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{{Short description|Private college in Ithaca, New York, U.S.}}
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  | name                  = Ithaca College
  | name                  = Ithaca College
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  | established            = {{start date and age|1892|9|19}}
  | established            = {{start date and age|1892|9|19}}
  | type                  = [[Private college]]
  | type                  = [[Private college]]
  | endowment              = $356.8 million (2022)<ref>As of June 30, 2022. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2022 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY21 to FY22 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410225418/https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx |url-status=live }}</ref>
  | endowment              = $437.1 million (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2025-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2025 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2025 Endowment Market Value |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 15, 2026 |format=XLSX}}</ref>
  | president              = [[La Jerne Terry Cornish]]
  | president              = [[La Jerne Terry Cornish]]
  | city                  = [[Ithaca, New York]]
  | city                  = [[Ithaca, New York]]
  | country                = U.S.
  | country                = U.S.
  | students              = 6,266 (Fall 2019)<ref name=Enrollment>{{cite web |url=https://public.tableau.com/profile/ithaca.college.office.of.institutional.research#!/vizhome/AIRIthacaCollegefallopeningenrollment/FallOpeningEnrollment |title=Fall Opening Headcount and FTEs |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924054427/https://public.tableau.com/profile/ithaca.college.office.of.institutional.research#!/vizhome/AIRIthacaCollegefallopeningenrollment/FallOpeningEnrollment |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
  | students              = 6,266 (Fall 2019)<ref name=Enrollment>{{cite web |url=https://public.tableau.com/profile/ithaca.college.office.of.institutional.research#!/vizhome/AIRIthacaCollegefallopeningenrollment/FallOpeningEnrollment |title=Fall Opening Headcount and FTEs |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924054427/https://public.tableau.com/profile/ithaca.college.office.of.institutional.research#!/vizhome/AIRIthacaCollegefallopeningenrollment/FallOpeningEnrollment |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
  | undergrad              = 5,852 (Fall 2019)<ref name=Enrollment/>
  | undergrad              = 4,957 (Fall 2020)<ref name=":5"/>
  | postgrad              = 414 (Fall 2019)<ref name=Enrollment/>
  | postgrad              = 414 (Fall 2019)<ref name=Enrollment/>
  | faculty                = 721
  | faculty                = 721
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  | colors                = {{color box|#003B71}}{{color box|#FFBB00}}{{color box|#9C9C9C}} Blue, gold, gray
  | colors                = {{color box|#003B71}}{{color box|#FFBB00}}{{color box|#9C9C9C}} Blue, gold, gray
  | athletics_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] – [[Liberty League]], [[United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association|USCSSA]]
  | athletics_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] – [[Liberty League]], [[United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association|USCSSA]]
  | sports_nickname        = Bombers
  | sports_nickname        = [[Ithaca Bombers|Bombers]]
  | academic_affiliations  = [[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<br />[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]
  | academic_affiliations  = [[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<br />[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]
  | website                = {{URL|https://ithaca.edu}}
  | website                = {{URL|https://ithaca.edu}}
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'''Ithaca College''' is a [[private college]] in [[Ithaca (town), New York|Ithaca, New York]]. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a [[Music school|conservatory]] of music. Ithaca College is known for its media-related programs and entertainment programs within the [[Roy H. Park School of Communications]] and the [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]]. The college has a [[liberal arts]] focus, and offers several pre-professional programs, along with several graduate programs, mainly in Business, Health Sciences, and teaching degrees through the school of Humanities and Sciences.<ref>[http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=15312&start=782 Carnegie Classifications: Ithaca College] Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.</ref>
'''Ithaca College''' is a [[private college]] in [[Ithaca (town), New York|Ithaca, New York]], United States. Founded in 1892 as a [[Music school|music conservatory]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Ithaca College |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/ithaca-college |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> the college has a [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]] focus, and today confers degrees in over 100 majors. In addition to several pre-professional programs, it offers several graduate programs, mainly in business, health sciences, and teaching degrees through the School of Humanities and Sciences.<ref>[http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=15312&start=782 Carnegie Classifications: Ithaca College] Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.</ref>
 
Building on its heritage, the school provides media-related and entertainment programs within the [[Roy H. Park School of Communications]] and the [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:Boardman_House,_Ithaca_NY.jpg|thumb|right|[[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|Boardman House]], the original site of Ithaca Conservatory of Music]]
Ithaca College was founded as the ''Ithaca Conservatory of Music'' in 1892 by local [[violin]] teacher William Grant Egbert. For nearly seven decades the institution grew in the city of [[Ithaca, New York |Ithaca]], adding to its music curriculum the study of [[elocution]], dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college under its current name, ''Ithaca College''. The college was originally in the [[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|Boardman House]]; that building later became the Ithaca College Museum of Art, and it was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>[[File:Job Hall, Ithaca College campus.jpg|thumb|Job Hall]]
By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on [[South Hill, New York|South Hill]] in the 1960s, and students were shuttled between the old and new locations during the construction. As of 2009, the student body included representatives from most U.S. states and 78 countries.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |title=Institutional Research |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222231823/http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |archive-date=2009-02-22 |url-status=live}}</ref>


===Beginnings===
In August 2025, it was reported that the college agreed to settle a [[class action]] made by a group of former students regarding tuition refunds during the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=$1.5M Ithaca College Settlement Ends Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Tuition Refunds |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/1.5m-ithaca-college-settlement-ends-lawsuit-over-covid-19-tuition-refunds |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=www.classaction.org |language=en}}</ref> As part of the settlement, the college agreed to pay the claimants a total of $1.5 million.<ref name=":2" />
[[File:Boardman_House,_Ithaca_NY.jpg|thumb|right|Boardman House, the original site of Ithaca Conservatory of Music]]
Ithaca College was founded as the ''Ithaca Conservatory of Music'' in 1892 when a local [[violin]] teacher, William Grant Egbert, rented four rooms and arranged for the instruction of eight students. For nearly seven decades the institution flourished in the city of Ithaca, adding to its music curriculum the study of [[elocution]], dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college under its current name, ''Ithaca College''. The college was originally in the [[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|Boardman House]]; that building later became the Ithaca College Museum of Art, and it was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
 
===Modern era===
[[File:Job Hall, Ithaca College campus.jpg|thumb|Job Hall]]
By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on South Hill in the 1960s, and students were shuttled between the old and new locations during the construction. The hillside campus continued to grow in the ensuing 30 years to accommodate more than 6,000 students.
 
As the campus expanded, the college also began to expand its curriculum. By the 1990s, some 2,000 courses in more than 100 programs of study were available in the college's five schools. The school attracts a multicultural student body with representatives from almost every state and from 78 other countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |title=Institutional Research |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222231823/http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |archive-date=2009-02-22 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2020 the college announced that 130 of its 547 faculty positions would be cut to reduce the school's budget by $30 million because of declining enrollment. 4,957 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall of 2020, versus 5,852 in 2019 and 6,101 in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Korba |first1=Alyshia |title=IC to cut 130 faculty positions due to low enrollment |url=https://theithacan.org/news/ic-to-cut-130-faculty-positions-due-to-low-enrollment/ |access-date=October 12, 2020 |publisher=The Ithacan |date=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018085354/https://theithacan.org/news/ic-to-cut-130-faculty-positions-due-to-low-enrollment/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
===Presidents===
Ithaca's current president is [[La Jerne Terry Cornish]]. She was named the school's 10th president, in March 2022, after having served in as interim president since August 30, 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=Ithaca College Names Dr. La Jerne Terry Cornish President |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/news-roundup/article/15289729/ithaca-college-names-dr-la-jerne-terry-cornish-president |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education |language=en-us |archive-date=2022-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531182859/https://www.diverseeducation.com/news-roundup/article/15289729/ithaca-college-names-dr-la-jerne-terry-cornish-president |url-status=live }}</ref>


She replaced [[Shirley Collado|Shirley M. Collado]] who departed Ithaca College to become the president and CEO of College Track, a comprehensive college completion program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shirley M. Collado to Depart Ithaca College and La Jerne Terry Cornish to Become Interim President |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/news/shirley-m-collado-depart-ithaca-college-and-la-jerne-terry-cornish-become-interim-president |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728201646/https://www.ithaca.edu/news/shirley-m-collado-depart-ithaca-college-and-la-jerne-terry-cornish-become-interim-president |url-status=live }}</ref> She was named the ninth president of Ithaca College on February 22, 2017, and assumed the presidency on July 1, 2017. She was previously executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at [[Rutgers University–Newark]] and vice president of student affairs and dean of the college at [[Middlebury College]]. She is the first Dominican American to be named president of a college in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/shirley-m.-collado-inaugurated-as-ithaca-colleges-ninth-president-47977/ |title=Ithaca College Enters New Era: Shirley M. Collado Inaugurated as College's Ninth President - IC News |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2017-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204053531/https://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/shirley-m.-collado-inaugurated-as-ithaca-colleges-ninth-president-47977/ |archive-date=2018-02-04 |url-status=live}}</ref> During Collado's time as president she was the center of multiple controversies. Collado faced backlash when students and faculty discovered she was accused of sexually abusing a female patient while working as a psychologist in Washington, D.C., in 2000 and was convicted of sexual abuse in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quigley |first=Aidan |date=2018-01-16 |title=Ithaca College President Shirley Collado pleaded no contest to sexual abuse charge in 2001 |url=https://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-president-shirley-collado-has-2001-sexual-abuse-conviction/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The Ithacan |archive-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418041821/https://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-president-shirley-collado-has-2001-sexual-abuse-conviction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Students further questioned her transparency when she announced plans to cut 116 full-time faculty members, some of whom had worked at the school for decades, after receiving a $172,769 payment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Castro |first=Elijah |date=2023-01-25 |title=Former president Collado received $172,796 payment before layoffs |url=https://theithacan.org/news/former-president-collado-received-172776-payment-before-layoffs/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The Ithacan |archive-date=2023-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409192040/https://theithacan.org/news/former-president-collado-received-172776-payment-before-layoffs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Collado eventually announced in July 2021 that she will step down in January to become president and CEO of College Track.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitford |first1=Emma |title=Ithaca College President Resigns |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/07/09/shirley-collado-leave-ithaca-college-college-track |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709135717/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/07/09/shirley-collado-leave-ithaca-college-college-track?mc_cid=e3f23e8c8a&mc_eid=59a9b939af |archive-date=9 July 2021 |quote=Shirley M. Collado will join College Track as president and CEO after she leaves Ithaca College in January.}}</ref>
== Organization ==


