The Ithacan

Faculty Council is reevaluating an IP rights policy proposed four years ago but lost in the approval process, preventing it from being enacted.

Paula Younger, executive director for government and community relations, briefed the council on some of the new projects she is developing.

The Ithaca College Faculty Council discussed creating a new college values statement at its meeting Jan. 22.

The Ithaca College Faculty Council continued its deliberation about a new faculty mediator position at its meeting Dec. 4.

The Ithaca College Faculty Council discussed possible changes to freshman orientation and the course registration processes at its meeting Nov. 13.

The Integrative Core Curriculum will be undergoing a program review to assess how effective it has been for Ithaca College students.

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado and La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, spoke at the college’s Faculty Council meeting Sept. 4.

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado introduced La Jerne Cornish, the newly appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, at the Faculty Council meeting May 1.

Additionally, members of the college’s administration presented a draft of the new Ithaca College Paid Family Leave Policy (ICPFL).

Faculty Council discusses implementing a college paid family leave policy, doing a Faculty Load Service Survey and issues arising with DegreeWorks.

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 Faculty Council historically has had, and will continue to have, regular monthly meetings that are open to all faculty and to the student media.