Welcoming the 10th Class of Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars and first recipients of the Mark and Maureen Davitt Graduate Education Endowed Scholarship | September 2019
Rochester Institute of Technology welcomed new students from two scholarship programs designed to support City of Rochester residents at a special ceremony hosted by President David Munson on Monday, August 26, at Liberty Hill.
The Destler/Johnson RCS program provides students from the Rochester City School District and/or Greater Rochester Charter School system, who meet the academic requirements for admission an opportunity to receive full tuition scholarship to RIT. To date, over 200 scholars have been awarded scholarships.
For the 10th class, RIT welcomed 21 new scholars majoring in programs from game design and development to mechanical engineering. The students come from Rochester Prep High School, School of the Arts, Integrated Arts and Technology High School, Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School, Young Women’s College Prep, East High School, Rochester Early College International High School, Rochester Academy Charter School and James Monroe High School.
RIT also welcomed the first two recipients of the Mark and Maureen Davitt Graduate Education Endowed Scholarship. This new endowed scholarship was established with a $500,000 gift to the university by Mark and Maureen Davitt to help graduates from the Rochester City School District pursue advanced degrees.
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