Sound knowledge of his subject area. Enthusiasm. Patience. These are but a few of the qualities Abi Aghayere brings to his RIT classroom. Alone, they might make for a good teacher. Aghayere, however, is one of RIT's outstanding teachers.

“Ehhh, What’s up doc?” Bugs Bunny, the “wascally wabbit” star of Looney Tunes—along with his memorable friends including Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Pepe Le Pew (the amorous skunk who turns off Parisian lovers with his scent)—grace one entire wall of Robert Barbato’s office in the College of Business.

Holiday cards with illustrations of road signs hang on a wall in Doug Manchee’s office. The cards, from his students, symbolize what may be considered a Manchee mantra of teaching: providing guidance. “I think that your job is to point them in directions...

Winning a Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching is the kind of feedback that can make a great teacher even better. It lets professors like Peter Hauser, a 2005 award recipient, know they’re on the right track.
“To have a group of administrators, faculty, staff and students evaluate...

Todd Pagano, winner of the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, is passionate—no, make that hyperkinetic—about science. The 30-year-old professor in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf’s Laboratory Science Technology program...

Two RIT science majors have won the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students interested in pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering.

The Institute Writing Committee recognized the winners of this year’s Student Writing Contest at a luncheon last month. In the front row with Andrew Moore, College of Liberal Arts dean, is Shannon Pytlak, a fourth-year film and animation student who won an honorable mention in the nonfiction category.

Brandon Borgna, a third-year professional and technical communication major in the College of Liberal Arts, won the 2005 Ethics and Communication Award. The prize, made possible through a donation from a PTC
alumnus, was established in 2004 by RIT’s Department of Communication...

The TRIO Support Services program in RIT’s Learning Development Center honored recipients of the Bennett Scholarship in a recent ceremony. The 2005 Bennett Scholars are Justine Paoletti, Gina DiCaprio, Jonathan LeJeune, William Atkinson, Nicholas Pennise and Christina Bryce.

Kayce Baker, center, special accounts manager for Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., views the winning portfolios from this year’s Fuji Scholarship competition. Sean McGlincy, right, from Atlanta, earned $2,000 as the first-prize winner, and Sarah Weeden from Canandaigua, N.Y., was awarded...

The Alpha Sigma Lambda Honorary Society inducted 22 new students this year. The students were honored at a dinner in April at Liberty Hill along with their chosen mentors. The honorary society annual inducts new members based on scholarship, participation in activities...

The annual Davis Scholarship Awards luncheon gave special recognition to student leaders who significantly contribute to campus life. Alfred Davis, RIT vice president emeritus (shown in the front row), joined the winning scholars.

RIT Provost Stanley McKenzie and Online Learning hosted the 2005 Exemplary Online Teaching Awards and 2004/2005 Distance Learning Scholarship Awards.

Charles Volpe ’59 accepts the recognition of guests at the Celebration of Scholarship dinner. In 2002, Volpe and his wife, Andrea, established a scholarship that provides full tuition to selected students in RIT’s engineering or computing programs.

RIT’s College Panhel-lenic Association honored 70 Greek women for their academic achievement at their second annual Sweet Rewards Dessert Reception and ceremony in April. Kate Motter, second-year new media publishing major, was honored for having a cumulative GPA of 4.0.

This year, 35 students from countries around the world were honored by RIT’s International Student Scholarship program. The scholars are Titiksha Agarwal, Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Nagaraj Bijjala, Roman Blagovirnyy, Somi-Ruw Budhagoda Arachchige, Paulo Choi...