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The national labor shortage and the “Great Resignation” have impacted colleges and universities across the country throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and created low levels of faculty, staff and administrative retention. 

IC adjusts to high staff, faculty and administrative turnover

By Syd Pierre, News Editor • September 21, 2022
Ithaca College continues to be affected by staffing shortages as the college rebuilds its leadership departments and deals with staff, faculty and administrative turnover.
Chaplin Yasin Ahmed, director of Religious and Spiritual Life at Ithaca College, presided over the memorial service that was held for sophomore Shea Colbert Sept. 13 in Muller Chapel. Colbert's friends, sophomores Paige Turcotte and Liam Whelan, spoke at the memorial and encouraged those who were grieving Colbert's passing to not be sad because Colbert would not have wanted that. 

College community mourns death of student at memorial

By Clare Shanahan, Assistant News Editor • September 14, 2022
Rain fell over the Muller Chapel on Sept. 13 as members of the Ithaca College community gathered to remember sophomore Shea Colbert, who died unexpectedly in a car accident Sept. 10.
First-year student Nicole Sutera is running for the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance senator on the platform of building community and collaboration after the School of Music and the Department of Theatre Arts merged to create the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in July. 

SGC election candidates present campaign platforms for Fall 2022

By Lorien Tyne, Assistant News Editor • September 14, 2022
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council held its platform presentations Sept. 13 for candidates running in the Fall 2022 election. The campaign period for the SGC candidates began Sept. 9.
Junior Camille Ealey, television and digital media major, works in the dean's suite in the Roy H. Park Hall. Each candidate for dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications held two, one-hour open sessions to introduce themselves; one for faculty and one for staff and students.

Park school holds open sessions to introduce dean candidates

By Lorien Tyne, Assistant News Editor • May 4, 2022
Faculty, staff and students attended sessions between May 2 and 5 to meet the final candidates for dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications.
From left, juniors Alex Murphy, Calvin Carmichael, Aaron Isenberg and Max Perry are the board members of the Ithaca College CoreTrading Consultants club.

Finances club teaches the importance of properly investing

By Jadyn Davis, Staff Writer • March 31, 2022
CTC is a student-run organization that allows members — currently 30 students — to integrate their course work with real-world experiences in financial services.
The Ithaca College National Association of Black Accountants has been bridging gaps for minority students in the School of Business for 10 years.

Black accountants club promotes diversity and professionalism

By Elijah de Castro, Assistant Life and Culture Editor • December 1, 2021
The Ithaca College National Association of Black Accountants has been bridging gaps for minority students in the School of Business for 10 years.
Senior Conor Calazza works at the Personal Finance Clinic for Students, which was started as a way to help students learn how to budget and plan their financial futures.

College offers personal finance workshops to students

By Elijah de Castro, Assistant Life and Culture Editor • October 27, 2021
Ithaca College is offering personal finance workshops in order to help students understand interest rates, taxes, budgeting and loans, among other things. 
Sports management students will be working at the Super Bowl this year after not going to the 2021 Super Bowl. The 12 students will monitor credentialing access and overlook media control at the event Feb. 13, 2022.

Sports management students to work Super Bowl LVI

By Rocco Di Maiolo, Contributing writer • October 6, 2021
12 students in the Ithaca College Department of Sport Management will attend Super Bowl LVI Feb. 13, 2022, to work and gain sport managerial experience.
On July 16, former Ithaca College students Jake Smith ('20) and John Kearny ('20) hosted "The Showcase at the State," where up-and-coming musicians performed.

Business school MBA program puts on showcase for artists

By Elijah de Castro, Assistant Life & Culture Editor • August 25, 2021
On July 16, former Ithaca College students Jake Smith ('20) and John Kearny ('20) hosted "The Showcase at the State," where up-and-coming musicians performed.
Ithaca College will not conduct dean searches for the School of Music, School of Business and the Roy H. Park School of Communications in the 2020–21 academic year because of the ongoing academic program review. 

Dean searches postponed for 2020–21 academic year

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editr • November 4, 2020
Ithaca College will not conduct dean searches for the School of Music, School of Business and the Roy H. Park School of Communications in the 2020–21 academic year due to academic program review.
Ithaca College will not conduct dean searches for the School of Music, School of Business and the Roy H. Park School of Communications in the 2020–21 academic year because of the ongoing academic program review. 

IC has not made any decisions to continue dean searches

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • September 23, 2020
Ithaca College has not made any decisions about proceeding with the dean searches.
From left, Kayla Wilkins and Austin Ruffino were elected to the Student Governance Council senate.

SGC welcomes three new senators and chief of staff

By Anna De Luca, Contributing Writer • October 2, 2019
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council welcomed three new senators and a chief of staff at its Sept. 30 meeting with 12 positions left to fill.
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