News
& Views from Student Affairs
Welcome to the first
Parent PrioRITies page! I’m very excited to have the chance
to communicate with RIT parents about topics of interest to all.
As students end their first quarter here, you may have received
varied reports about life here at RIT – some good, some uneasy,
some not comfortable at all. The Division of Student Affairs hopes
students find campus life fun, exciting, and supportive and we
hope students take advantage of the many co-curricular opportunities
at RIT.
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Mary-Beth
Copper
Vice President for Student Affairs |
One concern for many
RIT parents is their children’s health and well-being while
on campus. You’ll be pleased to know that at RIT, wellness
is a course requirement as well as a desired state. Through unique
wellness curricular components, RIT ensures that our students
will be exposed to the concept of preventative health care and
total health early in their college life, as well as have the
opportunity to develop habits that promote a healthy individual
and healthy campus community.
All entering first-year
students are required to satisfactorily complete the First Year
Enrichment (FYE) prgram in the fall and winter quarters. FYE is
a 20-week course addressing topics that include an introduction
to RIT and its rich history, diversity, interpersonal relationships,
nutrition and physical fitness, time and stress management, motivation,
and high-risk behaviors. In addition, the Center for Human Performance
offers wellness for life, a course specifically designed to assist
students in making healthy decisions regarding lifestyle behaviors,
covering areas such as behavior-change strategies.
We look forward to
expanding wellness programs through additional classes and recreational
opportunities housed in the new Gordon Field House and Activities
Center, which opens next year. Offering health and fitness activities
in a broad spectrum of interests, RIT is committed to helping
our students to stay fit for a lifetime – and a good start
is a daily walk on the quarter mile!
Mary-Beth Cooper
Vice President for Student Affairs
