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Erik Ellingson, a third-year photography major, picked RIT because of the photography program. He didn’t realize that his grandfather and great-grandfather made the university what it is today. Ellingson’s grandfather is Mark Ellingson, who was RIT’s fifth president from 1936-1969. Ellingson’s great-grandfather was John Randall, who was the fourth president of RIT from 1922 until 1936.

Barry Schwabsky, art critic for The Nation, spoke to students in RIT Professor Alan Singer’s fine art painting class on April 5. Schwabsky is a poet, critic and teacher who has edited and published monographs on artists as diverse as Alex Katz and Jessica Stockholder.

A standing-room-only crowd listened to entrepreneur David Bornstein speak April 2 in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science auditorium. Bornstein, founder of Dowser.org and the author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of Ideas, discussed new-solutions journalism and social innovation during his talk, “Are We on the Verge of a New Enlightenment?” Bornstein joined the list of presenters for RIT’s 2011–2012 Caroline Werner Gannett Project’s “Visionaries in Motion V” speaker series. The series concludes May 2 with a presentation by sculptor Elizabeth Turk.

“Three Artists, Three Views” is on exhibit in the NTID Dyer Arts Center through April 30. The exhibits feature photography, sculpture and paintings. An artists’ reception is 3:30-5 p.m. April 4.

Rochester Mayor Thomas Richards honored the 2012 RIT women’s hockey team with a key to the city March 30. The women’s team won its first NCAA Division III championship March 17. The following week, RIT announced plans to become a Division I program. The East High School Class-A girl’s basketball championship team also received an honorary key at the City Hall ceremony.

Mixed-media artist Radcliffe Bailey spoke about his traveling exhibit, “Memory as a Medicine,” on March 29 in Webb Auditorium. The lecture was sponsored by the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences.

Actress and New York Times best-selling author Victoria Rowell discussed the portrayal of women in the media, both positively and negatively, during a talk on March 29. As a woman in the media spotlight, Rowell has firsthand experience with how women are portrayed across various mediums. Rowell signed books before her talk in Ingle Auditorium.

Actress and New York Times best-selling author Victoria Rowell discussed the portrayal of women in the media, both positively and negatively, during a talk on March 29. As a woman in the media spotlight, Rowell has firsthand experience with how women are portrayed across various mediums.

Middle- and high-school students from 20 schools across the country competed March 24 for prizes and bragging rights for their schools in the seventh annual RIT National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students.

Committee members from the women’s and gender studies program in the College of Liberal Arts commemorated Women’s History Month on March 28 by handing out tulips and fair-trade chocolate to the RIT community. The gesture aimed to reclaim commercialized products—flowers as symbols of life, hope and strength, and fair-trade chocolate as a sign of non-exploitative practices. Material related to women’s issues and campus activities and programs was also available. Here, Jasmine Lockwood, a new-media design student, stops to pick up a tulip.

The Spring Career Fair, which took place March 28, is one of two major employment events held at RIT every year that’s open to RIT students and alumni. Employers are recruiting for co-op and full-time openings. More than 230 companies participated and a record number of more than 2,900 job seekers attended. Companies that participate range from small technology firms to Fortune 500 companies.

Jason Shanley is a business management student in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business who won a scholarship to RIT after winning first prize in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy Regional “Bright Ideas” competition last May. Shanley is the CEO of UrLocker, which makes a variety-pack of removable, reusable designs for school lockers. His business was featured on BizKid$, a weekly series on PBS/WXXI-TV that teaches kids about money.