Collado succeeded Thomas Rochon, who was named eighth president of Ithaca College on April 11, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/features/release.php?release=2445 |title=Media Relations |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420195343/http://www.ithaca.edu/features/release.php?release=2445 |archive-date=2008-04-20 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rochon took over as president of the college following Peggy Williams, who had announced on July 12, 2007, that she would retire from the presidency post effective May 31, 2009, following a one-year [[sabbatical]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20070712140046911 |title=Intercom - Important News to Share |access-date=2007-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516200058/http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20070712140046911 |archive-date=2011-05-16 |url-status=live}}</ref> During the fall 2015 semester, multiple protests focusing on campus climate and Rochon's leadership were led by students and faculty. After multiple racially charged events including student house party themes and racially tinged comments at administration led-programs, students, faculty and staff all decided to hold votes of "no confidence" in Rochon. Students voted "no confidence" by a count of 72% no confidence, 27% confidence, and 1% abstaining.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-students-vote-no-confidence-in-president-rochon/ |title=UPDATE: Ithaca College students vote no confidence in Rochon |work=The Ithacan |first1=Kyle |last1=Arnold |first2=Max |last2=Denning |access-date=2015-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105224700/http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-students-vote-no-confidence-in-president-rochon/ |archive-date=2016-01-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> The faculty voted 77.8% no confidence to 22.2% confidence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theithacan.org/news/majority-of-ic-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-tom-rochon/ |title=Ithaca College faculty vote no confidence in President Rochon |work=The Ithacan |first1=Faith |last1=Meckley |first2=Kyle |last2=Arnold |access-date=2015-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106001851/http://theithacan.org/news/majority-of-ic-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-tom-rochon/ |archive-date=2016-01-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rochon retired on July 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-president-tom-rochon-will-step-down-july-2017/ |title=Ithaca College President Tom Rochon will step down July 2017 |work=The Ithacan |first=Aidan |last=Quigley |access-date=2016-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115173805/http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-president-tom-rochon-will-step-down-july-2017/ |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Leadership===
The college is governed by a board of trustees, composed of 25 non-executive trustees.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Trustee Biographies {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/board-trustees/trustee-biographies |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=www.ithaca.edu |language=en}}</ref> The board is currently chaired by John Neeson.<ref name=":3" /> Presidents of Ithaca College have included:


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! President !! Life !! Tenure
! President !! Life !! Tenure
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|1) W. Grant Egbert<ref name="ithaca.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/egbert.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101033228/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/egbert.php |archive-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1867–1928  || 1892–1924
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|-
|W. Grant Egbert<ref name="ithaca.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/egbert.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101033228/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/egbert.php |archive-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1867–1928  || 1892–1924
|2) George C. Williams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/gwilliams.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102083357/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/gwilliams.php |archive-date=2008-01-02 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1874–1971  || 1924–1932
|-
|George C. Williams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/gwilliams.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102083357/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/gwilliams.php |archive-date=2008-01-02 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1874–1971  || 1924–1932
|-
|-
|Leonard B. Job<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/job.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708215023/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/job.php |archive-date=2008-07-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1891–1981 || 1932–1957
|3) Leonard B. Job<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/job.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708215023/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/job.php |archive-date=2008-07-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1891–1981 || 1932–1957
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|-
|Howard I. Dillingham<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/dillingham.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101033222/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/dillingham.php |archive-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1904–1998  || 1957–1970
|4) Howard I. Dillingham<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/dillingham.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101033222/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/dillingham.php |archive-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 1904–1998  || 1957–1970
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|Ellis L. Phillips Jr.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/phillips.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411173234/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/phillips.php |archive-date=2009-04-11 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0610/05/news/1colleger.htm College's fifth president dies]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''The Ithacan'', October 05, 2006</ref> || 1926–2006 || 1970–1975
|5) Ellis L. Phillips Jr.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/phillips.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411173234/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/phillips.php |archive-date=2009-04-11 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0610/05/news/1colleger.htm College's fifth president dies]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''The Ithacan'', October 05, 2006</ref> || 1926–2006 || 1970–1975
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|[[James J. Whalen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/whalen.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411175531/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/whalen.php |archive-date=2009-04-11 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=764 |title=Media Relations |publisher=Ithaca College}}</ref> || 1927–2001 || 1975–1997
|6) [[James J. Whalen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/whalen.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411175531/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/whalen.php |archive-date=2009-04-11 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=764 |title=Media Relations |publisher=Ithaca College}}</ref> || 1927–2001 || 1975–1997
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|[[Peggy R. Williams]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/prwilliams.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410072557/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/prwilliams.php |archive-date=2009-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2242 |title=Media Relations |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824045725/http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2242 |archive-date=2007-08-24 |url-status=live}}</ref> || || 1997–2008
|7) [[Peggy R. Williams]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/prwilliams.php |title=Office of the President |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410072557/http://www.ithaca.edu/president/former_presidents/prwilliams.php |archive-date=2009-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2242 |title=Media Relations |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824045725/http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2242 |archive-date=2007-08-24 |url-status=live}}</ref> || || 1997–2008
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|Thomas Rochon<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas R. Rochon |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/thomas-r-rochon |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728201442/https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/thomas-r-rochon |url-status=live }}</ref> || || 2008–2017
|8) Thomas Rochon<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas R. Rochon |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/thomas-r-rochon |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728201442/https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/thomas-r-rochon |url-status=live }}</ref> || || 2008–2017
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|Shirley M. Collado<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shirley M. Collado |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/shirley-m-collado |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728201442/https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/shirley-m-collado |url-status=live }}</ref>
|9) [[Shirley Collado|Shirley M. Collado]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shirley M. Collado |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/shirley-m-collado |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728201442/https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president/former-presidents/shirley-m-collado |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2017–2021
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|[[La Jerne Terry Cornish]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of the President |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803102528/https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president |url-status=live }}</ref>
|10) [[La Jerne Terry Cornish]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of the President |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=Ithaca College |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803102528/https://www.ithaca.edu/office-president |url-status=live }}</ref>
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During the fall 2015 semester, multiple protests focusing on campus climate and Rochon's leadership were led by students and faculty. After multiple racially charged events including student house party themes and racially tinged comments at administration led-programs, students, faculty and staff all decided to hold votes of "no confidence" in Rochon. Students voted "no confidence" by a count of 72 per cent no confidence, 27 per cent confidence, and 1 per cent abstaining.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-students-vote-no-confidence-in-president-rochon/ |title=UPDATE: Ithaca College students vote no confidence in Rochon |work=The Ithacan |first1=Kyle |last1=Arnold |first2=Max |last2=Denning |access-date=2015-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105224700/http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-students-vote-no-confidence-in-president-rochon/ |archive-date=2016-01-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> The faculty voted 77.8 per cent no confidence to 22.2 per cent confidence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theithacan.org/news/majority-of-ic-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-tom-rochon/ |title=Ithaca College faculty vote no confidence in President Rochon |work=The Ithacan |first1=Faith |last1=Meckley |first2=Kyle |last2=Arnold |access-date=2015-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106001851/http://theithacan.org/news/majority-of-ic-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-tom-rochon/ |archive-date=2016-01-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rochon retired on July 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-president-tom-rochon-will-step-down-july-2017/ |title=Ithaca College President Tom Rochon will step down July 2017 |work=The Ithacan |first=Aidan |last=Quigley |access-date=2016-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115173805/http://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-president-tom-rochon-will-step-down-july-2017/ |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Campus==
Shirely M. Collado was president of Ithaca College from 2017 to 2021 and was the first [[Dominican Americans|Dominican American]] to be named president of a college in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/shirley-m.-collado-inaugurated-as-ithaca-colleges-ninth-president-47977/ |title=Ithaca College Enters New Era: Shirley M. Collado Inaugurated as College's Ninth President - IC News |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2017-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204053531/https://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/shirley-m.-collado-inaugurated-as-ithaca-colleges-ninth-president-47977/ |archive-date=2018-02-04 |url-status=live}}</ref>  In October 2020, the college announced that 130 of its 547 faculty positions would be cut to reduce the school's budget by $30 million because of declining enrollment. 4,957 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall of 2020, versus 5,852 in 2019 and 6,101 in 2018.<ref name=":5">{{cite news |last1=Korba |first1=Alyshia |title=IC to cut 130 faculty positions due to low enrollment |url=https://theithacan.org/news/ic-to-cut-130-faculty-positions-due-to-low-enrollment/ |access-date=October 12, 2020 |publisher=The Ithacan |date=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018085354/https://theithacan.org/news/ic-to-cut-130-faculty-positions-due-to-low-enrollment/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:View of Ithaca College from Eddy Street.jpg|thumb|Ithaca College and South Hill, viewed from Eddy Street in 2020]]
 
