Learning That Never Stops
These stories showcase a cumulative learning experience that doesn’t end at graduation. Meet students, faculty, and other IC community members who took risks, embraced setbacks, and iterated their way to success.
A Place That Transforms
Learn about students, faculty, and other IC community members who were changed by the stunning natural beauty and eclectic cultural scene here—along with those who transformed IC with their vision for a better world.
A Veteran Finds Her Voice … and Her Calling
Vanessa Doucette’s journey from the United States Navy to IC’s Speech-Language Pathology program
Art Downtown
Art major Safara Vache ’25 opens her solo exhibition in downtown Ithaca with support and collaboration from faculty mentor Julianne Hunter.
In Her Element
How a summer internship aboard a floating classroom on Ithaca’s Cayuga Lake connected Patty McHugh ’25 to memories of her grandfather and prepared her for new adventures
Growing the Future
“I think it’s important to know that you can pursue any passion you want and there’s a way to make it your profession.”
An Experience That Evolves
College isn’t just about meeting requirements. Meet those who took chances, charted new paths, found unexpected sides of themselves, and developed an unstoppable, ever-evolving mindset.
Expertise That Elevates
Our leaders connect and align the strengths of others, forge new territory, make tough decisions, and dare innovative solutions. Get to know those in our bold-thinking community who are making an impact.
Elisa Rodriguez
Reading the Future
Elisa Rodriguez ’14 is helping to shape tomorrow’s critical thinkers one student at a time.
