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SGA questions Ithaca Colleges 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.
UPDATED: Ithaca College to add CAPS counselor

UPDATED: Ithaca College to add CAPS counselor

By Aidan Quigley, News Editor • August 20, 2015
In response to last semester’s campus-wide discussion on CAPS funding, the college will be hiring a staff member for the upcoming school year and instituting a new, telephone-based assessment system.

College Briefing: April 16

April 15, 2015
Faculty Council seeking part-time representative, Fall 2015 course to offer winter trip to Costa Rica, and more
Gwen Seaquist, professor of legal studies, speaks to the Faculty Council about the pros and cons of part-time faculty unionization at its April 7 meeting, when part-time faculty from the college’s unionization movement visited.

IC adjuncts ask Faculty Council to sign union petition

By Joe Byeon, Staff Writer • April 8, 2015
The Ithaca College Adjunct Organizing Committee visited the Faculty Council on April 7 to ask members to sign a petition supporting unionization of part-time faculty.
Sophomore Tate Dremstedt, transfer student senator, sponsored a bill to recommend action to aid the colleges counseling services.

IC students respond to denial of extra CAPS resources

By Natalie Shanklin, Assistant News Editor • April 1, 2015
Ithaca College students have begun to respond in organized ways to the administration’s denial of Faculty Council’s request to expand the resources of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.
Campus frustrated by denied request for new CAPS counselor

Campus frustrated by denied request for new CAPS counselor

By Natalie Shanklin, Assistant News Editor • March 25, 2015
The Ithaca College administration’s denial of the Faculty Council’s request for a new staff member for the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services has generated disappointment among mental health advocates on campus.
Editorial: CAPS funding should have been approved

Editorial: CAPS funding should have been approved

March 25, 2015
Ithaca College cannot claim its students are the top priority if the administration is not willing to provide the necessary support.
“Frankly, if I were a member of the [Ithaca College Board of Trustees,] I wouldn’t have voted for a budget with such vagueness,” John Rosenthall, executive committee member and professor of mathematics, said. “But they approved it.”

Ithaca College rejects recommendation to add CAPS staff

By Joe Byeon, Staff Writer • March 18, 2015
The Ithaca College Faculty Council discussed potential negative impacts of next year’s school budget on the faculty and the administration’s rejection of the council’s suggestion to hire another full-time staff member for the Office of Counseling and Wellness at its meeting March 17.
Peter Rothbart, professor of music theory, history and composition, has been at the college for 35 years and is in his third year as the chair of Faculty Council.

Q&A: IC Faculty Council chair adresses recent issues

By Kayla Dwyer, News Editor • February 18, 2015
Ithaca College’s Faculty Council represents all faculty on campus in issues ranging from academic structure to benefits. Amid predictions of lower salary increments and the news of part-time faculty’s plans for unionizing, the council serves as a body of governance and counsel for its constituents.
From left, Chris Biehn, vice president for institutional advancement, presents the goals of the comprehensive campaign next to Faculty Council chair Peter Rothbart at the Feb. 3 meeting.

IC administrators seek faculty committee to raise funds

By Joe Byeon, Staff Writer • February 4, 2015
Several Ithaca College administrators visited the Feb. 3 Faculty Council meeting to discuss creating a faculty committee to help raise money for the college’s strategic plan, IC 20/20, and a pending policy regarding usage of course packs in classes.
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