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For some people, exploration is just a hobby. For Allan Miller, M.S. ’97, it’s a lifelong passion. He’s a licensed pilot, and in 2003 he was a finalist to become an educator astronaut with NASA. Last December Allan joined an international team of teachers and scientists on one of Earth’s ultimate ventures -- a two-week research cruise to...
The bright lights of Broadway led Ithaca College alumna Kerry Butler ’92 all the way to her first Tony nomination. Butler, a musical theater graduate, earned a nomination for best performance by a leading actress in a musical for her performance in Xanadu. The musical was also nominated for best musical.
Watch Kerry...
Ithaca College graduate Travis Knapp ’07 won the BMI Foundation’s 11th Annual John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his song, "Before You Go." Knapp received a $10,000 scholarship and was presented his award onstage at the BMI Pop Awards Ceremony held in Los Angeles.
Recognizing the best and brightest young songwriters between the...
In a funny coincidence, Professor Michael Twomey, Dana Professor of Humanities and Arts at Ithaca College, has unearthed an unknown piece of Arthurian literature, while his former student Steven Hartman ’87 announced that he had discovered a letter written by Henry David Thoreau to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Professor Twomey discovered a...
It's not unusual to see IC theater majors make it big after graduation. For example, Michele Federer '95 is now starring opposite Emmy Award-winner Mare Winningham in the stage production of The Glass Menagerie at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Federer originated the role of Nessarose in the Broadway production of Wicked and appeared...
“What really sold me about Ithaca was the fact that I could get involved from day one at the Ithacan,” says blogger Rob Bluey ’01. Bluey, who graduated with a degree in journalism, has become a one-man riptide under the wave of the “new media” that is drastically...
It’s funny how things work out. A decade after Danny Green ’85 entered Ithaca College he found himself in Washington D.C., waiting with a crowd of other journalists to get his hands on the public release of evidence in support of the Kenneth Starr report. “I bought a copy, literally ran to Kinko’s, and began making copies and faxing the...
Ready, set, action! While most IC students were beginning their weekends, 23 lucky Roy H. Park School of Communications students attended a weekend-long mini-course taught by IC alumnus David Spiegelman ’80. Spiegelman, senior executive vice president of domestic television distribution and marketing at New Line Cinema, shared his knowledge of the business...
In Los Angeles, it’s impossible for me not to bump into friends from Ithaca College on a regular basis. It all started when my roommate, Elizabeth Tramontozzi ’03 and I had a party at our house last month that included fellow IC alums. We got to reminiscing about our days at Ithaca, especially our fond memories of performing in the...
When Paul Fowler ’01 answered his phone one day in the spring of 2006, he was notified that his entry had been selected as the winner of a composition contest for the New York Youth Symphony. He was surprised, to say the least. “I had completely forgotten I had submitted the piece,” says Fowler, who found himself in the sonorous...
Since last fall, Park alumnus Jeff Schmidt ’04 has been diligently editing a documentary on obesity. His hard work has paid off. Schmidt's documentary, Million Calorie March, will be screened at the Boston Film Festival.
The documentary follows Gary Marino, a man who struggled with his weight for over three decades, at ...
A few years ago, long-time business partners Carol Doroba ’88 and Robin McConaughy were avid sports fans with a reasonable complaint. “There was a complete lack of classy, high-end apparel for women sports fans,” says Doroba.
Ill-fitting football jerseys and baggy basketball tank tops just weren’t cutting it for Doroba ...
Ithaca College graduate Gino Bona ’95 played a large part in of one of the most entertaining segments of the Super Bowl—the commercials. Bona won the inaugural “Pitch us Your Idea for the Best Super Bowl Commercial Ever. Seriously” contest.
Bona was one of over 10,000 fans who pitched an original concept promoting the National...
David Boreanaz ’91 has come back from the dead.
Well, not really. But the star of the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel is finally playing not a vampire but a living, breathing person. With a legion of fans, great reviews, a prime-time slot, and, of course, an Ithaca College education, it was a...
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