Photo Spotlights

“Viva De’VIA!”, an exhibition celebrating 25 years of the Deaf View/Image Arts, is on view in the NTID Dyer Arts Center through Nov. 8. There is a closing reception on Nov. 8 at 6-7:30 p.m.

RIT kicked off Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 3 with An Evening of Native American Music and Art. Joanne and Leah Shenandoah performed and alumni and students shared their artwork. The next event features Stephanie Waterman, author of Beyond the Asterik: Understanding Native Students in Higher Education, at 1 p.m. Nov. 7 in the SAU Mosaic Center. For a list of more events, go to the RIT Future Stewards Program website.

RIT Baja team members put the finishing touches on the 2014-2015 racecar in preparation for shipping it to Brazil on Nov. 11. The team will compete in March in its first international competition since 2009 and looks to continue its winning tradition stateside and outside of the country. A Baja car is an off-road vehicle, built entirely by a team of students from cross-disciplinary majors such as engineering technology, engineering, industrial design and business, for example. The car must be able to compete—and survive—hill and rock climbs, obstacle courses and endurance events. Team members are, from left, Dan Palmiter, fourth-year mechanical engineering; Kaity Wolford, second-year mechanical engineering technology; Ryan Wager, third-year mechanical engineering; and Skyler Levy, first-year engineering technology.

Master of Fine Arts student Danielle Burch, right, gets some feedback from Emily Glass, visiting assistant professor in the School of Art in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.

There was lots of love at the Bow Wow Wellness event on Oct. 23. The Center for Student Wellness arranged for the therapy dogs’ visit to campus as a stress reduction activity. Research indicates that pet therapy improves psychological well-being and self-esteem. Here, RIT student Craig Mills gets a lick from Savvy, a 4 1/2 year-old Havanese. The next chance to see the dogs is 4–5 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Fireside Lounge.

Children from Margaret’s House child care center trick-or-treated at the Center for Residence Life on Oct. 31. Halloween activities for RIT students on campus include the Halloween Bash from noon to 3 p.m. in the SAU 1829 Room, pumpkin painting from 8 to 10 p.m. in the SAU Lobby and the Creepy CarnEvil at 9 p.m. in the SAU Fireside Lounge.

Nicole Howley, a fourth year public policy student in the College of Liberal Arts, spends a lot of her time helping other students successfully make a successful transition to college. As a College of Liberal Arts peer mentor and student orientation volunteer, Howley finds joy in helping new students navigate their futures.

Employers from all over the country were represented at the NTID Job Fair Oct. 29, seeking to fill co-ops and permanent jobs in engineering, business, finance and more. From left, Greg Pollock COLA ’12 and Bradley Frank GCCIS ’13, representatives from Dow Chemical Co., based in Midland, Mich., talk to Joshua Aziz at the event.

The Construct at RIT is the new student makerspace, located on the fourth floor (room 4190) of Institute Hall. Machine, software and electronic development tools are available for hobbyists to cut, sculpt, weld, print—turning their ideas into reality. Use of the supervised lab is free and open to all RIT students, alumni, faculty and staff. Here, a student works with an input device for video games.

Five companies - All Access LLC., BlackBox Biometrics, ClearCove Syetems, ThirtySix Software and Darkwind Media - graduated from RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator. Todd Bernhard, right, and Ron Von Perlstein, center, founders of All Access, explain their app that features restaurants and other retail businesses.

The 17th annual Benefits Fair featured representatives from various organizations, raffles and chair massages Oct. 28 in the SAU Fireside Lounge. Here, Karel Shapiro from Academic Affairs gathered information from Wegmans pharmacist Brooke Lowry and pharmacy intern Aaron Schmerbeck. The fair continues until 3 p.m. today.

There was lots of love at the Bow Wow Wellness event. The Center for Student Wellness arranged for the therapy dogs’ visit to campus as a stress reduction activity on Oct. 23. Research indicates that pet therapy improves psychological well-being and self-esteem. Here, RIT student Craig Mills gets a lick from Savvy, a 4 1/2 year-old Havanese. The next chance to see the dogs is Nov. 13, 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Fireside Lounge.