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Introducing RIT’s Class of 2003
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RIT
welcomes thousands of parents and family members, friends and the Institute
community to its 118th annual commencement ceremonies, May 23-24. President
Albert Simone will confer degrees on 3,510 undergraduate and graduate
students, including 290 from the School of American Management and Technology
in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during Academic Convocation and college graduation
ceremonies.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer to deliver RIT commencement address
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United
States Sen. Charles Schumer will deliver RIT’s Commencement Address
during the 7:30 p.m. Academic Convocation on Friday, May 23. In the past
25 years, Schumer has become known as a leader on national issues and
a tireless fighter for New York. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle called
him “an accomplished, far-sighted legislator,” while The
New York Times wrote that he “is a more serious lawmaker with
more rooted values, sounder policy positions and a deeper commitment
to the common good.”
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RIT bids for presidential debate
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From
Kennedy vs. Nixon to Gore vs. Bush, presidential debates have become
a slice of American history. RIT wants to be a part of that history in
a quest to host a presidential debate in 2004. The Commission on Presidential
Debates recently visited RIT, considering it among 13 other potential
debate sites. In 2000, three debates were held on university campuses.
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2003 College Delegates
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Each
college selected one student representative (Business has selected two)
to be part of the Commencement delegation. Student delegates were selected
for personal achievement demonstrating the ideals of RIT, including,
but not limited to, academic achievement.
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Eisenhart Award Profiles
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Since
1965, RIT’s Eisenhart Awards for Outstanding Teaching have honored
and celebrated faculty excellence. RIT gives up to four awards each year
to 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 23.
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Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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If
not for a chance encounter 19 years ago in a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant
in Lakewood, N.Y., some RIT students might not have it so good—or
be so well fed—today. That was when Rick Cliver, home for summer
break from RIT, met future wife, Lora, while both worked at the fast-food
establishment outside Jamestown.
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| RATHER AT LIBERTY HILL . . . Dan Rather, CBS Evening News
anchor and managing editor, center, paid a visit to Liberty Hill,
home of RIT President Albert Simone and his wife, Carolie, on April
23. In town courtesy of WROC-TV, Rather spoke on education, the military
and oil dependency, saying, “We must decrease our dependency
for oil . . . we need a leader who will make this a high priority
for the sake of our children.” Just 72 hours prior to his visit,
Rather was covering the war with Iraq in Baghdad. |
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