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Peter Rothbart, chair of Faculty Council, speaks at the Nov. 10 Faculty Council meeting. Rothbart has received criticism for Faculty Council's decision to release the results of the faculty vote of "no confidence" to President Tom Rochon and the Board of Trustees before the rest of the campus community.

Faculty Council votes to hold no confidence vote

By Grace Elletson and Max Denning • November 11, 2015
Ithaca College faculty members will vote in a referendum on the issue of confidence in President Tom Rochon.
Mara Baldwin, director of the Handwerker Gallery, and Carla Golden, professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, participate at the Oct. 27 meeting in the Athletics and Events Center.

H&S and Park School faculty recommend no confidence vote

By Grace Elletson and Kyle Arnold • November 4, 2015
In the wake of faculty discussions about initiating a vote of no confidence in President Tom Rochon, two out of five schools have voted for recommending Faculty Council conduct a vote, while one has voted against holding such a vote.
SGA Senator Charlotte Robertson casts her vote Oct. 26 to initiate a student vote of no confidence in President Tom Rochon. Students can vote until 4 p.m. Nov. 30 via the survey sent out through email by the SGA on Nov. 4.

Commentary: No confidence vote is necessary for progress

By Charlotte Robertson • November 4, 2015
We can’t expect change and we can’t move forward if we do not first vote no confidence in Tom Rochon.
Abimbola "Bola" Afolayan was hired as a postdoctoral resident by the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services Oct. 7. Each year, a new person will fill the position.

Q&A: CAPS hires new employee to meet counseling demands

By Elena Piech, Staff Writer • November 4, 2015

After a push by the Faculty Council, Student Government Association and the student-organized #getCAPSready campaign, the Ithaca College Center for Counseling and Psychological Services hired an additional...

Members of the Ithaca College faculty chant "Tom Rochon, no confidence" along with students who took stage at the “Addressing Community Action on Racism and Cultural Bias” event in the A&E Center Oct. 27.

Ithaca College faculty discuss no confidence vote in president

By Aidan Quigley, News Editor • October 28, 2015
Members of the Ithaca College faculty are discussing holding a vote of no confidence in President Tom Rochon.

Ithaca College plans event to list racial climate action steps

By Aidan Quigley, News Editor • October 26, 2015
Following rallies about the racial climate on campus, Ithaca College will hold an event titled “Addressing Community Action on Racism and Cultural Bias,” which aims to list possible actions about this issue that could be undertaken immediately.

Ithaca College revisits Shared Governance

By Faith Meckley and Mark Prowse • October 7, 2015
The Ithaca College Faculty Council and Benjamin Rifkin, provost and vice president for educational affairs, are reviving conversations around improving the current system of Shared Governance at the college.
Chris Biehn, vice president of the Division of Institutional Advancement and Communication, addresses the Faculty Council about changes in the Office of Strategic Marketing Communications at the Oct. 6 meeting.

Ithaca College faculty express concern over marketing changes

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • October 7, 2015
The Office of Marketing Communications is undergoing a shift in strategy from a client-based model to a model that focuses on the whole of the Ithaca College brand. At the Oct. 6 Faculty Council meeting, faculty voiced worries about the new system.

Editorial: Intellectual Property Policy needs student input

September 23, 2015
Students already pay the college through their tuition, which entitles them the right to all resources the college can offer for their creative work.
SGA questions Ithaca College's Intellectual Property policy

SGA questions Ithaca College’s Intellectual Property policy

By Grace Elletson, Contributing Writer • September 16, 2015
Ithaca College Student Government Association President Dominick Recckio and Kyle James, SGA vice president of academic affairs, are raising questions about the college’s Intellectual Property Policy document.
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.
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.

Q&A: New provost Ben Rifkin discusses goals for the year

By Kira Maddox, Editor-in-Chief • September 1, 2015
If there’s a change we can address that’s going to have a large impact on students and make this place better, then that’s a change I need to pursue.
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