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Senate Chair Farwa Shakeel and SGC President Carlie McClinsey talk at the SGC meeting Feb. 12. Three new senators were elected at the meeting.

SGC elects new senators for Spring 2018

By Laura O'Brien, Staff Writer • February 14, 2018
There are still nine vacant senate positions to fill.
Senior Eli Serota writes about his personal experiences with the colleges Integrative Core Curriculum and the band-aid solutions that continue the broken cycle.

Commentary: Solutions to ICC come at cost to students

By Eli Serota • February 13, 2017
The ICC is disorganized, lacks accountability, and often causes headaches for participating students.
Tom Swensen, professor and chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences and Faculty Council chair, said the idea for closed sessions were originally proposed to the executive committee by Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado

Faculty Council makes little progress optimizing ICC

By Rachel Kriedberg, Staff Writer • December 7, 2016
As of the second to last week of the fall semester, the committee has not announced any new findings, nor have any policy changes been proposed.
IC 20/20 to wrap up in 2017 to clear slate for new president

IC 20/20 to wrap up in 2017 to clear slate for new president

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer • October 26, 2016
Ithaca College’s “IC 20/20” strategic plan will wrap up in Spring 2017, allowing the next president of the college to implement their own larger vision for the college.
Jason Freitag, above, filled in for chairman Tom Swenson at the Faculty Councils Oct. 4 meeting where they discussed retention, the Integrative Core Curriculum and rolling grades.

Faculty Council discusses retention at Ithaca College

By Rachel Kreidberg, Contributing writer • October 5, 2016
The Faculty Council discussed student-centered issues of retention rates, the release of final grades and the Integrative Core Curriculum.
Linda Petrosino ’77, M.S. ’78, retiring dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, has been the dean of the School of HSHP since 2012 and has facilitated the development of programs, partnerships and strategic goals.

Ithaca College follows timeline for reaccreditation process

By Sierra Guardiola, Contributing Writer • September 27, 2016
Ithaca College is taking the first major step toward reaccreditation by putting together the first drafts of a report that analyzes how the college is meeting certain standards.
Vince DeTuri, director of the Integrative Core Curriculum, has been in the position for a year. Hes spent his time trying to pass more policies to better the ICC and work with professors to create more ICC classes. However, student and faculty criticism still exist that the ICC has flaws that arent being addressed.

A year into ICC director position, DeTuri working toward change

By Anna Lamb and Grace Elletson • May 8, 2016
A year into his tenure as the Integrative Core Curriculum director, Vincent DeTuri said he and the Committee on College-Wide Requirements are planning to make the ICC more manageable by changing some of its requirements after facing complaints among faculty and students that there are still many problems with the ICC.
Junior Faith Meckley pulls a Conestoga-style wagon near Branchport, Iowa, in August 2014 as part of the cross-country Great March for Climate Action, for which she took a semester off college.

Commentary: High-stress college model is unsustainable

By Faith Meckley • April 27, 2016
I can finish my degree whenever I want. But I cannot put my mental and emotional health off any longer.
Benjamin Rifkin, provost and vice president for educational affairs, is head of a team monitoring Ithaca Colleges reaccreditation process. The college is currently in The Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccreditation process, a procedure to evaluate if the college is reaching certain standards of quality higher education.

Ithaca College begins process for reaccreditation

By Ana Borruto, Staff Writer • April 19, 2016
Ithaca College is in the beginning stages of The Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccreditation process, a procedure to evaluate if the college is reaching certain standards of quality higher education.
Interim Registrar Danette Johnson replaced former registrar Brian Scholten March 16. Johnson said more students at Ithaca College are brining credit from high school and most of these students end up spending the full four years in college rather than graduating early.

Number of students bringing in credit to Ithaca College increases

By Rachel Langlitz, Contributing Writer • March 28, 2016
The number of Ithaca College students entering college with transfer credits from high school is increasing. With these credits, some students have the ability to graduate early, but many still choose to utilize their four years.
Ithaca College’s Provost’s Task Force on Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC) Revision has finalized its proposed changes to the ICC. Students and faculty said they see a benefit to including student voices in the decision-making process moving forward. 

Point/Counterpoint: Debating the Integrative Core Curriculum

By Luke Keller and Michael Trotti • March 23, 2016
Two professors from the School of Humanities and Sciences provide opposing opinions on the structure of the Integrative Core Curriculum.
Luke Keller, co-chair of the self-study and Dana professor of physics and astronomy, said Middle States representatives will be on campus Feb. 25–28 in 2018 to see if the college meets the criteria mentioned in the final report. The final accreditation decision will be made in June, he said.

Commentary: ICC incorporates intention into courses

By Luke Keller • March 21, 2016
I like the ICC better than the previous system on three levels: as a teacher, as an academic advisor, and as a curriculum developer.
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