17 Facts About Ithaca College

Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York.

Ithaca College is internationally known for the Roy H Park School of Communications, which is ranked by several organizations as a top school for journalism, film, media and entertainment.

Ithaca College is consistently named among the best colleges in the nation by Princeton Review, with the 2018 guide ranking the college number 3 for theater, number 3 for newspaper, and number 6 for Radio, and is among the top schools producing Fulbright scholarship recipients.

Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892 when a local violin teacher, William Grant Egbert, rented four rooms and arranged for the instruction of eight students.

For nearly seven decades the institution flourished in the city of Ithaca College, adding to its music curriculum the study of elocution, dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts.

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Ithaca College's replaced Shirley M Collado who departed Ithaca College to become the president and CEO of College Track, a comprehensive college completion program.

Ithaca College's was previously executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University–Newark and vice president of student affairs and dean of the college at Middlebury College.

Ithaca College's is the first Dominican American to be named president of a college in the United States.

Ithaca College operates direct enrollment exchange programs with several universities, including Griffith University, La Trobe University, Murdoch University, and University of Tasmania ; Chengdu Sport University and Beijing Sport University ; University of Hong Kong ; Masaryk University ; Akita International University and University of Tsukuba ; Hanyang University ; Nanyang Technological University ; University of Valencia ; and Jonkoping University .

Ithaca College is affiliated with study abroad programs such as IES Abroad and offers dozens of exchange or study abroad options to students.

Ithaca College offers a curriculum with more than 100 degree programs in its five schools:.

However, there are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and therefore not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies.

Ithaca College has one of Division III's strongest athletic programs, with the Bombers winning a total of 14 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports.

Some other names that have been used for Ithaca College's teams include: Blue Team, Blues, Blue and Gold, Collegians, and the Seneca Streeters.

Ithaca College has finished first or second at 25 of the past 29 state meets.

In 2017, Ithaca College was listed as one of Princeton Review's top "green colleges" for being environmentally responsible.

Ithaca College aims to optimize investment returns and does not invest the endowment in on-campus sustainability projects, renewable energy funds, or community development loan funds.