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Bob Iger ’73, CEO of The Walt Disney Co., will take over the role of executive chairman to ease the transition until the end of his contract on Dec. 31, 2021. Iger has previously said he would be stepping down in 2021.

Disney CEO alumnus Bob Iger spoke about success strategy to IC

By Maura Aleardi, Community Engagement Manager October 27, 2016
Bob Iger ’73, high-caliber Ithaca College alumnus and CEO of Disney, came to visit his alma mater Oct. 26 to speak to the college community.
IC 20/20 to wrap up in 2017 to clear slate for new president

IC 20/20 to wrap up in 2017 to clear slate for new president

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer October 26, 2016
Ithaca College’s “IC 20/20” strategic plan will wrap up in Spring 2017, allowing the next president of the college to implement their own larger vision for the college.

Dorothy Park, Park Foundation president, passes away at 103

By Mary Ford, Senior Writer June 23, 2016
She and her husband, Roy H. Park — after whom the Roy H. Park School of Communications was named in 1989 — founded the Park Foundation in 1966, which has funded many projects at the college, in the community and across the nation.
Sophomore Katie Baldwin leads an executive board meeting for IC Women in Communications on March 22 in Roy H. Park Hall.

Q&A: Organizer reflects on Women in Media month

March 22, 2016
Opinion Editor Kayla Dwyer spoke with Sophomore Katie Baldwin about key issues that emerged from the first Women in Media Month.
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon and Tom Grape, chair of the Board of Trustees, speak to each other at POC at ICs Oct. 21 protest. Ithaca College has announced the third-party firm tasked with finding the next president of the college.

Ithaca College announces presidential search committee

By Kyle Arnold and Sophia Tulp March 10, 2016
Ithaca College has announced the members of the search committee for the college’s ninth president. The committee of 15 is made up of six members of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees, one dean, three faculty members, two staff members, two students and one alumni representative.
From left, Cindi Berger 83, assistant professor Chrissy Guest and Allison Usavage 11 discuss issues of representation of women in the media during the Roy H. Park School of Communications Women in Media Panel on March 8, one of the events during the Park Schools Women in Media Month.

Media Wonderwomen: Ithaca College celebrates women in media

By Kate Nalepinski, Staff Writer March 9, 2016
In order to emphasize the power women deserve and to shine a light on the underrepresentation of women, the Park School created its first-ever Women in Media Month, holding events that recognize influential women in the business.
David Simon accepts the Rod Serling Award for Advancing Social Justice Through Popular Media Feb. 4 in Los Angeles.

David Simon receives inaugural Rod Serling Award

By Meredith Husar, Staff Writer February 6, 2016
The Rod Serling Award for Advancing Social Justice Through Popular Media was presented to David Simon Feb. 4 at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles.

Winter storm system delays travel back to Ithaca College

By Kathleen McAleese, Contributing Writer January 26, 2016
After a winter storm crippled much of the East Coast and severely hindered traffic on major roadways and delayed thousands of airline flights, many students returning for the spring semester were set back in their travels.
Antonio Cepeda-Benito, a psychology professor at the University of Vermont, visited the college Dec. 1.

First H&S dean finalist visits Ithaca College

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer December 2, 2015
Antonio Cepeda-Benito, psychology professor and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont, interviewed to replace Leslie Lewis, who left the college in July. Lewis is now provost and vice president of academic affairs at Goucher College in Baltimore.

H&S dean search narrowed to four finalists

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer November 18, 2015
The search committee for the position of dean in the School of Humanities and Sciences has chosen four finalists and is aiming to announce a new dean in December.
Virginia Mansfield-Richardson has been an associate dean in the Roy H. Park School of Communications since 1999.

Park School associate dean leaving Ithaca College

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor September 24, 2015
Virginia Mansfield-Richardson, associate dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, has accepted a job at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Benjamin Rifkin, provost and vice president of educational affairs, proposed the spending cap at the Sept. 1 Faculty Council meeting.

Rifkin proposes faculty search budget changes to Faculty Council

By Grace Elletson, Contributing Writer September 3, 2015
Provost Benjamin Rifkin proposed changes, including creating more college-wide consistency and lowering spending in the faculty candidate search process at his first faculty council meeting Sept. 1.
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