Photo Spotlights

Members of WE@RIT hosted nearly 125 accepted female students to the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the annual WE Retreat on March 31. The accepted students toured campus, participated in lab activities and stayed overnight with current female engineering students. It was a chance to learn more about the college and the programs they would be involved in as undergraduates. It was also part of the lead-in to Admissions’ Accepted Student Open House on April 1.

Tyrone Stewart, an adviser from the University of Michigan, spoke as part of an e-portfolios panel at the 2017 National Conference for Individualized Major Programs, held March 30-31. The IMP Conference is an annual gathering of individualized major programs that fosters a collaborative environment for new and seasoned individualized majors to share ideas, challenges, stories and pedagogies on all things IMP-related. RIT co-hosted the event, partnering with Drexel University, Ithaca College and St. Bonaventure University.

Companies from Rochester to California attended the 12th annual Creative Industry Day at the Gordon Field House March 30. The event offered portfolio reviews and networking for students and alumni interested in creative fields.

Jenna Doran, a fourth-year microelectronic engineering student from Olympia, Wash., holds a print of the First Amendment—one of the 18th century’s most iconic documents—made on an 18th-century-style wooden printing press created by an interdisciplinary group of students in 2016. Seth Gottlieb, a recent graduate and a member of the press-building team, spoke about the project March 30 at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection on the second floor of The Wallace Center.

Fairy Tale Courtroom, directed by Joseph Fox, is a fast-paced comedy that shows the other side of some familiar fairy tales when the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch are brought to trial. With testimony by such characters as Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and Snow White, and with the audience as the jury, each trial can have one of two endings depending on the jury’s verdict. The production runs March 30-April 2 in the 1510 Lab Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall. Admission is free but there is limited seating. For more information, go to ntid.rit.edu/theatre/events/fairy-tale-courtroom.

Amelia Lombardo, a second-year psychology major from Albany, N.Y., spoke with J. Simmons, manager of the marketing department at Renewal by Andersen in Rochester, N.Y., at the Liberal Arts Career Fair. More than a dozen local companies had representatives to meet with at the event on March 29.

Jordan Mack, a third-year mechanical engineering student from Hopkinton, N.H., stitches a repair on a Patagonia jacket during the DIY clinic at RIT on March 27. Rather than toss a favorite item of clothing with a flaw, the Worn Wear group encourages a fix to extend its life. Patagonia’s Worn Wear repair team travels to colleges around the country to fix clothing and to show people how to do their own clothing repairs.

Cassidy Goodwin, left, a fourth-year environmental sustainability, health and safety student from Berlin, Conn., gets a snap button replaced on her jacket at the Worn Wear repair event at RIT on March 27. Brandon Richards, tour manager for Worn Wear, had the tools to do the repair to extend the life of the garment. Patagonia’s Worn Wear repair team travels to colleges around the country to fix clothing and to show people how to do their own clothing repairs.

Kyle Suero, a third-year computer security student from Los Angeles, often catches a quick nap between classes in the Campus Center. It is one of five designated areas on campus students are encouraged to take short naps to help productivity and creativity.

David Martins, associate professor and university writing program director, helps his daughter Eleanor Martins, left, and her friend Nora Winkler edit a Wikipedia page during the Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at The Wallace Center on March 25. To celebrate Women’s History Month, volunteers increased the entries about significant women and events related to women by writing new posts.

Students celebrated the Persian New Year with music and dance performances March 25. The festival of Nowruz marks the Solar New Year and the beginning of the spring season. The event was organized by the club Persian Association of RIT Students (PARS).

Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts Mary Sullivan presided over a memorial service for Stan McKenzie, a beloved member of the RIT family and former provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs, on March 24. McKenzie, who died Nov. 8, served RIT for 41 years in several capacities, including teaching literature for 34 years and serving as provost for 14 years. He also served as director of judicial affairs and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts.