Photo Spotlights

Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity is sponsoring their 13th annual Pole Sit Sept. 7-10. Students take turns sitting atop a 40-foot-tall telephone pole overlooking RIT’s Quarter Mile. The fundraiser donates to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Here, Ryan McKenna, a fourth-year student in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, waves to students on their way to class.

Philosopher-mechanic Matthew Crawford, left, attended a mechanics workshop with RIT students in the Machine Tools Laboratory Sept. 8. Demonstrating is Devin Hamilton, a fourth-year mechanical engineering technology major. Crawford, author of the best-selling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, opened the 2010-2011 Visionaries in Motion IV speaker series sponsored by the Caroline Werner Gannett Project.

First-year RIT students toured the Global Village complex during Orientation. The $54.5 million residential and commercial complex features new dining options and a variety of retail businesses, as well as residence halls with a global theme.

Director of Study Abroad & Fellowships, Ty Stewart, offered information to new students at the Resource Fair on Sept. 1.

The Convocation for New Students and Families was held Sept. 2 in Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Paul Rosenberg, chair of Academic Senate, led the processional and carried the symbolic academic mace.

First-year students make their official walk to the Gordon Field House and Activities Center as a member of the RIT community. New students were cheered on by RIT faculty and staff during the annual Tiger Walk celebration prior to the New Student Convocation on Sept. 2.

Kelly Hurley, a first-year student in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, waits to move in to her new dorm room on Sept 1.

RIT’s newest students and their families attended the Resource Fair Sept. 1 in Gordon Field House and Activities Center. The fair featured representatives offering information from numerous RIT departments. James Fitzgerald, a first-year student in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, smiles for his RIT identification card photo.

RIT President Bill Destler congratulated students from the Rochester City School District who are part of the first class of the Rochester City Scholars Program at a reception Aug. 31. All received scholarships as a result of RIT’s partnership with the Rochester City School District.

President Destler addressed the RIT community Aug. 31 to kick off the 2010-2011 academic year.

Greg Pollock, president of Student Government and a student in the Department of Communication, addressed the RIT community during the annual welcome for the 2010-2011 year.

Tom Thum, a second-year new media major from New Jersey, with help from his mom, Lori, moves in to his new home in the Global Village complex. The $54.5 million residential and commercial complex features new dining options and a variety of retail businesses, as well as residence halls with a global theme.