Photo Spotlights

Janet Umugwaneza, center, education officer for the Rwandan Embassy, meets Diane Ellison, assistant vice president of graduate and part-time enrollment services, as a group of Rwandan officials visited the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science on Sept. 8 to discuss future collaborations between RIT and Rwandan universities.

George Lois, best known for his controversial magazine covers he designed for Esquire in the 1960s, had an exhibit of his advertising work in the University Gallery. Lois, along with renowned designer Massimo Vignelli, hosted a master’s design workshop at RIT July 24-30.

RIT students, faculty and staff are invited to the Farmers Market to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables every Thursday through Oct. 20. The market, on the east side of Gordon Field House, features a wide selection of locally grown produce, such as heirloom tomatoes, and other locally made products.

RIT’s Big Shot photography project is the focus of a documentary produced by Rochester public broadcasting station WXXI-TV. The documentary, RIT Big Shot: Painting with Light, premieres at 8 p.m. Sept. 8 on channel 21/cable 1011. The documentary tells the history of the nighttime photography project and shows images of all 26 past Big Shots. Video crews went behind the scenes to capture the making of RIT’s 26th Big Shot at the National Museum of Play at The Strong in May 2011 (final image seen above).

Rujul Shah, who hails from India and is completing her master’s degree in electrical engineering at RIT, says she often studies in the Wallace Library. “It’s where I go to escape the lab for a while; sometimes I even work on the community puzzle in the library because it relaxes me.”

An estimated 2,500 freshmen and 900 transfer students arrived on campus for the first day of classes on Sept.5.

An estimated 2,500 freshmen and 900 transfer students arrived on campus for the first day of classes on Sept. 5.

RIT held its sixth annual Lighting The Way ceremony on Sept. 2 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 on Sept. 1 as they take the Tiger Walk to the Gordon Field House for New Student Convocation.

RIT community members—including Ritchie, front and center—cheer on incoming freshman students as they take the Tiger Walk to the Gordon Field House for Student Convocation.

The Resource Fair, held Aug. 31, featured introductions to a variety of RIT departments. In addition, a selection of local businesses participated.

Greg Pollock, president of Student Government, welcomed new students and their families during the Student Convocation on Sept. 1. The program included remarks from President Destler; Jeremy Haefner, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; Mary-Beth Cooper, senior vice president for student affairs, and Sandra Connelly, keynote speaker.