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Barbara Adams, associate professor in the Department of Writing, has been a faculty member at Ithaca College for over 50 years, having served as a teacher. adviser and innovative writer.

Barbara Adams retires after 50 years of inspiration

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Year In Review Editor May 1, 2024
There have been 10 presidents at Ithaca College since its start as a music conservatory, all of whom have led the college through periods of great change. Barbara Adams, associate professor in the Department of Writing, has been employed at the college for six of those 10 presidents. Now, as the college’s longest-serving faculty member with over 50 years of teaching, advising and innovating what it means to be a writer, Adams is retiring.
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