Photo Spotlights

The size of RIT’s solar array places it among the largest of any college in New York state. The 2-megawatt solar array, consisting of 6,138 photovaltaic panels used to generate electricity from the sun, is on six-and-a-half acres of a field located south of campus.

Katie Terezakis, associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts’ Department of Philosophy, is one of the recipients of the 2015 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Tom Gasek, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the School of Film and Animation, is one of the recipients of the 2015 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Christopher Kurz, associate professor in NTID’s secondary education of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing master’s program, is one of the recipients of the 2015 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Robert Garrick, associate professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology’s School of Engineering Technology, is one of the recipients of the 2015 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle and County Legislator Justin Wilcox co-hosted the Careers Opportunities in Cybersecurity panel May 7 at RIT. Panelists included: Kirk Striebich, supervisory special agent in the FBI Cyber Division and RIT alumnus; Peter Ryan Jr., fourth-year computing security student at RIT; Chaim Sanders, security researcher at Trustwave Spiderlabs and RIT alumnus; Bruce Jones, vice president and chief information security officer of the Lifetime Healthcare Companies; Kirstie Failey, fourth-year information security and forensics major at RIT; Eric J. Meyers ’88 (computer science), information technology director, cyber security, at Corning Inc.

Assembly Majority Leader Joseph D. Morelle recognized RIT’s Cyber Defense team with a proclamation on behalf of New York state for placing third in the 2015 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Morelle and County Legislator Justin F. Wilcox co-hosted a panel May 7 at RIT to discuss career opportunities in the growing field of cybersecurity.

Assistant professor of 3D digital design David Halbstein received the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The honor is given to faculty who have taught three years or less and who foster excellence in teaching and leadership in the campus community.

RIT students Adrielle de Vasconcelos, front, and Mario Augusto have a photo taken in an Instagram frame during SpringFest. Both students are from Brazil. SpringFest events at Global Village included a pizza sampling competition, chalk art and giveaways.

Muslims on campus observed the Friday prayer outside for the first time. They have always gathered inside in the Skalny Room. Muslim Chaplain Rauf Bawany delivered a sermon during the Jumuah Prayer.

Melissa Sagen, a fourth-year museum studies student, is completing her 200-hour internship requirement at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester. Her work involves digitizing and cataloguing precious artifacts of the collection for inclusion in digital archives. To read more, go to rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=51206.

Sarah Brownell ’98 (mechanical engineering), center, and Hrushikesh Sagar, second from right, were recognized May 6 for their many humanitarian contributions locally and internationally during the Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards ceremony. Brownell, a lecturer in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, received the 2015 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award for her volunteer work over 20 years at Rochester’s St. Joseph House and with several community organizations in Haiti. Sagar, a graduate student in the manufacturing and mechanical integration program in the College of Applied Science and Technology, was awarded the Bruce James Distinguished Service Award. He was recognized for his environmental advocacy and dedication to RIT’s student organizations as well as youth educational opportunities while he was an undergraduate in India. Joining them at the event were friends, family and campus colleagues, including James Macchiano, left, RIT President Bill Destler, and M. Ann Howard, right. Macchiano and Howard were selection committee chairpersons.