The Ithacan

Ithaca College honor students find issues with program changes

By Annika Kushner and Meredith Husar • February 27, 2016

Many Ithaca College honors students are having difficulty completing the honors program since it underwent structural changes in Fall 2013. Students say the new requirements are too complicated, numerous and restrictive.

Ithaca College ICC theme helps transfer students stay on track

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • February 17, 2016

With the addition of a new credit-accommodating theme, the college has designed its unique Integrative Core Curriculum program to help transfer students pick up where they left off.

Editorial: Ithaca College has lost sight of its vision

February 3, 2016

We cannot simply hire a new president and expect that person to change everything, to provide the new direction the college needs.

Special Report: Evaluating the college’s vision in IC 20/20

By Aidan Quigley, Kayla Dwyer, and Natalie Shanklin • April 22, 2015

Evaluating some of the central tenets and initiatives of the IC 20/20 during a time when the college’s overall vision is open to interpretation and reimagination.

Editorial: Take a Fresh Look at Ithaca College and ICC

April 22, 2015

IC 20/20 began its implementation in the 2012–13 academic year. Since then, several of its components have failed to accomplish many of their original goals.

IC adjuncts ask Faculty Council to sign union petition

By Joe Byeon, Staff Writer • April 8, 2015

The Ithaca College Adjunct Organizing Committee visited the Faculty Council on April 7 to ask members to sign a petition supporting unionization of part-time faculty.

Chemistry professor to be new director of the ICC

By Max Denning, Online News Editor • April 7, 2015

Vincent DeTuri, associate professor in the chemistry department, will be the new director of the Integrative Core Curriculum beginning June 1.

Editorial: Ithaca College should reconsider ICC

March 18, 2015

Now is the time to take a step back from the ICC and create a strong general education program with fewer hoops for students to jump through.

College Briefing: March 5

March 4, 2015

Applications for director of ICC due March 18, Careers in STEM director to present at White House, and more

Computer science major prepares to graduate in second year

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • March 4, 2015

As a second-year student, senior Laurence Welch will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in May 2015. He said he graduated from Bard High School Early College with a high school diploma and associate’s degree in liberal arts, which allowed him to enter the college with 64 credits and full completion of the liberal arts requirements.

Administrators update Faculty Council on major college-wide projects

By Sabrina Knight, Staff Writer • October 8, 2014

Several key administrators visited the Faculty Council meeting to discuss administrative staffing changes and the status of college-wide projects.

College’s new foreign language center offers more learning opportunities

By Arham Muneer, Staff Writer • September 24, 2014

The Department of Modern Languages and Literature in the School of Humanities and Sciences has opened a new initiative to involve interested students in a series of global linguistic experiences.