[[File:Dillingham Center and fountains, Ithaca College.jpg|thumb|Dillingham Center and fountains in 2018]]
== Campus ==
Ithaca College's current campus was built in the 1960s on [[South Hill, New York|South Hill]]. The college's final academic department moved from downtown to the South Hill campus in 1968, making the move complete.
[[File:View of Ithaca College from Eddy Street.jpg|thumb|Ithaca College and [[South Hill, New York|South Hill]], viewed from Eddy Street in 2020]]
[[File:Dillingham Center and fountains, Ithaca College.jpg|thumb|Dillingham Center and its fountains in 2018]]
Ithaca College's campus was built in the 1960s on [[South Hill, New York|South Hill]]. The college's final academic department moved from downtown to the South Hill campus in 1968, making the move complete.<ref name=":1" /> In February 2025, the college announced the development of a new outdoor track facility at the college, due to be completed in spring 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Keith |date=2025-02-19 |title=Ithaca College preparing to create a $4 million track & field facility |url=https://www.wbng.com/2025/02/19/ithaca-college-preparing-create-4-million-track-field-facility/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=www.wbng.com |language=}}</ref>


===Satellite campuses===
===Satellite campuses===


Besides its Ithaca campus, Ithaca College has also operated satellite campuses in other cities. The Ithaca College [[London]] Center has been in existence since 1972. Ithaca runs the Ithaca College [[Los Angeles]] Program at the James B. Pendleton Center.  
Besides its Ithaca campus, Ithaca College has operated satellite campuses in other cities. The Ithaca College [[London]] Center has been in existence since 1972. Ithaca runs the Ithaca College [[Los Angeles]] Program at the James B. Pendleton Center. Former programs include the Ithaca College [[Antigua]] Program and the Ithaca College Walkabout Down Under Program in Australia.
 
Former programs include the Ithaca College [[Antigua]] Program and the Ithaca College Walkabout Down Under Program in Australia.


Ithaca College also operates direct enrollment exchange programs with several universities, including [[Griffith University]], [[La Trobe University]], [[Murdoch University]], and [[University of Tasmania]] (Australia); [[Chengdu Sport University]] and [[Beijing Sport University]] (China); [[University of Hong Kong]] (Hong Kong); [[Masaryk University]] (Czech Republic); [[Akita International University]] and [[University of Tsukuba]] (Japan); [[Hanyang University]] (Korea); [[Nanyang Technological University]] (Singapore); [[University of Valencia]] (Spain); and [[Jönköping University Foundation|Jönköping University]] (Sweden).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/oip/abroad.htm |title=Office of International Programs |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311053307/http://ithaca.edu/oip/abroad.htm |archive-date=2009-03-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ithaca College is also affiliated with study abroad programs such as [[Institute for the International Education of Students|IES Abroad]] and offers dozens of exchange or study abroad options to students.
As of 2009, Ithaca College operated direct enrollment exchange programs with 14 universities, including [[Griffith University]], [[La Trobe University]], [[Murdoch University]], and [[University of Tasmania]] (Australia); [[Chengdu Sport University]] and [[Beijing Sport University]] (China); [[University of Hong Kong]] (Hong Kong); [[Masaryk University]] (Czech Republic); [[Akita International University]] and [[University of Tsukuba]] (Japan); [[Hanyang University]] (Korea); [[Nanyang Technological University]] (Singapore); [[University of Valencia]] (Spain); and [[Jönköping University Foundation|Jönköping University]] (Sweden).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/oip/abroad.htm |title=Office of International Programs |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311053307/http://ithaca.edu/oip/abroad.htm |archive-date=2009-03-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ithaca College is also affiliated with study abroad programs such as [[Institute for the International Education of Students|IES Abroad]] and offers dozens of exchange or study abroad options to students.


==Academics==
==Academics==
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* [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance|School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]]
* [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance|School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]]


Until the spring of 2011, several cross-disciplinary degree programs, along with the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, were housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies; in 2011, the division was eliminated and its programs, centers and institutes were absorbed into other schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/interdisciplinary-programs-to-be-restructured-17917/ |title=Interdisciplinary Programs at Ithaca College to be Restructured |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214345/http://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/interdisciplinary-programs-to-be-restructured-17917/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Until the spring of 2011, several cross-disciplinary degree programs, along with the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, were housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies; in 2011, the division was eliminated and its programs, centers, and institutes were absorbed into other schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/interdisciplinary-programs-to-be-restructured-17917/ |title=Interdisciplinary Programs at Ithaca College to be Restructured |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214345/http://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/interdisciplinary-programs-to-be-restructured-17917/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>  


{{as of|2017}}, the most popular majors included visual and performing arts, health professions and related programs, business, management, marketing, and related support services and biological and biomedical sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ithaca-college-2739 |title=Ithaca College |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316181718/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ithaca-college-2739 |archive-date=2017-03-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{as of|2017}}, the most popular majors included visual and performing arts, health professions and related programs, business, management, marketing, and related support services and biological and biomedical sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ithaca-college-2739 |title=Ithaca College |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316181718/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ithaca-college-2739 |archive-date=2017-03-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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===Media and publications===
===Media and publications===


