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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.

IC to use remote learning instruction for remainder of semester

By Falyn Stempler, News Editor • March 17, 2020
Ithaca College will continue remote instruction for the remainder of the semester and commencement has been moved to Aug. 1 for the Class of 2020, according to a campus wide email sent March 17.
From left, grounds crew members Chris Cornwall, Alex Teeter and Rick Marsh spread mulch in a flower bed near the Dillingham fountains. The crew begins spring landscaping in March to prepare the campus for Commencement. The grounds crew is also responsible for removing trash, planting flowers and clearing walkways of snow throughout the year.

Ithaca College grounds crew adds color to campus

By Vivian Goldstein, Staff Writer • April 25, 2019

It’s a spring day and students are out lounging in their hammocks, balancing on their tightropes and sitting on blankets or benches. The campus pops with the colors of spring — freshly mowed green...

Melissa Harris-Perry, educator and journalist, and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick will receive honorary Doctor of Letters degrees at Ithaca College's 124th Commencement.

College to award honorary degrees at Commencement

By Krissy Waite, Assistant News Editor • April 11, 2019
The college will present honorary Doctor of Letters degrees to Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist, and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick at commencement.
Daniel H. Weiss became president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015 and he became CEO in June 2017.

Metropolitan Museum of Art CEO to give commencement speech

By Sophia Adamucci, News Editor • March 7, 2018
Daniel H. Weiss is the first Commencement speaker since 2009 who is not an alum of the college.
Members of the Class of 2017 stand as their school is called during Commencement.

Students react to 2018 Commencement changes

By Ryan King, Staff Writer • January 31, 2018
The Class of 2018 will have their names read as they walk across the stage at Commencement. Previously, graduates stood as their school was called.
Members of the Class of 2017 celebrate during Ithaca College's 122nd Commencement ceremony on May 21. In previous years, graduates neither had their names read nor walked at Commencement.

Class of 2018 to walk and have names read at Commencement

By Madison Fernandez, Assistant News Editor • January 24, 2018
The Ithaca College Commencement Committee has decided that the Class of 2018 will walk and have their names read at the Commencement ceremony.
Editorial: Students have more at stake in Commencement

Editorial: Students have more at stake in Commencement

December 7, 2017
Why ask people what they think the college should do for their Commencement ceremonies if their students don’t even attend the college yet?
Doreen Hettich-Atkins, coordinator of special services and programs, and Dave Prunty, executive director of auxiliary services and a co-director of the Ithaca College Commencement Committee, held an open forum Nov. 15 for students, staff and faculty to discuss possible changes to the ceremony and for attendants to propose their own ideas on how to change it.

Commencement Committee searches for ceremony feedback

By Meredith Burke, Staff Writer • November 29, 2017
The Ithaca College Commencement Committee is looking for feedback in response to a charge given by President Shirley M. Collado when she took office in July.
Nancy Pringle, executive vice president and general counsel, spoke to Faculty Council about potentially creating a free spech policy after a controversial seaker was brough to campus.

Executive VP discusses free speech policy at Faculty Council

By Maggie McAden, Staff Writer • November 15, 2017
Pringle said the way the student protest occurred during gun-advocate Larry Pratt’s visit to campus Nov. 9 served as a model for the kind of respectful discourse that President Collado encourages.
The Ithacans for Commencement Reform, a group of parents who want students’ names called at Commencement ceremonies, say that they are working with President Shirley M. Collado to find a solution to their problems.

Open Letter: Graduates should walk at Commencement

By Scott Wolfel • November 15, 2017

Two months ago, a parent said that her first child graduated from Ithaca and she was very disappointed when students didn’t walk. She said it was her dream to see her freshman daughter walk and have...

Letter to the editor: Walking would not take 4 hours

Letter to the editor: Walking would not take 4 hours

By Ithacans for Commencement Reform • October 10, 2017
Done correctly, the ceremony could be completed in under 2 1/2 hours, which is certainly not "too long" given the many thousands of hours invested in an education.
Editorial: Commencement would be too long with walking

Editorial: Commencement would be too long with walking

October 4, 2017
Graduation is a time for recognition and celebration, and it is understandable if students at the college feel that the current commencement ceremonies are lacking in this aspect.
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