Campus Spotlight

June 22, 2022

<p>Thomas Warfield, director of dance in NTID’s Department for Performing Arts, receives the New York State Commendation Award from State Sen. Samra Brouk at RIT’s University Gallery on June 21. The award is presented to those who devote their personal time, energy, and creativity to bettering their community and inspiring others to do the same.</p>

Photo by Matthew Sluka

Thomas Warfield, director of dance in NTID’s Department for Performing Arts, receives the New York State Commendation Award from State Sen. Samra Brouk at RIT’s University Gallery on June 21. The award is presented to those who devote their personal time, energy, and creativity to bettering their community and inspiring others to do the same.

group of four people posing for a photo.

Photo by Matthew Sluka

RIT President David Munson, left; New York State Sen. Samra Brouk; and Gerry Buckley, NTID president and RIT vice president and dean, right, celebrated the accomplishments of Thomas Warfield, center, with a state commendation and recognition of his milestone 60th birthday. Warfield, director of dance in NTID Department for Performing Arts, is known throughout the community for his tireless advocacy of the performing arts and his work with deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students.
close-up of New York State Commendation Award.

Photo by Matthew Sluka

Thomas Warfield, director of dance in NTID Department for Performing Arts, received the New York State Commendation Award at RIT’s University Gallery June 21. The award is presented to those who devote their personal time, energy, and creativity to bettering their community and inspiring others to do the same.
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