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Explore, discover, and get involved were some of the suggestions the newest RIT students received during Thursday’s New Student Convocation, which included welcomes from administrators, their new Student Government president, and even some levity featuring RIT President David Munson who pretended he needed to finish his college education.

WHAM-TV highlights move-in day for first-year and transfer students.

WHEC-TV highlights move-in day for first-year and transfer students.

There are 740 new RIT students enrolled in the Combined Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree program, designed to offer highly focused, goal-oriented incoming students a one-of-a-kind opportunity to work toward a bachelor’s and master’s degree, starting from the first day of classes.

Jessica Wagner and her classmates put together a plan to tame the traffic near Rochester’s International Plaza on Clinton Avenue. Students like Wagner, who are participating in RIT’s Engineering Grand Challenges Scholars program, are finding ways to integrate technical coursework with personal interests for careers that matter.

RIT’s open programs office has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to build external partnerships and continue supporting those doing work in the open community.

More than 50 first-year RIT students from underrepresented populations launched their college careers early this summer. The students participated in RIT’s Division of Diversity and Inclusion (DDI) Summer Experience, a four-week program to help students successfully transition to college.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features professor emeritus Roger Dube.

More than 3,000 new students arrive on the RIT campus this week, making it the second largest class.

Ben Clements, a fifth-year mechanical engineering major from Clifton Springs, N.Y., is an RIT student orientation coordinator for this year’s incoming class, and will be supervising around 150 orientation leaders.

Rochester Beacon profiles Token, a Rochester-based company launched by RIT graduates in 2015 and currently chaired by Kevin Surace ’85 (electrical engineering technology).

Aditya Khanna is a fourth-year computer science major from Shrewsbury, Mass., and this year's Student Government president.