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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

College aims to recruit and retain faculty of color

College aims to recruit and retain faculty of color

By Madison Moore, Staff Writer February 8, 2018
There are only 17 African-Americans, 25 Asians and 30 Hispanics out of the 732 faculty that work on campus.
Marlon Peterson, an African-American activist, gives the keynote presentation at the Ithaca College MLK Week 2018. Peterson shares his personal experiences with incarceration.

MLK Week 2018 keynote speaker discusses human rights

By Madison Moore, Staff Writer January 24, 2018
Marlon Peterson, an African-American activist, speaks about youth development, violence prevention, criminal justice and equality at MLK Week 2018.
Machan has published 34 books and more than 1,500 individual pieces of poetry so far as a writer.

IC writing professor publishes poetry collections

By Madison Moore, Staff Writer December 6, 2017
Katharyn Howard Machan recently released two new collections of poetry based on her life experiences.
Thomas Pfaff, professor in the Department of Mathematics,  has interacted with Ithaca College administrators often as the former Honors Program director for three and a half years and as a faculty member.

Professor discusses harmful impacts of administrative culture

By Madison Moore, Staff Writer November 13, 2017
Thomas Pfaff, professor in the Department of Mathematics, wrote an article for Inside Higher Ed titled, “The Need for Slower Administrators.”
Cyndy Scheibe, professor in the Department of Psychology and founder and executive director of the college’s media literacy initiative Project Look Sharp, co-authored a guide for educators to use to increase media literacy.

Professor helps to create media literacy pamphlet for classrooms

By Madison Moore, Staff Writer November 6, 2017
The QRG is designed for teachers as a resource to understand media literacy, the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.
Ithaca College senior Emily Delnicki and junior Brett Levine won a class competition to create a new logo for the City of Ithaca Parks last semester.

Students design new logo for City of Ithaca Parks

By Madison Moore, Contributing Writer October 10, 2017
City Forester Jeanne Grace said the Parks Commission was interested in creating a signifying logo to let people know what spaces in the city are public spaces.
Margaret Shackell-Dowell, visiting professor at Ithaca College, set a 50-for-50 initiative to raise $50,000 for organizations before her 51st birthday in March of 2018.

Professor sets goal to raise $50,000 in one year

By Madison Moore, Contributing Writer October 2, 2017
Margaret Shackell-Dowell has raised $25,078.25 thus far in her 50-for-50 initiative to raise $50,000 for organizations before March of 2018.
The use of student devices in classrooms is determined by each professor, and depends on the course they are teaching. Some professors support student devices, arguing they serve as a teaching tool while others argue they are distracting to students in class.

Professors hold different views regarding student devices

By Madison Moore, Contributing Writer September 24, 2017
Senior Connor Rebis said most of her professors do not allow the use of laptops or phones in classes because they find them distracting to students.
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