* ''The Ithacan'' is Ithaca College's official weekly newspaper that is written, edited and published by students. ''The Ithacan'' and its staff have won over 200 major collegiate journalism awards and is generally recognized as one of the top student-run newspapers in the country.{{whom|date=July 2022}} Most notably, the newspaper is a consistent recipient of the Associated Collegiate Press' [[National Pacemaker Awards|National Pacemaker Award]]; it has received the National Newspaper Pacemaker Award six times and the Online Pacemaker Award nine times (both most recently in 2015).<ref name="Ithacan">{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/awards/ |title=Awards {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Ithacan|first=The|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113729/https://theithacan.org/awards/|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> The Pacemaker has been widely considered the "Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thevillager.com/villager_80/washingtonsquarenews.html |title=Washington Square News wins Pacemaker |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013029/http://thevillager.com/villager_80/washingtonsquarenews.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Ithacan'' is also a five-time recipient of the Gold Crown Award from the [[Columbia Scholastic Press Association]], most recently receiving the award in 2016.<ref name="Ithacan"/> ''The Ithacan'' was also ranked #3 on the 2018 [[The Princeton Review]] Best College Newspaper list.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://ithacavoice.com/2017/08/ithaca-college-cornell-university-make-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-ranking/ |title=Ithaca College and Cornell University make Princeton Review's 'Best Colleges' ranking |work=The Ithaca Voice |access-date=2017-08-02 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802003345/https://ithacavoice.com/2017/08/ithaca-college-cornell-university-make-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-ranking/ |archive-date=2017-08-02 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''The Ithacan'' is Ithaca College's official weekly newspaper that is written, edited and published by students. Most notably, the newspaper is a consistent recipient of the Associated Collegiate Press' [[National Pacemaker Awards|National Pacemaker Award]]; it has received the National Newspaper Pacemaker Award six times and the Online Pacemaker Award nine times (both most recently in 2015).<ref name="Ithacan">{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/awards/ |title=Awards {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Ithacan|first=The|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113729/https://theithacan.org/awards/|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thevillager.com/villager_80/washingtonsquarenews.html |title=Washington Square News wins Pacemaker |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013029/http://thevillager.com/villager_80/washingtonsquarenews.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Ithacan'' is also a five-time recipient of the Gold Crown Award from the [[Columbia Scholastic Press Association]], most recently receiving the award in 2016.<ref name="Ithacan"/> ''The Ithacan'' was also ranked #3 on the 2018 [[The Princeton Review]] Best College Newspaper list.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://ithacavoice.com/2017/08/ithaca-college-cornell-university-make-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-ranking/ |title=Ithaca College and Cornell University make Princeton Review's 'Best Colleges' ranking |work=The Ithaca Voice |access-date=2017-08-02 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802003345/https://ithacavoice.com/2017/08/ithaca-college-cornell-university-make-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-ranking/ |archive-date=2017-08-02 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ithaca College Television|Ithaca College Television (ICTV)]] is the world's oldest student-operated college television channel. Broadcasting since 1958, ICTV is available to 26,000 cable households.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fuse.ithaca.edu/happy-birthday,-ictv-4759/ |title=Happy Birthday, ICTV! |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214245/http://fuse.ithaca.edu/happy-birthday,-ictv-4759/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is also one of the most awarded student-run television stations, with its news program, ''Newswatch'', receiving best news telecast accolades from organizations including the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. The show also received ICTV's first College Emmy Award from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ictv.org/about/awards/ |title=Awards |work=ICTV |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519190401/http://ictv.org/about/awards/ |archive-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> ICTV is housed and operated in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Approximately 15 to 20 production teams operate simultaneously, utilizing around 400 volunteers each semester. Programming varies by semester, but typically includes news, sports, entertainment, scripted, and podcast programs.
*[[Ithaca College Television|Ithaca College Television (ICTV)]], founded in 1958, describes itself as one of the oldest student-operated college television channels. The channel is available to 26,000 cable households.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fuse.ithaca.edu/happy-birthday,-ictv-4759/ |title=Happy Birthday, ICTV! |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214245/http://fuse.ithaca.edu/happy-birthday,-ictv-4759/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> It has received awards for its programming, including recognition from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. The show also received ICTV's first College Emmy Award from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ictv.org/about/awards/ |title=Awards |work=ICTV |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519190401/http://ictv.org/about/awards/ |archive-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> ICTV is housed and operated in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Approximately 15 to 20 production teams operate simultaneously, utilizing around 400 volunteers each semester. Programming varies by semester, but typically includes news, sports, entertainment, scripted, and podcast programs.
*[[WICB]] is a student-operated, 4,100 watt FM station that serves Tompkins County and beyond, reaching from northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario, with a potential audience of over 250,000. The majority of programming on WICB – which broadcasts from 91.7 on the FM band – is modern rock, but the station also airs a number of specialty shows, which includes a number of genres (including blues, Broadway, jam band music and "homeless" music) that is not normally heard on public airwaves. Recently, readers of the Ithaca Times voted 92 WICB "Best Radio Station." WICB has also won the MTV U's Woodie Award for Best College Radio, while the Princeton Review ranks WICB the number one college radio station in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wicb.org/about.php |title=92 WICB Ithaca |author=WICB-FM |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208101153/http://wicb.org/about.php |archive-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023296/college/ithaca-college |title=Ithaca College - Admissions, Rankings, Financial Aid |website=The Princeton Review |access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041415/https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023296/college/ithaca-college|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[WICB]] is a student-operated, 4,100 watt FM station that serves Tompkins County and beyond, reaching from northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario, with a potential audience of over 250,000. The majority of programming on WICB – which broadcasts from 91.7 on the FM band – is modern rock, but the station also airs a number of specialty shows, which includes a number of genres (including blues, Broadway, jam band music and "homeless" music) that is not normally heard on public airwaves. Readers of the ''Ithaca Times'' voted 92 WICB "Best Radio Station." WICB has won MTV U's Woodie Award for Best College Radio and has been ranked by The Princeton Review as a top college radio station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wicb.org/about.php |title=92 WICB Ithaca |author=WICB-FM |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208101153/http://wicb.org/about.php |archive-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023296/college/ithaca-college |title=Ithaca College - Admissions, Rankings, Financial Aid |website=The Princeton Review |access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041415/https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023296/college/ithaca-college|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
* VIC Radio<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vicradio.org/ |title=VIC Radio |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403044157/http://vicradio.org/ |archive-date=2016-04-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> is Ithaca College's second student-run radio station. Previously available on 105.9 FM, VIC Radio is now an online-only radio station. It is most well known for its annual 50 Hour Marathon,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://50hours.org/ |title=50 Hour Marathon |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329163417/http://50hours.org/ |archive-date=2016-03-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> in which four DJs broadcast for 50 hours straight to raise money for local community organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fuse.ithaca.edu/vic-50-hour-marathon-a-hit-19458/ |title=VIC Radio Celebrates 25th 50 Hour Marathon |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214345/http://fuse.ithaca.edu/vic-50-hour-marathon-a-hit-19458/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* VIC Radio<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vicradio.org/ |title=VIC Radio |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403044157/http://vicradio.org/ |archive-date=2016-04-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> is Ithaca College's second student-run radio station. Previously available on 105.9 FM, VIC Radio is now an online-only radio station. It is most well known for its annual 50 Hour Marathon,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://50hours.org/ |title=50 Hour Marathon |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329163417/http://50hours.org/ |archive-date=2016-03-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> in which four DJs broadcast for 50 hours straight to raise money for local community organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fuse.ithaca.edu/vic-50-hour-marathon-a-hit-19458/ |title=VIC Radio Celebrates 25th 50 Hour Marathon |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214345/http://fuse.ithaca.edu/vic-50-hour-marathon-a-hit-19458/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Buzzsaw Magazine'', formerly ''Buzzsaw Haircut'', was founded in 1999 and is an independent monthly alternative magazine written, produced and distributed by Ithaca College students. It is a progressive publication with a goal to "publish original creative journalism, commentary and satire that works to deconstruct society, pop culture, politics, college life and dominant Western beliefs." The faculty adviser is media critic [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]], who is also the founder of the college's Park Center for Independent Media. In 2011, the organization added a new multimedia section to Buzzsaw, titled Seesaw, dedicated to creating documentaries, radio pieces, interactive graphics, and other multimedia pieces to complement the print and online magazine. ''Buzzsaw'' has also won a number of national awards, including the Campus Alternative Journalism Project's award for "Best Sense of Humor" and the Independent Press Association's Campus Independent Journalism Awards for "Best Campus Publication with a Budget Under $10,000" and "Best Political Commentary."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzsawmag.org/about-us/about/ |title=History |work=Buzzsaw Magazine |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525234107/http://www.buzzsawmag.org/about-us/about/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Buzzsaw Magazine'', formerly ''Buzzsaw Haircut'', was founded in 1999 and is an independent monthly alternative magazine written, produced and distributed by Ithaca College students. It is a progressive publication with a goal to "publish original creative journalism, commentary and satire that works to deconstruct society, pop culture, politics, college life and dominant Western beliefs." The faculty adviser is media critic [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]], who is also the founder of the college's Park Center for Independent Media. In 2011, the organization added a new multimedia section to Buzzsaw, titled Seesaw, dedicated to creating documentaries, radio pieces, interactive graphics, and other multimedia pieces to complement the print and online magazine. ''Buzzsaw'' has also won a number of national awards, including the Campus Alternative Journalism Project's award for "Best Sense of Humor" and the Independent Press Association's Campus Independent Journalism Awards for "Best Campus Publication with a Budget Under $10,000" and "Best Political Commentary."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzsawmag.org/about-us/about/ |title=History |work=Buzzsaw Magazine |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525234107/http://www.buzzsawmag.org/about-us/about/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Park Productions is a professional production unit within the Roy H. Park School of Communications which allows students to collaborate with faculty and industry professionals to create interdisciplinary media projects. Park Productions partners with community organizations, government agencies, and higher education institutions and has produced over 200 titles including documentaries, feature films, shorts, commercials, museum exhibits, television programs, educational, corporate, and web-based media. Awards and juried screenings include LA Webfest, Mexico International Film Festival, CINE Awards, Chicago International Film Festival, Official selections at Miami, University Film and Video Festival, Cinema in Industry Awards, Multiple International Communicator Awards, Oberhausen, Montreal, Palm Springs, and Hudson Valley Film Festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Zachary B.  |last=Briggs  |url=http://www.parkproductions.org/awards--screenings.html |title=Awards & Screenings |publisher=Park Productions |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214339/http://www.parkproductions.org/awards--screenings.html |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Park Productions partners with community organizations, government agencies, and higher education institutions and has produced over 200 titles including documentaries, feature films, shorts, commercials, museum exhibits, television programs, educational, corporate, and web-based media. Awards and juried screenings include LA Webfest, Mexico International Film Festival, CINE Awards, Chicago International Film Festival, Official selections at Miami, University Film and Video Festival, Cinema in Industry Awards, Multiple International Communicator Awards, Oberhausen, Montreal, Palm Springs, and Hudson Valley Film Festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Zachary B.  |last=Briggs  |url=http://www.parkproductions.org/awards--screenings.html |title=Awards & Screenings |publisher=Park Productions |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214339/http://www.parkproductions.org/awards--screenings.html |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  
*''Distinct Magazine'' is self described as Ithaca College's "fashion magazine devoted to the style and culture of the students on campus...[it aims] to break gender and social class stereotypes in the fashion world, and to build a safe space for people to express themselves."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/distinct-ic |website=ithaca.campuslabs.com |access-date=2019-02-28 |title=- IC Engage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013544/https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/distinct-ic |archive-date=2019-03-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first issue was released online in 2016. The magazine is separated into five content sections: Fashion, Beauty, Life, Culture, and Health and Fitness. ''Distinct'' is released in print twice a semester (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer editions).
* ''Distinct Magazine'' is a student publication focused on fashion and campus culture. The first issue was released online in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=- IC Engage |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/distinct-ic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013544/https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/distinct-ic |archive-date=2019-03-01 |access-date=2019-02-28 |website=ithaca.campuslabs.com}}</ref>
*''Embrace'' is an IC magazine that aims "to create a platform in which underrepresented students are able to see a representation of themselves on campus and within society."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/embrace |website=ithaca.campuslabs.com |access-date=2019-02-28 |title=- IC Engage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013609/https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/embrace |archive-date=2019-03-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> The magazine is separated into content sections: LGBTQ+, Fashion, Politics and News, Mind Body Spirit, Personal Narratives and Alumni Highlight. It was first published in February 2016.
*''Embrace'' is a student magazine focused on representation and issues affecting underrepresented students. The magazine has separate content sections: LGBTQ+, Fashion, Politics and News, Mind Body Spirit, Personal Narratives, and Alumni Highlight. It was first published in February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=- IC Engage |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/embrace |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013609/https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/embrace |archive-date=2019-03-01 |access-date=2019-02-28 |website=ithaca.campuslabs.com}}</ref>


===Greek life===
===Greek life===
Historically, various independent and national [[fraternities and sororities]] had active chapters at Ithaca College. However, due to a series of highly publicized [[hazing]] incidents in the 1980s, including [[List of hazing deaths in the United States#DK-Ithaca|one that was responsible for the death of a student]], the college administration reevaluated their Greek life policy and only professional music fraternities were allowed to remain affiliated with the school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/accent/going-greek-unaffiliated-greek-organizations-gain-popularity-at-the-college/ |title=Going Greek: Unaffiliated Greek organizations gain popularity at the college {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Billington|first=Evin|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035539/https://theithacan.org/accent/going-greek-unaffiliated-greek-organizations-gain-popularity-at-the-college/|archive-date=2018-08-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
Historically, various independent and national [[College fraternities and sororities|fraternities and sororities]] had active chapters at Ithaca College. However, due to a series of highly publicized [[hazing]] incidents in the 1980s, including [[List of hazing deaths in the United States#DK-Ithaca|one which was responsible for the death]] of a student, the college administration reevaluated their Greek life policy and only professional music fraternities were allowed to remain affiliated with the school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/accent/going-greek-unaffiliated-greek-organizations-gain-popularity-at-the-college/ |title=Going Greek: Unaffiliated Greek organizations gain popularity at the college {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Billington|first=Evin|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035539/https://theithacan.org/accent/going-greek-unaffiliated-greek-organizations-gain-popularity-at-the-college/|archive-date=2018-08-28|url-status=live}}</ref>


