What’s a public relations department without writers? University News has several: Vienna Carvalho-McGrain covers student affairs and is the editor of the Athenaeum newsletter. Michelle Cometa writes about the College of Applied Science and Technology and the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. Will Dube covers the College of Liberal Arts as well as the Golisano more »
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Truth be told, I’m just an average Joe. Like so many of you, I’m in decent shape. I’m not overweight, my body mass index is within range and a recent physical and stress test proved that I’m generally healthy. But, as I get older, I have realized that the pounds aren’t melting away like they more »
Categories: Athenaeum, Campus life 3 CommentsIn most of my posts so far, I’ve talked about what I do and how I’m adjusting. I briefly mentioned a couple of writers in a previous post, so I thought it would be helpful to introduce some of the other faces behind University News. Let’s start at the top: Bob Finnerty is our chief more »
Categories: Athenaeum, Inside N&E, News & Events Daily, News hits, Podcasts, PR musings, RIT News YouTube, Under the Hood, University Magazine Comments OffIn less than 24 hours from now, the RIT women’s hockey team, ranked No. 2 in Division III, will host the 2011 ECAC West Championship and start its postseason run against Utica, at Ritter Arena. Expectations are high for the Tigers this season, as they were the No. 1 ranked team from the first week of more »
Categories: Campus life, Events, Sports Comments OffNews placements, which I’ll call “clips” for short, are stories in the newspaper, on TV, on the radio and on the Web in main- and not-so-mainstream media that somehow mention RIT. We use the same online service that sends out our news releases to keep track of incoming news clips. Using some fancy algorithm, the more »
Categories: Inside N&E, News & Events Daily, PR musings, Under the Hood 3 CommentsThe next issue of RIT’s Athenaeum newsletter, which comes out Feb. 17, features a cover story dedicated to RIT’s Reserve Officers Training Program, more commonly known as ROTC. I wrote this story and really enjoyed the time I spent getting to know the students and staff who have made the decision to earn a degree more »
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