A reminder that the RIT Convocation for all graduates is Friday, May 8, at 10 a.m. in the Gordon Field House. 

NTID’s undergraduate delegate is Cha'Risa Reins, a laboratory science technology major from Del Valle, Texas. The graduate delegate is Galvin Drake, a master’s in deaf education major from Riverside, California. 

For the first time, two additional NTID-affiliated graduates are delegates of their respective colleges: Charles Coleman, Jr. is the undergraduate delegate for the Golisano College of Computing and Information Studies, and Gabriel “Gabo” Ponte-Fleary is the graduate delegate for the College of Art and Design. 

NTID’s Commencement takes place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in the Gene Polisseni Center, with a reception from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Gracie’s.

Academy Award-winning actor Troy Kotsur will receive an honorary doctoral degree at Friday’s Convocation and will be NTID’s Commencement speaker on Saturday. 

Retiring Professor of Practice Thomas Warfield will be the Mace Bearer for NTID’s Commencement.