Photo Spotlights

The 32nd RIT Big Shot illuminated the iconic Kodak Tower on Sept. 18. Nearly 3,000 volunteers provided the primary light source for a 60-second exposure at f14, ISO 50.

RIT students Greg Schmidt, on left, and Noah Blakenship participated in Mud Tug on Sept. 17. In the annual event hosted by Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, teams of 10 compete in a tug of war tournament over pits of mud behind Grace Watson Hall. Money raised goes to Hillside Family of Agencies and the MLD Foundation.

Paige Belfield, left, a second-year School of Individualized Study student from Boston, and Renee Hutton, a second-year university studies student from New York City, talked to representatives from various organizations in the Rochester area about volunteer opportunities during the Community Service Fair on Sept. 15. Nearly 30 agencies participated in the fair.

Jordan Guerrieri, a third-year advertising and public relations student from Rochester, stopped to buy some fresh corn while walking yorkipoo Maverick. The market in Global Village Plaza on Sept. 13 featured local produce, eggs, bread, honey products from the RIT Bee Keepers Club, chair massages and a live calf onsite. The next market dates are Sept. 27, Oct. 11 and Oct. 25.

Provost Jeremy Haefner, left, and President Bill Destler traveled to Beijing, China, to celebrate the 120th anniversary of RIT’s international partner, Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU). Here they meet with Professor Bin Ning. RIT was honored to be at the 2016 Global University Presidents Summit held on the BJTU campus, sharing student success in interdisciplinary entrepreneurship and technological innovation with more than 100 participants from 37 universities representing 14 countries. This fall, 220 undergraduate students began class in the RIT-BJTU joint degree program in management information systems at the BJTU Weihai campus. RIT also welcomed a new cohort of 18 students in the joint graduate degree program in entrepreneurship and innovative ventures at the BJTU Beijing campus.

Wendell Castle attended an opening reception for his current exhibit. Castle, who is widely recognized as the “father of the art furniture movement,” is exhibiting a wide variety of drawings, maquettes and select sculptural and dimensional work inside RIT’s University Gallery through Nov. 11. This marks the first-ever exhibition to focus on Castle’s creative process, providing evidence of how he conceives and creates.

Customers peruse a selection of books published by RIT Press at the 44th Annual Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair held on Sept. 10. RIT Press, the Institute’s scholarly book publishing enterprise, is co-sponsor for the Book Fair, the longest running regional book fair in the nation.

Left to right, RIT students Paola Vega, Bradley Loranger, Jeremy Hall, Cooata Pauling and Bruce Jones practice archery during the annual Longhouse Overnight and Day of Service at Ganondagan Historical Site, Sept. 9 and 10. Sponsored by RIT’s Future Stewards Program, nearly 20 students and staff spent the evening doing activities, listening to stories of the Haudenosaunee who lived at Ganondagan, and preparing for volunteer projects around the site.

Julia Morris, a fourth-year illustration major from Kensington, MD, reads names on an art book installation. Out of the Sky: Remembering 9/11 by artist Werner Pfeiffer is a 5-foot tall reconstruction of the Twin Towers in paper that is on display on the first floor of The Wallace Center for the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The construction, on view until Sept. 23, combines woodblock printed images with names of the victims printed on the upper portions.

Collin Zelli, a third-year biology major and Army ROTC member, attended the 9/11 Remembrance Vigil on Sept. 11 on the grass knoll in front of the Sentinel statue, on the 15th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. An American flag was planted on the knoll for each of the 2,997 people who died in the attacks.

Vic Mignogna, who plays Capt. Kirk on the online series Star Trek Continues, visited RIT Sept. 9. The actor, director and executive producer met with film and animation students as a collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts’ performing arts department. He discussed music composition for the film and animation business.

University Commons resident advisors hosted an Apple Festival for residents of the Commons and Riverknoll apartments on Sept. 7.