Tiger's Tale: October 6, 2023

Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend attendees will get the chance to try some top-notch beverages and support alumni-owned businesses at the second annual RIT Alumni Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 14 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Gene Polisseni Center. At this year’s event, alumni brewers, winemakers, and cidermakers from 10 businesses will be on hand to answer questions and provide samples. Attendees will also receive two drink tickets for full cans or bottles, redeemable at the main bar.

Learn more about Oktoberfest during Brick City Weekend  

We're absolutely thrilled to extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your incredible support during ROAR Day. You've truly shown the strength of the RIT Tiger spirit, and we couldn't be more proud of our RIT community. Your ROAR Day gifts have already started to make an impact, and while we’re still tallying the final numbers, one thing is clear: our alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends have rallied together to make this day truly remarkable.

Click here to view the ROAR Day Thank You Video

Rochester Institute of Technology is receiving $500,000 from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to train new cybersecurity professionals, while providing services for public good at the same time. The funding from Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm, is part of a $20 million collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics that Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced in June. Modeled after free clinics at law schools and medical schools, RIT’s cybersecurity clinic will deploy teams of students to provide free cyber assessment services and resources to community groups, including nonprofits, small businesses, municipal organizations, and school districts. The aim is for students to gain valuable hands-on experience, while helping real-world clients with limited resources.

Learn more about Google's Cybersecurity Clinics Fund  

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.

Learn more about the Alumni Referral Award program 

PwC, Las Vegas, NV

Asset and Wealth Management - Regulated Investment Company - Tax Manager
Career Connect #118190

A career in our Financial Services Tax practice, within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners.

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Labella Associates, Albany, NY

Civil Engineer - Renewable Energy
Career Connect Job #119528

If you're passionate about the design and function of the built environment, find beauty in and want to protect the natural environment, and want to work with others that feel the same, join our team! LaBella’s multi-disciplinary team of architects, designers, engineers, managers, and environmental scientists work every day to make our world more functional, beautiful, and safe.

Apply to Labella Associates

Entertainment, tours, wine tasting, hockey, and more offered at RIT’s Brick City homecoming

From hockey games and performing arts presentations to receptions and reunions, Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend has more than 100 events planned from Oct. 13 to 15. Two major events include appearances by former Saturday Night Live cast member Melissa Villaseñor and internet icon Hank Green.

Learn more about the Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend events

A new coalition, led by Rochester Institute of Technology, is paving the way for military service members and first responders to transition into high-demand civilian cybersecurity careers. RIT will lead eight universities in developing certificate programs to build and validate focused skills in governance, risk, and compliance. The pilot program is backed by $2.5 million in funding from the National Security Agency (NSA)—which will make the training free for transitioning veterans and first responders.

Read more about RIT helping Veterans and First Responders

Fall semester brings plentiful opportunities for international exchanges

As part of RIT’s ongoing commitment to academic and cultural exchanges, several cohorts of international students, including those from Ireland, Germany, and Indonesia, visited campus this fall. The visits were spearheaded, in part, by RIT Global, which has developed partnerships with nearly 100 countries, in addition to campuses in China, Croatia, Dubai, and Kosovo.

Learn more about International Exchanges at RIT

RIT's Margaret's House is excited to announce the next Tiger Tales Story Time will take place during Brick City Weekend and will feature an amazing program by Dangerous Signs Performance Group and Luane Haggerty, principal lecturer in the NTID Department for Performing Arts! Don’t miss this special Story Time performance highlighting deaf culture, made exciting and fun for young children. We hope you’ll join us, and bring a friend! Tiger Tales Story Time will take place on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 10 a.m. and will be hosted in the brand-new Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), Room 4350. This even is open to the public, but registration is necessary.

Register for this event

Armen Chakmakjian BS '87 was recently promoted to vice president of software development, messaging security group at Sophos, a British-based security software and hardware company.

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Nicholas Marchionda BS ’17 and Laura Silva BS ’17 got married on September 23, 2023 in Nahant, MA, and were joined by fellow RIT graduates.

Read more about Nicholas and Laura

Paul Armani BS '96 recently got married to his high school sweetheart, Nicole Hebert. Fellow tigers Michael BS '97 and Jessica Shimmel BS '98 were in attendance.

Read more about Paul and Nicole

Your relationship with RIT doesn't end when you cross the stage. Update your information at 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.