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With eight highly regarded and fast-growing colleges and 298 undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. programs, RIT is constantly striving to meet the needs of a diverse and dynamic student body. And the unique focus of each RIT College creates likewise unique funding priorities ranging from facilities and laboratory renovations to endowed faculty positions as well as a critical need for scholarship funds to aid deserving students in achieving their educational dreams. For detailed information on funding needs for the program of your choice, click on a selection below:
For detailed information on our colleges, visit: College Programs or Co-op Program.
COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Gifts directed to this College are used to respond to its expanding needs, which include student scholarships, funding faculty training and research, and completing labs and classrooms that will support many departments. You may also support one of the specific programs listed below
Contact: Barbara Bangs
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Center for Multidisciplinary Studies
This Center continues to grow and attract more students. Currently, we have over 900 students. They come to CMS from all over the world to begin or continue their education in one of our flexible associate, bachelor’s, master’s or certificate programs. Gifts made directly to the CENTER FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES GENERAL FUND will help us provide student aid, but they also allow us to create new and innovative academic programs and continue expanding online courses. Gifts to our CMS MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FUND and other endowed funds will assist students in pursuit of their education.
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Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety
A gift to the CETEMS DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND will help us continue to provide book scholarships, alleviating some financial stress for our students. It also will allow us to provide equipment for student projects and continue to support important student clubs such as SEAL and ASCE, which includes the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Teams. Scholarship funding is also critical to the success of our students. Today, tuition can be one of the biggest obstacles to a college education. A gift to any one of several memorial scholarships – such as the PATRICK DONOVAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND or the IAN RODGERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND – allows us to reach out to deserving students.
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Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology
Our department's most important priority for your gifts is to assist students through the ECTET Alumni Book Scholarships. These $300 to $500 awards go to students with a GPA of 3.5 or better, and are used to purchase books or laboratory kits. Each year, up to 50 students receive these scholarships, which enhance academic excellence and alleviate some of the financial stress, motivating students to continue to work hard. If you are interested, you can view a photo of recent recipients and access some sample thank-you letters. Gifts to the ECTET DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND help us to continue providing exceptional learning experiences to the next generation of ECTET professionals. Another option for support is the newly formed SIT Club (Students Innovating Technology). Its mission statement reads: We provide RIT students with the opportunity and support to implement technological projects while using ethical practices. Check out their exciting projects at http://people.rit.edu/sitwww/.
School of Hospitality and Service Management
Currently, the School of Hospitality and Service Management is completing a renovation of its facilities, which will include welcoming and comfortable gathering places, and a special showcase for Alumni Awardees, the Alumni Society and the International Advisory Board. Phase I of this project is completed and Phase II is poised to begin. With your support, we will advance our School, its reputation, its future alumni, and ultimately the value of every HSM degree. Your gift to the HSM FOURTH FLOOR RENOVATION FUND, to our SCHOLARSHIP FUND or to our STUDENT CLUB will help us achieve our goal.
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Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
Many times, it is only because of your support of the MMET DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND that we can make opportunities available to our students. This Fund is used to support student scholarships and student projects that give our students the hands-on experience they need and enjoy. The Fund also helps us support student club branches of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the Society of Plastic Engineers, and the Model Railroad Club. We are also grateful for those who choose to support our MMET FACULTY, STAFF
AND ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND which is distributed to sophomores. This is a critical year for our students, as they face increased academic demands but are not yet eligible for co-op positions. Many must work part-time to help finance their education, and this scholarship fund allows them to reduce work hours so they can concentrate on academic performance.
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Packaging Science Program
Gifts to the PACKAGING SCIENCE GENERAL FUND make it possible for our students to travel to professional conferences and events such as IoPP's sponsored trips/tours and Pack Expo, where our students are consistent winners in the design challenge. This Fund also helps us upgrade equipment in our materials/container labs. We are also very grateful to those who continue to support our PACKAGING SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Many of our students require financial assistance to complete their education, and your generous gifts are truly helping us prepare the future leaders of our industry.
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E. PHILIP SAUNDERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
This dynamic and fast-growing college was named after E. Philip Saunders, entrepreneur and founder of TravelCenters of America Inc. Mr. Saunders provided wonderful resources for scholarships, faculty expansion, and an endowment for future initiatives. The first floor and entry way to the Max Lowenthal Building was renovated, but plans call for further improvements. You can help us turn our exciting plans into reality by supporting our SAUNDERS COLLEGE BUILDING FUND. If you are more interested in helping us address current needs of our students and programs, you can choose to support our SAUNDERS COLLEGE GENERAL FUND. And we are grateful for all who continue to support one of our three Saunders College of Business scholarship funds: the ALUMNI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP, the WOMEN'S NETWORK ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP and the RECENT ALUMNI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP. In addition, we have three recently established scholarship funds. Two pay tribute to recently retired faculty members who have had an enormous impact on our business students: the PHILIP TYLER SCHOLARSHIP, and the EUGENE H. FRAM ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP. The third, the DANIEL D. TESSONI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN ACCOUNTING, honors the work of Professor Tessoni, who is still teaching.
