Campus Engagement
Students arrive on campus their first year with a wide variety of hobbies and interests. Your student might choose to find a club that they were interested in in high school or join many in search of a new interest or activity. Campus involvement has many benefits including building friendships, better academic outcomes, and the development of “soft” skills, and with over 200 clubs and organizations on campus, there is something for all interests.
Your student will have the opportunity to learn about campus involvement during the Tiger Activities Fair and can start searching for clubs now using CampusGroups.
Specific to NTID students, the Student Life Team
(SLT) offers programming for RIT’s deaf and hard-of-hearing students, including late-night educational programming, spiritual/religious and civility exploration workshops, self-advocacy and community accountability mentoring programs, social and cultural programs, fraternity and sorority event collaborations, and club/organizations.
Disability Services
The Disability Services Office
(DSO) is dedicated to facilitating equitable access to the full RIT experience for students with disabilities. The Disability Services Office values disability as diversity and collaborates with campus partners to foster a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive campus community. All students who identify as having a permanent or temporary disability are encouraged to work with DSO to coordinate access and accommodations.
Working closely with DSO, the Department of Access Services
provides support to our Deaf and hard-of-hearing students through interpreting, note taking, and real-time captioning services to the RIT community. Additionally, NTID students can access Communication Studies and Services
for audiology, speech-language, or cochlear implant services.
University Advising
The new academic workload in college can be a shock for many students, and some struggle developing and implementing time management and study skills. There are many academic support services
at RIT, including college-specific support options. One primary resource your student can rely on is their academic advisor. Advisors help incoming students transition to RIT, understand and navigate their curriculum, connect to RIT resources, and integrate into the community. Students new to the university are required to meet with their advisor during their first year in order to build their advising relationship and plan for success. NTID supported students are also assigned an additional advisor who can provide personal, social, career and academic counseling services that are available to deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Students can find their advisors listed on SIS.