This issue of ICView arrives during a time of great possibility and momentum for our institution.
Despite a competitive higher education environment, we exceeded our enrollment goal for this fall, welcoming more than 1,400 new students to our community. We also welcomed four new deans, all of whom bring exceptional credentials, knowledge, experience, and ideas to their appointments. You will learn about these academic leaders’ backgrounds within the pages of this issue of ICView. Also in this issue, you’ll learn about four alumni who are at different points in their careers as members of our country’s armed forces and also about a cohort of IC graduates who work in various roles for the New York Yankees organization. On that note, we are excited for IC in the City: Reunion and Cortaca ’22 in New York City on November 10–12, during which several events are planned and the Bombers will take on SUNY Cortland at Yankee Stadium for the right to claim the Cortaca Jug for another year. Save the dates, if you have not already done so, and learn more by visiting alumni.ithaca.edu.
Everything we do, every decision we make on South Hill, is in the interest of making our students’ experience on campus transformative and intellectually stimulating. It is my wish to ensure every student feels seen, heard, and valued. This inclusive environment extends to our alumni community as well. To that end, I am embarking on an Ithaca Together Inaugural Tour, during which I will travel to cities across the country (and the UK) to get to know the wide-ranging members of our alumni community and share my vision for my first year as president. Dates for the Ithaca Together Inaugural Tour can be found on the inside back cover of this issue.
Many thanks to each of you for your contributions to life on South Hill. I look forward to seeing many of you this fall during IC in the City and the Ithaca Together Inaugural Tour.
Until then, may you be well, stay well, and take good care.
With gratitude,
La Jerne Terry Cornish President