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May 18, 2000

NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani plays "hardball" on campus

MSNBC's news talk show Hardball, with host Chris Matthews, filled Ingle Auditorium for its live broadcast from RIT on May 3. Facing a mostly student audience of over 550, guest New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani responded to Matthews' and students' forceful questions on his health and Senate run and his stance on crime, racism, abortion and taxes.

Commencement week parking and traffic

During commencement week the following parking changes will be in effect: U-lot, the site of the commencement/academic convocation tent, will remain closed until sometime after Monday, May 22, when the tent and equipment have been removed. U-lot reserved permit holders may park in any of the reserved areas on the north side of campus. Alternate parking is in academic lots on the north side of campus and in S-lot. The RIT shuttle makes regularly scheduled trips between the north and south sides of campus and is available to all members of the university. Schedules are available at the information desk in the Student Alumni Union.

Simone named CICU board chairman

President Simone has been elected chair of the board of trustees of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) of New York state, an organization representing the interests of more than 100 member institutions. He was elected to a two-year term May 16 by the trustees at the board's meeting in New York City; he will then serve for one year as a member of the executive committee as immediate past chair.

Class gift tradition continues this year

The annual tradition of donating class gifts continues this year as seniors from several RIT colleges leave their mark on campus. Students in the College of Business, College of Science, College of Liberal Arts, printing school in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, and the electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology department have begun fundraising efforts.

Renovations enhance campus academic and social life

You won't find any blackboards in the renovated James E. Gleason College of Engineering Building. In part that's because, "We're changing how we teach." So says Don Buss, operations manager for the massive $15 million rebuilding effort, about three-fourths complete.

NTID long-time supporter gives $500,000 gift

A commitment of $500,000 from long-time National Technical Institute for the Deaf supporter Elizabeth "Cookie" Williams has been announced by Robert Davila, NTID vice president.

Quality Cup winners represent industry excellence

RIT and USA Today announce the winners of the 2000 RIT/USA Today Quality Cup competition. The award recognizes winners for their outstanding contributions to improving the quality of products and services they provide.

Murley appointed RIT's parent liaison

Dawn Murley, former coordinator of the freshmen and transfer orientation programs in the Office of Student Transition and Support, has been appointed RIT's parent liaison, effective July 1.

Gordon to retire after nearly 40 years

This June, RIT will say goodbye to a veteran professor when Dane Gordon retires after 38 years in the teaching profession. Gordon, a philosophy professor in the College of Liberal Arts, also is an ordained Presbyterian minister and world traveler, having visited more than 40 countries.

Johnson appointed first MM&L director

Daniel Johnson has become the first director of the manufacturing, management and leadership master's of science program. Johnson has taught for the MM&L program, jointly offered by the colleges of Business and Engineering, since its inception in 1995 and has 10 years of experience with industry in new-technology development and capitalization.

2000 College Delegates

Each college selected one undergraduate student representative (Applied Science and Technology has two) to be part of the academic convocation on Friday. The college delegates, carrying their college banners, are part of the platform party. During the symbolic conferral of degrees, they accept the degrees on behalf of their colleges' graduates.

Commencement shuttle bus service

On Friday, May 19, shuttle bus service will be available for the College of Applied Science and Technology ceremony starting at 2 p.m. from parking lots E, F, G, H, J, S and T. For the academic convocation, shuttles will be in service from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. between parking lots, D, E, F, G, H, J, S and T and the commencement tent.

Eisenhart Award Profiles

Since 1965, RIT's Eisenhart Awards for Outstanding Teaching have honored and celebrated faculty excellence. The awards recognize RIT's multidisciplinary nature, granting up to four recipients in various programs. Winners are chosen through rigorous peer review of student nominations. This year, four professors will receive the awards during the academic convocation on Friday, May 19.

RIT administrators maintain roots in the classroom

Management and leadership entail solving problems and making decisions that can affect thousands of people--administrators face such stressful challenges as part of the job. Uniquely, in higher education, administrators can de-stress while keeping their fingers in the roots of the field--by teaching.

CLA dean leads expedition to historical Jericho

Andrew Moore, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, recently led an international team of archeologists and botanists to one of the most important sites of the ancient world--Jericho.

NEH grant helps save collections

RIT's Image Permanence Institute in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences has captured another grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue its work in saving archival collections in the humanities, arts and sciences. The $355,450 award will help fund the project, Computerized Information System for Preservation Management.

NEA grant to fund conference honoring RIT artist

Josef Albers had a vision: artwork should blend design with fine art, and education should teach both as a unified whole. The celebrated German-American artist, designer and educator brought his philosophy to RIT in 1968-69 when he conducted work on two different RIT commissions--the huge yellow mirror-image murals, "Homage to the Square," in the George Eastman Building lobby and the "Loggia Wall" on the Gosnell Science Building, facing the courtyard.

RIT mom gets special gift from daughter

RIT honors seniors graduate from the physician assistant program in a simple ceremony marking their passage from student to professional. Professors present each senior with a long white lab coat, embroidered with their name and title, to replace the student lab coats worn cut above the knee to denote status.

Technology Park Web site to be unveiled May 19

RIT's Business and Technology Park unveils its new Web site tomorrow, May 19, featuring an in-depth look into the 81 acres of land adjacent to the RIT campus. The technology park provides a setting for light manufacturing, technology and research-related private-industry tenants and is helping attract new business and development to the Henrietta community. The park also works with RIT to improve the overall quality of education for its students and enhance its position as a leader in combining education with business.

Dept. of Energy intern finds experience personally rewarding

Several RIT students have participated in the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships (ERULF). The program gives selected students hands-on research experience at national laboratories across the country. Following is an interview with biotechnology major Esperanza Nunez who spent the academic year conducting research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif.

Mother/son interpreters will receive diplomas together

When Franklin Polvino crosses the stage to receive his associate's degree in educational interpreting, his mother will be so proud. But Franklin's mom won't be watching the graduation ceremony with the rest of the parents; she'll be graduating, too.

Bookbinding conference celebrates hands-on craft

Books will continue to exist. Ancient books such as the Book of Kells will grace not only the shelves of museums, collections and library archives, they will live anew alongside modern tomes--thanks to the flourishing craft of bookbinding and book conservation, co-existing with electronic book storage.

CLA students launch newsletter

Students in the College of Liberal Arts found something new and unexpected in their mail folders this quarter: a slick, color newsletter bearing the punchy title, Liberal Smarts.

"Cosmic" Web site created by IT students

On May 5 the planets aligned. On May 6 the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performed a concert in honor of "the cosmic event."And on the seventh day everyone rested. Everyone, that is, except for RIT information technology students who likely headed to computers to design another Web site.

RIT rowing teams near end of season

RIT's men's and women's rowing teams have been having outstanding seasons and head coach Jim Bodenstedt looks for even brighter things as the season continues.

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