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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

Junior Abby Paquet was majoring in applied psychology in the School of Humanities and Sciences. During her time at the college, she was the treasurer for the college’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, a student employee for Information Technology, a Dean’s List student and an inductee of the Oracle Honor Society.

Ithaca College student dies unexpectedly

By Alexis Manore, News Editor March 30, 2021
President Shirley M. Collado and Rosanna Ferro, vice president for student affairs, informed the community that junior Abby Paquet died March 30.
At a Student Town Hall on Nov. 4, members of the advisory committee — a joint effort between Information Technology and the Office of the Provost — Casey Kendall, executive director of applications and infrastructure for Information Technology, and sophomores Austin Ruffino and Deontae Guy spoke about the potential new LMS.

Ithaca College chooses finalists to replace Sakai

By Jordan Broking, Staff Writer November 9, 2020
Ithaca College has chosen two finalists — Canvas and Brightspace — for its newest learning management system (LMS) to replace Sakai.
The college has been dealing with phishing scams over the past several years while also taking action to prevent phishing. In 2017 there were 14 college accounts that were compromised, and in 2018 the college implemented Duo Multifactor Authentication to increase security when accessing the college’s email service and affiliated websites.

College creates new system to report phishing

By Sam Haut, Staff Writer February 5, 2020
On Jan. 24, Ithaca College implemented a system to report phishing emails directly to the Information Technology’s Office of Information Security. 
Students can check laptops out with their student ID from the kiosk, which is located in Friends Hall outside Room 110C.

Information Technology installs new laptop rental kiosk

By Sam Haut, Senior Writer September 25, 2019
In Fall 2019, Ithaca College installed a laptop kiosk on the first floor of Friends Hall to give students without laptops access to the resource. 
Members of the campus community weigh in on the national debate of whether or not technology use in the classroom strengthens or weakens the learning experience.

College community debates impact of technology in the classroom

By Ashley Stalnecker and Madison Fernandez April 24, 2019
As technology becomes more common in the classroom, faculty and students are entering a debate as to whether it hinders or benefits learning.
David Cameron, senior web strategist in the Office of College Relations and Communications, presents plans for the new website.

New Ithaca College website design to allow for easier access

By Sam Haut, Staff Writer May 2, 2018
“We very much have built it so that it has a foundation that will allow us to change and grow over time.”
David Weil, associate vice president of information technology, is in charge of the tech side of creating an enterprise data warehouse. The project is being created in hope of collecting college data better. The project is expected to be done in three years.

College plans to implement new data collection system

By Sam Haut, Staff Writer November 29, 2017
The enterprise data warehouse is not a physical warehouse but a place where the college’s data will be stored and made more accessible through a cloud server.
When course registration began Nov. 7, many students were having trouble scheduling their classes because the site Homer Connect, which allows students to pick their classes, crashed unexpectedly.

Course registration system crashes first week of class scheduling

By Nicole Pimental, Staff Writer November 15, 2017
Many Ithaca College students have complained about course registration, which started Nov. 7, when HomerConnect began crashing.
DIIS remodels and renames itself as Information Technology

DIIS remodels and renames itself as Information Technology

By Malick Mercier, Contributing Writer October 24, 2017
Digital Instruction and Information Services department at Ithaca College has renamed itself to Information Technology.
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