Photo Spotlights

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.

Dyer Arts Center at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf presents an exhibition, The Signs of Nature, The Nature of Signs; Paintings and Prints by Susan Dupor, which will be on view through April 20. Dupor, a deaf artist and teacher at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, is an alumna of NTID’s Master of Science in Secondary Education Program.

RIT students Matthew Mosesohn and Chris Rowoth of RIT’s coed service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega Xi Zeta, pass time in their cardboard shanty with the help of technology. The annual “Shantytown” event is held to raise awareness of the reality of homelessness during which members gave up the warmth of their dorms to man the shelter day and night. A Salvation Army collection bucket was kept alongside the shanty, encouraging the RIT community to help the homeless.