| RIT’s Length
of Service honorees: Celebrating dedication and longevity |
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A
packed audience filled RIT’s Fireside Lounge for the annual Length
of Service reception, Oct. 15, honoring the dedication and longevity of
employees. RIT President Albert Simone addressed the crowd that came to
salute and celebrate those employees heralded for five, 10, 15, 20, 25,
30, 35 and 40 years of service to RIT. Following the Length of Service reception,
the 25-, 30-, 35-, and 40-year employees attended a lunch at the RIT Inn
& Conference Center.
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| Breitenbach
wins coveted Princess Grace film award |
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Travis
Breitenbach is ready to take one on the chin. The RIT student filmmaker
expects to grow a beard—a mustache, too—for his senior thesis
production, A Kiss Without a Mustache is Like Egg Without Salt. Breitenbach
says the documentary will explore the history and culture of facial hair.
“The razor is the most commonly used tool among American men,”
he reflects. “It’s used even more often than the toothbrush, unfortunately.”
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| Castellano named
head of criminal justice |
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Thomas Castellano joined RIT this fall as the new chair of the criminal
justice department in the College of Liberal Arts. Castellano comes to
RIT after nearly 20 years at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale
and brings with him a passion for social justice issues and research that
evaluates and assesses “the impact of crime control policies on people’s
lives.”
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| Hira offers Congressional
testimony |
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Ronil
Hira, assistant professor of public policy at RIT, testified before the
House of Representative’s Committee on Small Business on Oct. 20. Hira,
an expert on engineering workforce issues, testified on offshore outsourcing
of high-skilled jobs. He last testified before the House Small Business
Committee in June on behalf of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers-USA, for which he chairs the research and development policy committee.
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| Liberal Arts encourages
a summer in Croatia |
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RIT’s
summer program in Dubrovnik, Croatia offers students a chance to leave the
classroom—and the country—for a real-life experience in an eastern
European culture with a Mediterranean climate. The annual five-week program
is held at RIT’s sister college, the American College of Management
and Technology, in Dubrovnik and is administered through RIT’s College
of Liberal Arts.
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| RIT promotes area
as fuel cell hotbed |
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RIT
President Albert Simone joined members of Greater Rochester Enterprise,
a public-private economic development organization, to announce, on Oct.
20, results of a study on the Rochester region’s potential to become
a hotbed for fuel-cell technology research and manufacturing. Citing the
region’s strength in university research, critical mass of skilled
workers, particularly in engineering, and presence of major companies, the
study concludes that Rochester may be an ideal place for the fuel-cell industry
to locate.
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| Four Presidents Award
nominations due |
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Nominations
are being sought for the second Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service
Award. The award was established by Alfred Davis, vice president emeritus,
to celebrate his 65 years of distinguished service to RIT. The award will
recognize exemplary public service by a current member of RIT’s faculty
or staff. The awards committee is seeking nominations by Nov. 21. Please
send your nomination forms to the Office of Government and Community Relations.
This link— www.rit.edu/gcr—will
take you to the Government and Community Relations Web site where you will
find two selections for nomination form downloads.
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| HUT, TWO, THREE, FOUR . . . Members of Army ROTC Tiger
Battalion, 1st Brigade, above, took first place in the Ranger Challenge
Competition last month in Fort Devens, Mass. Competing against 21
other schools, RIT earned first place in the Army physical fitness
test; the patrolling exam, a written test of basic infantry skills;
and orienteering. Other challenges in the two-day contest included
an obstacle course, marksmanship, rope-bridge construction, timed
weapons disassembly and assembly, and a 10-kilometer road march. Cadets,
coached by Maj. Donald Powell and Master Sgt. Robert Yelder, trained
six days a week in preparation for the competition. |
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