Photo Spotlights

RIT vice president emeritus Alfred Davis cuts the celebratory cake with his grandnieces, Caitlin and Roxanne Birx, Sept. 18, during a fifth anniversary celebration for Maragret's House, RIT’s on-campus childcare facility named for Margaret Welcher Davis, Davis' late wife. The highlight of the ceremony was a procession of preschool students singing "Happy Anniversary, Margaret’s House."

Peter Haggerty (far right) presents RIT President Al Simone with the Tiffany crystal bowl RIT won for participation in this year's JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge, Sept. 18. Of the 318 companies that participated, RIT's showing was the seventh largest.

RIT student Khury Peterson-Smith introduces a speaker at the United Against Racism Rally, Sept. 20, in front of the Student Alumni Union.

RIT Student Government holds a free cook-out in the academic quad, Sept. 13.

Tariq Siddiqi, an RIT third-year medical information systems student, shares his experience during a Campus Dialogue on Terrorism, Sept. 13, in Ingle Auditorium.

RIT students donate blood through the American Red Cross, Sept. 13, in the Fireside Lounge in the Student Alumni Union.

RIT students watch continuous news coverage of the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Sept. 11, in the lobby of Wallace Library.

Ray Winter, a second-year mechanical engineering student from RIT’s Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, kicks off the school year with the seventh annual "Pole Sit" fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Sept. 5-8. Fraternity members took turns sitting atop a 40-foot pole installed by Rochester Gas & Electric, and hosted other events including a car smash, dunk tank, concert, fireworks display and cookout.

A paper airplane design and flight contest highlighted Engineering Day 2001 for more than 400 first-year students in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering on Sept. 4. Students learned design tips from Boeing Co. project engineer Ken Blackburn, holder of the record, in the Guinness Book of World Records, for the longest-duration paper airplane flight, 27.6 seconds, set in 1998.

RIT President Al Simone gives Giscard James, a fourth year IT student, a ride to class on Sept. 6, the first day of classes.

RIT President Al Simone gives the Presidential Address to the Community, Sept. 5, during the 2001-2002 academic year opening ceremonies in Clark Gymnasium. Remarks were made by Prof. Joyce Hertzon, third from right, David Edborg, second from right, and Alfreda Brown, far right.

Wallace Library staff, dressed in aprons and carrying cooking utensils, stir student interest in the library and its services, Sept. 4, by handing out flyers and free treat coupons around campus.