Vivian Rose

During summer 2024, at least six new staff members joined the Ithaca College community, filling key roles within student life offices. At least two employees of the college departed during this time period as well.

In 2023, Ithaca College faced objections from the local community while constructing a synthetic turf field approved by the Town of Ithaca’s Planning & Development Board. Now in 2024, the City of Ithaca’s planning board will meet Sept. 3 to determine the next steps of Cornell University’s proposal of constructing two synthetic turf fields on its campus.

In an email sent Aug. 27 by Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, and Vikki Levine, Ithaca College’s registrar, it was announced that the college will not have classes on Yom Kippur and Eid al Fitr during Fall 2025 and Spring 2026, respectively. To make this possible, the usual breaks fall during the dates the holidays occur.

Margaret Shackell, associate professor and director in the Department of Accounting and Business Law, designed a model to teach accountants how to use the same balance in thinking as a NASCAR pit team. Accountants use similar thought processes to account for multiple factors within a business like finances, resources and environmental concerns.

Students and staff picked and gathered vines growing in the bushes in front of the Roy H. Park School of Communications parking lot Sept. 16. Some climbed into the bushes to grab the vines of the invasive swallow-wort, a plant harmful to monarch butterflies.

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas led attacks on an Israeli music festival that killed about 1,200 people, now marking a year of the Israel-Hamas war. To commemorate the events of Oct. 7, members of the Ithaca College community organized and attended gatherings to remember the tragedy and its aftermath.

Public Safety Logs 10/15/24

College Briefs 10/30

Public Safety Logs 10/14–10/20

Ithaca College and Longview Senior Living Community celebrated the 25th anniversary of partnership through educational opportunities for both students of the college and residents of the community.