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September 30, 2009

• October 13th Waiver Deadline for Student Health Insurance
  
  All international students must have adequate health insurance.  If you wish to remain enrolled in the RIT International Student Health Insurance (provided by Aetna and administered by University Health Plans) you do not need to take any action.  A $390 charge is automatically placed onto your bill in the fall and spring quarters (for 6 month of coverage each time).  More information on the insurance plan may be found here:  http://www.universityhealthplans.com/brochures/brochure.cgi?school_id=10

  If you do not see such a charge on your RIT account, but you want insurance coverage, please contact ISS Staff Assistant, Terry Eckerson.

  If you do not want to keep the RIT insurance, then the deadline for you to request a waiver of the $390 charge (for International Student Health Insurance) that was placed onto your Student Financial account is 4 PM on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

  To waive your insurance, you must a waiver form and bring it along with proof of your own insurance to International Student Services (building 4, room 2300) by the deadline of
  4 PM on Tuesday October 13, 2009.

  Again, you only need to take action if you want to waive (cancel) your RIT Student Health Insurance.

September 18, 2009

• Important Notice for all international students new to RIT this quarter

  A few of you may soon receive an email regarding the results of your Tuberculosis screening that happened around orientation.

  (Please note that our office does not have any access to your health records, which are maintained only by the RIT Student Health Center and the Monroe County Health Department.)

  The email will either come from the Student Health Center, or from this coordinator at the County Health Dept:
  
  Mary Younge, RN, CIC
  Outreach Services Coordinator
  Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
  111 Westfall Rd, Room 150
  Rochester, NY 14692
  585 - 753-5019
  myounge@monroecounty.gov

  You must comply with the request in the email to take the bus to the Health Department for a chest X-ray on the scheduled day.  There is not a cost to you for the bus or x-ray unless you fail to go that day.  You would then be required to provide your own transportation and to fund your x-ray costs.

  If you have any questions after you receive the email, you should contact Mary (above) or:
  Alice Cutaiar
  Assistant Director of Clinical Services
  1164 August Center, RIT
  aacshc@rit.edu

  Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

September 17, 2009

• Dandiya
  OASIS (Organization for the Alliance of Students from the Indian Sub-Continent) is proud to invite you to its annual festive event, Dandiya, taking place on September 19, 2009 at 6:30 PM in the Clark Gym (bldg. 3).  As expected, there will be lots of traditional dancing, native music and authentic food. At this event, everyone can pickup and participate in the popular traditional Indian dance. As a cultural organization, OASIS aims to keep bringing the rich cultural diversity of the Indian Subcontinent to RIT community, and with Dandiya it hope to continue to do so.

Tickets are $5 in advance, or $6 at the door.  You can also buy a $10 student package that includes Dandiya sticks, one serving of food, & one drink (saves $3)

Today is the final day to buy advance tickets in SAU lobby.

September 15, 2009

• Rustic Village Travel Options
  Because many students live in Rustic Village, ISS has pulled together some information that may be helpful to in getting back and forth to campus.  Please note, however, that RIT is not able to provide a full time free shuttle to Rustic, which is only one of many off-campus apartment complexes.  The very high costs of providing shuttle buses for RIT owned apartments (such as RIT Inn or Racquet Club) are partially funded from rental revenue from the students in those complexes.  RIT does not receive funds from Rustic Village.

  All buses I’m talking about below leave from RIT “Gleason Circle”, which is south of the Library (building 5).

  RIT’s Parking and Transportation Department has the most up to date schedules on their website here:http://facilities.rit.edu/pats/transportation/bus.html

  1) RIT Campus Shuttle  (Free with RIT ID)
  This orange schedule has four free rides from Rustic (7:12 AM, 7:14 AM, 12:25 PM, 6:35 PM) to RIT, and also four free rides from RIT (12:50 PM, 1:50 PM, 6:50 PM, 10:20 PM) to Rustic.  Refer to the section called Special Travel Codes.  Those rides take about 15 minutes. These rides are a courtesy as the buses come from their off-campus depot to service the campus shuttle loop.
  
  2) RIT Inn / Racquet Club/ Late Evening & Weekend Shuttles (Free with RIT ID)
  This white paper schedule has four early evening times when the “RIT Inn Express” goes from RIT Gleason Circle to the Marketplace Mall (weekdays) at 5:50 PM, 6:35 PM, 7:50 PM, 8:35 PM.  From Marketplace Mall, you can then catch an N24 bus to Rustic for $1.
  
  This white paper schedule also has a section called “Off-Campus Late Evening Shuttle Monday-Friday” that goes from RIT Gleason Circle to the Marketplace Mall at 8:41 PM and 9:34 PM.  From Marketplace Mall, you can then catch an N24 bus to Rustic for $1.

On Saturday and Sunday this white paper schedule is called the “Green Line” and makes 13 trips between RIT and Marketplace.

3) RTS Route 24  (cost is $1, this is a city bus, not hired by RIT) This bus is fully managed by RTS, not RIT.  However, on weekdays it makes 11 trips from Rustic to RIT, and 11 from RIT to Rustic. On Saturday, there are 4 trips and 3 on Sunday between Rustic and RIT.

Biking to campus from Rustic (Not recommended during winter)
On good weather days, if you want to bike to campus (about 4 miles), here is a route will allow you to avoid biking on the dangerous West Henrietta Road:

From Rustic, continue westward on Crittenden Road, crossing over West Henrietta and go about a mile more on Crittenden.  You will see “Mortimer Ave” on your left.  About one hundred feet past that is the entrance to the “Lehigh Valley Trail.”  Turn left and follow that trail southward about 1 mile, until it exits onto Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road (very close to the U-Haul dealer).  Turn right on the sidewalk, and you will soon see the intersection of Jefferson Road and John Street.  Cross here at the light.  Continue south on John Street (nice wide sidewalk here) and enter campus at Perkin’s Road on your right.  Head west to campus center.

*Always wear a helmet and use lights and bright clothing if biking at night.*