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From left, Sethavatey Limsreng ’16 and senior Alex Horner won the first-place prize for Park Tank, an annual media business competition held through the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

Smoking cessation aid wins Park Tank at Ithaca College

By Steph Siok, Contributing writer • October 10, 2016
Senior Alex Horner and Sethavatey Limsreng ’16 fused technology and medicine to claim first prize at the third annual Park Tank at Ithaca College.
These digital competitions and projects are not new to the Park school, but one new element of the production process is that the sideshow will be run by students from “Live Event Production,” a television-radio class taught by Chrissy Guest.

Park Digital Sideshow brings a circus of events to IC campus

By Kate Nalepinski, Assistant Life and Culture Editor • October 5, 2016
Four annual competitions housed in the Park School are coming together for the first time in the form of The Park Digital Sideshow.
IC sees slight decrease in enrollment and applications

IC sees slight decrease in enrollment and applications

By Max Denning, Staff Writer • October 5, 2016
After receiving 2,139 fewer applications in 2016, Ithaca College accepted 69.92 percent of applicants, the highest percentage since 2010.
From right to left, Sophomore Anna Gardner reads to 5-year-old Cecilia and her three-year-old sister, Olivia. Nearly every Thursday and Friday Gardner can be found in the children's section of the Tompkins County Public Library at a miniature desk reading to young kids — just one of many volunteer programs Gardner is a part of.

IC volunteers: Sophomore fuses volunteer work into daily life

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • October 3, 2016
“She understands not only the value of service to community members,” he said, “but Anna also understands how service is integral to a student's learning process."
Laila Ali modeling at the 2011 Heart Truth fashion show.

Laila Ali to speak at Park Distinguished Visitor Series

By Sophia Tulp, News Editor • September 7, 2016
Laila Ali, undefeated boxing world champion, fitness and wellness expert, and television personality and author, will speak at Ithaca College Sept. 29 as part of the Park Distinguished Visitor Series, according to a Sept. 6 announcement from the college.
One of many upgrades to campus that students will see this semester, is a newly-renovated studio in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Other renovations include upgrades to the Fitness Center; improved Wi-Fi service; and renovations in the Terrace Dining Hall.

Students at Ithaca College return to an upgraded campus

By Kyle Arnold, Assistant News Editor • August 24, 2016
The Ithaca College campus has undergone many changes, additions and renovations over the summer, some of which are more visibly obvious than others.

Dorothy Park, Park Foundation president, passes away at 103

By Mary Ford, Senior Writer • June 23, 2016
She and her husband, Roy H. Park — after whom the Roy H. Park School of Communications was named in 1989 — founded the Park Foundation in 1966, which has funded many projects at the college, in the community and across the nation.
The 22 NYWICI scholarship winners, including the six Ithaca College women, pose on stage at the 2016 Matrix Awards on April 25 in New York City.

Matrix Awards honor women in communications at IC

By Jacqueline Borwick, Staff Writer • May 3, 2016
Six Ithaca College women who are members of the student organization IC Women in Communications received scholarships New York Women in Communications, Inc. at this year's Matrix Awards on April 25.
The last students to complete the sport studies major, members of the classes of 2016–18, pose in front of the Dillingham Fountains in Fall 2015. The sport studies major is now only offered as a minor, and additionally Ithaca College faculty and administrators announced a proposal to split up the Department of Sport Management and Media April 29 during a town hall meeting.

Ithaca College to relocate sport management and media majors

By Danielle Allentuck, Sports Editor • May 2, 2016
During a meeting April 29, Ithaca College faculty and administrators announced a proposal to split up the Department of Sport Management and Media in an attempt to better organize the programs. However, students have criticized the decision, saying they feel they were not included in the process.
From left, James Pfrehm, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and Marella Feltrin-Morris, associate professor in the modern languages and literatures department, contributed to the creation of three new minors for the 2016–17 academic year.

Ithaca College will add three new minors in the fall

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016
The Park School will offer an animation minor, and H&S will offer linguistics and translation minors. The three minors will include classes that are new to the college and classes that already exist.
Proposed cuts to summer runs include Route 11, which services Ithaca College. According to TCAT, the last six weekday runs would be cut, meaning that the last bus would leave the Roy H. Park School of Communications stop at 8:40 p.m.

TCAT considers reducing summer runs due to staff shortage

By Michael Pyskaty, Staff Writer • March 30, 2016
The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Board of Directors is considering a plan to reduce service on certain bus routes over the summer, according to a press statement issued March 28.
Interim Registrar Danette Johnson replaced former registrar Brian Scholten March 16. Johnson said more students at Ithaca College are brining credit from high school and most of these students end up spending the full four years in college rather than graduating early.

Number of students bringing in credit to Ithaca College increases

By Rachel Langlitz, Contributing Writer • March 28, 2016
The number of Ithaca College students entering college with transfer credits from high school is increasing. With these credits, some students have the ability to graduate early, but many still choose to utilize their four years.
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