{{as of|2024}}, professional coed music fraternity [[Mu Phi Epsilon]] is the only remaining recognized Greek organization on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations?query=music |title=Organizations - IC Engage |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2024-09-29}}</ref> Previously, three other recognized music and performing arts houses also existed on campus:
{{as of|2024}}, professional coed music fraternity [[Mu Phi Epsilon]] is the only remaining recognized Greek organization on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations?query=music |title=Organizations - IC Engage |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2024-09-29}}</ref> Previously, three other recognized music and performing arts houses also existed on campus:
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*[[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]] (Delta Chapter) - became inactive in 2024  
*[[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]] (Delta Chapter) - became inactive in 2024  
*[[Sigma Alpha Iota]] (Epsilon Chapter) - became inactive in 2024
*[[Sigma Alpha Iota]] (Epsilon Chapter) - became inactive in 2024
*[[Kappa Gamma Psi]] (Iota Chapter) - became inactive in 2008
*[[Kappa Gamma Psi]] (Iota Chapter) - became inactive in 2008<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/general/070108/ |title=7.1.8 Greek Life Policy - Volume VII: Students - Ithaca College Policy Manual |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2018-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827205937/https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/general/070108/ |archive-date=2018-08-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
It is highly unlikely any of these houses will ever be reactivated at Ithaca, due to the college's policy on Greek life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/general/070108/ |title=7.1.8 Greek Life Policy - Volume VII: Students - Ithaca College Policy Manual |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2018-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827205937/https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/general/070108/ |archive-date=2018-08-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>


However, there are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and therefore not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, while not particularly common, Ithaca College students may rush for Greek houses affiliated with nearby Ivy institution [[Cornell University]], subject to the rules of each individual fraternity or sorority. Some Cornell-affiliated Greek organizations actively recruit Ithaca College students.
There are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, while not particularly common, Ithaca College students may rush for Greek houses affiliated with nearby Ivy institution [[Cornell University]], subject to the rules of each individual fraternity or sorority. Some Cornell-affiliated Greek organizations actively recruit Ithaca College students.


There are a few unaffiliated fraternities that some Ithaca College students join - ΔΚΕ ([[Delta Kappa Epsilon]]), ΑΕΠ ([[Alpha Epsilon Pi]]), ΦΚΣ ([[Phi Kappa Sigma]]), ΦΙΑ ([[Phi Iota Alpha]]), ΛΥΛ ([[Lambda Upsilon Lambda]]), and ΚΣ ([[Kappa Sigma]]). There are also unaffiliated sororities including - ΓΔΠ ([[Gamma Delta Pi]]), ΠΛΧ ([[Pi Lambda Chi]]), ΦΜΖ ([[Phi Mu Zeta]]), .<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/ithaca/campus-cuties-delta-kappa-epsilon-iota-chi |title=Campus Cutie(s!): Delta Kappa Epsilon Iota Chi |work=Her Campus |access-date=2018-08-27 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035616/https://www.hercampus.com/school/ithaca/campus-cuties-delta-kappa-epsilon-iota-chi |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thetab.com/us/ithaca/2016/09/02/inside-ics-underground-fraternity-kappa-sigma-729 |title=Inside IC's underground fraternity: Kappa Sigma |date=2016-09-02 |work=Ithaca College |access-date=2018-08-27 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035615/https://thetab.com/us/ithaca/2016/09/02/inside-ics-underground-fraternity-kappa-sigma-729 |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ithacating.com/2008/11/24/the-ithaca-college-greek-system/|title=The Ithaca College Greek System|date=November 24, 2008|access-date=August 7, 2022|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807190325/https://ithacating.com/2008/11/24/the-ithaca-college-greek-system/|url-status=live}}</ref>
There are a few unaffiliated fraternities which some Ithaca College students may join, ΔΚΕ ([[Delta Kappa Epsilon]]), ΑΕΠ ([[Alpha Epsilon Pi]]), ΦΚΣ ([[Phi Kappa Sigma]]), ΦΙΑ ([[Phi Iota Alpha]]), ΛΥΛ ([[Lambda Upsilon Lambda]]), and ΚΣ ([[Kappa Sigma]]). There are unaffiliated sororities including ΓΔΠ (Gamma Delta Pi), ΠΛΧ (Pi Lambda Chi), ΦΜΖ (Phi Mu Zeta), .<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/ithaca/campus-cuties-delta-kappa-epsilon-iota-chi |title=Campus Cutie(s!): Delta Kappa Epsilon Iota Chi |work=Her Campus |access-date=2018-08-27 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035616/https://www.hercampus.com/school/ithaca/campus-cuties-delta-kappa-epsilon-iota-chi |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thetab.com/us/ithaca/2016/09/02/inside-ics-underground-fraternity-kappa-sigma-729 |title=Inside IC's underground fraternity: Kappa Sigma |date=2016-09-02 |work=Ithaca College |access-date=2018-08-27 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035615/https://thetab.com/us/ithaca/2016/09/02/inside-ics-underground-fraternity-kappa-sigma-729 |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ithacating.com/2008/11/24/the-ithaca-college-greek-system/|title=The Ithaca College Greek System|date=November 24, 2008|access-date=August 7, 2022|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807190325/https://ithacating.com/2008/11/24/the-ithaca-college-greek-system/|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Music===
===Music===


Ithaca College is well-known for its music school, and offers many diverse opportunities to perform music, whether it be with ensembles within the official [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance|School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]] or student-organized organizations dedicated to performing music outside of the official School of Music.
Ithaca College has a successful music school, and offers opportunities to perform music, such as ensembles within the official [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance|School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]] or student-organized organizations dedicated to performing music outside of the official School of Music.


The School of Music offers many audition-based ensembles, such as [[symphony orchestra]], [[chamber orchestra]], [[wind ensemble]], [[concert band]], multiple [[choir]] ensembles, multiple [[jazz ensemble|jazz ensembles]] ranging from instrumental to vocal, as well as several other chamber groups focusing on a multitude of instruments. The School of Music also offers multiple opportunities to perform [[opera]] works, such as the school's Opera Workshop, which offers a variety of focused training in such areas as audition technique, interpretation, and scene study through multiple performance opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Ensembles {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance/student-resources/music-students/music-ensembles |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The school also offers several non-auditioned ensembles, such as the symphony orchestra Sinfonietta, as well as several non-auditioned ensembles for band, jazz, and choir opened up to non-music majors. The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance also showcases multiple audition-based productions a year, typically featuring multiple [[musical theater]] productions and an [[opera]].<ref>{{cite web |title=School of Music, Theatre, and Dance {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
The School of Music offers many audition-based ensembles including [[symphony orchestra]], [[chamber orchestra]], [[wind ensemble]], [[concert band]], multiple [[choir]] ensembles, multiple [[jazz ensemble]]s ranging from instrumental to vocal, as well as several other chamber groups focusing on a multitude of instruments. It also offers multiple opportunities to perform [[opera]] works like the school's Opera Workshop, which offers a variety of focused training in such areas as audition technique, interpretation, and scene study through multiple performance opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Ensembles {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance/student-resources/music-students/music-ensembles |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The school offers several non-auditioned ensembles, such as the symphony orchestra Sinfonietta. Additionally, several non-auditioned ensembles for band, jazz, and choir opened up to non-music majors. The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance showcases multiple audition-based productions a year, typically featuring multiple [[Musical theatre|musical theater]] productions and an opera.<ref>{{cite web |title=School of Music, Theatre, and Dance {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>


