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Rakin “Rock” Hall, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Success, said that as of May 6, the college has received 1,248 deposits from incoming students for the 2025-26 academic year.

Faculty Council elects new executive committee and discusses enrollment

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • May 8, 2025
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met May 6 for its last meeting of the 2024-25 academic year to hear an update on the college’s enrollment from Rakin “Rock” Hall, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Success, amid other agenda items.
The meeting opened with a report from Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, who said the March 22 Experience Ithaca event saw a 55% increase in attendees from the same event last year.

Faculty Council discusses proposed questions for student statement surveys

By Kaeleigh Banda and Eamon Corbo • April 7, 2025
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met April 1 to discuss proposed questions for student statement surveys.
Paula Murray Cole, professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance Performance and member of Ithaca College’s Faculty Council, met with the college’s Student Governance Council at its March 24 meeting to gather feedback on proposed changes to the student statements surveys given at the end of every course.

SGC discusses proposed changes to student statement surveys

By Aela Shaw, Staff Writer • March 25, 2025
Paula Murray Cole, professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance Performance and member of Ithaca College’s Faculty Council, met with the college’s Student Governance Council at its March 24 meeting to gather feedback on proposed changes to the student statement surveys given at the end of every course.
Luke Keller, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and member of Presidential Working Group on AI, said the working group had many discussions about how the college can be conscious of the environmental impact of AI and be able to recognize when AI use violates the college’s core values.

AI working group visits Faculty Council

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • March 5, 2025
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met March 4 to discuss the use of artificial intelligence at the college with the Presidential Working Group on AI.
David Gondek, chair of the council and associate professor in the Department of Biology, brought up potentially reducing the number of committees faculty are required to serve on, and the required number of participants on each committee.

Faculty council discusses benefits survey

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • January 22, 2025
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met Jan. 21 for its first meeting of Spring 2025 to give feedback on survey questions for next year’s benefits cycle from the Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee.
Rakin "Rock" Hall, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Success, spoke with the Faculty Council Dec. 3 about combatting the college's budget deficit.

Faculty council discusses college’s work to eliminate budget deficit

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor • December 6, 2024
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met Dec. 3 to discuss the college’s ongoing work with the Huron Consulting Group and hear from two guest speakers about actions the college can take to increase enrollment and revenue.
From left, Stacia Zabusky, Provost Stein, Sloan MacRae, Melissa Marchese, Allison Usavage and Will Porter. Ithaca College Faculty Council heard the Provost report and heard about the storytelling beat system from the college's marketing and communications team.

Faculty council hears from marketing team about storytelling from the college beat system

By Makai Yllanes, Assistant Video Editor • October 9, 2024
Ithaca College’s Faculty Council met Oct. 1 to discuss the changes and successes of the summer academic onboarding and pre-registration process. The council also heard new plans from the college’s Marketing and Communications team.
Provost Stein spoke with the Faculty Council Sept. 3 about updates to the 2025-26 academic calendar. The changes align breaks with Yom Kippur and Eid al-Fitr.

Faculty council discusses college’s next steps for reaccreditation

By Taylor Borash, Assistant News Editor • September 5, 2024
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met Sept. 3 for its first meeting of Fall 2024 to discuss the rules of order, hear about the ongoing reaccreditation process and voice concerns to be addressed during later meetings.
Belisa González spoke with the Ithaca College faculty council May 7 about the Campus Climate Survey results and key findings. The meeting concluded faculty council for Spring 2024, but will resume in Fall 2024.

Faculty Council revises grade policy for students to have ten weeks to submit an S/D/F form

By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor • May 10, 2024
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met May 7 with new members of the council in attendance. The new and continuing members voted on the Faculty Council Executive Committee’s 2024-25 chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, Academic Policies Committee liaison and two “at large” Academic Policies Committee liaisons.  
The faculty council heard the Provost report and study abroad updates from Rachel Gould, senior director of study abroad in the Office of International Programs April 2. 

Faculty Council votes to have a ‘not applicable’ choice in student statements

By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor • April 4, 2024
Ithaca College’s Faculty Council met April 2 to clarify definitions relating to types of appointments and faculty evaluation within Sections 4.9 and 4.12 of the Faculty Handbook. The council also voted upon adding a “not applicable” choice in standardizing student statement evaluations, which are collected from students toward the end of each semester for feedback on courses. 
The Ithaca College Faculty Council heard the Provost's report and updates from the Credit Hour Policy, Plagiarism/Misconduct policy and an update about the Faculty Handbook.

Provost Stein informs Faculty Council employee salaries are down by several million dollars

By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor • March 6, 2024
Ithaca College’s Faculty Council discussed low salaries for faculty members and how AI changed the college’s plagiarism policy at its March 5 meeting. The council also heard the provost’s report from Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, and heard updates about the Student Statement Committee from David Hajjar, associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
From left, Luke Keller, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; Stacia Zubusky, associate provost of Academic Programs; and FC Chair Dave Gondeck.

Faculty Council initiates credit hour policy clarifications for reaccreditation process

By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor • February 7, 2024
The Ithaca College Faculty Council heard from Stacia Zabusky, associate provost for Academic Programs, about the college’s credit hour policy and Emily Rockett, vice president, general counsel and secretary to the board of trustees, about nominations for a faculty trustee in its Feb. 6 meeting. 
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