President’s News

WHAM-TV talks to RIT President David Munson about plans for a new housing development in downtown Rochester.

WXXI talks to RIT President David Munson about student interest in plans for a new housing development in downtown Rochester.

In his “Ask Munson” series on WITR-FM (89.7), RIT President David Munson said at least two break days will be added to next semester’s academic calendar to help students cope with the loss of spring break and continued stress surrounding COVID-19 during the pandemic.

WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, continuing the “Ask Munson” series that will occur quarterly through the academic year.

RIT unveiled a new sculpture of Frederick Douglass and a display of four cultural flags in the university’s Student Alumni Union. The sculpture was commissioned in celebration of the 50th anniversary of RIT’s Black Awareness Coordinating Committee, and the Haudenosaunee flag, the Black Lives Matter flag, the Rainbow or Pride flag, and the Sign Union Flag serve as a visual marker of RIT's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 3 p.m. Wednesday, kicking off the “Ask Munson” series that will continue through the academic year.

RIT welcomes a record number of first-year students today as classes begin in a semester that will look like no other due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new students were welcomed Tuesday afternoon during an online convocation that featured several speakers, livestreamed without an audience from Ingle Auditorium.

RIT is hosting an interactive virtual town hall at 7 p.m. today, June 11, to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and ways to address issues of social justice on a local and national level. The event will begin with brief remarks from RIT President David Munson and then the floor will be yielded to participants who wish to ask questions and make comments.

RIT will create a permanent display this fall in the Student Alumni Union for the Black Lives Matter flag. The announcement was made Friday by President David Munson during “Calls for Justice within RIT,” an online interfaith vigil held in memory of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other victims of police violence.

RIT continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic with the creation of the Fall Planning Task Force and the work of three committees.

WHEC-TV talks to RIT President David Munson about the future of higher education.

Friday’s celebration of the Class of 2020 certainly cannot replace the atmosphere of a traditional commencement, which RIT plans to host on campus when it’s deemed safe. But many of graduates say they won’t let the pandemic, or the circumstances surrounding the virtual celebration, define them or their feelings about their time at RIT. (Pictured: Bradley Speck, who will finish his classes online this summer, has a job waiting for him at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, where he completed four co-ops.)