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  • February 13, 2020

    four people holding Golden Brick awards.

    Four RIT faculty and staff alumni acknowledged with the Golden Brick Award

    Michelle Magee ’05 MS, senior associate director for Employment Engagement in the Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education; Hamad Ghazle ’88, director of the diagnostic medical sonography program; Kerry Hughes ’03 MS, project and events manager for the Office of the Provost; and David Long ’16 Ph.D., director of RIT MAGIC Center, and were honored with the Golden Brick Award for going above and beyond their duties to volunteer or serve in leadership roles at RIT.

  • February 7, 2020

    four student leaders and President Munson pose for a photo, all wearing orange sport coats.

    Loyal Tiger - Andrea Shaver Carpenter BFA ’17

    As an undergraduate student, Andrea Shaver Carpenter BFA ’17 gravitated towards service and leadership opportunities, serving as a student government Senator, Vice-President, and President.  It was during these activities that Andrea learned the importance of philanthropy and participated as a student in fundraising and volunteer initiatives that support RIT.

  • February 2, 2020

    woman sitting next to the silver football piece of Vince Lombardi Trophy.

    Tiffany's Super Bowl trophy

    CBSNews talks to Rachel Arday '14 (metals and jewelry design), a silversmith at Tiffany's and Co. who worked on the Vince Lombardi Trophy for this year's Super Bowl winner.

  • January 30, 2020

    Christine Sun Kim sitting at a table.

    RIT/NTID alumna to perform at Super Bowl

    Internationally renowned performer, artist, and RIT/NTID alumna Christine Sun Kim ’02 (applied arts and sciences) will perform the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language as part of the Super Bowl pregame festivities on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

  • January 24, 2020

    Victoria Decker Griffith.

    Griffith takes over as new alumni board president

    Victoria Decker Griffith ’93 (hospitality) took over as president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors in January. The Alumni Association Board serves as the advisory body of the RIT Alumni Association, which represents RIT’s more than 135,000 alumni.

  • January 10, 2020

    students using robotic packaging machines.

    American Packaging Corp. renews support for packaging science program with gift

    Funding from the long-time corporate partner will support two innovative packaging centers at RIT: the American Packaging Corp. Center for Packaging Innovation, a comprehensive teaching, research and testing laboratory; and the Center for Sustainable Packaging. Both centers are located in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology.

  • January 8, 2020

    Phil Castelman's headshot with the text: Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Phillip D. Castleberry.

    Phil Castleberry named vice president for Development and Alumni Relations

    RIT has selected Phillip D. Castleberry, a 20-year veteran of higher education advancement and fundraising, as its new vice president for Development and Alumni Relations. Castleberry, who is currently serving as vice president for institutional advancement at St. John Fisher College, was chosen after a national search. He begins his RIT duties on Feb. 1.