| 2006 College Delegates |
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Student delegates are selected for personal achievements that demonstrate the ideals of RIT including, but not limited to, academic excellence. They will speak at their respective college commencement ceremonies.
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| Paula Grcevic, National Technical Institute for the Deaf |
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Paula Grcevic–one of the few to win the coveted Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching twice–never wanted to be a teacher. She had been quite content designing and airbrushing patterns on men’s ties, women’s clothing and other fabrics in Manhattan’s renowned Chelsea district
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| Edith Hemaspaandra, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences |
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Lynn Fuller was born around the time of the invention of the transistor in December 1947. Both have proven staying power.
For Fuller–the Motorola Professor of Microelectronic Engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering–his longevity translates into a more than four-decade affiliation with RIT, starting as an
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| Lynn Fuller, Kate Gleason College of Engineering |
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Lynn Fuller was born around the time of the invention of the transistor in December 1947. Both have proven staying power.
For Fuller–the Motorola Professor of Microelectronic Engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering–his longevity translates into a more than four-decade affiliation with RIT, starting as an
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| Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching |
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Hair: ‘Colorful’ prof believes in self-brandingNeil Hair is probably one of the most colorful professors on the RIT campus, although he wears “black and nothing but black–particularly when teaching.”
“What I wear makes a statement about who I am, and I’m remembered for it,” explains the assistant professor
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| Trustees Scholarship and Provost’s winners |
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Harry LangRyne RaffaelleSatish KandlikarThis year’s recipients of the Trustees Scholarship Awards are a testament to the fact that solid classroom instruction can be combined with a strong interest and
success in the research field.
The awardees are: Satish Kandlikar, Gleason Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
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| McGowan honors |
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Inga GroteThe College of Business has named Inga Grote as the 2006 winner of the prestigious McGowan Scholarship. Grote, a third-year international business student, will receive a full scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year, made possible by a grant from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund. Grote
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| Outstanding communication scholars |
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Nine students from the Department of Communication recently were inducted into Xi Upsilon, RIT’s chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the official honor society of the National Communication Association. Pictured, from left, are Jennifer Scheffler, Chui Sze Li (Ronnie), Steve Ong, faculty advisor Susan Barnes, Katherine Robert and
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| Alpha Sigma Lambda honors RIT students and mentors |
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This year’s inductees to Alpha Sigma Lambda include Joel Azariah, Erica Binotto, Lindsey Brady, Jessica Campbell, Bethany Choate, Dean Ganskop, Kathleen Geibel, Erhardt Graeff, Cory Hoffman, Timothy Johnson, James Macchiano, Adam Mattina, Adam Peck, Jody Podpora, Daniela Ribinski, Jennifer Richter, Julie Romans, Greg Smith and Melissa Zacek.Academic
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| Student Government presents annual awards |
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RIT’s Student Government presented its end-of-the-year awards at the eighth annual awards banquet in April. The awards recognize both students and student organizations for their individual achievements and contributions to the RIT community. They included:
- Best of Clubs Showcase–Asian Culture Society
- RHA Member of the Year–John Connelly
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| Online Learning excellence saluted |
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RIT Provost Stanley McKenzie presented awards to Online Learning recipients Linda Tolan and Peter Hauser.Online Learning and RIT Provost Stanley McKenzie celebrated winners of the 2006 Online Learning Awards on April 27. Recipients were Linda Tolan, associate dean, College of Applied Science and Technology, who was awarded
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| The best of RIT’s undergraduate students |
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RIT honored students as Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars in a ceremony and reception held in April. Joined by RIT Provost Stanley Mckenzie, the scholars are
Julie Adameck, Christopher Adams, Elizabeth Angell, Lisa Aronson, Joel Azariah, Raina Bahns, Heather Benton, Marigold Bethany, Julia Bethel, Boris Bodrozic,
Amar Boghani, Heather Brazeau, Eric
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Not just a day at the beach
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Greg Francis | photographer RIT's concrete canoe, center, paddled by Jennifer Hill, front, and Jasmine Vasquez, civil engineering technology majors, pulls ahead of the University of Buffalo, foreground, and Clarkson University in a women's race during the Upstate New York Regional Concrete Canoe Competition hosted by RIT on April 29 in Mendon Ponds Park. RIT earned first place in the men's, women's and co-ed sprint events and third place in the men's endurance contest. Clarkson University captured first place overall to advance to the national competition next month. In a companion event, also hosted by RIT, SUNY Canton took first place in a regional steel-bridge design contest. More than 200 students from a dozen colleges in New York state and Canada participated in the two competitions.
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