Photo Spotlights

Beverly Gough is among nearly 250 RIT staff members who make up Facilities Management Services. With 5 million square feet of building space on campus, nearly half of the FMS team is devoted to custodial services. Gough works in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.

RIT President Bill Destler joined university researchers and representatives from General Motors at a seminar on June 22 at RIT. Destler discussed the research and development done at RIT that contributed to the most fuel-efficient compact car on the market, the Chevy Volt.

Nereida Vargas is among nearly 250 RIT staff members who make up Facilities Management Services. With 5 million square feet of building space on campus, nearly half of the FMS team is devoted to custodial services. Vargas, senior custodian, operates a floor cleaner in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.

Sandy Nealon was recently named an Outstanding Adult Scholar by the Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education Association. She is part of the RIT-Xerox Degree Program, working toward her bachelor of science degree. She was on campus recently as part of the new cohort of student-professionals from Xerox Corp. studying to complete the multidisciplinary degree that combines print industry trends with service management and leadership. Nealon is the manager of technical solutions and support with Xerox, based in the Albany area.

The third annual RIT Imaging Bash, held June 6, gave faculty and staff a chance to share their research with each other in two-minute presentations. The event was sponsored by the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science. Professors Maria Helguera, John Kerekes, center, and Joel Kastner chat before the bash began.

The 13th Annual RITirees Picnic took place in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center on June 8. Two retirees, Stan Witmeyer and Dave Calman, received the RITirees Award. Here, Calman, center, gathers his family for a group photo.

The 13th Annual RITirees Picnic took place in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center on June 8. Two retirees, Stan Witmeyer and Dave Calman, received the RITirees Award. Here, Witmeyer, former director of the School of Art, chats with other attendees.

Jeremy Mosman, who has spent 10 years working as a groundskeeper at RIT, helps manage about 300 acres of the campus landscape—keeping it operational and looking its best. Here, Mosman works on the soccer field’s irrigation system in advance of the spring sports season.

First-year students in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science are building an imaging system from scratch as part of the Innovative Freshman Experience.

Jonathan Peyton made use of his skills in engineering, fluid dynamics and biology to help improve a next-generation blood pump, a project led by engineering professor Steven Day. As part of the team, Peyton researched ways to improve the design of the pump’s impeller. Outside of the laboratory, Peyton is a long-time member of the RIT Baja Race Team and is looking at options to join a professional race team after graduation.

Wellness coach Sue Grace checks Terri O’Connor’s blood pressure as part of RIT’s Better Me health and wellness consultation program.

The Sakoku Edicts and the Politics of Tokugawa Hegemony, by Michael Laver, RIT assistant professor of history, offers one of the first thorough translations and examinations of Japan’s Sakoku, or “closed country,” Edicts. The series of laws, first established in 1635, were designed to restrict the influence of European trade, culture and Christianity on Japanese society and continued to characterize Japan until the 1850s.