Ithaca has an impressive variety of cocurricular activities, and a great number of them are open to students in any major. You can work for our award-winning weekly newspaper, radio stations, and television production organization. Or explore the professional world by managing the business school's trading room and participating in such groups as the American Marketing Association or the Core Trading Consultants. Music students may participate in school ensembles, perform with the Trombone Troupe, sing a cappella with Premium Blend or Ithacappella, play in the cello choir, or form their own groups. In fact, just about every discipline has an affiliated club that gives you experience and encouragement as you're working toward your degree.
From ultimate Frisbee to French, there's an organization at Ithaca that's right for you. You can find your niche in any one (or several, for that matter) of our nearly 200 academic, social, culture- and ethnicity-based, service, and athletic groups. You can change the world in the Ithaca College Environmental Society or Amnesty International, give your input on campus issues through the Student Government Association, or join any number of other Ithaca groups that will enhance -- and expand -- your interests.
Volunteerism plays a vital role on our campus. You might work with Habitat for Humanity to build houses for those in need, or walk in the Relay for Life with other members of Colleges against Cancer. Sign up for Service Saturdays and work with residents of the nearby continuing-care facility, serve as mentor to local youth, or scoop chili at the annual Downtown Ithaca Chilifest.
You can start pitching in even before your first day of classes: our two-day Community Plunge provides volunteer services to nearly 20 local agencies, putting new students to work running a children's camp carnival, visiting with the elderly, and clearing nature trails. Regardless of the cause, Ithaca students prove that "You can't spell service without IC."
