President’s Photo Gallery

  • Dr. Munson standing at a podium with John Seely Brown

    RIT President David Munson presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to 2019 keynote commencement speaker John Seely Brown, former chief scientist of Xerox Corp. and director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).

  • Dr. Munson signing papers at a table with 4 other men

    Officials from RIT, the City of Rochester Sister Cities Committee and Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland signed an international memorandum of understanding in May. Waterford and Rochester are sister cities.

  • Dr. Munson standing at a podium with Chinese text projected behind him.

    RIT’s campus in Weihei, China, held its first commencement ceremony in June, celebrating 103 graduates. The event recognized the initial class of students to earn BS degrees in management information systems. 

  • President David Munson

    RIT President David Munson answered questions on Reddit in February during an “Ask Munson Anything” session.

  • Don Bossi, Cheryl Dinolfo, David Munson

    From left, FIRST Robotics President Don Bossi, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and RIT President David Munson attend the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional competition, which took place in March at RIT’s Gordon Field House. 

  • Dave and Nancy Munson

    RIT President David Munson and his wife, Nancy, helped welcome guests in October to RIT’s newest building on campus—the 52,000-square-foot MAGIC Spell Studios.

  • The Munsons at a Fireside Chat

    The Munsons invited RIT students to a “Fireside Chat” in February.

  • Tyler Schrodt and President Munson

    Tyler Schrodt ’13 (finance and international business), ’15 (MBA), founder of the Electronic Gaming Federation, spoke about the world of esports and presented RIT President David Munson with a jersey.

  • Dave and Nancy Munson at Imagine RIT

    President Munson and his wife, Nancy, survey the exhibit set up by the RIT Theme Park Enthusiasts club at the 2018 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival

  • Tom Wheeler receiving honorary doctoral degree

    Dr. Munson’s first Commencement ceremony as RIT president where keynote speaker Tom Wheeler, former director of the FCC, received an honorary doctoral degree from RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner and Christine Whitman, chair of RIT’s Board of Trustees. 

  • Dr. Munson cheering

    Dr. Munson cheers on the more than 35 high school teams participating in the 2018 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition

  • President Munson glass blowing

    RIT President David Munson created a paperweight with some help from glass students as part of a fundraiser in early March.

  • President Munson and Bill Destler with Austin McChord

    RIT President David Munson and President Emeritus Bill Destler announce alumnus Austin McChord’s $50 million gift to RIT.

  • Dr. Munson and Nancy Munson with Jeanne Behm

    Dr. Munson and his wife, Nancy, have a weekly American Sign Language lesson from Jeanne Behm, the coordinator of the RIT ASL and Deaf Studies Community Center.

  • President Munson, Andrea Shaver, Greg Pollock, and Farid Barquet

    RIT President David Munson poses with past Student Government presidents Andrea Shaver and Greg Pollock and current president Farid Barquet at the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Oct. 13.

  • E. Philip Saunders

    E. Philip Saunders was the recipient of RIT’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year award at the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Oct. 13.

  • David Munson with students

    RIT students celebrated the inauguration of David Munson with a picnic Sept. 27. Along with the student picnic, inaugural events for RIT’s 10th president included an alumni symposium and campus walking tours for visitors.

  • M. Richard Rose, Albert Simone, William Destler, and David Munson

    Former RIT presidents M. Richard Rose (1979-1992), left; Albert Simone (1992-2007), second from right; and William Destler (2007-2017), far right; joined David Munson during his inauguration as RIT’s 10th president.

  • David Munson at his inauguration

    RIT must continue to evolve to help solve the challenges facing society now and in the future, David Munson told hundreds gathered Sept. 28 to witness his inauguration as the university’s 10th president.

  • President Munson addressing crowd

    RIT President David Munson addressed the crowd gathered for convocation for new students, which include 2,800 first-year students, 560 transfer students and 1,000 students beginning graduate study.