The Ithacan Diversity Report 2022–23

By Zhannz Gomez, Former Community Outreach Manager • December 8, 2022

This year, The Ithacan is revisiting last year’s diversity report. The new diversity report was formulated by the current community outreach manager.

Pre-semester programs see increase in attendance

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor • August 24, 2022

New students flooded onto the IC campus throughout the week of Aug. 15 to attend pre-semester programming which had greater engagement than previous years.

New scholarship established in Shirley Collado’s name

By Elijah de Castro, News Editor • February 2, 2022

Collado will be receiving the Latin honor President Emerita — a Latin honors distinction awarded when one leaves an institution that allows them to retain the title of their position.

‘The Brown Girl Chronicles’- Being First Gen

February 20, 2019

https://soundcloud.com/ithacan-main/the-brown-girl-chronicles-being-first-gen   On this episode of The Brown Girl Chronicles Sobeida Discusses what it is like to be a first-generation college...

First-generation students speak about their struggles

By Hannah Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer • April 9, 2018

A panel of students at Ithaca College spoke about the additional pressures of being a first-generation student April 6. The event was the first in a monthlong Asian heritage celebration, Focus Asia Mo

Piech in Palermo: Learning more than just language

By Elena Piech, Columnist • March 6, 2018

"I am going to own up to the fact that I am learning," Elena Piech said. "And when I return to the United States, I am going to talk to my abuelos in Spanish."

Q&A: Group focuses on first-generation students

By Celisa Calacal, Opinion Editor • October 19, 2016

The First Generation Organization is meant to be a place where students who are the first in their families to go to college can meet others experiencing similar struggles.

Ithaca College panel focuses on first-generation college students

By Annie Estes, Staff Writer • April 2, 2016

Many first-generation college students deal with roadblocks during their college career, but their struggles are often overlooked, according to panelists who discussed their experiences at the First-Generation Faculty and Student Discussion Panel at noon March 31.