Counseling & Academic Advising Services

NTID counselors/academic advisors provide personal, social, career and academic counseling services to all undergraduate deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT in addition to hearing students in NTID undergraduate degree programs.

Mission Statement

We provide transitional counseling to support students' academic, personal, and career growth. We collaboratively work with the RIT Community to prioritize diverse, inclusive, and equitable services.

Diversity Statement

We recognize and embrace diversity as an integral part of our responsibility to the RIT/NTID community.

We seek to incorporate principles of accountability, equity, diversity, inclusion, community, and belonging in our everyday work.

We commit to ongoing dialogue and specific actions we can take to address systemic injustices.

We acknowledge this department is predominately White. We seek to hire diverse staff in alignment with RIT’s strategic plan and NTID’s Antiracism and Social Justice plan.

NTID Counseling and Academic Advising Services

In the NTID associate degree and bachelor's degree programs, each student is assigned an NTID counselor/academic advisor. Counselors/academic advisors provide academic advising, transitional counseling, and career counseling.

In the bachelor's degree programs in other colleges, each student is assigned an NTID counselor/academic advisor who provides transitional and career counseling. These students will work with their assigned primary academic advisor for academic advising and NTID support coordinator for tutoring resources in their home college.


Academic Advising


Transitional Counseling


Career Assessments & Counseling


Consultation & Referral

Counseling and Academic Advising Services Staff

Vicki Liggera
Director NTID Counseling and Academic Advising Services
585-286-3485
Eileen Todesco
Senior Staff Assistant
585-491-9902

Eileen Todesco
Senior Staff Assistant
ehtncd@rit.edu
(VP) 585-491-9902
LBJ-2630

Melora Brock
Counselor/Academic Advisor
585-484-8588

Melora Brock
Science
mlbncd@rit.edu
(VP) 585-484-8588
LBJ-2642

Gloria Farr
Assistant Director
585-270-7280

Gloria Farr
Business Studies
gxfncd@rit.edu
(VP) 585-270-7280
LBJ-2649

Lauren Glennon
Counselor/Academic Advisor
Andy Jose
Senior Counselor/Academic Advisor

Andrew Jose
Business Studies
adjncd@rit.edu
(VP) 585-371-6623
LBJ-2644

Bryan Lloyd
Assistant Director
585-487-8911

Bryan Lloyd
Engineering Studies
bslnsl@rit.edu
(VP) 585-587-8911
LBJ-2647

Lizzie Odom
Counselor/Academic Advisor
585-475-4462

Lizzie Odom
Information & Computing Studies
efoncd@rit.edu
(VP) 585-481-8179
(V) 585-475-4462
LBJ-2634

Veronika Talbott
Assistant Director
585-286-4672
Kelsey Wall
Assistant Director
585-445-6895

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