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Business students are giving back to the community with free tax return help.

Learn about Saunders’ finance degree, as well as career options and outlook for finance students.

Saunders students have the opportunity to assist CASH in offering accounting services to low-income families in Monroe County.

Saunders College of Business will welcome more than 600 local high school students to the RIT campus for the New York State Region 10 DECA competition on Dec. 19. Students will present business plans to local business leaders who will serve as the competition’s judges.

Four multidisciplinary student teams got the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to potential investors at the RIT Student Accelerator Investor Demo Night earlier this month, each one hoping to jumpstart its ventures and transform its commercial concepts into real companies.

RIT appointed six new members to its board of trustees. The appointments were announced at the Nov. 7 board meeting.

Is a career in accounting right for you? Here are the details. 

At an Oct. 29 celebration at RIT, E. Philip Saunders announced a $7.5 million gift to the business college that bears his name. This transformational gift will be used to help fund a major renovation and expansion of the facilities in Max Lowenthal Hall, home of Saunders College of Business.

You do what? From accountant to the stars to sustainable chocolate producer, RIT alumni have some pretty cool careers. Read about Frank Selvaggi ’81 (accounting), a trusted financial advisor to the biggest stars in the entertainment industry.

Fiona Ma ’88 (accounting), California State Treasurer, who attended RIT for its CPA-specific accounting tract, the co-op program and an opportunity to play varsity tennis, has built a career out of championing the underdog.

Meet Jane M. Elliott ’88 (accounting), the Saunders College of Business 2019 Distinguished Alumna.

Three deaf and hard-of-hearing students in business-related majors at NTID received a new scholarship funded by the Frank B. Sullivan Memorial Foundation.