The Ithacan

Ithaca College will establish a permanent food pantry in the Campus Center before the end of the semester in response to food insecurity on campus.

Data from the most recent Campus Climate Survey, conducted in Fall 2016, shows that, out of nearly 3,000 students who responded, 47 percent reported experiencing financial hardship while attending the

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.

Ithaca College has released the results of the most recent campus climate survey, which reveals disparities in comfort levels among the community.

Ithaca College is renewing its efforts to incentivize students to take the campus climate survey, which closes Oct. 28.

Far less than half of the campus community has taken the survey, and if we don’t come together as a campus to hit the minimum threshold, the results will be invalid.

Just four questions were asked during the Q&A portion of a diversity and inclusion panel held Sept. 13. Among them was an anonymously submitted question about how the administration would continue to prioritize these initiatives amid high administrative turnover.

Ithaca College has set a date range for administering its second campus climate survey, which will assess how the community feels about living and learning at the institution.

Social justice advocacy from groups that seek to amplify the voices of marginalized students has forced the campus community to reconsider itself as a diverse and welcoming place.

We cannot simply hire a new president and expect that person to change everything, to provide the new direction the college needs.

Ithaca College is planning on administering a new campus-climate survey next fall, four years after the previous climate survey, which revealed a stark perception gap between different groups regarding diversity and inclusivity on campus.

Sophomore Josh Kelly of IC Progressives, sophomore James Dellasala of IC Democrats and junior Sean Themea of IC Conservatives fielded questions students submitted online prior to the debate.