Photo Spotlights

NTID celebrated the retirement of 10 faculty and staff members Wednesday, who together have provided almost 300 years of service. Pictured are Larry LoMaglio, John Albertini, Mike Servé, Vince Daniele, Gail Rothman-Marshall, Kate Rizzolo and Peter Lalley. Retirees not pictured are Joni Dowling-Kell, Judy MacDonald and Karen Snell.

Tyler Schrodt, right, and Evan McCool knew they wanted to start a longboarding business together just two weeks after meeting. In 2010, Schrodt and McCool joined forces and, using money from their savings accounts, started Enraged Panda Boarding Co. Schrodt ’13 (international business and finance), is pursuing his MBA and McCool will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology.

Kelsey Buecheler is a third-year honors student in the nutrition management program in the College of Health Sciences and Technology. After she graduates in 2015, she will have to complete a yearlong dietetic internship to qualify to sit for the registered dietitian exam. Buecheler attributes the program’s high placement rate to its emphasis on real-work experience.

Emily Himmelwright has grown to love longboarding since first starting to ride during her freshman year at RIT. Himmelwright, a second-year media arts and technology student, can make the trek from her dorm room to the academic side of campus in five minutes while riding her longboard, saving her more than 10 minutes if she were to walk to class instead.

RIT students and staff had a strong showing in the 2014 AT&T Rochester Civic App Challenge. Pictured after a May 13 news conference announcing the winners at the Center for Media, Arts, Games, Creativity and Innovation are, from left to right, High Tech Rochester President Jim Senall, RIT MAGIC Center Director Andrew Phelps, graduate student and third-place winner Debjit Saha, senior research analyst and honorable mention winner Nilay Yildirim, graduate student and grand prize winner Marissa McDowell, MAGIC Open Source Resource Coordinator Remy DeCausemaker, Professor Stephen Jacobs, student Sam Lucidi, student Mihir Singh, Digital Rochester Executive Director Lisa Doerner and AT&T Public Affairs Director for New York State Neil Giacobbi. The challenge, hosted by RIT, was sponsored by AT&T in partnership with High Tech Rochester, Digital Rochester and Hack Upstate.

Andrew Sears, dean of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, stands outside the building. Sears is an expert in human-computer interaction and information technology.

RIT lacrosse player Patrick McMullan, a third-year biomedical sciences major, along with a dozen other varsity athletes spend time each week reading or interacting with the children at John Williams School No. 5 in Rochester. To read about other ways in which RIT gives back to the community, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50669.

Ashleen Evans was shy and didn’t know much sign language when she first came to RIT/NTID. Now graduating as president of the NTID Student Congress, she’s returning to Indiana with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a job waiting for her and knowledge about deaf culture and being a leader.

Robert Jones, right, a fifth-year mechanical engineering student, demonstrates the capabilities of a quadro-copter for Donald McKeown, distinguished researcher, left, and professor Agamemnon Crassidis. RIT, a national drone test site, will contribute its research into navigation and imaging systems technology as part of a university-industry partnership.

RIT’s International Student Services hosts the Naturalization/Citizenship Ceremony each year at the request of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, for individuals from across Western New York who are already scheduled to become United States citizens on this day. Almost 60 people became U.S. citizens during the ceremony on May 12 in Ingle Auditorium, including one RIT student and one faculty member.

Rochester City Scholar Amanda Johnson majored in biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences and Technology. She finished classes in December but will participate in graduation in May. Twenty-seven students from the Rochester City School District qualified for the Rochester City Scholars program for the 2010 academic year, earning full-tuition scholarships. Four years later, 21 are on track to graduate this weekend. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50630.

RIT’s International Student Services hosts the Naturalization/Citizenship Ceremony each year at the request of the U.S, Citizenship & Immigration Services, for individuals from across Western New York who are already scheduled to become United States citizens on this day. Several people became U.S. citizens during the ceremony on May 12 in Ingle Auditorium.