Tiger's Tale

Connect with RIT in 2023

Make connections for life. Join Tigers Connect, RIT's virtual community for alumni and students. In less than two minutes, you are connected to students and fellow alumni on our exclusive digital platform.

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Join our LinkedIn Community

Join the Official RIT Alumni Associationon LinkedIn and connect with over 16,000 fellow alumni from all over the world.

You can also stay up-to-date with the RIT Alumni Association on other social media platforms such as on Twitter,Facebook,Instagram, and YouTube

Alumni Book Club

Can you believe it? A new year is fast approaching, and we have just the resolution for you: Read More Books!

In the spirit of new beginnings and goal-setting, we invite you to join the RIT Alumni Book Club! Connecting through a private, free, online discussion forum, the group spends eight weeks reading each book and finishes five books a year. As a book club member, you often get to vote on the books we read, and the reading periods often culminate with a Livestream Author Talk.

Our first book of 2023 will be Horse by Pultizer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, and we are thrilled that she will join us for an Author Talk on March 7.

Be sure to register before we start our reading journey on January 6! We hope you will join us

Sign up for our online book club here

RIT's Let Freedom
Ring Celebration

RIT's annual event commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will feature a keynote address by a faculty member whose work explores the intersections of communication, race, and identity. Katrina Overby,an assistant professor in the School of Communication in RIT's College of Liberal Artswill headline the sixth annual Let Freedom Ring.
The event is free and open to members of the RIT community, taking place on campus from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Ingle Auditorium. A reception featuring multicultural refreshments will follow the formal program at the Fireside Lounge from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Woman's Leadership Summit

The Secure Act 2.0 was recently signed into law. It includes three notable changes for those age 70 ' or older:

• Tax-free gifts from IRAs - also known as Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) - can now be used to create life income gifts (Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Remainder Trusts). This is a one-time opportunity for donors and is subject to a maximum limit.

• The maximum contribution cap for QCDs that has been in place for well over a decade will finally increase annually for inflation. This will provide donors with additional funds for tax-free giving.

• In 2023, the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) age increased from 72 to 73. Individuals will have more time for tax-free savings.

Please contact us at plannedgiving@rit.edu with your questions and for additional details.

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New Alumni
Career Opportunities

NYC Consumer and Worker Protection
New York, NY
City Research Scientist - Senior Research Analyst
Career Connect job #69295

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Core Tech Industrial Group
Saratoga Springs, NY
Electrical/Mechanical Product Engineer
Career Connect job #68806

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The Fort Miller Group
Greenwich, NY
Design Engineer
Career Connect job #68579

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eProductivity Software Inc.
Nationwide
Professional Services Consultant
Career Connect job #65083

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Gifts in Action

Lia Grammer BS '25 is excited about all the unique opportunities that packaging science, her field of study, provides for college graduates. Even during her freshman year at RIT, she was a part of an invitation-only packaging competition, worked as a teaching assistant, served as an e-board member and social media coordinator for the student chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals, and was a member of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. None of this would have been possible without the scholarship funding she received.

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Ashley Lasko BS '23

The eldest of three and one of two siblings who currently attend RIT Ashley Lasko BS '23 has found academic success since middle school when she first became interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics academic disciplines.) In high school, Ashley earned a special RIT scholarship award for creativity and innovation, which sealed the deal that she would receive her undergraduate degree as a Tiger. This past May, she received another scholarship which is reserved for the eligible junior with the highest grade point average.

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RIT Alumni Referral Award

The Regular Decision college application deadline is right around the corner on January 15, 2023.

Alumni like you play an important role in recruiting future Tigers by recommending RIT to prospective students within your families, communities, and professional networks. And now that role is even more valuable!
Did you know, when you refer a prospective student to RIT, that student is eligible for the RIT Alumni Referral Award,a $1,000 per year scholarshiprenewable for four years? Each alum can refer one undergraduate applicant per year for this award.

Click here for more information on submissions and deadlines

More Alumni
News and Events

Transforming RIT: Reconnecting in Atlanta

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Home Buyer Workshop

2023 Saunders Accounting Banquet

RIT Alumni Reception at ShmooCon

RIT CHST Virtual Town Hall

RIT vs. Holy Cross Men's Hockey Game and Dinner

RIT at SPIE Photonics West

Transforming RIT: Reconnecting in Los Angeles

'Minecraft' entrepreneur named to 'Forbes' 30 Under 30 list

Scholarship at RIT/NTID to benefit deaf, hard-of-hearing student in STEM-related majors

Class Notes

Lisa (Sporleder) Stephens BFA '81 received the Community Leadership Award from EDUCAUSE in recognition of her efforts launching a global portal that enables educators to share detailed exemplars of technology enabled classrooms to assist with design and renovation planning

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Emily (Sowa) Hartmann BFA '12 was recently recognized with two Emmy Awards. 'Eyewitness to 9/11: Behind the Lens' won best 'News Special' and the first episode of 'Missing: Leanne Marie Hausberg' won best 'Crime - News'.

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Dan Taylor BFA '83 and Nora Vaivads-Taylor BFA '83 recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of Taylor Design, a Stamford, CT-based graphic, branding, and digital design studio founded by the duo.

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Questions? Contact the Office of Alumni Relations

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