President’s Photo Gallery

  • People in graduate robe attire placing ceremonial cords on president sanders

    RIT Board of Trustees vice chairs Frank Sklarsky ’78 (business administration accounting), left, and Susan Holliday ’85 (MBA) place the Presidential Collar of Authority on Bill Sanders during formal ceremonies to install him as RIT’s 11th president.

  • President sanders pushing a metal cart with students belongings in it

    President Sanders lent a helping hand during Move-In as more than 3,000 first-year students arrived on campus August 17–18.

  • President Sanders holding a phone taking a selfie with the auditorium of people

    RIT President Bill Sanders starts a new tradition of taking selfies during Fall Convocation for New Students.

  • President Sanders walks along a pathway flanked by RIT community members

    Community members welcomed RIT President Bill Sanders on July 1, his first official day at RIT. Sanders arrived with his wife, Emily, and their Labradoodle, Ollie.

  • President Sanders is given an RIT hockey jersey.

    Women’s hockey players Linda Rulle, left, a global business management major, and Jaidan Fahrny, a biomedical sciences major, presented Bill Sanders with his own hockey jersey.

  • President Sanders puts on an orange blazer.

    Bill Sanders tries on his orange blazer. The blazer was presented to him by Ana Paolini Carrano, Student Government vice president.

  • President Sanders stands with his wife, former President Munson, and his wife, and board chair Susan Puglia.

    Bill and Emily Sanders are introduced to the RIT community on Jan. 28, 2025. Susan Puglia, far right, chair of the RIT Board of Trustees announced Bill Sanders as succeeding David Munson as RIT’s next president. Trustee Susan Holliday and RIT President David Munson are pictured, far right.

  • President Sanders attends Imagine RIT, and speaks to a student presenting.

    Prior to starting as president in July 2025, Bill Sanders attended Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival and visited some of the 430+ exhibits on display.

  • President Sanders sits with the RIT Reporter team for an interview.

    RIT President Bill Sanders meets with editors of RIT’s student run publication, Reporter Magazine for an interview. The editors include, left to right, Mariella Santiago, Colin Farmer, and Kath Hollembaek

  • President Sanders stand in front of a large crowd of people.

    Bill Sanders addresses the RIT community on Jan. 28, 2025 after being introduced as the university’s 11th president. He was previously engineering dean at Carnegie Mellon University.

  • President Sanders walks through a curtain, as RITchie the RIT Tiger holds it back for him.

    RIT mascot, Ritchie, pulls back the curtain as Bill Sanders is announced as RIT’s 11th President on Jan. 28, 2025.