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Cornell University workers rally for a new contract with higher wages
Alita Bentley works in food service at Cornell University. She’s been there for over a decade. Bentley dreams of owning a home that she could pass down to her children. Instead, she said she’s barely making ends meet. “Everything is doubled, except our salary, except our wages, that's...
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Hosts MASH Camp – Students Work to Navigate Aftermath of a Mock Crash
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center recently held their annual Medical Academy of Science and Health, better known as MASH Camp earlier this week. The camp is a 2-day event where high school students throughout the region take part. During the camp, Guthrie exposes students to various specialities within the healthcare industry....
TOYOTA HS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tully's Ryan Rauber is headed to outdoor track nationals
TULLY, NY — Ryan Rauber was quite literally born for this. "We would go out on long runs, and I'd try to keep up with them. Ever since I was little, we'd go out on competition runs and just see who can outlast the others," said the Tully High School junior.
Another Ithaca school district exec plans to resign next month
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca City School District’s (ICSD) chief operations officer Amanda Verba will resign her post in the coming weeks. Verba oversaw district finances, including the formulation of the school district’s annual budget. A spokesperson for the district confirmed Verba had “notified the Board of Education...
TC3 Professor Earns Community College Internationalization Fellowship
TC3 announced on Thursday that a one of their professors has won a Community College International Fellowship (CCIF). Christine Evans, an adjunct associate Spanish professor, has been assigned with creating a literature supplement for TC3’s Beginning Spanish II course through Cornell University’s world areas studies programs. With prior CCIF fellowship experience – having previously worked on integrating digital content into Spanish classes during the COVID-19 impacted academic years – Evans hopes to also find readings useful in other courses as well.
ICSD’s Head Budget Developer Takes Pay Cut in Move to Trumansburg School District
The Ithaca City School District’s (ICSD) Chief Operations Officer (COO) Amanda Verba, who is in charge of developing the budget each year and constructing the district’s long-term financial plans, will leave the district for a position as school business executive in the Trumansburg Central School District. Verba started...
Sustainability in Focus: Cornell Sustainability Roundtables
The Center for Hospitality Research at The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University hosted annual Sustainability Roundtables in fall 2022 and 2023. In many ways, the two sessions were part of an essential conversation. For the 2022...
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