'Tis the Season
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Let this giving season bring out the giver in all of us.
 
RIT is just one community comprised of thousands. Whichever college you studied at, your major, your graduation year, or if you're a student, alum, faculty, staff, or friend, we all are one RIT!
 
At the end of this calendar year, reflect on your connection to RIT and the support you've received from being a part of this dynamic and amazing community. We encourage you to kindle that flame of support with a gift to benefit our current students.
GIVE BEFORE YEAR-END

 

Alumni Referral Award
The Early Decision II deadline is right around the corner...
 
Alumni like you play an important role in recruiting future Tigers by recommending RIT to prospective students within your families, communities, and professional networks. And now that role is even more valuable!
 
Did you know, when you refer a prospective student to RIT, that student is eligible for the RIT Alumni Referral Award, a $1,000 per year scholarship renewable for four years? Each alum can refer one undergraduate applicant per year for this award.
 
>> Click here for more information on submissions and deadlines

 

Alumni Book Club
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Can you believe it? A new year is fast approaching, and we have just the resolution for you: Read More Books!
 
In the spirit of new beginnings and goal-setting, we invite you to join the RIT Alumni Book Club! Connecting through a private, free, online discussion forum, the group spends eight weeks reading each book and finishes five books a year. As a book club member, you often get to vote on the books we read, and the reading periods often culminate with a Livestream Author Talk. 
  
Our first book of 2023 will be Horse by Pultizer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, and we are thrilled that she will join us for an Author Talk on March 7. 
 
Be sure to register before we start our reading journey on January 6! We hope you will join us
 

 

Year-End Tax Saving Strategies
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As 2022 comes to a close, so does your ability to lower your taxes. A little planning now can save time and money later. Consider these tax-saving strategies before December 31:
 
Charitable Contributions:
  • Outright Gift of Cash: Make an immediate impact and take an income tax deduction (if you itemize)
  • Stocks and Bonds: Donate appreciated securities and avoid capital gains tax. Also receive an income tax deduction for the full value of the stock. The after-tax cost is lower than donating cash. 
  • Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD): If you are age 70 ' or older, you can make a tax-free gift from your traditional IRA to RIT. A QCD gift before December 31 will not be included in your 2022 taxable income; if you are 72 or older it will be applied to your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). Very smart.
  • Donor Advised Fund: Create future flexibility for yourself. Receive a 2022 tax deduction with a contribution to a DAF before year-end, but delay the decision to direct the distributions to your favorite charities. You determine the timetable.
  • Charitable Gift Annuity: A gift to RIT that first provides lifetime income to you and/or a loved one. You receive (1) fixed payments that protect against future inflation and market volatility; (2) an immediate income tax deduction that can be carried forward up to five years; and (3) tax-free payments for a specified number of years.

 

Women's Leadership Summit
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The WLS, hosted by the Leadership Academy at Saunders, is an RIT Women's Leadership Summit held in the Student Alumni Union and Campus Center. Its mission is to inspire, connect, and educate women and allies to become tomorrow's future leaders. We focus on driving leadership excellence in all industries from arts, sciences, to technology.
 
The WLS student planning committee is currently seeking summit proposals. There are three opportunities we would like to offer RIT alumnae to participate in and run throughout WLS. Please submit a proposal if interested! The deadline to submit a proposal is Monday, December 5, 2022.
 

 

Holiday shopping is here, and we don't want you to forget that you can support RIT for free at the same time. When shopping Amazon this year, bookmark the address below and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to RIT'no fees, no extra cost. Happy shopping!
 

 

Golden Brick Awards Ceremony and Breakfast
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Presented annually at the Faculty & Staff Alumni Breakfast, this special award goes to alumni faculty and alumni staff who go above and beyond in connecting and engaging with our graduates.
 
Congratulations to this year's recipients (from left to right):
 
Karen Proctor MBA '79
Colleen Peterson BS '91, MS '94
Karen Braun Ph.D. '96
Kory Samuels BS '07, MBA '11
 

 

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Gifts in Action
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Lia Grammer BS '25

 

Lia Grammer BS '25 is excited about all the unique opportunities that packaging science, her field of study, provides for college graduates. Even during her freshman year at RIT, she was a part of an invitation-only packaging competition, worked as a teaching assistant, served as an e-board member and social media coordinator for the student chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals, and was a member of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. None of this would have been possible without the scholarship funding she received.
 
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Ashley Lasko BS '23

 

The eldest of three and one of two siblings who currently attend RIT, Ashley Lasko BS '23 has found academic success since middle school when she first became interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics academic disciplines.) In high school, Ashley earned a special RIT scholarship award for creativity and innovation, which sealed the deal that she would receive her undergraduate degree as a Tiger. This past May, she received another scholarship which is reserved for the eligible junior with the highest grade point average.
 