Contact: Mark Boylan
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GOLISANO COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
Our grateful thanks goes out to all the alumni, parents and friends who provide annual support to Golisano College. You are true partners in our mission to prepare our students for successful careers. Our College now has eight undergraduate degree programs as well as eight graduate degrees. We’re also very proud of our new Ph.D. program in Computing and Information Sciences, which allows our scholars to use a balance of theory and practice to discover solutions to real-world problems. When you make a gift to our GOLISANO DEAN'S FUND, you are providing discretionary resources to address immediate student needs. Gifts to the GOLISANO COLLEGE ALUMNI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND are used to support students across all our programs for today and into the future. Some of our graduates prefer to give directly to their "home" department: COMPUTER SCIENCES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING or NETWORKING, SECURITY & SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION; each department is grateful for the additional support, which allows them to underwrite student/faculty projects, fund student events and assist our students with travel (they consistently present at conferences and competitions worldwide).
Contact: Jason Amore
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KATE GLEASON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
At the KGCOE, we strive to provide a nurturing educational environment where students earn a highly marketable degree. Gifts to the KATE GLEASON COLLEGE GENERAL FUND help provide scholarships, assist faculty projects, improve classrooms and upgrade equipment. Gifts to the KGCOE ALUMNI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND are helping us build a sustainable scholarship assistance program for deserving students. We are also excited about our continued efforts to build up our WOMEN IN ENGINEERING PROGRAM (WE@RIT). Your gift to this program will help our college continue to motivate young women to pursue engineering degrees. Some of our college supporters prefer to give directly to their "home" program: COMPUTER ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MICRO-E ENGINEERING. This is a great way to have an impact on the engineering professionals of the future. Funds directed to a program are used to assist its students in a variety of ways.
Contact: Eileen Galinski
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COLLEGE OF IMAGING ARTS AND SCIENCES
Gifts directed to the College are used to respond to its most pressing needs, which may include student scholarships, upgrading facilities, purchasing equipment and funding faculty training and development. You may also choose to support a specific school or program listed below.
Contact: Peter Gabak
American Crafts
Your continued interest and support of the School for American Crafts plays a critical role when it comes to awarding scholarships and keeping our studios alive with activity and ideas. Your annual gift to the SCHOOL FOR AMERICAN CRAFTS GENERAL FUND provides us with the resources we need to offer an annual Alumni Scholarship Award. This honor goes to an outstanding graduate student in each of the four SAC disciplines (clay, glass, metals, wood) to help support and encourage them as they transition from the academic to the professional world. It is a scholarship that clearly reflects SAC's commitment to using support from alumni, parents and friends to benefit students. Your gifts to this Fund also help us provide an unsurpassed, intensive studio environment where personal expression and professionalism flourish.
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Art
The students and faculty of the School of Art thrive on the support of alumni, parents and friends. Your gifts to the SCHOOL OF ART GENERAL FUND help us maintain our classrooms, which are designed for the specialized needs of each degree program, as well as our instructional studios, art production studios, and digital labs that feature the latest equipment, software and support devices. This fund also allows us to underwrite important learning opportunities such as field trips to galleries, exhibitions and artists' studios. Donors who support our SCHOOL OF ART ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND can take pride helping young artists obtain a valued RIT degree – and all our supporters are informed about upcoming workshops and gallery shows to personally view the results of their investment!
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Design
RIT's School of Design continues to be a leader in design education. As recently as October 2006, in its first-ever survey of "Best Design Schools", Business Week named RIT among the top programs in North America, Europe and Asia. Your gift to the SCHOOL OF DESIGN GENERAL FUND allows this great School to provide exceptional educational experiences, enhance our programs, add state-of-the-art technology and bring renowned speakers to campus to support our curriculum. In addition, annual gifts to the MASSIMO AND LELLA VIGNELLI CENTER FOR DESIGN STUDIES will allow us to move ahead with our plans to develop this Center, a permanent and comprehensive home for the Vignelli’s expansive archive of professional career accomplishments. We are
also grateful to those of you who choose to support the SCHOOL OF DESIGN ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND, which provides assistance to our current students. Today, with stiff competition among design schools, scholarship resources are critical.
