Tiger's Tale: June 23, 2023

Retired RIT faculty member and interpreter Dr. Linda Siple BS '79, MS '82 recently discussed her involvement in the evolution of the interpreting program within NTID and the gift that she made to the Alice Beardsley Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund for Interpreting Students at NTID.

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John Dahms BS ’71 (graphic arts and photography) remembers the photo scavenger hunt of 1970. Alongside fellow photo science students, they were challenged to identify an unmarked roll of color movie film. Such remarkable experiences have fueled Dahms’ commitment to giving back to RIT. He has supported the university through philanthropy for several years and recently joined the Sentinel Society—a group of leadership donors who make significant annual investments in the university.

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It's celebration season! This is a special time of year, and there is much to celebrate. Did you recently earn an advanced degree? Are you planning on getting married to your college sweetheart this summer? Did you welcome a future Tiger into this world?

Submit all of your accomplishments to our Class Notes page, and earn your chance to be featured on our social media channels, and in University Magazine.

Link to submit: rit.edu/alumni/class-notes

Eaton Corp., Peachtree City, GA

Consumer Experience Senior Data Analyst
Career Connect Job #100407

Eaton’s Assemblies & Residential Solutions (ARS) division is currently seeking a Customer Experience Senior Data Analyst. The Assemblies & Residential Solutions (ARS) Customer Experience (CX) Senior Data Analyst is responsible for leading the Digital Customer Experience (DCX) data team across multiple sites to ensure the highest levels of services are provided in a consistent manner for all customers.

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Eaton Corp., Peachtree City, GA

Consumer Experience Senior Data Analyst
Career Connect Job #100407

Passero Associates is currently seeking an experienced full-time Project Manager – Architecture to be a design leader and integral members of our team in our Rochester, NY office location. Project Managers are involved in all aspects of project design and development. They will provide design direction to colleagues and consultants at all levels to ensure the project is completed as planned, budgeted, and scheduled.

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The Salvation Army, Sacramento, CA

Associate Grant Writer
Career Connect Job #101130

The purpose of this position is to assist with research, proposal writing, and creating materials to support fundraising from foundations and corporations.

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HARDINGE, Elgin, IL

Project Engineer
Career Connect Job #101128

The Project Engineer serves the role in the sales process of CNC controlled grinding machines when complex and technical equipment or services are involved. This position develops technical specifications and concept layouts for high precision internal diameter (ID), external diameter (OD), and combination (ID/OD) grinding machines designed and built in Elgin IL. In addition, the Engineer will support automation integration proposals for the Elgin build machines and for machines built by our sister company in Switzerland.

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Meet Amie Fornah Sankoh BS ’17

Amie Fornah Sankoh BS ’17 has persevered from failing primary school in Sierra Leone to gaining a biochemistry PhD in the U.S.

Amie Fornah Sankoh, who grew up in Sierra Leone during the civil war and lost her hearing around three years old, is the first deaf, Black woman to receive a doctorate in any scientific, technical, engineering and maths discipline in the US, and possibly the world. She graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville’s Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology on May 20, 2023.

This special Wine Cruise offers guests a perfect blend of wine-related experiences and excursions in grand capitals and charming towns. Discover how wine is made and, of course, partake in tastings – all at no additional cost. Join Lorraine Hems MS '12, RIT senior lecturer in the Department of International Hospitality & Service Innovation, as she leads insightful discussions and shares her passion and vision for making premium handcrafted wines. She promised her former students that she would lead a European tour eventually and here is the opportunity!

Itinerary includes stops at: Amsterdam (with overnight), Cologne, Rhine Gorge/Rudesheim, Ludwigshafen, Strasbourg, Breisach, Basel.

There are currently 2 promotions on this sailing – valid until June 30, 2023.

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Alumni steps up to the plate to help bring ‘MLB The Show’ video game to life

Andrew Lytle BFA ‘19 was never a big baseball fan growing up. Before accepting his job at PlayStation’s San Diego Studio as an environment artist, his involvement with sports was limited to attending RIT hockey games. Now, after nearly four years of working on the iconic baseball video game franchise, MLB The Show, Lytle says he’s a proud fan.

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Some construction projects such as the soon-to-open Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus are hard to miss, while others, such as pavement sealing and striping, are more subtle.

The conclusion of the academic year always means full speed ahead to work on an array of projects while the majority of students are off campus, and the summer weather is agreeable for making good progress, said John Moore, assistant vice president for Facilities Management Services at RIT.

This summer is no different. Even the popular Tiger Statue, which was relocated due to construction of the SHED, will be returned in August to its long-time perch along the walkway next to the SHED.

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Jim Englert BS ’74, founder of High Falls Advisors, was named a Financial Leaders 2023 honoree in the lifetime achievement category by the Rochester Business Journal and the Rochester Chapter of Financial Executives International.

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Pete Beckary BS '90 recently partnered with retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant/Special Ops Green Beret Dan Kostrzebski in publishing the daily devotional entitled No One Is Fatherless

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Kelly Burns MBA '10 has been named Director of Tourism in Livingston County, N.Y. Burns brings nearly two decades of high-level experience to Livingston County including her most recent stint as Digital Marketing Manager and Recruitment Marketing Manager for Yellowstone National Park.

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