The Ithacan

Ithaca College rolled out a new class registration feature, Waitlist, July 23 which aims to provide a more transparent process during class registration.

Having more time tickets — having more than two a day or having more days of registration — is the best solution, given the current system.

Over the next few months, Ithaca College will be replacing and upgrading its degree evaluation system in HomerConnect with Degree Works software.

For most of the history of higher education, the humanities were the foundation of a college degree, not a marginal element squeezed in—or worse, “gotten out of the way,” to use the all too common parlance about ICC courses on campus.

Standing in the cold for four hours was not how now-senior Nolan Elias planned his night to end one day in late October 2013. After being asked to leave his dorm, he spent his night wandering campus trying to find a place to sleep.

Ithaca College recently announced its new open-housing policy, allowing students to select roommates regardless of sex or gender.

The latest update to HomerConnect is called “HomerConnect 2.0,” which implies that this is a major update with significant improvements.

Ithaca College will be releasing “HomerConnect 2.0” later this week, an update to the Ithaca College student and faculty database, which students also use to register for classes.

Students can request testing services online, Row-a-thon to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, and more

Afer using HomerConnect for the first time, freshman Aaron Zufall decided to create a Google Chrome extension that would make the website easier to use.

What some may refer to as “helicopter parenting,” others might simply call “caring,” but the trend is the new norm, and colleges are following suit.