Photo Spotlights

Hundreds of students enjoyed apple beignets, apple butter, apple cake, apple cider and just plain apples at NTID’s annual Applefest on Sept. 7. The event, welcoming new and returning students to campus, also featured information booths for student and campus organizations.

Members of the Col. Andrew J. Dougherty squadron have been asking for $1 donations to plant flags in the area in front of Carey Hall, near Global Village. Half of the donations will benefit a 9/11 charity. Air Force ROTC cadets and a handful of active duty service members performed a memorial ceremony the morning of Sept. 11. Here, Thomas Skowronski, a first-year student in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, places a flag among hundreds of others.

Seamus Blackley, co-creator of the Xbox and president of Innovative Leisure, discussed the evolution of gaming “From Arcades to Apps” at the fourth IEEE Consumer Electronics Society International Games Innovation Conference. The “Designing for Play” conference was hosted Sept. 7-9 by RIT’s School of Interactive Games and Media and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong.

“Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century” exhibition is on view simultaneously in the Bevier Gallery and Dyer Arts Center through Oct. 2. An opening reception in Bevier Gallery is 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 7.

Construction is under way for Sebastian and Lenore Rosica Hall. The $8 million, 23,000-square-foot building is intended for research and innovation at NTID. Construction is expected to be completed in the spring of 2013.

RIT held its seventh annual Lighting The Way ceremony on Aug. 31 to welcome new female students to campus. The event was sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender, RIT’s Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs and RIT’s Office of the Vice President of Finance and Administration.

RIT held its seventh annual Lighting The Way ceremony on Aug. 31 to welcome new female students to campus. The event was sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender, RIT’s Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs and RIT’s Office of the Vice President of Finance and Administration.

RIT community members cheer on incoming freshman students Aug. 30 as they take the Tiger Walk to the Gordon Field House for New Student Convocation.

Student Convocation welcomed new students and their families on Aug. 30. The program included remarks from President Bill Destler; Mary-Beth Cooper, senior vice president for student affairs; and Taylor Deer, president of Student Government. Neil Hair, associate professor, E. Philip Saunders College of Business and 2011-2012 Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching Award recipient, served as keynote speaker.

Taylor Deer, president of Student Government, welcomed new students and their families during the Student Convocation on Aug. 30.

Dr. Daniel Ornt, dean of the College of Health Sciences and Technology, meets with incoming students and their families Aug. 30. Ornt joined the university last December from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. The College of Health Sciences and Technology is RIT’s ninth college and will educate the next generation of health-care providers and related researchers.

RIT community members cheer on incoming freshman students Aug. 30 as they take the Tiger Walk to the Gordon Field House for New Student Convocation.