Newsletter March 2019

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) offers a unique model to address the health and wellness needs of our students. RIT’s model is unique because it engages students, faculty, and staff in the assessment of student-health behaviors as well as the creation and implementation of programs that address these needs.

RIT Libraries will host their third annual Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 22, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in celebration of Women’s History Month. Their goal is to inspire and enable any RIT community member to improve the representation of women on Wikipedia, and no prior experience is necessary! This event is free and open to the public.

The graduation of any student with a higher education degree is not a guarantee, yet most inside and outside of academia believe that it is.

 On Friday, March 29, 2019, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will screen the documentary “Unlikely”. With its world premiere at the 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival, and its selection for the South by Southwest Education (SXSW EDU) Conference & Festival March 5, 2019, the film uncovers the stories of five individuals failed by the higher education system.

RIT has a distinctive Herstory and we want to shine a light on the women who have shaped our university. RIT women have influenced change with their presence, leadership, contributions, investments and invaluable voices.

Presented by Political Philosophers Robert George and Cornel West

An Antidote to Today’s Partisanship: How to Agree to Disagree

Students from the Leadership Academy for Young Men and Greece Olympia High School who are in the TRiO Upward Bound Program were able to participate in a four day trip to Washington, DC.   Which included visits to Georgetown University, Morgan State University, and Bowie State University.  After the college visits, they took time to experience the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Monuments and Memorials.

Liz Bremer, Ed.D.