Events | National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Large crowd of NTID alum at the 50th reunion

2018 Reunion

RIT/NTID's 50th Anniversary Reunion took place June 28-July 1, 2018. Check out the reunion website for photo and videos.

Reunion website

From the archives, Reporter magazine cover from 1961 annoucing the move to Henrietta

Celebrating 50 Years at the Henrietta Campus

In 2018, RIT celebrated 50 years at its modern campus in the town of Henrietta, NY. Under the leadership of Mark Ellingson, who served as RIT president for 33 years (1936 to 1969), RIT moved from downtown Rochester to the newly-built Henrietta campus in 1968. The university celebrated this milestone with yearlong activities from July 2018 to June 2019. This included the RIT/NTID 50th Anniversary Reunion and special ceremonies and events during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend, October 19-21, 2018.

Henrietta Campus website

Artwork with a woman's face, butterflies, clocks, grid, colored balls, flowers and more

50 Artists 50 Years

As part of its 50th anniversary activities, Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf hosted a “50 Artists 50 Years” exhibition in the college’s Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center. The exhibition ran through Oct. 20, 2018.

NTID Rededication Ceremony

Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf celebrated 50 years since the establishment of the world’s first technological college for deaf students with a rededication ceremony April 5, 2019, in Panara Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall.

Read the News Release