Photo Spotlights

Frances L. Cabrera, a student in RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology, mingles with other RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars before an award ceremony on April 5. Minimum requirements of the award are completion of at least 125 credit hours of college work and a GPA of 3.85 at RIT. Community service, employment and research activities also are considered.

President Simone gathers with some RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars before the award ceremony on April 5. Minimum requirements of the award are completion of at least 125 credit hours of college work and a GPA of 3.85 at RIT. Community service, employment and research activities also are considered.

Robert Panera, professor emeritus, speaks to a full crowd at the opening of the Deaf Studies Archive in Wallace Library on April 3. The items include the Robert Panera Deaf Literature Collection, consisting of literature, plays, mysteries, and romances featuring deaf characters.

Robert Chung, a professor in the School of Print Media at RIT, received the EDSF Educator of the Year Award during Gravure Day activities on March 27.

More than 2,200 students and alumni filled the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, March 28, for the 2007 Spring Career Fair. With 207 employers in attendance, it was the largest career fair in RIT’s history. The event featured a wide variety of companies from across the country, including ESPN, Microsoft and Toyota.

Grace Watson dining hall celebrated Latin culture with entertainment by Noel Leon Y Su Orquestra on March 28. A special menu included Chimichuri Beef, Chicken Breast with Cilantro Adobo, Arroz Con Pollo Soup, Cheesy Tostada Casserole, Spanish Paella, Passion Fruit Mousse and Caramel Pecan Flan.

Yoonzi Na, a first-year nutrition management major, whisks up some crepe batter for a recipe being served at the 22nd annual \"Puttin’ on the RITz\" dinner. Students in the School of Hospitality and Service Management prepare and serve courses with a Mediterranean theme for the March 31 event.

A student looks at one of the exhibits at the grand opening of the RIT Museum located on the third floor of Wallace Library on March 27. The space offers opportunities to display artifacts, documents, photographs and art that tell the story of RIT.

Composer Tania Leon met with RIT students on March 27. Leon visited the campus as part of a literary and musical event with author Margaret Atwood.

RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering celebrated Toyota Day on March 27. After representatives of the auto manufacturer gave $100,000 to the college, the Toyota Production Systems Laboratory, in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was named in its honor.

A group of junior high school girls shadowed RIT engineering majors during the seventh annual Shadow Day, March 22-23, sponsored by RIT’s Society of Women Engineers. The girls explored engineering and engineering-technology disciplines in a variety of hands-on activities, attended classes, toured campus and spent a night in an RIT residence hall.

Donald Langenberg, professor of physics and chancellor emeritus at the University of Maryland, leads members of the Middle States evaluation team in sampling perspectives on the state of RIT. An open forum was held March 21 in Xerox Auditorium to offer faculty and staff an opportunity to express their views regarding the university’s future. The team’s three-day visit to campus is among the final stages in the reaccredidation process.