Course offerings drop but faculty workload rises

By Aubren Villasenor, Staff writer • February 22, 2023

Across Ithaca College, there are limited course offerings because of major curricular revisions and faculty cuts made in the 2020–21 academic year.

Waitlist feature replaces capacity override system in class registration

By Maggie McAden, Assistant News Editor • August 27, 2018

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

Editorial: Crash during registration could have been avoided

November 16, 2017

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

Ithaca College to implement new degree evaluation program

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer • April 17, 2017

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

Commentary: Humanities are essential to student success

By Michael Smith • April 13, 2016

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.

Ithaca College students change roommates to avoid conflict

By Natasha Curran, Contributing Writer • February 24, 2016

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 allows students of different sex to be roommates

By Elena Piech, Staff Writer • February 23, 2016

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

Editorial: HomerConnect 2.0 needs improvement

April 15, 2015

The latest update to HomerConnect is called “HomerConnect 2.0,” which implies that this is a major update with significant improvements. In the software industry, version numbers typically follow a...

Ithaca College to release HomerConnect 2.0

By Max Denning, Online News Editor • April 6, 2015

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.

College Briefing: Jan. 29

January 28, 2015

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

Ithaca College student creates easier-to-navigate HomerConnect

By Katie Baldwin, Contributing Writer • October 22, 2014

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.

Colleges encourage increased parental involvement

By Taylor Zambrano, Assistant News Editor • September 3, 2014

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.