Class Notes
Name: Joseph Enright
Class Year(s): 2016
Note: Joseph Enright ’16 (CAST) graduated with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Ohio University in the Spring of 2021.
Submitted on: July 29, 2021
Name: Nikhil Patel
Class Year(s): 2010
Note: Nikhil Patel MS ’16 (CAST) returned to his hometown of Vadodara in 2016 to help his mother in her fight against cancer. After losing his mother in 2018, Nikhil struggled to find work, especially once the pandemic hit. He decided to leverage his packaging skills from RIT, and started his own business and a side career as a consultant. Today, he is in the process of building his business of gift boxes, which is still very new, but going well.
Submitted on: July 29, 2021
Name: Scott Bureau
Class Year(s): 2011, 2016
Note: Scott Bureau ’11 (CLA) MBA ’16 (SCB) and Lindsay Power ’11 (KGCOE) ME ’11 (KGCOE) welcomed Marcella Bureau into the world in January 2021. Marcella is a lover of all animals and berries.
Submitted on: July 28, 2021
Name: Christine Holtz
Class Year(s): 2002
Note: Christine Holtz MFA ’02 (CIAS) has been promoted to the rank of University Professor of Media Arts at Robert Morris University in suburban Pittsburgh, P.A.
Submitted on: July 28, 2021
Name: Kevin Rewkowski
Class Year(s): 2003
Note: Kevin Rewkowski ’03 (GCCIS) accepted a position in April 2021 with Microsoft as a Customer Success Account Manager in Raleigh, N.C.
Submitted on: July 28, 2021
Name: Robert E Schott
Class Year(s): 1981
Note: Robert Schott ’91 (FAA) is Director, Communication Consulting at Schwab Retirement Plan Services. He was awarded the Pension & Investments 1st place Eddy Award for communication excellence in Pre-retirement Readiness category by deploying a Pre-retirement Financial Planning Checklist program for United Airlines pilots. He is also inventor/owner of WOWindow Posters (est. 2005). 34.5"x60" Plastic printed sheets using wide-web flexography. Scary and fun images appear in windows at Halloween and Christmas and are illuminated with room lights to bring a house to life! Proudly Made in the USA.(see Flag posters in image) Additionally, Robert is inventor/owner of a toy system for dolls and action figures to be launched in early 2022, following initial Kickstarter campaign. He has built a half-scale Abraham Lincoln Memorial snow sculpture for President Lincoln’s birthday.
Submitted on: July 28, 2021
Name: Walter Colley
Class Year(s): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Note: Walter Colley ’86 (GAP) accepted a full-time position teaching in the Advertising Program at SPAS/CAD. He has taught as an adjunct for 11 years in the same department while running his own business, and is excited to rejoin the faculty. At the same time, Walter is a full-time graduate student at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, N.Y. and is working towards an MFA in Fine Art Photography. https://www.waltercolleyimages.com
Submitted on: July 28, 2021
Name: Ali Madad
Class Year(s): 2001
Note: Ali Madad ’01 (CIAS) has joined Hologram Sciences as their first VP, Creative Director to identify unmet health and wellness needs, design, incubate and launch DTC brands into the world.
Submitted on: July 28, 2021
Name: Dave Gallagher
Class Year(s): 1991
Note: Dave Gallagher ’19 (CAD) recently saw three RIT Alumni at the Phase One America’s National Headquarters. All three graduated from the College of Art and Design with 26 years between graduation days.
Submitted on: July 26, 2021
Name: Timothy Cosgriff
Class Year(s): 1996
Note: Timothy Cosgriff ’96 (CAST) has work accepted in the current exhibit International Art Of the Book at the Rochester Public Library. The work, "Edgar Allen Poe Steampunk Purses" are crafted from altered books and found objects. Each purse explores the afterlife, allowing the viewer to read various stories from Poe, and contains a portable "Witch Bottle," which is still in use by some people today. This is third time Timothy has been accepted in the exhibit. https://roccitylibrary.org/artofthebook/
Submitted on: July 26, 2021