

By Ramya Vijayagopal, Assistant News Editor September 3, 2014
Several key administrators attended the Faculty Council meeting Sept. 2 to present their offices’ perspectives on issues such as the budget reforms for saving funds, goals related to IC 20/20 and the progress of the implementation of online academic workflow processes.

Faculty Council addresses fall grade period

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor April 2, 2014
This month, the council received an update on the Academic Workflow Implementation Group project and discussed moving the date for submitting final grades.
Senior Calvin Chestnut and Bryan Roberts, associate dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, give viewers a user experience of Google Glass, its applications and its future uses.

English major innovates with Google Glass

By Taylor Zambrano, Staff Writer February 26, 2014
Senior Calvin Chestnut created an application for Google Glass that allows users to keep up to date with homework, upcoming exams and daily tasks.
From left, juniors Rachel Gray and Kelly Pettigrew lead the weekly meeting of IC Charity Miles in Friends Hall. Gray and Pettigrew founded the club after discovering the smartphone application Charity Miles.

IC Charity Miles runs for good causes

By Sara Kim, Contributing Writer February 19, 2014
Juniors Kelly Pettigrew and Rachel Gray spread the word about the Charity Miles app through their new club at Ithaca College.
Bryan Roberts, assistant dean of student services, sits at his desk Monday. Roberts is helping the college move course override forms online.

Park implements online course request system

By Lindsey Witmer, Staff Writer April 18, 2013
The Roy H. Park School of Communications is piloting the new online course registration override form, which is being beta-tested for the ongoing Fall 2013 registration. With this form, all override requests for courses in the Park School will be done online.
From left, Dan Byrnes, head of the Sierra Club media team, senior Stephanie Lavallato who 
studied in D.C. and Margrete Strand, former senior director of the Labor and Trade Department, pose during a rally at the Sierra Club promoting transparency in free trade agreements.

IC sets aside DC program to prioritize others

By Sage Daugherty, Staff Writer March 21, 2013
Ithaca College's Cornell-affiliated Washington D.C. program sees low interest levels, as the college turns its focus toward other study away programs.

Stepping Forward

By Gerald Doherty, Staff Writer November 3, 2011
Every morning in the village of Dryden, Bryan Roberts, the assistant dean for student services at the Roy H. Park School of Communications, is reminded of what he used to be able to do.
Bryan Roberts, assistant dean for student services in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, sits in his office Friday. Roberts was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease and is advocating for the Michael J. Fox foundation.

Stepping Forward

By Gerald Doherty, Staff Writer November 2, 2011
Every morning in the village of Dryden, Bryan Roberts, the assistant dean for student services at the Roy H. Park School of Communications, is reminded of what he used to be able to do.
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