Photo Spotlights

Richard Aab, right, president of RTA Associates and RIT trustee was the keynote speaker for the College of Business' inaugural Entrepreneurs Conference on March 26. He and Steven Sauer, left, chief executive of Business Methods Inc., spoke to nearly 160 attendees about risk taking and economic vision for our community.

Frank Romano, Roger K. Fawcett Distinguished Professor of Graphic Arts, oversees activities at the final Gamma Epsilon Tau book sale. Over the years, the event has raised thousands of dollars for the honorary printing fraternity. Romano donates books to the sale, but he retires this year after 12 years with RIT's School of Print Media. During his tenure, Romano developed more than 20 courses in digital printing, electronic publishing and multimedia. Previously, he served as SPM's administrative chair.

Stanley McKenzie, RIT provost and vice president of academic affairs, signs an agreement alongside Ahmet Serpil from Yeditepe University of Istanbul, Turkey. Beginning this summer, RIT will offer a joint engineering master's degree with the Turkish University.

Evon Black presents Mama Cares, a one-woman show about her experience growing up deaf in Arkansas, on April 1 at RIT’s third annual Expressions of Diversity Conference. The weeklong conference celebrated pluralism and the theme Expressions from Within.

Thomas Warfield, director of dance at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, presents a workshop at RIT’s third annual Expressions of Diversity Conference on March 30. The weeklong conference celebrated pluralism and the theme Expressions from Within.

Claude Steele, social sciences professor at Stanford University, meets with students after speaking at RIT’s third annual Expressions of Diversity Conference on March 31. The weeklong conference celebrated pluralism and the theme Expressions from Within.

More than 40 RIT students donated their hair to Locks of Love on March 28 after a team of dedicated resident advisors devised the campaign. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Pharaoh’s Hairum Salon and Spa on West Henrietta Road provided free styling and cutting.

Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly and his wife, Jill, present a replica football jersey to President Albert Simone during a press conference to announce plans for the Hunter’s Hope Candlelight Ball. The event will be July 23 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center. Simone will chair the event, which is expected to raise $100,000 to fight Krabbe disease and other leukodystrophies.

RIT faculty and staff participate in a book arts fair at Wallace Library on March 26. Participants had the opportunity to speak with visiting artists and try their hand at various crafts.

Ron Siem, ITS Student Affairs Liaison, plays the 13th hole in the United Way Mini Golf kick off on March 24. The event raised $532 by 196 golfers on 62 teams. The 13th hole was designed by Facilities Management Services, winner of the golfer's choice award for the second year in a row.

RIT's concrete canoe team applies a first layer of cement to a mold for this year's newly designed craft on March 19. The team of civil engineering technology majors travels to regional competition in Buffalo next month. Clockwise, starting in lower left, are students Korrie Kamp, fifth-year civil engineering technology, Jennifer Wozniak, third-year civil engineering technology, Tom Merriam, fifth-year mechanical engineering technology, and James Lindholm, fifth-year civil engineering technology.

Wayne LeChase, CEO of LeChase Construction Services LLC, shares insights on his success at the 2004 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award luncheon at Oak Hill Country Club, March 25. LeChase was honored as this year's award recipient. The honor, sponsored by RIT's College of Business, is given to an individual who successfully developed a business that improved the local economy or whose innovative management skills changed the course of an existing business.