FALL MORE THAN ’19 JUST A GAME 12 TIONS OMMUNICA THLETIC C A IC O BY T PHO 48 FEATURES 12 WHEN A GAME IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME The hidden history of Cortaca 22 MEDIA ENTREPRENEURS These young professionals don’t wait to graduate OW 28 MUSIC FOR PRAGUE 1968 SINK YL Remembering Karel Husa and his masterpiece SHER O BY T PHO VOLUME 37, NUMBER 2 Copyright 2019 by ICView. All rights reserved. ICView is published by the Ithaca College Office of College Communications. 22 DIRECTOR OF NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS Robin Roger [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR Patrick Bohn ’05, MS ’07 DESIGNER OS SUBMITTED Melissa Chiotti T PHO DESIGN DIRECTOR Cristina Eagan MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR 28 Adam Baker ARCHIVES COPY EDITOR Hope Dodge TIONS OLLEGE SENIOR CREATIVE COPYWRITER C CA Nellie Wallace CONTRIBUTING WRITERS OMMUNICA Kelli B. An ’04 THE ITHA Patrick Bohn ’05, MS ’07 OF Y Kyle Hornyak THLETIC C TES A Brian Hudgins IC OUR Tom Kertscher O BY O C Dave Maley T T Sherrie Negrea PHO PHO Ashley Reedman Kerry C. 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FROM THE PRESIDENT ON AUGUST 27, ITHACA COLLEGE WELCOMED 1,514 first-year students to our campus during a Convocation that was filled with energy and excitement as the newest members of our IC family prepared to begin a transformative phase of their lives. Our Convocation capped off a weeklong orientation for all incoming students—the first time in decades that we’ve oriented an entire class together, intentionally building community among and a strong identity for the class of 2023. For me, an incredibly moving part of our Convocation ceremony is the singing of our alma mater, “Ithaca Forever,” and hearing the voices of our first-year students combine with those of returning students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees. This is a powerful moment, connecting not only those of us in the arena but also generations of our IC family. “Ithaca Forever” sets a firm expectation—right from the PHOTO BY ADAM BAKER ADAM BY PHOTO start of a student’s time on campus—that ours is an institution and a community that endures. As we begin this new academic year, “Ithaca Forever” remains in the air long after Convocation. These two powerful words are the title of our strategic plan, which lays out nine goals and numerous objectives supporting each. Our community created this plan over the course of the past year, and this year we begin activating it. Ithaca Forever places current and future students at the core of everything we do: they are our “why.” But to truly understand Ithaca Forever in this new context, we are called to think about what it means to participate fully in the life of this institution and how it’s connected to our ability to cultivate a sense of belonging as a member of the IC family—in both our lived experiences while we are on campus and across time and space. There are many ways our strategic plan addresses this intention, and I invite you to read the full plan at ithaca.edu/imagining-ithaca. I want to share three specific initiatives contained within our plan that really excite me and will help us fulfill our mission to educate, engage, and empower through theory, practice, and performance. The first is to become a year-round place for living and learning. We are going to explore ways in which all of our campuses—in Ithaca, New York City, Los Angeles, and London—can provide innovative programming, ranging from professional programs to unique immersion experiences, for all life stages. The second is a commitment to support our faculty, staff, students, and community in testing innovative ideas and failing forward. One way we plan to do this is to establish a separate limited liability corporation incubator to facilitate research and business development. Finally, we will continue our strong investment in the mission-critical, student-centered goals of our existing facilities master plan. Our physical campus directly affects our students’ lives and IC experience, and we must transform this campus in ways that will make us more connected to one another as members of a community and as scholars seeking a balanced, holistic education that is integrated and cross-disciplinary. Ithaca College is a place where creativity flourishes, where the fire of intellectual inquiry is lit and fed. It’s also an enduring mindset, a touchstone for our alumni, families, and neighbors. And as I begin my third year as president, I am thrilled to join with our IC community to realize the promise of Ithaca Forever. All my best, SHIRLEY M. COLLADO President 2 | 2019 • Fall YOUR VIEW JENERESKI ‘09 ALIE T OM ROW) NA TT AND (BO OP ROW) MIKE GRIPPI ‘10 (T OS BY T PHO IC HAS A BALL Last spring, students, faculty, staff, and prospective “ What better way to show students alike had the chance to hop into an adult-sized ball pit filled with school spirit. The experience was part your love for IC than being of a social media pop-up event planned by senior social in a room that just has media strategist Natalie Jenereski ’09 and supported through an IC Presidential Seed Grant. This marketing Ithaca College plastered technique is used by national brands to encourage consumers to share their love for a brand on social all over it?” media, and the pop-up was timed to coincide with IC’s accepted students weekend, Ithaca Today. The pop-up — BRIAN HANSHAW ’21 included 11,000 blue, white, and silver balls and neon signs celebrating Ithaca College and Bomber pride. “What better way to show your love for IC than being in a room that just has Ithaca College plastered all over it?” said Brian Hanshaw ’21, a social media student assistant. To see more photos from the pop-up event, search #ICPopUp on social media! ithaca.edu/icview | 3 ON SOUTH HILL AM BAKER AD O BY T PHO FROM IMAGINING ITHACA TO ITHACA FOREVER The plan includes the following nine goals, each with corresponding objectives: This fall, Imagining Ithaca will become Ithaca Forever, as • Become a model for student success, the strategic plan that the community has envisioned engagement, and well-being, helping over the past year moves to the implementation phase, students to develop their unique potential turning ideas into actions. • Become a year-round campus for living and The five-year plan presents a framework for how IC learning opportunities will provide an exceptional educational experience that • Structurally support and value collaboration, is accessible, affordable, and responsive to the needs of interdisciplinarity, curricular flexibility, and the next generation of Ithaca College students. shared governance “We are delighted to endorse and support the • Develop cross-sector and community strategic plan, and we applaud the collaborative process partnerships that address challenging issues, within our community that produced it,” said David H. optimize the use of resources, and serve the Lissy ’87, chair of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees. public good “We acknowledge that while this plan provides the strategic framework for the college over the next five • Become a national model for colleges committed to the values of diversity, equity, years, it will require additional collaborative work to and inclusion analyze and make challenging choices and decisions.” President Shirley M. Collado said, “I am so proud • Determine and maintain an appropriate of the intentional, inclusive approach that guided and and sustainable size for our programs and sustained our strategic planning process. Imagining structures, and the associated resources, at Ithaca is the result of the hard work and thoughtful every level of the institution participation of hundreds of people from our college • Commit to being an employer of choice community and from the Ithaca area, and I look forward • Advance the campus master plan and to seeing how this tremendous effort will shape our improve space utilization to enhance the institution in the years to come.” student experience and promote teaching A detailed, year-one implementation plan will be and learning shared with the campus community later this fall, and • Cultivate an Ithaca Forever community, the college will officially launch Ithaca Forever. inspired by the power of the Ithaca College experience To read or download the plan, go to ithaca.edu/imagining-ithaca. 4 | 2019 • Fall ON SOUTH HILL CLASS OF 2019 CALLED TO BE BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY Mildred García, president of the American Association OW of State Colleges and Universities, told graduates at SINK Ithaca College’s 124th Commencement ceremony YL that they have a profound responsibility to use the SHER achievement of their degree to serve as a beacon of hope O BY T and opportunity for others. García delivered the main PHO address to some 1,500 graduates at the ceremony on May 19. “Today we celebrate far more than a degree achieved; an honorary doctor of letters degree. She also awarded we honor a dream, your dream, realized,” García said.