By Kyle Arnold, Assistant News Editor
• March 31, 2016
As a result of an aging campus, the college has seen a buildup of deferred maintenance, which has exceeded $200 million in recent years. Deferred maintenance covers issues like cracks in concrete, or loose handrails or aging mechanical equipment, grouping projects into an agenda according to when they should be finished.
In recent years, a number of Ithaca College employees have found that the next big step in their careers was just 30 miles away. Five former Ithaca College administrative and staff members have left to take jobs at Wells College in the past two years.
By Faith Meckley, Assistant News Editor
• December 9, 2015
Jerone Gagliano was hired in November to serve as Ithaca College’s new director of energy management and sustainability. Assistant News Editor Faith Meckley spoke with Gagliano to discuss the state of sustainability at the college and his role in future sustainability initiatives.
The IC Eco-Reps are partnering with the Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division to unveil a new composting site at the Ithaca College Circle Apartments, where there currently exists no composting program.
By Kyle Arnold, Contributing Writer
• September 23, 2015
The Resource and Environmental Management Program is looking to have a student representative available in each residence hall to offer sustainable-living education.
"This is a place where people are extremely conscious that they have to put back what they take away from the environment, and they’ve learned to do that."
Amid many other concerns Ithaca College is facing — successfully instituting IC 20/20, part-time faculty unionization and the demand for better mental health services — initiatives to keep the college a leader in environmental sustainability no longer seem to be a priority, according to students and faculty involved in sustainability effo