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On Dec. 11, 2015, student and faculty at Ithaca College voiced their criticisms toward President Tom Rochon during a rally. The turbulent campus climate from the Fall 2015 semester motivated junior Michele Hau to research ties between dialogue, rhetoric and racism.

Student addresses racism and rhetoric in scholar program

By Kate Nalepinski, Assistant Life and Culture Editor August 21, 2016
With guidance from her faculty mentor, Robert Sullivan, associate professor of communication studies, Hau analyzed documents from colleges in the United States as evidence for her argument, which connects political theory to the reality of discussing racism on campus.
Marieme Foote, current Student Government Association senate chair, speaks at her ticket's platform presentation April 21 in Emerson Suites. Foote, who is running for SGA president, said although her ticket is uncontested, they will still run a full campaign.

Sole SGA executive board ticket presents platform

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer April 25, 2016
IC Office announced its platform for the 2016–17 Student Government Association Executive Board at the April 21 SGA platform speech night. Its platform focuses on a re-evaluation of the SGA, including efforts to improve transparency, accessibility, horizontal leadership and shared governance.
After finding a passion for literature that highlights issues of racial identity, Derek Adams, assistant professor in the Department of English strives to create a safe space for students of color in his own classroom at Ithaca College.

Ithaca College professor provides safe space for students of color

By Ana Borruto, Staff Writer April 3, 2016
Sitting on Derek Adams’ desk in the Muller Faculty Center is a copy of Percival Everett’s novel “I Am Not Sidney Poitier,” a story about a character who is consistently mistaken for Academy Award–winning actor Sidney Poitier. The character decides to travel the U.S. and discover who he is so people will stop labelling him as someone he is not.
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon and Tom Grape, chair of the Board of Trustees, speak to each other at POC at IC's Oct. 21 protest. Ithaca College has announced the third-party firm tasked with finding the next president of the college.

Ithaca College announces presidential search committee

By Kyle Arnold and Sophia Tulp March 10, 2016
Ithaca College has announced the members of the search committee for the college’s ninth president. The committee of 15 is made up of six members of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees, one dean, three faculty members, two staff members, two students and one alumni representative.
Third H&S dean finalist engages in Q&A with the campus community Dec. 8.

Third H&S dean finalist visits college

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer December 9, 2015
The third of four finalists for the position of dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences came to Ithaca College on Dec. 8 to do interviews and meet with administrators, faculty, staff and students. Heather Lobban-Viravong, associate dean and associate professor of English at Grinnell College, interviewed to replace Leslie Lewis.
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