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Senior Michelle Pei, president of Active Minds at IC, said she thought the app cannot hurt, but that putting more pressure on students to seek help alone might not be good.

Ithaca College partners with mindfulness app for students

By Caroline Grass, Staff Writer • February 16, 2022
IC has partnered with the mindfulness app Sanvello and is offering premium access to college members in an effort to respond to mental health needs.
One year later, some concerns remain about CAPS

One year later, some concerns remain about CAPS

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • April 29, 2016
In Spring 2015, many students needing services at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services had to wait two to three weeks to see a counselor. A year later, the wait time has diminished, yet students still have concerns in other areas.
Junior Matthew Hirsch said though CAPS has benefited from the decision to add a staff member, there is still work to be done to address the sheer amount of demand for CAPS services.

Commentary: CAPS is still not ‘ready’

By Matthew Hirsch • April 20, 2016
While IC has made progress in acknowledging the importance of mental health care on campus, it absolutely does not mean that CAPS has the funding and staff it needs to help the students who need it.
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...

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.
A screenshot of the email Linda Petrosino, interim provost and vice president for educational affairs, sent to Jared Wolf on April 17, regarding administration particaption in an open-forum discussion.

Ithaca College administration denies request for public discussion about CAPS

By Max Denning, Online News Editor • April 17, 2015
The Ithaca College administration has rejected the #getCAPSready campaign’s invite to have an open-forum event.
Student #GetCAPSReady campaign responds to Rochon

Student #GetCAPSReady campaign responds to Rochon

By Get Caps Ready Campaign • April 9, 2015

Editor's Note: On April 8, The Ithacan published a commentary from President Tom Rochon and Linda Petrosino, provost and vice president for educational affairs in response to the controversy surrounding...

Campus community should support #getCAPSready campaign

By Amelia Erickson • April 8, 2015
CAPS needs more funding, it needs more counselors and it needs the strength of the student body to achieve that.

Dear Ithaca College, You need to #GetCAPSReady

By Christina Tudor • March 30, 2015

Fall semester started out great. I was a new RA. It was still sunny in Ithaca. I was catching up with friends. Everything was good. Then I got some pretty distressing news disclosed to me out of nowhere....

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