WATCH: Winter weather impacts Ithaca College
Facilities, grounds and maintenance staff plow and salt paths and roads for the Ithaca College campus, starting as early as 3 a.m.
Facilities, grounds and maintenance staff plow and salt paths and roads for the Ithaca College campus, starting as early as 3 a.m.
The Office of Civil Rights delivered a resolution to the college in 2015 following an investigation into a confidential complaint of inaccessibility against the college filed in 2009.
“The issue is not making more spaces. It’s making them appealing to students,” Kane said. “We need to focus on that.”
The Menstrual Products Bill proposes to eliminate the 25-cent fee and make menstrual products available in every restroom on campus.
“There was a golden era of sustainability on this campus, and we’re not in it anymore,” he said.
The Center for Trading and Analysis of Financial Instruments has been renovated this year to more closely resemble a Wall Street trading room.
This year, several outdoor gathering spaces will be built on campus as one of the first installments of Ithaca College’s Master Plan.
Rothschild Place, a temporary structure on Ithaca College’s campus built in 2004 to house department overflow, has been operating under a temporary occupancy permit since its creation. However, the college applied for and was granted a permanent occupancy permit for the building Aug. 2. Despite this change, there are no plans at this time to renovate or build a permanent structure.
The Ithaca College campus has undergone many changes, additions and renovations over the summer, some of which are more visibly obvious than others.
Ithaca College’s Terrace Dining Hall celebrated its 50th birthday this year with a facelift, including renovations to the infrastructure, floor space and interior decor.
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.
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.