Outside of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, there are several student-run [[a cappella]] groups on campus, which include:
Outside of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, there are several student-run [[a cappella]] groups on campus including:
* [[IC Voicestream]], founded in 2002, is the college's premier all-gender inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - IC Voicestream |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ic-voicestream |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[IC Voicestream]], founded in 2002, is the college's premier all-gender inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - IC Voicestream |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ic-voicestream |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Ithacappella, founded in 1996, is the college's only all-male identifying a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Ithacappella |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ithacappella |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Ithacappella, founded in 1996, is the college's only all-male identifying a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Ithacappella |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ithacappella |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Premium Blend, the college's only all-female aligned a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Premium Blend |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/premium-blend |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Premium Blend, the college's only all-female aligned a cappella group<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Premium Blend |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/premium-blend |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Tone Cold, an all gender inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Tone Cold |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/tonecold |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Tone Cold, an all gender inclusive a cappella group<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Tone Cold |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/tonecold |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Pitch Please, the college's only non-auditioned all-gender a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Pitch Please |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/pitch-please-a-cappella-group |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Pitch Please, the college's only non-auditioned all-gender a cappella group<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Pitch Please |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/pitch-please-a-cappella-group |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* NUVO (New Voices), founded in 2024, is the college's [[BIPOC]] inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - NUVO |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/icnuvo |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* NUVO (New Voices), founded in 2024, is the college's [[BIPOC]] inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - NUVO |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/icnuvo |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
{{see|Ithaca Bombers}}
{{further|Ithaca Bombers}}
Ithaca competes in athletics at the [[NCAA Division III]] level as a members of the [[Liberty League]] and the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]] (ECAC). Ithaca has one of Division III's strongest athletic programs, with the Bombers winning a total of 14 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://athletics.ithaca.edu/sports/2005/7/26/ncaa-championships.aspx |title=Ithaca College Athletics |website=athletics.ithaca.edu |language=en |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303044726/http://athletics.ithaca.edu/sports/2005/7/26/ncaa-championships.aspx |archive-date=2017-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ithaca was previously a member of the [[Empire 8]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20170711125714136 |title=Intercom - Ithaca Officially Joins Liberty League for 2017-18 Academic Year |website=www.ithaca.edu |language=en |access-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203147/https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20170711125714136 |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Ithaca competes in athletics at the [[NCAA Division III]] level as a members of the [[Liberty League]] and the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]] (ECAC). The Bombers have won 14 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://athletics.ithaca.edu/sports/2005/7/26/ncaa-championships.aspx |title=Ithaca College Athletics |website=athletics.ithaca.edu |language=en |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303044726/http://athletics.ithaca.edu/sports/2005/7/26/ncaa-championships.aspx |archive-date=2017-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ithaca was a member of the [[Empire 8]] prior to being in Division III.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20170711125714136 |title=Intercom - Ithaca Officially Joins Liberty League for 2017-18 Academic Year |website=www.ithaca.edu |language=en |access-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203147/https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20170711125714136 |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Intramurals==
==Intramurals==
Along with Intercollegiate athletics, Ithaca College has a large intramural sport program. This extracurricular program serves approximately 25% of the undergraduate population yearly. Fourteen traditional team activities are offered throughout the year and include [[basketball]], [[flag football]], [[kickball]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[softball]], [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate]], [[ski racing]], and volleyball.
Along with Intercollegiate athletics, Ithaca College has a large intramural sport program. The extracurricular program serves approximately 25% of the undergraduate population yearly. Among the 14 traditional team activities offered throughout the year are [[basketball]], [[flag football]], [[kickball]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[softball]], [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate]] (ultimate frisbee), [[ski racing]], and [[volleyball]].


For most activities, divisions are offered for men's, women's, and co-recreational teams.  Throughout the year usually two or more activities run concurrently and participants are able to play on a single sex team and co-recreational team for each activity.
For most activities there are divisions with men's, women's, and co-recreational teams.


==Sustainability==
==Sustainability==
[[File:Peggy Ryan Williams Center, Ithaca College.jpg|thumb|right|The Peggy Ryan Williams Center is [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum Certified.]]
[[File:Peggy Ryan Williams Center, Ithaca College.jpg|thumb|right|The Peggy Ryan Williams Center is [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum Certified.]]
Ithaca's School of Business was the first college or university business school in the world to achieve [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum Certification alongside Yale University, which had the second. Ithaca's Peggy Ryan Williams Center is also LEED Platinum certified. It makes extensive use of day light in occupied spaces. There are sensors that regulate lighting and ventilation based on occupancy and natural light. Over 50% of the building energy comes from renewable sources such as wind power. The college also has a LEED Gold Certified building, the Athletics & Events Center.<ref name="New ">{{cite web |title=New School of Business Building An International First for Highest "Green" Standard |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2501 |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625221910/http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2501 |archive-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> The college [[compost]]s its dining hall waste,<ref name="Compost Facility to Be Expanded">{{cite web |title=Compost Facility to be Expanded |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/9812/03/news/compost.html |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625205654/http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/9812/03/news/compost.html |archive-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> runs a "Take It or Leave It" Green move-out program, and offers a [[sustainable living]] option.<ref name="Sustainability at Ithaca College">{{cite web |title=Sustainability at Ithaca College |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618131153/http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> It also operates an office supply collection and reuse program,<ref name="Office Supply Collection & Reuse">{{cite web |title=Office Supply Collection and Reuse |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618131153/http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a [[sustainability education]] program during new student orientation.<ref name="Sustainability Education for Orientation">{{cite web |title=Sustainability Education for Orientation |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/remp/events/orientation/ |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625223429/http://www.ithaca.edu/remp/events/orientation/ |archive-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ithaca received a B− grade on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's 2009 College Sustainability Report Card<ref>[http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/ithaca-college Green Report Card 2009] Ithaca College {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224092338/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/ithaca-college |date=2009-02-24 }} Sustainable Endowments Institute</ref> and an A− for 2010.
Ithaca's School of Business was the first college or university business school in the world to achieve [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum Certification. Ithaca's Peggy Ryan Williams Center is also LEED Platinum certified.<ref name=":4" /> The college also has a LEED Gold Certified building, the Athletics & Events Center.<ref name=":5" /> The college [[compost]]s its dining hall waste,<ref name="Compost Facility to Be Expanded">{{cite web |title=Compost Facility to be Expanded |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/9812/03/news/compost.html |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625205654/http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/9812/03/news/compost.html |archive-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> runs a "Take It or Leave It" Green move-out program, and offers a [[sustainable living]] option.<ref name="Sustainability at Ithaca College">{{cite web |title=Sustainability at Ithaca College |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618131153/http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> It operates an office supply collection and reuse program,<ref name="Office Supply Collection & Reuse">{{cite web |title=Office Supply Collection and Reuse |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618131153/http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campus_reslife.php |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a [[sustainability education]] program during new student orientation.<ref name="Sustainability Education for Orientation">{{cite web |title=Sustainability Education for Orientation |publisher=Ithaca College |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/remp/events/orientation/ |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625223429/http://www.ithaca.edu/remp/events/orientation/ |archive-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ithaca College received a B− grade on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's 2009 College Sustainability Report Card<ref>[http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/ithaca-college Green Report Card 2009] Ithaca College {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224092338/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/ithaca-college |date=2009-02-24 }} Sustainable Endowments Institute</ref> and an A− for 2010.


In 2017, Ithaca College was listed as one of [[Princeton Review]]'s top "green colleges" for being environmentally responsible.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=green-colleges |title=Green Colleges {{!}} The Princeton Review|website=www.princetonreview.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041416/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=green-colleges|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, Ithaca College was listed as one of [[Princeton Review]]'s top "green colleges" for being environmentally responsible.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=green-colleges |title=Green Colleges {{!}} The Princeton Review|website=www.princetonreview.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041416/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=green-colleges|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Commitments to action on climate change===
===Commitments to action on climate change===
In the spring of 2007, then-President [[Peggy R. Williams]] signed the [[American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment|American College & University President's Climate Commitment]] (ACUPCC), pledging Ithaca College to the task of developing a strategy and long-range plan to achieve "[[Net zero emissions|carbon neutrality]]" at some point in the future. In 2009 the Ithaca College Board of Trustees approved the Ithaca College Climate Action Plan, which calls for 100% carbon neutrality by 2050. In 2009, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees approved the Ithaca College Climate Action Plan, which calls for 100% carbon neutrality by 2050 and offers a 40-year action plan to work toward that ambitious goal.<ref name=Ithaca.edu>{{cite web |title=Ithaca College Sustainability |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campusops/cap/ |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006190133/http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campusops/cap/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In the spring of 2007, President [[Peggy R. Williams]] signed the [[American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment|American College & University President's Climate Commitment]] (ACUPCC), pledging Ithaca College to achieve "[[Net zero emissions|carbon neutrality]]". In 2009, the Board of Trustees approved the Ithaca College Climate Action Plan, which called for 100% carbon neutrality by 2050. It also offered a 40-year action plan.<ref name=Ithaca.edu>{{cite web |title=Ithaca College Sustainability |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campusops/cap/ |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006190133/http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/campusops/cap/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>


===Energy profile===
===Energy profile===
The college purchases 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Including offsets from a solar farm, the college's overall energy usage is 45 percent carbon neutral.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/news/ic-transitions-to-using-all-clean-energy/ |title=IC transitions to using all clean energy {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Waite|first=Krissy|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927195529/https://theithacan.org/news/ic-transitions-to-using-all-clean-energy/|archive-date=2019-09-27|url-status=live}}</ref>
The college purchases 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Including solar offsets, the college reports its overall energy usage as 45% carbon neutral.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/news/ic-transitions-to-using-all-clean-energy/ |title=IC transitions to using all clean energy {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Waite|first=Krissy|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927195529/https://theithacan.org/news/ic-transitions-to-using-all-clean-energy/|archive-date=2019-09-27|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Energy investments===
===Energy investments===
The college aims to optimize investment returns and does not invest the endowment in on-campus sustainability projects, renewable energy funds, or community development loan funds. The college's investment policy reserves the right of the investment committee to restrict investments for any reason, which could include environmental and sustainability factors.<ref name="Green Report Card">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/ithaca-college |title=Ithaca College |year=2011 |website=Green Report Card |publisher=Sustainable Endowments Institute |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126122121/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/ithaca-college |archive-date=2013-01-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The college aims to optimize investment returns and does not invest the endowment in on-campus sustainability projects, renewable energy funds, or community development loan funds. The college's investment policy reserves the right of the investment committee to restrict investments for any reason, which could include environmental and sustainability factors.<ref name="Green Report Card">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/ithaca-college |title=Ithaca College |year=2011 |website=Green Report Card |publisher=Sustainable Endowments Institute |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126122121/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/ithaca-college |archive-date=2013-01-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Community impact===
While the Ithaca College Natural Lands has issued a statement that Ithaca College should join efforts calling for a moratorium on horizontal drilling and high volume ("slick water") hydraulic fracturing, or [[fracking]],<ref name="Ithaca College Natural Lands">{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/naturallands/icnl/fracking/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626175927/http://www.ithaca.edu/naturallands/icnl/fracking/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-26 |access-date=2013-04-01 |title=Natural Lands: Fracking |publisher=Ithaca College}}</ref> the college as a whole has refused to issue a statement regarding the issue.


