Faculty and Staff Resources

Support, information, and helpful resources to help you navigate our organization and excel in your career at RIT’s College of Liberal Arts. You’ll find many of these resources within a shared Google drive that you can access anytime with your RIT login credentials.

Advising Resources

Several of these resources are specific to the College of Liberal Arts, while others are resources that are available to the entire university. 

Calendar for the College of Liberal Arts

  • 2024-25 Year-at-a-Glance Calendar: From orientation through to commencement, this printable College of Liberal Arts calendar provides a year-at-a-glance view of activities, events, annual celebrations and more for the College of Liberal Arts. 
    Download the 2024-25 College of Liberal Arts Calendar 

Concerns About Students

Faculty and staff are often the first people to notice and step in to offer help when a student is struggling, but you don’t need to handle it alone.
Read about RIT resources, tools, and support

Crisis Response

For Immediate Threats to Safety, Contact RIT Public Safety

If you feel threatened or fear for your safety, contact RIT Public Safety immediately:

Phone: 585-475-3333
Text: 585-205-8333
Confidential Tip Line

RIT Emergency Information and Management

Detailed information about how RIT responds to and manages crises such as external disasters, weather related closings, emergency plans and actions, and more can be found at the RIT Emergency Information website. 

RIT Emergency Information
RIT Environmental Health and Safety

Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) on Campus

Liberal Arts Hall, near room 2910
Eastman Hall, near room 1911
AED locations (campus map)

Curriculum Management

See the RIT webpage for curriculum management. Please collaborate with you unit chair and program director on any curricular proposals

Events and Events Planning


Questions about College of Liberal Arts Events? 

Contact Kerri Johnson, Events Manager, Dean's Office, College of Liberal Arts, 585-475-5484, kasadm@rit.edu.

Marketing and Communications

  • Guidance for COLA Departments on Marketing, Media and Public Relations, and Outreach
     
  • Tips and tools (pdf document) for promoting your program, your students, and your work independently and in partnership with CLA and institutional marketing and communications. Plus, resources for sharing news and compelling stories that illustrate the distinct values of an RIT College of Liberal Arts education such as student, alumni, researcher, and faculty spotlights content forms and more.
     
  • Templates for branded posters, flyers, social media graphics, event programs, and more. Contact Kim Walters, CLA marketing and communications director, to request access and learn more.
     
  • RIT Newsmakers Form for sharing news about your, your students’, and our alumni accomplishments so it can be published on rit.edu and in the RIT News and Events newsletter that is sent campus-wide weekly. 
     
  • A Guide to Conversations About the College of Liberal Arts: Whether it's over dinner with friends or during an open house event, being able to clearly and compellingly articulate what makes the College of Liberal Arts is key. Within this guide (pdf document), you'll find our brief elevator pitch as well as more in-depth supporting points. Like the RIT institutional elevator pitch, our statement intends to encapsulate the value we offer to students, to our university, and to our world.
    Read more
    Download a pdf

Organizational Chart and Planning

Guidance for connecting with the right team member for support in your work. 

  • Dean’s Office and Office of Student Services organizational chart and listing of key roles and responsibilities for each team member.
    Go to Google doc
  • Coming soon! Department Chairs, Program Directors, and Staff Support. 
  • RIT Organizational Charts (RIT login required)

Orientation for New CLA Employees

Promotional (Swag) Items

If promotional items (e.g. swag) need to be produced for an event or for your department, determine your budget source, budget line number, quantity needed, deadline by which item(s) need to be produced and on campus for distribution.

Contact The Hub to learn more about the types of promotional items that are available, their costs, and how long they take to produce.

Additional RIT-approved vendors are listed on the RIT Brand Portal. Consult with your selected vendor to determine purchasing processes, required lead times for production, and production specifications.

If you’d like to use a vendor that is not on the approved list list, direct your vendor to Jessica Hishman in Procurement for information on how to apply for a license. Vendors MUST be approved prior to doing work for the University.

Designs for imprinted items must adhere to RIT branding guidelines and are subject to the review and approval of University Marketing and Communications prior to production. The process of creating a design and obtaining approval to produce can take up to two to four weeks depending on the complexity of the project and the workload volume of the team members. Careful planning well in advance will help to ensure your promotional item is ready in time for your event. 

If you have questions regarding producing and paying for promotional items, contact your immediate supervisor.

If you have questions regarding branding, please contact Kim Walters, marketing and communications director for the College of Liberal Arts. 

Strategic Bridge Plan for the College of Liberal Arts

The College of Liberal Arts Strategic Bridge Plan, the result of a collaborative, community-engaged process, provides a focused set of strategies and tactics aimed at continuing to move the college forward during its current transitional period.

College of Liberal Arts 2024-25 Strategic Bridge Plan (pdf document)

Training and “How To” Instructions

Using rit.edu/MyRit

A university-wide site with links to resources such as: 

  • start.rit.edu (for modifying your information, email, and contact info)
  • myinfo (paycheck, benefits, time off requests)
  • myCourses 
  • Kronos
  • SIS Student 
  • Plus, links to commonly sought information and forms regarding HR, IT, and more. 

    Go to rit.edu/MyRIT

How to update your RIT directory profile.

Read instructions in this pdf document

How to get your directory profile photo taken.

Directory photos are taken by the university Marketing and Communications Photography team on an ongoing basis. They maintain a portrait sitting schedule and periodically email RIT employees to invite them to sign up for their portraits by going to this scheduling site. Appointment slots fill up quickly and new slots are added and announced by email as needed.