The Ithacan

Q&A: President La Jerne Cornish discusses financial challenges and issues with the federal government

By Lorien Tyne and Kaeleigh Banda • May 1, 2025

Editor-in-Chief Lorien Tyne and News Editor Kaeleigh Banda spoke with Ithaca College President La Jerne Cornish about how IC is responding to institutional financial challenges and political pressures from the federal government.

Q&A: Steve TenEyck details his new role as dean for the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • April 11, 2025

Steve TenEyck began serving as the dean of the Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on March 1. TenEyck has worked as a faculty member at the college since 2001. He served as a professor and chair of the Department of Theatre Arts and became an associate dean of the School of MTD when the department merged with the School of Music in 2022.

Q&A: Marella Feltrin-Morris translates and writes about the works of Italian writer Grazia Deledda

By Liam McDermott, Staff writer • March 26, 2025

In early March, Marella Feltrin-Morris, professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Ithaca College, translated famous Italian writer Grazia Deledda’s short story “La porta stretta.” Morris also wrote a chapter in “Grazia Deledda’s Painterly Aesthetic,” called “The Space Between: Deledda’s Doors as Frames for Visual and Symbolic Landscapes,” which seeks to dive deeper into Deledda’s imagery of the Door.

Q&A: Sophomore Katrina Hardy studies wildlife conservation in Botswana

By Jacob Gelman, Contributing Writer • March 21, 2025

Sophomore Katrina Hardy, an environmental science major at Ithaca College, traveled to Botswana on Feb. 10 through the Round River Conservation Studies program. She is studying wildlife conservation, which extends to all herbivore species, opportunistic predators, elephants and birds in Botswana.

Q&A: Louis Pratt receives the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for service work

By Reese Schenkel, Proofreader • February 4, 2025

After accumulating over 4,000 hours of service work since 2019, sophomore Louis Pratt was awarded the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Pratt collected these hours through his local chamber of commerce and Students Against Destructive Driving, a student-run certifying organization that promotes safe driving decisions.

Q&A: Interim director for religious and spiritual life talks new role and RLC plans

By Ryan Johnson, Staff Writer • January 24, 2024

In December 2023, Austin Reid was announced as the interim director for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. The position opened when Yasin Ahmed, former director for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, resigned from the college in October 2023.

Q&A: Economics professor researches human rights during sabbatical

By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor • December 6, 2023

Elizabeth Kaletski, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Ithaca College, was on sabbatical for Spring 2023. During her sabbatical, she worked on projects centered on children’s rights for the Human Rights Measurement Initiative, including analyzing data, writing academic papers and securing funding.

Q&A: Associate Professor professes the positives of stress

By Sarah Payne, Staff Writer • November 29, 2023

John Vongas is an associate professor in the School of Business at Ithaca College. He was able to lend his expertise to help research stress-work relationships and assisted in writing the paper “The Essential Impact of Stress Appraisals on Work Engagement.”

Q&A with Ven. Geshe Lhakdor

By Prakriti Panwar and Ray Milburn • November 29, 2023

Ven. Geshe Lhakdor is His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's translator and religious assistant. He visited Ithaca College on Nov. 27 to share his perspective on the nature of peace.

Q&A: Outstanding young alumni shares experiences as White House campaign manager

By Reese Schenkel, Proofreader • November 1, 2023

Rob Flaherty ’13, deputy campaign manager for President Joe Biden, was awarded the Outstanding Young Alumni award from Ithaca College.

Q&A: Former associate professor discusses being a finalist for artist fellowship

By Mariana Contreras, Newsletter Editor • October 24, 2023

Carla Stetson, former associate professor of arts and chair of the art department, was recognized as a finalist for the Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts discipline in the 2023 New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship. Mariana Contreras, staff writer, sat down with Stetson and spoke about her recent award as a finalist for the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship.

Q&A: Dylan Lyons ’14 discusses LGBTQ+ online bookstore

By Molly Fitzsimons • September 26, 2023

Co-Life and Culture Editor Molly Fitzsimons spoke with Lyons about The Lavender Rhino, the motives behind starting this project and where it is going next. Lyons was a journalism major at Ithaca College and later received an MBA at New York University, moving to New York City post-graduation. His professional experience so far has included journalism, content marketing, as well as being active politically and fighting for causes such as LGBTQ+ rights and empowerment.