Tiger's Tale: September 25th, 2023

Join us on ROAR Day, taking place September 28-29, for our biggest giving day of the year! Your alumni gift is crucial for RIT's future. Boost student and faculty support, attract top talent, and enhance the value of your degree. Be a proud RIT Tiger, leave a legacy, and impact the areas you love most. Sign up to be an ambassador for ROAR Day on the ROAR Day website. After signing up, you will receive a personal fundraising link which is your key to rising up the Ambassador Leaderboard. You will also gain entrance into the ROAR Together Ambassador Leader Challenge as well as some free swag from RIT.

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Rochester Institute of Technology is ranked No. 98 as a “National University” in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges, jumping seven spots from last year. This list of 443 includes the nation’s best research universities that also offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and doctoral programs, and emphasize faculty research or award professional practice doctorates. Overall, U.S. News ranks more than 4,000 colleges and universities across the nation.

Learn more about the US News and World Report Rankings

A first-generation college student, Jesus Ruiz BS ‘97 was attracted to RIT because of the focus on conceptual learning and the emphasis that RIT places on hands-on experiences in real work environments. Due to the lack of diversity and inclusion that he experienced during his first quarter on campus, Jesus sprung into action and brought the Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity to RIT. By doing so, Jesus helped build a family environment where Latino students like him could support each other personally and academically.

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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 

Uncommon Schools, New York, N.Y.

Elementary Teacher
Career Connect #116568

Uncommon Elementary School Teachers cultivate a love for learning in every student from the very start. Our teachers and students engage in a culturally-responsive, fast-paced, and fun learning environment. We have built a community where teachers encourage our core values of respect and hard work while celebrating the uniqueness of each student and laying the academic foundations that carry students to and through college.

Apply to Uncommon Schools

Harmac Medical Products, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.

Sr. Medical Device Engineer
Career Connect Job #116520

Plans, designs, and develops production and manufacturing processes of single-use medical devices according to customer specifications and in accordance with company standard operating procedures by performing the following job duties.

Apply to Harmac Medical Products, Inc.

Comics go to college—RIT opens Kubert Comics Lounge and Gallery

Comics fans have a super friend in Rochester Institute of Technology and a new place to pay homage to legendary DC Comics artist and educator Joe Kubert. The Kubert Lounge and Gallery opens to the public this fall at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection in RIT’s university library. Marvel Comics artist and RIT alumni Adam Kubert BFA ’81 donated his father’s archive to inspire young artists.

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Earlier this month, RIT President David Munson, K-12 University Center Executive Director Donna Burnette, and Rochester Mayor Malik Evans cut the ribbon in front of the K-12 University Center’s new home at 40 Franklin St., in the heart of downtown Rochester. This move from RIT’s Henrietta campus to the city will allow the center to greatly expand the connections it has already forged with the Rochester community.

Read more about the move

She Sacrificed Her Youth to Get the Tech Bros to Grow Up

Patricia Moore BFA '74 is known as the “Mother of Empathy” and is one of the founders of universal design. Read about how she dressed up as an 85-year-old woman to better empathize with the elderly in “She Sacrificed Her Youth to Get the Tech Bros to Grow Up” on WIRED.

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Join us in Wegmans Theatre on Monday, October 2 for a screening of 166o Vine, A New Movie Musical. An original musical, that looks into the journey of life as a social media influencer: creating, curating and continuing an artificial online identity that pleases sponsors, brands and tens of millions of followers, all the while aware of the widening space between one's true self and one's online self. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Immediately following the screening, stay for a Q&A with RIT alumni and 166o Vine Producer, Kevin Surace BT '85.

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Linden Pohland BS '18 recently began a new role as senior accountant at Octaura, a fintech start-up in New York City.

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Meredith Bielaska BFA '04, MS '06 recently completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration in August 2023 from Kent State University.

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Bob Green BFA '75 was recently named a finalist in the "South Bend: The Next 100 Years" poster design contest through the History Museum and the Studebaker National Museum.

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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.