Photo Spotlights

Cederick Gibbs is president of RIT’s Student Music Association and also performs with the Jazz Band and African Percussion Ensemble. To read more about the performing arts at RIT, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=49751.

RIT Head Coach Bob McVean became the 32nd coach in NCAA Divison III history to reach 500 career wins on Feb. 8 when the men’s basketball team beat Bard College 71-58. “I think of all the players that have come through RIT,” said McVean after the game. “I share this with them, my assistant coaches and our team tonight. The boys played hard tonight and earned a good win.”

RIT students were treated to an early Valentine’s Day dinner on Feb. 7. The “French Soiree” meal included pesto soup, turkey paysanne, roast pork loin, duchess potatoes and spinach quiche. The variety of festive desserts featured chocolate cherry cupcakes, fruit kebabs, chocolate mousse, cheesecake and more. Strolling musicians entertained during the evening.

Each winter break, students from the School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation travel to Dubai to meet general managers and human resource professionals at some of the most opulent and prestigious resorts and businesses, including the Palace Hotel, in the center of the city. It is a chance for the students to learn more about service management and the hospitality industry from experts in the field. Pictured are (left to right) students Obah Youssouf, Xiaohan Meng, Danielle Fanara, Jing Lu, Jillian Lynch, Michael Gioja, Emily Gosier, Christopher Russell, Danielle Sanderson, Katie Markowitz, faculty Rick Lagiewski, students Amina Mareh and Brittany Comenga and faculty Warren Sackler.

Peter Shaffer’s The Royal Hunt of the Sun, directed by Jerry Argetsinger, will be performed at NTID’s Panara Theater, through Feb. 10.

The Graduation Fair gave upcoming graduates a one-stop shopping opportunity for caps and gowns, diploma frames, class rings and other sundries. Commencement is the weekend of May 17.

World-renowned RIT School for American Crafts Artist-in-Residence Wendell Castle, center, leads an experimental design and execution session with glass program majors on Feb. 5. Castle spoke to students in the “hotshop” before guiding three teams of students in creating martini glasses based on his designs.

World-renowned RIT School for American Crafts Artist-in-Residence Wendell Castle, right, led an experimental design and execution session with glass majors on Feb. 5. Castle spoke to students in the “hotshop” before guiding three teams of students in creating martini glasses based on his designs. Here, third-year student Jesse Nelson receives some feedback.

The cultural organizations of RIT educate and entertain audience members through dance, fashion shows and singing at Global Union’s Unification on Feb 2. Global Union is a student organization that represents international students and cultural organizations at RIT.

Jordan Darling, a third-year mechanical engineering technology student from Oswego, N.Y., demonstrated his invention, the Retriever, in the RIT pool on Feb. 5. The Retriever is a deploying marker that mounts to power sport vehicles, such as jet skis, snowmobiles or ATVs, and is used to locate them if they sink in a body of water. Darling’s product is now in full production and is available for purchase.

Students celebrated winter at the annual FreezeFest celebration on campus Feb. 1-3. Festivities included outdoor musical performances at Global Village. RIT’s all-female a cappella group, Encore, sang on Feb. 2.

RIT’s Freezefest weekend featured sarcastic comedian Joel McHale, best known as host of The Soup and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom Community.