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
{{Main|List of Ithaca College alumni}}
{{Main|List of Ithaca College alumni}}
Ithaca College has over 70,000 alumni,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.alumni.ithaca.edu/s/1592/index2col.aspx?sid=1592&gid=2&pgid=418 |title=Alumni Association Board of Directors |website=www.alumni.ithaca.edu |language=en |access-date=2018-09-26 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with clubs in [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Connecticut]], [[Los Angeles]], [[New York metropolitan area|Metro New York]], [[Washington, D.C.|National Capital]], [[The Carolinas|North and South Carolina]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Rochester, New York|Rochester (NY)]], [[San Diego]], and [[South Florida metropolitan area|Southern Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/iconnect/alumni/alumni_clubs.php |title=Alumni, Parents, and Friends |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223153016/http://www.ithaca.edu/iconnect/alumni/alumni_clubs.php |archive-date=2009-02-23 |url-status=live}}</ref> Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with city-specific clubs and through a program called "IC on the Road".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ontheroad/ |title=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201073915/http://www.ithaca.edu/ontheroad/ |archive-date=2008-12-01 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Ithaca College has over 70,000 alumni,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.alumni.ithaca.edu/s/1592/index2col.aspx?sid=1592&gid=2&pgid=418 |title=Alumni Association Board of Directors |website=www.alumni.ithaca.edu |language=en |access-date=2018-09-26 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with clubs in [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Connecticut]], [[Los Angeles]], [[New York metropolitan area|Metro New York]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], [[Carolinas|North and South Carolina]], [[Philadelphia]]; [[Rochester, New York]]; [[San Diego]], and [[South Florida metropolitan area|Southern Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/iconnect/alumni/alumni_clubs.php |title=Alumni, Parents, and Friends |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223153016/http://www.ithaca.edu/iconnect/alumni/alumni_clubs.php |archive-date=2009-02-23 |url-status=live}}</ref> Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with city-specific clubs and through a program called "IC on the Road".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ontheroad/ |title=Ithaca College |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201073915/http://www.ithaca.edu/ontheroad/ |archive-date=2008-12-01 |url-status=live}}</ref>


== Notable faculty ==
== Notable faculty ==
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*[[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]], journalism, and founding director, Park Center for Independent Media; media critic and commentator, author, founder of [[Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting]] (FAIR) media watchdog group
*[[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]], journalism, and founding director, Park Center for Independent Media; media critic and commentator, author, founder of [[Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting]] (FAIR) media watchdog group
*[[Patrick Conway]], early 20th-century bandleader
*[[Patrick Conway]], early 20th-century bandleader
*[[Cathy Lee Crane]], filmmaker
*[[Andrew Ezergailis]], history; expert in 20th-century history of [[Latvia]]
*[[Andrew Ezergailis]], history; expert in 20th-century history of [[Latvia]]
*[[Robert Allen Iger]], an American media business executive who serves as the chief executive officer (CEO) of [[The Walt Disney Company]].
*[[Sean Fennessey]], journalist, commentator and podcast host
*[[Robert Allen Iger|Robert (Bob) Allen Iger]], media business executive who serves as the chief executive officer (CEO) of [[The Walt Disney Company]]
*[[Karel Husa]], composer and winner of the 1969 [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]]
*[[A. Van Jordan]], poet
*[[A. Van Jordan]], poet
*[[Marisa Kelly]], political scientist, President of [[Suffolk University]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
*[[Marisa Kelly]], political scientist, president of [[Suffolk University]] in [[Boston]]
*[[Nicholas Muellner]], media arts, sciences and studies; photographer and writer whose work has been acclaimed by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine and the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation
*[[Nicholas Muellner]], media arts, sciences and studies; photographer and writer whose work has been acclaimed by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' and the [[Paris]] Photo–Aperture Foundation
*[[Alex Perialas]], sound recording technology; acclaimed audio engineer and record producer known for his extensive work during the "golden age" of thrash metal
*[[Alex Perialas]], sound recording technology; acclaimed audio engineer and record producer known for his extensive work during the "golden age" of thrash metal
*[[Rod Serling]], communications; creator, producer and host of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''
*[[S. Alexander Reed]], music; scholar and maker of electronic and [[industrial music]]
*[[Saviana Stănescu]], theater; poet, playwright, script analyst, journalist
*[[Nick Sagan]], novelist and screenwriter
*[[Gordon Stout]], music; percussionist, composer, specializes in [[marimba]]
*[[Rod Serling]], communications; creator, producer, and host of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''
*[[Fred A. Wilcox]], writing; nonfiction writer, fiction writer, expert on Vietnam War and effects of U.S. use of Agent Orange on U.S. military members and Vietnamese people (retired 2014)
*[[Saviana Stănescu]], [[Romanian Americans|Romanian American]] theater; poet, playwright, script analyst, journalist
*[[Gordon Stout]], music; percussionist, composer, specializes in playing the [[marimba]]
*[[Fred A. Wilcox]], writing; nonfiction writer, fiction writer, expert on [[Vietnam War]] and effects of U.S. use of [[Agent Orange]] on U.S. military members and [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] people (retired 2014)
*[[Dana Wilson (composer)|Dana Wilson]], the Charles A. Dana Professor of Music; composer, jazz pianist{{coord|42.4218|-76.4947|region:US_type:edu|display=title}}
*[[Dana Wilson (composer)|Dana Wilson]], the Charles A. Dana Professor of Music; composer, jazz pianist{{coord|42.4218|-76.4947|region:US_type:edu|display=title}}



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Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York, United States. Founded in 1892 as a music conservatory,[1] the college has a liberal arts focus, and today confers degrees in over 100 majors. In addition to several pre-professional programs, it offers several graduate programs, mainly in business, health sciences, and teaching degrees through the School of Humanities and Sciences.[2]

Building on its heritage, the school provides media-related and entertainment programs within the Roy H. Park School of Communications and the Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

History

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Boardman House, the original site of Ithaca Conservatory of Music

Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892 by local violin teacher William Grant Egbert. For nearly seven decades the institution grew in the city of Ithaca, adding to its music curriculum the study of elocution, dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college under its current name, Ithaca College. The college was originally in the Boardman House; that building later became the Ithaca College Museum of Art, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[3]

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Job Hall

By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on South Hill in the 1960s, and students were shuttled between the old and new locations during the construction. As of 2009, the student body included representatives from most U.S. states and 78 countries.[4]

In August 2025, it was reported that the college agreed to settle a class action made by a group of former students regarding tuition refunds during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] As part of the settlement, the college agreed to pay the claimants a total of $1.5 million.[5]

Organization

Leadership

The college is governed by a board of trustees, composed of 25 non-executive trustees.[6] The board is currently chaired by John Neeson.[6] Presidents of Ithaca College have included:

President Life Tenure
1) W. Grant Egbert[7] 1867–1928 1892–1924
2) George C. Williams[8] 1874–1971 1924–1932
3) Leonard B. Job[9] 1891–1981 1932–1957
4) Howard I. Dillingham[10] 1904–1998 1957–1970
5) Ellis L. Phillips Jr.[11][12] 1926–2006 1970–1975
6) James J. Whalen[13][14] 1927–2001 1975–1997
7) Peggy R. Williams[15][16] 1997–2008
8) Thomas Rochon[17] 2008–2017
9) Shirley M. Collado[18] 2017–2021
10) La Jerne Terry Cornish[19] 2021–present

During the fall 2015 semester, multiple protests focusing on campus climate and Rochon's leadership were led by students and faculty. After multiple racially charged events including student house party themes and racially tinged comments at administration led-programs, students, faculty and staff all decided to hold votes of "no confidence" in Rochon. Students voted "no confidence" by a count of 72 per cent no confidence, 27 per cent confidence, and 1 per cent abstaining.[20] The faculty voted 77.8 per cent no confidence to 22.2 per cent confidence.[21] Rochon retired on July 1, 2017.[22]

Shirely M. Collado was president of Ithaca College from 2017 to 2021 and was the first Dominican American to be named president of a college in the United States.[23] In October 2020, the college announced that 130 of its 547 faculty positions would be cut to reduce the school's budget by $30 million because of declining enrollment. 4,957 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall of 2020, versus 5,852 in 2019 and 6,101 in 2018.[24]

Campus

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Ithaca College and South Hill, viewed from Eddy Street in 2020
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Dillingham Center and its fountains in 2018

Ithaca College's campus was built in the 1960s on South Hill. The college's final academic department moved from downtown to the South Hill campus in 1968, making the move complete.[1] In February 2025, the college announced the development of a new outdoor track facility at the college, due to be completed in spring 2026.[25]

Satellite campuses

Besides its Ithaca campus, Ithaca College has operated satellite campuses in other cities. The Ithaca College London Center has been in existence since 1972. Ithaca runs the Ithaca College Los Angeles Program at the James B. Pendleton Center. Former programs include the Ithaca College Antigua Program and the Ithaca College Walkabout Down Under Program in Australia.

