Photo Spotlights

The first RIT-sponsored Habitat for Humanity home—a sustainable house—was officially dedicated at a ceremony Feb. 20 at 167 Whitney St. Jeffrey Hering, RIT’s director for the Center for Religious Life, gave a closing blessing at the event. Hering also served as an advisor to the RIT Habitat for Humanity group.

The first RIT-sponsored Habitat for Humanity home—a sustainable house—was officially dedicated at a ceremony Feb. 20 at 167 Whitney St. The new homeowner, April Randall, was on hand for the ceremony, as well as RIT President Bill Destler, student volunteers, and members of the Rochester community.

A photographic exhibition by Omobowale Ayorinde is on view at the Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at NTID through Feb. 26.

The Rochester community will join RIT’s Habitat for Humanity student club, along with volunteers from Flower City Habitat for Humanity, for the dedication of the first RIT-sponsored Habitat house at 11 a.m. Feb. 20 at 167 Whitney St. April Randall, the soon-to-be-homeowner, will be living in a home with many sustainable features, including a tankless hot water heater and an energy-efficient furnace.

Sleeping Beauty was presented by the RIT/NTID Dance Company Feb. 11-14 in the Robert F. Panara Theatre at NTID. The dance adaptation of the classic tale was directed and choreographed by Thomas Warfield.

The Rochester Finger Lakes Regional Exhibition is on view at RIT’s Bevier Gallery through Feb. 24.

Ben Wilson, a student in the School for American Crafts, forms a piece of metal in the forge room, one of the new renovated spaces in the school.

Independent comic artists Chris Onstad (left) and Nick Gurewitch, offered a dynamic and interactive dialogue on the origin and creation of their comic strip art on Feb. 10 as part of the Caroline Werner Gannett Project’s Visionaries in Motion III series. Using a cache of props and symbols, the artists delighted the audience with lively activities, including Onstad’s Q-and-A raffle of vintage memorabilia from his comic strip series Achewood.

These popcorn package concepts “popped to the top” for moviegoers at the Little Theatre. The center package by Alexia Georgiou, fourth-year graphic design student, received the most votes. Second place honors went to a package designed by Adam Hasenauer (left) and Yen-Wei Lee’s concept rounded out the top three. The students developed popcorn package designs as part of their Packaging Design course with Lorrie Frear. Alexia won a one-year student membership to the Little Theatre.

RIT forward Sarah Dagg hit 100 career points in women’s hockey on Feb. 7 when the team defeated Chatham 7-1. Dagg, a third-year student, became the seventh player in the history of RIT women’s hockey to reach this goal.

RIT’s Campus Center was formally dedicated Feb. 6 as part of the campus Freeze Fest extravaganza. The 30,000-plus-square-foot Campus Center located across from Clark Gymnasium, with alternate access from inside the Student Alumni Union, is characterized by curved windows and comfortable seating areas. Administrators hope the space will become a central location where students can meet and socialize.

Volunteers from the Center for Religious Life coordinated their annual PB Jam Feb. 8. Nearly 2,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made during the 4-hour event. Following the preparation, the sandwiches were delivered to the Salvation Army, Open Door Mission, AIDS Rochester and the House of Mercy for distribution to Rochester’s needy.