Photo Spotlights

It was standing room only as an estimated 250 RIT students squeezed into Xerox Auditorium for Boeing Night on March 28. Mark Lyden, recruiting relations manager for Boeing Co., above, presented “Secrets to Interviewing and Salary Negotiations.” Representatives of Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, participated in RIT’s annual Career Fair on March 29.

Dean Kamen, inventor, entrepreneur and an advocate for science and technology, will be the keynote speaker at RIT’s 2006 Academic Convocation, part of the university’s 121st Commencement. Kamen will receive an honorary degree during the convocation ceremony, which takes place at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 26, in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Kamen last visited RIT in 2005 for FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a technology competition that teams professional engineers with high school students from across the country.

Renowned celebrity photographer Kwaku Alston ’94, returned to his alma mater to offer career advice to students. He was the keynote speaker for the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences’ Point A to Point B Conference held March 31. Alston has photographed portraits of such people as Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Oprah Winfrey, Clint Eastwood and Lauren Hill. Alston’s talk was sponsored by RIT’s Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services, Alumni Relations, and CIAS.

Three science majors have won the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students interested in pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering. Roberta DiLeo, Ryan Walvoord and Sarah Denial, above from left to right, are among the 323 sophomores and juniors who were selected from 1,081 nominees this year. Each will receive a $7,500 scholarship covering tuition, fees, books and room and board, and will join an elite group of young scholars.

Foreign Language Week at RIT was marked by several events, including a lecture on Japanese affairs by Jiro Okuyama, director of the Japanese Information Center and deputy consul general at the Consulate General of Japan in New York. Okuyama gave his talk, "Japan: Economic Prospects, its Place in Asia, and the Global Economy," on March 30. The event was sponsored by the department of foreign languages in the College of Liberal Arts.

Students at School 41 in Rochester got a break from their teachers on March 24. Alumni and students from RIT's College of Business partnered with a program designed by Junior Achievement to teach daylong lessons on how education can connect to real-life careers.

Well over 2,100 RIT students and alumni met with a wide range of recruiters at RIT's largest-ever career fair on March 29. Representatives for 170 companies and agencies, including Buffalo-based Fisher-Price, filled the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, surpassing the record of 130 employers who attended a similar event on campus last fall. RIT holds career fairs twice annually.

Well over 2,100 RIT students and alumni met with a wide range of recruiters at RIT's largest-ever career fair on March 29. Representatives for 170 companies and agencies filled the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, surpassing the record of 130 employers who attended a similar event on campus last fall. RIT holds career fairs twice annually.

David Abbott went out of bounds from Facilities Management Services to play in the United Way 4th Annual Mini Golf tournament in the SAU. The event was a huge success and raised $681, the highest amount ever generated during this kickoff for the RIT campaign.

About 60 high school girls “shadowed” RIT engineering majors during the sixth annual Shadow Day, March 23-24. Above, Karen Roth, a fifth-year software engineering major (standing, background), works with students on a LEGO MindStorms programming project. The visiting students also attended classes, toured campus and spent a night in an RIT residence hall. The event was sponsored by RIT’s Society of Women Engineers.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader signed copies of his books following a lecture at Webb Auditorium on the credit card industry and problems created by banking deregulation. His speech was sponsored by RIT's College of Business, which also announced last Friday that it was establishing a research center and academic concentration in consumer financial services. The new program will be directed by Robert Manning, economist and professor of finance at RIT's College of Business.

The Athenaeum’s Winter Social was also a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day for 75 members on March 17. The group enjoyed a traditional Irish luncheon featuring corned beef and cabbage, of course, and were entertained by dancers from Kathleen O’Keefe Irish School of Dance.