 

New Alumni Career Opportunities
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D.E. Shaw Research
New York, NY

 

 
Systems Administrators: Servers, Clusters & Supercomputers. 
 
Career Connect job #63017
 
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Delsys Inc.
Natick, MA

 

 
R&D Engineer
 
Career Connect job #63029
 
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Greenlight Networks
Rochester, NY

 

 
Marketing Coordinator
 
Career Connect job #62790
 
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Science Systems and Applications Inc.
Lanham, MD

 

Remote Sensing Validation Scientist
 
Career Connect job #61881
 

 

Alumni Events & News
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Transforming RIT: Reconnecting in Atlanta

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
 
Join RIT President David C. Munson Jr. for Transforming RIT: Reconnecting in Atlanta!
 
Hosted at the Buckhead Club, this event is a perfect opportunity to reconnect with your alma mater and fellow alumni in your area while celebrating the innovative trajectory of RIT. Following a complimentary cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception, President Munson will share exciting changes happening at RIT as part of Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness.
 
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2023 Saunders Accounting Banquet

Friday, January 20, 2023
 
Join Saunders College of Business on Friday, January 20, 2023 for the annual Saunders Accounting Banquet at the RIT Inn & Conference Center. The evening will feature a cocktail hour, a dinner with a keynote speaker, desserts, awards, and an optional after party. Dress code is business professional. RSVP on or before December 5, 2022. 
 
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Research to Action (R2A) Webinar Series: Amplifying Her Voice

Friday, December 9, 2022
 
Join us for a panel discussion with Kristin Bain, Ph.D., whose recent research on amplification has garnered national interest, Aparna Ramesh MS '98, Chief Financial Officer, Farmer Mac, and Heather Foust-Cummings, Sr. Vice President, Research at Catalyst. This event will be hosted over Zoom from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. on Friday, December 9 and is open to the public.
 
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President Munson, trustees tour the SHED

Members of the RIT Board of Trustees and President Munson recently took a walking tour of the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED). The multi-use complex will showcase RIT's technology, the arts, and design. The $120 million complex, on schedule to open in fall 2023, is the largest construction undertaking on campus since it originally opened in 1968.
 
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Yammout helps shape RIT Dubai

Saleh Yammout BS '10 has been an integral part of molding RIT Dubai as it exists today. As vice president of Finance and Administration for RIT Dubai, Yammout oversees most of the global campus's non-academic operations, including facilities, information technology, human resources, and admissions.
 
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RIT engineering alumnus is part of DART team that changed the speed and path of an asteroid

It is a powerful thing to redirect a 525-foot asteroid with a spacecraft moving at 14,000 mph, and Dmitriy Bekker BS '07, MS '07 was one of the engineers who made it happen. Bekker is part of the DART Double Asteroid Redirection Test team that impacted the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26. Its mission was to test asteroid deflection technology'a means to defend Earth by changing the motion and speed of an asteroid.
 
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Alumna uses film to teach diversity

Tina Cannaday Chapman DaCosta MS '04, MFA '15 is using her parents' life stories to teach important lessons about diversity, equity, and inclusion. In fall 2022, the director of RIT's Diversity Theater program released Dear Eleanor, her second short film based on her parents' lives.
 
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Photo alumna named 2022 Guggenheim fellow

Spectators covered in dust at a hare scramble might describe the races as chaotic, thrilling, or even part of their family's traditions. Rebecca Soderholm BFA '94 is documenting the excitement of these off-road dirt bike and ATV races through photo'graphy in a body of work titled 'Hare Scramble.'
 
More Alumni News and Events Here

 

Class Notes
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Ben Braun BFA '22 recently won the Award of Excellence in the Multimedia: Documentary Short category for his movie, Saving our Sons, at the College Photographer of the Year competition.
 
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RIT/NTID Alumni Joanne Galvez BS '12 married Jonathan Dollhopf in Rochester, NY on September 16, 2022.
 
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Charesse (Barrett) Forbes BS '18 has authored and self-published the first of several children's books that will be a part of the series she created called Chasing Chase.
 
Submit a Class Note Today!

 

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Your relationship with RIT doesn't end when you cross the stage. Update your information at https://www.rit.edu/alumni/update and join the thousands of other proud alumni who volunteer, attend alumni events, take advantage of alumni benefits, and continue to support the areas of RIT that mean the most to them. By completing the form, you will ensure that you receive invitations to alumni events in your region as well at the RIT University Magazine throughout the year. Questions? Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at ritalum@rit.edu or 585-475-4485.

 

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