Success Stories


Alesia Allen

Alumni

Dark skinned woman, dark hair, glasses, grey sweater top and necklace. Allen, who now lives in Hatboro, Pa., graduated from RIT’s College of Liberal Arts in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology—Human Growth and Development.  more...


John Anderson

Alumni

Light skinned man, short brown hair, checked red shirt. In 1989, John became one of the first-ever RIT students to major in Information Technology. Since graduation, he has worked in a variety of IT roles, and says that RIT prepared him to "wear many different hats in the high-tech field."  more...


Michael Anthony

Alumni

Light skinned young man, brown hair, glasses, dark jersey with dinosaur and word "Exercise" Ask 10 different people what their dream job is and you’ll get 10 different answers. For Michael Anthony, it’s summed up in one word: Microsoft.  more...


Elizabeth Ayers Gibson

Alumni

Light skinned woman, dark hair, blue t-shirt, standing in front of ultrasound screen, scoping baby (test doll) on bed. A graduate of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, Elizabeth is one of the few in her field to have earned Advanced Practice Sonographer status from the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.  more...


Arthur Babin

Alumni

Light skinned man, short brown hair, striped polo shirt. Taking a leadership role in the NTID Student Congress helped Arthur become "a more energetic and compassionate person," and gave him the confidence he needed to succeed as an application programmer at Fidelity National Financial.  more...


Jelica Bruer Nuccio

Alumni

Light skinned woman, long brown hair, dark top, signing. Jelica, whose vision loss was first discovered at NTID, was recognized in 2005 as an NTID Distinguished Alumna for her leadership as executive director of the Deaf-Blind Center in Seattle, Washington.  more...


Paul Casanova

Alumni

Light skinned man, short beard, glasses, red polo shirt, standing by shop equipment. Paul utilizes the technical skills he learned as a Mechanical Engineering Technology major at RIT/NTID to build joint and extremity implants for amputees and other patients.  more...


Chamoreun Dee

Alumni

Dark skinned man, dark hair, dark suit, blue patterned tie, standing in front of fence, White House in background. An RIT bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems prepared Chameoreun for his current job: working as a systems analyst in the White House.  more...


Mark Feder

Alumni

Light skinned man, balding, wearing red long sleeved shirt, hands crossed on knee. “I learned how to be approachable and to be fearless, and I learned how to keep my deaf identity in a hearing world.”  more...


Fred Feldman

Alumni

Light skinned man, dark hair and short beard, blue and white striped shirt. Feldman graduated in 1977 with a mechanical engineering major and a newfound confidence in his own ability to succeed.  more...


Toni Lynn Ferreri-Van Bramer

Alumni

Light skinned woman, short brown hair, dark v-neck shirt, sitting outsite with arms folded and resting on park bench arm. This 1999 graduate of the MSSE program now teaches American Sign Language as a foreign language in the Rochester City School District.  more...


Sean Forbes

Alumni

Light skinned man, dark hair, glasses, dark t-shirt, blue jeans, signing (hands crossed one over the other). Forbes, a 2008 RIT/NTID grad, never let being deaf get in the way of his love for music.  more...


Alan Gifford

Alumni

Light skinned man, light hair, orange polo shirt, arm up on cement wall, water in background. This 1977 RIT/NTID Civil Engineering alumnus had his construction management skills put to the test when was dispatched by his employer to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck.  more...


Sara Gould

Alumni

Light skinned woman, long blond hair, dark sweater, holding circuit board. Says Sara, "Thanks to my co-ops at RIT, I’ve worked in design, manufacturing and testing."  more...


Andrew Jacobson

Alumni

Light skinned male wearing dark suit and tie standing in front of glass display case. NTID’s 2014 Distinguished Alumnus, Andrew R. Jacobson ’90, ’96 (Hotel Management, Service Management), took the skills he learned at RIT/NTID and applied them to his professional life.  more...