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Editorial: Furthering campus divide will not help the college

Editorial: Furthering campus divide will not help the college

By The Ithacan • March 17, 2021
Pursuing a no confidence vote would have burned the already shaky relations between the administration and the college community. 
The Ithaca College Faculty Council (FCEC) held a working group meeting of the Faculty Council on March 10 to discuss holding a no confidence vote against the administration. Featured image is from a Faculty Council meeting from Sept. 4, 2018..

Faculty Council decides not to hold vote of no confidence

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • March 11, 2021
The Ithaca College Faculty Council has decided it will not hold a vote of no confidence against the administration. 
Collective momentum: College activists drive institutional change

Collective momentum: College activists drive institutional change

By Faith Meckley and Sophia Tulp • January 28, 2016
Students protesting the racial climate at Ithaca College are not the only ones finding a collective voice with which to address institutionalized racism. In a tumultuous fall semester, at least 75 other colleges and universities have begun bringing their demands for change to their administrations.
From left, President Tom Rochon; Staff Council Chair Sean Reilley; Ben Rifkin, provost and vice president for educational affairs; and Faculty Council Chair Peter Rothbart sit in the “Addressing Community Action on Racism and Cultural Bias" forum Oct. 27. Among the respondents to the staff vote, 48 percent said they had no confidence.

48 percent of Ithaca College staff voters have no confidence

By Faith Meckley, Assistant News Editor • January 18, 2016
Among the respondents, 48 percent said they had no confidence, 33 percent said they had confidence and 19 percent chose to abstain.
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon speaks at a People of Color at IC walk-out rally Dec. 11, 2015, after being called up to Free Speech Rock by protesters. Rochon has announced he will retire, effective July 1, 2017.

Ithaca College President Tom Rochon will step down July 2017

By Aidan Quigley, News Editor • January 14, 2016
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon has announced he will retire, effective July 1, 2017, following the 2016–17 academic year.
From left, President Tom Rochon; Staff Council Chair Sean Reilley; Ben Rifkin, provost and vice president for educational affairs; and Faculty Council Chair Peter Rothbart sit in the “Addressing Community Action on Racism and Cultural Bias" forum Oct. 27. Among the respondents to the staff vote, 48 percent said they had no confidence.

Ithaca College Staff Council to hold no confidence vote

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • December 17, 2015
After the Staff Council meeting Dec. 17, Sean Reilley, the chair of Staff Council, said, the council will be moving forward with a vote of no confidence in Rochon.
Peter Rothbart, chair of Faculty Council, speaks at the Nov. 10 Faculty Council meeting. Rothbart has received criticism for Faculty Council's decision to release the results of the faculty vote of "no confidence" to President Tom Rochon and the Board of Trustees before the rest of the campus community.

Faculty Council gave president early access to vote results

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • December 14, 2015
Faculty Council is being criticized by faculty members for releasing the results of the faculty no confidence vote to Ithaca College President Tom Rochon and the Ithaca College Board of Trustees before the rest of the college community.
Members of the Ithaca College faculty hold up "No" signs at the Oct. 27 "Addressing Community Action on Racism and Cultural Bias" event in the Athletics and Events Center. Faculty share their responses to Rochon's announcement that he will be retiring at the end of the 2016-17 school year.

Ithaca College faculty vote no confidence in President Rochon

By Faith Meckley and Kyle Arnold • December 14, 2015
A majority of faculty members have voted no confidence in President Tom Rochon as the results of the Faculty Council no confidence vote were released the morning of Dec. 14.
A member of POC at IC addresses Rochon during walkout.

POC at IC issues demands, confronts Rochon at walk-out

By Elena Piech and Parita Desai • December 11, 2015
The familiar “Tom Rochon; no confidence” chant took a new form at POC at IC’s “Demands Walk-out” Dec. 11. POC at IC summoned Ithaca College President Tom Rochon to the stage at Free Speech Rock outside of Campus Center during a walk-out to hear a formal list of demands, with the crowd chanting: “Tom Rochon, resign.”
A member of POC at IC addresses Rochon during walkout.

POC at IC issues demands, calls for Rochon’s resignation at walkout

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer • December 11, 2015
Approximately 300 members of the campus community gathered at Free Speech Rock to hear the list of demands drafted by POC at IC, and to call for Rochon’s resignation.

Editorial: Staff Council should make staff voice heard

December 9, 2015
With its position as a representative body, Staff Council should have the courage to go further.
Ithaca College part-time faculty and students from Students for Labor Action pose for a photo outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, after the part-time faculty met with Ithaca College administrators April 15.

Open Letter: Contingent faculty voice support for activism

By Part-time faculty members • December 9, 2015
We wish to express our confidence that serious, conscientious changes in campus governance will make the College stronger and safer for everyone.
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