As of 2009, Ithaca College operated direct enrollment exchange programs with 14 universities, including Griffith University, La Trobe University, Murdoch University, and University of Tasmania (Australia); Chengdu Sport University and Beijing Sport University (China); University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong); Masaryk University (Czech Republic); Akita International University and University of Tsukuba (Japan); Hanyang University (Korea); Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); University of Valencia (Spain); and Jönköping University (Sweden).[26] Ithaca College is also affiliated with study abroad programs such as IES Abroad and offers dozens of exchange or study abroad options to students.

Academics

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Muller Faculty Center and Class of 2003 clock

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The college offers a curriculum with more than 100 degree programs in its five schools:

Until the spring of 2011, several cross-disciplinary degree programs, along with the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, were housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies; in 2011, the division was eliminated and its programs, centers, and institutes were absorbed into other schools.[27]

As of 2017, the most popular majors included visual and performing arts, health professions and related programs, business, management, marketing, and related support services and biological and biomedical sciences.[28]

Student life

Media and publications

  • The Ithacan is Ithaca College's official weekly newspaper that is written, edited and published by students. Most notably, the newspaper is a consistent recipient of the Associated Collegiate Press' National Pacemaker Award; it has received the National Newspaper Pacemaker Award six times and the Online Pacemaker Award nine times (both most recently in 2015).[29][30] The Ithacan is also a five-time recipient of the Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, most recently receiving the award in 2016.[29] The Ithacan was also ranked #3 on the 2018 The Princeton Review Best College Newspaper list.[31]
  • Ithaca College Television (ICTV), founded in 1958, describes itself as one of the oldest student-operated college television channels. The channel is available to 26,000 cable households.[32] It has received awards for its programming, including recognition from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. The show also received ICTV's first College Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[33] ICTV is housed and operated in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Approximately 15 to 20 production teams operate simultaneously, utilizing around 400 volunteers each semester. Programming varies by semester, but typically includes news, sports, entertainment, scripted, and podcast programs.
  • WICB is a student-operated, 4,100 watt FM station that serves Tompkins County and beyond, reaching from northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario, with a potential audience of over 250,000. The majority of programming on WICB – which broadcasts from 91.7 on the FM band – is modern rock, but the station also airs a number of specialty shows, which includes a number of genres (including blues, Broadway, jam band music and "homeless" music) that is not normally heard on public airwaves. Readers of the Ithaca Times voted 92 WICB "Best Radio Station." WICB has won MTV U's Woodie Award for Best College Radio and has been ranked by The Princeton Review as a top college radio station.[34][35]
  • VIC Radio[36] is Ithaca College's second student-run radio station. Previously available on 105.9 FM, VIC Radio is now an online-only radio station. It is most well known for its annual 50 Hour Marathon,[37] in which four DJs broadcast for 50 hours straight to raise money for local community organizations.[38]
  • Buzzsaw Magazine, formerly Buzzsaw Haircut, was founded in 1999 and is an independent monthly alternative magazine written, produced and distributed by Ithaca College students. It is a progressive publication with a goal to "publish original creative journalism, commentary and satire that works to deconstruct society, pop culture, politics, college life and dominant Western beliefs." The faculty adviser is media critic Jeff Cohen, who is also the founder of the college's Park Center for Independent Media. In 2011, the organization added a new multimedia section to Buzzsaw, titled Seesaw, dedicated to creating documentaries, radio pieces, interactive graphics, and other multimedia pieces to complement the print and online magazine. Buzzsaw has also won a number of national awards, including the Campus Alternative Journalism Project's award for "Best Sense of Humor" and the Independent Press Association's Campus Independent Journalism Awards for "Best Campus Publication with a Budget Under $10,000" and "Best Political Commentary."[39]
  • Park Productions partners with community organizations, government agencies, and higher education institutions and has produced over 200 titles including documentaries, feature films, shorts, commercials, museum exhibits, television programs, educational, corporate, and web-based media. Awards and juried screenings include LA Webfest, Mexico International Film Festival, CINE Awards, Chicago International Film Festival, Official selections at Miami, University Film and Video Festival, Cinema in Industry Awards, Multiple International Communicator Awards, Oberhausen, Montreal, Palm Springs, and Hudson Valley Film Festivals.[40]
  • Distinct Magazine is a student publication focused on fashion and campus culture. The first issue was released online in 2016.[41]
  • Embrace is a student magazine focused on representation and issues affecting underrepresented students. The magazine has separate content sections: LGBTQ+, Fashion, Politics and News, Mind Body Spirit, Personal Narratives, and Alumni Highlight. It was first published in February 2016.[42]

Greek life

Historically, various independent and national fraternities and sororities had active chapters at Ithaca College. However, due to a series of highly publicized hazing incidents in the 1980s, including one which was responsible for the death of a student, the college administration reevaluated their Greek life policy and only professional music fraternities were allowed to remain affiliated with the school.[43]

As of 2024, professional coed music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon is the only remaining recognized Greek organization on campus.[44] Previously, three other recognized music and performing arts houses also existed on campus:

There are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies.[43] Additionally, while not particularly common, Ithaca College students may rush for Greek houses affiliated with nearby Ivy institution Cornell University, subject to the rules of each individual fraternity or sorority. Some Cornell-affiliated Greek organizations actively recruit Ithaca College students.

There are a few unaffiliated fraternities which some Ithaca College students may join, ΔΚΕ (Delta Kappa Epsilon), ΑΕΠ (Alpha Epsilon Pi), ΦΚΣ (Phi Kappa Sigma), ΦΙΑ (Phi Iota Alpha), ΛΥΛ (Lambda Upsilon Lambda), and ΚΣ (Kappa Sigma). There are unaffiliated sororities including ΓΔΠ (Gamma Delta Pi), ΠΛΧ (Pi Lambda Chi), ΦΜΖ (Phi Mu Zeta), .[43][46][47][48]

Music

Ithaca College has a successful music school, and offers opportunities to perform music, such as ensembles within the official School of Music, Theatre, and Dance or student-organized organizations dedicated to performing music outside of the official School of Music.

The School of Music offers many audition-based ensembles including symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, wind ensemble, concert band, multiple choir ensembles, multiple jazz ensembles ranging from instrumental to vocal, as well as several other chamber groups focusing on a multitude of instruments. It also offers multiple opportunities to perform opera works like the school's Opera Workshop, which offers a variety of focused training in such areas as audition technique, interpretation, and scene study through multiple performance opportunities.[49] The school offers several non-auditioned ensembles, such as the symphony orchestra Sinfonietta. Additionally, several non-auditioned ensembles for band, jazz, and choir opened up to non-music majors. The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance showcases multiple audition-based productions a year, typically featuring multiple musical theater productions and an opera.[50]

Outside of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, there are several student-run a cappella groups on campus including:

  • IC Voicestream, founded in 2002, is the college's premier all-gender inclusive a cappella group.[51]
  • Ithacappella, founded in 1996, is the college's only all-male identifying a cappella group.[52]
  • Premium Blend, the college's only all-female aligned a cappella group[53]
  • Tone Cold, an all gender inclusive a cappella group[54]
  • Pitch Please, the college's only non-auditioned all-gender a cappella group[55]
  • NUVO (New Voices), founded in 2024, is the college's BIPOC inclusive a cappella group.[56]

Athletics

Ithaca competes in athletics at the NCAA Division III level as a members of the Liberty League and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). The Bombers have won 14 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports.[57] Ithaca was a member of the Empire 8 prior to being in Division III.[58]

Intramurals

Along with Intercollegiate athletics, Ithaca College has a large intramural sport program. The extracurricular program serves approximately 25% of the undergraduate population yearly. Among the 14 traditional team activities offered throughout the year are basketball, flag football, kickball, soccer, softball, ultimate (ultimate frisbee), ski racing, and volleyball.

For most activities there are divisions with men's, women's, and co-recreational teams.

Sustainability

File:Peggy Ryan Williams Center, Ithaca College.jpg
The Peggy Ryan Williams Center is LEED Platinum Certified.

Ithaca's School of Business was the first college or university business school in the world to achieve LEED Platinum Certification. Ithaca's Peggy Ryan Williams Center is also LEED Platinum certified.[4] The college also has a LEED Gold Certified building, the Athletics & Events Center.[24] The college composts its dining hall waste,[59] runs a "Take It or Leave It" Green move-out program, and offers a sustainable living option.[60] It operates an office supply collection and reuse program,[61] as well as a sustainability education program during new student orientation.[62] Ithaca College received a B− grade on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's 2009 College Sustainability Report Card[63] and an A− for 2010.

In 2017, Ithaca College was listed as one of Princeton Review's top "green colleges" for being environmentally responsible.[64]

Commitments to action on climate change

In the spring of 2007, President Peggy R. Williams signed the American College & University President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), pledging Ithaca College to achieve "carbon neutrality". In 2009, the Board of Trustees approved the Ithaca College Climate Action Plan, which called for 100% carbon neutrality by 2050. It also offered a 40-year action plan.[65]

Energy profile

The college purchases 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Including solar offsets, the college reports its overall energy usage as 45% carbon neutral.[66]

Energy investments

The college aims to optimize investment returns and does not invest the endowment in on-campus sustainability projects, renewable energy funds, or community development loan funds. The college's investment policy reserves the right of the investment committee to restrict investments for any reason, which could include environmental and sustainability factors.[67]

Notable alumni

Ithaca College has over 70,000 alumni,[68] with clubs in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Metro New York, Washington D.C., North and South Carolina, Philadelphia; Rochester, New York; San Diego, and Southern Florida.[69] Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with city-specific clubs and through a program called "IC on the Road".[70]

Notable faculty

Notable current and former Ithaca College faculty include:

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