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At around 10:30 p.m. the night of Monday, Feb. 21, an Ithaca College student was struck twice by airsoft pellets.

College releases new diversity, equity and inclusion statement

By Cora Payne, Assistant News Editor • February 26, 2020
Ithaca College has released an updated diversity statement that reflects the goals outlined in the college’s strategic plan, Ithaca Forever. 
Susan Rankin, principal of Rankin & Associates Consulting, the firm hired to conduct the campus-climate survey, conducted two public sessions April 25 to discuss and present the results of the campus climate survey.

Climate survey shows marginalized students struggle at IC

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • April 24, 2017
Ithaca College has released the results of the most recent campus climate survey, which reveals disparities in comfort levels among the community.
From left, sophomore Sydney Brenner, vice president of Hillel, leads a discussion during a J Street U meeting on Feb. 20 in the Six Mile Creek room in the Campus Center. Junior Liz Alexander, co-president of Students for Justice in Palestine, voices her concerns over the lack of collaboration between SJP and on-campus pro-Israel groups at a different meeting April 11.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict reflected in campus community

By Kate Nalepinski, Life & Culture Editor • April 19, 2017
Haueter said that while the Hillel sector of the college campus cannot meet with certain organizations, Hillel encourages productive, open dialogue.
Ithaca College is renewing its efforts to incentivize students to take the campus climate survey, which closes Oct. 28.

Campus-climate survey participation under required threshold

By Maura Aleardi, Community Engagement Manager • October 26, 2016
Ithaca College is renewing its efforts to incentivize students to take the campus climate survey, which closes Oct. 28.
On Dec. 11, 2015, student and faculty at Ithaca College voiced their criticisms toward President Tom Rochon during a rally. The turbulent campus climate from the Fall 2015 semester motivated junior Michele Hau to research ties between dialogue, rhetoric and racism.

Student addresses racism and rhetoric in scholar program

By Kate Nalepinski, Assistant Life and Culture Editor • August 21, 2016
With guidance from her faculty mentor, Robert Sullivan, associate professor of communication studies, Hau analyzed documents from colleges in the United States as evidence for her argument, which connects political theory to the reality of discussing racism on campus.
Students hand out copies of The Ithacan to prospective students and families during the fall 2015 protests at Ithaca College. Many students have mixed feelings about diversity on campus after transitioning to college from more diverse locations.

Culture Clash: Students struggle with perceived diversity at IC

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer • March 9, 2016
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.
Editorial: Student turnout too low at input opportunities

Editorial: Student turnout too low at input opportunities

February 10, 2016
The Ithaca College student body has a history of low turnout to events or meetings that help shape the campus climate it protests.
Vincent Wang, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, stepped down from his position effective July 1.

Q&A: New Ithaca College dean discusses goals for H&S school

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer • February 9, 2016
I want to think very creatively and proactively about accelerating faculty diversity through recruitment in order to meet the needs of students in a changing time.
Keith Watters ’76 meets President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office in the spring of 1997 after attending a White House briefing, along with other major national bar association presidents.

Commentary: Dissent replaces debate at Ithaca College

By Keith Watters • January 27, 2016
The atmosphere on campus has taken an unsettling turn.
Linda Petrosino, interim provost and vice president for educational affairs, said her discussion group has been talking about the campus climate, including the possibility of a second survey.

Results of 2012 college campus survey remain unannounced

By Kayla Dwyer and Mark Prowse • December 10, 2014
The Ithaca College community is still waiting for the release of the 2012 college-wide campus climate survey.
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