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Mat Fournier contributed to a collection of short stories, "“Deleuze and Children.” He wrote an entry about transgender children and analyzed the political perspective that society has when it comes to transgender children

Q&A: Professor publishes chapter about transgender children

By Ashley Stalnecker • March 26, 2019

Mat Fournier, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, is bringing discussions about transgender children into an academic setting. He recently published a book chapter,...

Richard Rainville, lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, died Nov. 9. Rainville taught at Ithaca College from 1990 to 2003, and returned to teach part time in Spring 2018.

Ithaca College Spanish lecturer dies at 53

By Rachel Heller, Staff Writer • November 14, 2018
Richard Rainville, lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, died at age 53 on Nov. 9.
Cornell University Police received a call of bombs being placed in Law School, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall at 2:12 p.m.

BREAKING: IC modern languages professor Richard Rainville dies

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief • November 9, 2018
It was announced to the Ithaca College community that Richard Rainville, a lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, has died Nov. 9. 
Alex Lenoble, a lecturer in the French program, teaches a class. He is one of three faculty members who started teaching in the French Department this semester.

Ithaca College French program faces faculty instability

By Evan Popp, Staff Writer • November 30, 2016
Since the end of the 2014–15 academic year, the Ithaca College French program has relied solely on part-time adjuncts and full-time contingent faculty hired on one-year contracts.
The film festival, Cine Con Cultura, features films produced in Latin American cultures. All 11 films are in Spanish or Portuguese. Tickets are $7.50 per film or $6 for seniors and students. Festival passes are $50 for all films and $40 for seniors and students. Select screenings will be shown for free.

Cine Con Cultura: Hispanic film festival shines on IC campus

By Mary Ford, Life and Culture Editor • September 28, 2016
The film festival, part of Latinx Heritage Month, began Sept. 20 and runs until Oct. 15, showing 11 films at local venues.
Benjamin Rifkin, provost and vice president for educational affairs at Ithaca College, will resign July 31 and return to teaching. He joined the college in June 2015.

Ithaca College Provost Benjamin Rifkin steps down July 31

July 19, 2016
Benjamin Rifkin, provost and vice president for educational affairs at Ithaca College, announced he will resign from his administrative role effective July 31.
Graduate fellows and undergraduate interns collaborate at the summer 2015 workshop for a master’s program combining writing and photography. This initiative is one of several new programs in the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences.

Ithaca College H&S school expands program opportunities

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer • March 6, 2016
By increasing collaborative efforts, the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences is expanding the number and nature of its programs to attract different kinds of students and offer more diverse opportunities.
Ithaca College discussed moving course evaluations online at the Dec. 1, 2015, Faculty Council meeting

Ithaca College discusses moving course evaluations online

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • January 26, 2016
As Ithaca College advances discussions about moving all course evaluations online, there is doubt in local and national conversations on the effectiveness of using course evaluations to judge a professor’s skill.

UPDATE: Associate dean will serve as interim H&S dean

By Kayla Dwyer, News Editor • April 3, 2015

As the current dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences prepares to depart from Ithaca College this June, the college has announced the appointment of an interim dean for the 2015–16 academic year. Michael...

Alejandra Zambrano, a lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the college, is the founder and executive director of La Poderosa Media Project.

Ithaca College professors teach Spanish film-making abroad

By Evan Popp, Staff Writer • February 25, 2015
La Poderosa is currently accepting applications for this summer’s program in Ecuador, which runs from May 26 to July 4. Students have until March 15 to apply to receive up to six-credit hours through Stony Brook University.
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