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Film and Animation
RIT's School of Film and Animation continues to be the most selective program at RIT, and our students continue to receive awards and recognition. Your gift to the SCHOOL OF FILM AND ANIMATION GENERAL FUND goes directly to help our students by providing resources for emergency production grants, which help students complete their major projects. It also goes for finishing funds (festival, print and distribution costs) for students with great films who can't afford to get them out there. Visit our gallery to see samples of what our talented students produce. If you choose to support our SCHOOL OF FILM AND ANIMATION ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND, you can take pride helping the filmmakers of tomorrow obtain a valued RIT degree
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Photographic Arts and Sciences
Support of the SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS AND SCIENCES GENERAL FUND is helping us update facilities, such as renovating our old "wet chemistry" darkrooms into digital labs and maintaining and expanding our display areas. Most important, the resources you provide allow us to make emergency loans to students for supplies. Throughout the school year, your gifts also help make possible lectures featuring SPAS alumni and working photo professionals – a great opportunity for our students to hear about the real world. Some of you choose to help us out on our annual "Big Shot," which is a unique learning experience for RIT students, while others continue to support our scholarship programs, such as the SPAS ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND. We welcome your gift to any area or scholarship that means the most to you, including any of our six departments:
ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY
BIOMEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
IMAGING AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY
PHOTOJOURNALISM
VISUAL MEDIA
Thank you for your interest and support. You are helping this world renowned School maintain its leadership and making sure that our students receive an outstanding educational experience.
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Print Media
Alumni, parents, faculty/staff and friends who support the SCHOOL OF PRINT MEDIA GENERAL FUND increase our ability to award scholarships, which are used to attract talented freshmen to our program as well as to support student research. This general fund also helps the department update and/or replace equipment, and cover travel costs for students who attend professional meetings such as the TAGA competition, where our students continue to take top honors for their creative and well-executed projects. We are also very grateful for those who support the SCHOOL OF PRINT MEDIA ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND, a need-based fund which allows us to assist current students across the department.
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LIBERAL ARTS
This College continues to grow at an amazing pace. Currently, our college contains 15 departments, offers 11 bachelor’s degree programs, four master’s programs – and over 30 minors and concentrations! With growing enrollment in our College, the need for scholarship funds is more critical than ever, and your support of our CLA ALUMNI AND FRIENDS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP means many deserving Liberal Arts students - today and in the future - will be able to complete their RIT education. By choosing to support our COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS FUND, you help the college and the Dean’s office enhance the quality of our students’ education and activities by supporting guest speaker series, lectures and concerts as well as degree-related research and independent study and support for travel to professional conferences. An essential element of our educational philosophy is to provide in-depth research opportunities for our students. Your gift to our CLA STUDENT RESEARCH FUND helps us provide professional opportunities for our students to develop and present their research projects to faculty, alumni, and peers at either our annual Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication or our Liberal Arts Student Research Conference.
Contact: Cassandra George Ramos
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SCIENCE
This College continues to be ranked by the National Science Foundation among the nation’s top universities for undergraduate education in science. Currently, we offer 17 undergraduate degree programs, nine graduate degree programs and three doctoral degrees. As we attract more students, your support of scholarship funding is more important than ever. Our COLLEGE OF SCIENCE ALUMNI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP offers need-based assistance; the Physics Faculty and Alumni Endowed Scholarship recognizes and rewards physics majors who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance, dedication and promise in research and/or leadership. Also, because one of our major goals is to incorporate a research component into all undergraduate and graduate programs, your support of the COLLEGE OF SCIENCE STUDENT RESEARCH FUND will help provide essential assistance for faculty-mentored student research projects. By directly supporting the COLLEGE OF SCIENCE DEAN'S FUND, you will help us continue to improve our laboratories and classrooms across all programs. In addition, you may wish to directly support your “home” department by making a gift to BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHEMISTRY, IMAGING SCIENCE, MEDICAL SCIENCES, PHYSICS or THE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES. The funding you provide to these individual areas allows the departments to immediately address problems and opportunities for our students.
Contact: Mark Gaul
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
NTID at RIT is the world's first and largest technological college for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. More than 1,250 NTID students study, share residence halls, and enjoy social life together with 14,000 hearing students on the RIT campus. Since 1968, support from alumni, parents, friends and corporate partners has helped this college provide our students with outstanding, state-of-the-art technical and professional education programs that prepare them to live and work in the mainstream of a rapidly changing global community and enhance their lifelong learning. As ever, scholarship support is a critical need. If you are an NTID alumnus/a, a gift directed to the NTID ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND will allow you to give back to NTID as you support the next generation of NTID students. Also this year, thanks to the generosity of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, we have the opportunity to participate in a 4-to-1 matching gift challenge. All gifts to the JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP will be matched 4-to-1. This means your $100 gift to this scholarship will be worth $400! Don't miss this opportunity to quadruple your donation while helping the next generation of deaf and hard-of-hearing entrepreneurs and innovators receive the education they will need to succeed in today's fast paced, global economy. For those interested in supporting a unique and world-class performing arts program, the Robert F. Panara Theatre has been renovated, and continues to offer the campus wonderful productions. You can still Buy-a-Seat to support this theater. Every gift you make to NTID will go far toward continuing this College's great tradition of providing an education that leads to academic and life success for our deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Our NTID Web pages will help you learn more about NTID giving opportunities.
Contact: James Ebenhoch
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