News by Topic: Student Experience

RIT continually works to improve and enhance the university experience for our students. Through student clubs and organizations, unique classes and programs, a comprehensive wellness program, and university-led initiatives, students have plenty of opportunities to express themselves, make lifelong connections, and do extraordinary things.

  • June 27, 2018

    two students working on a laptop in maker space.

    New programs help students with autism gain confidence, employment

    Two new programs at RIT are helping students with autism prepare for interviews and land jobs. Eight students recently completed a three-week Career Ready Boot Camp, and RIT’s Neurodiverse Hiring Initiative has helped dozens of students network and find co-op work.

  • June 12, 2018

    A group of RIT students and parents pose on the mountainside in Croatia, a beautiful city landscape behind them. They hold a banner that reads "Rochester Institute of Technology."

    RIT students and parents ‘Explore Croatia’

    Six students and eight parents spent a week at the end of May in Croatia for “Explore Croatia,” a program sponsored by RIT’s Parent and Family Programs that provided non-credit study-abroad experience. It was the first time a trip was planned for students as well as their parents.

  • May 21, 2018

    Students on stage holding up their future colleges' shirts.

    Rochester Prep grads head to college

    RIT’s partnership with Rochester Prep High School reached a major milestone: all 25 of the graduating students from the first class are bound for college--including three to RIT.

  • May 11, 2018

    two graduates hugging. graduate cap saying "class of 2018".

    RIT grads challenged to fuse technology, humanity

    Thomas Wheeler, former director of the Federal Communications Commission, told some 2,400 graduating students during Academic Convocation that they are challenged to humanize technology-driven changes.

  • May 4, 2018

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    Top stories and videos for April

    News about an RIT student’s appearance on Jeopardy! was among most popular last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos.

  • May 4, 2018

    Three people in uniform putting a person on a gurney in the ambulance.

    RIT Ambulance celebrates 50 years of service

    RIT Ambulance started when a small group of students convinced administrators that the university needed its own ambulance service. Today, it is a recognized member of the area’s emergency medical services community.

  • May 3, 2018

    a box with a sign that says, "donate usable items here".

    Goodbye, Goodbuy! in full swing at RIT

    One of the largest college recycling and sustainability programs in the country is underway at RIT, as the academic year ends and students move out and donate otherwise discarded items to the fourth annual Goodbye, Goodbuy! event.

  • May 2, 2018

    Hamad Ghazle standing at a podium accepting his award.

    Ghazle honored as 2018 Edwina Award winner

    For his advocacy for gender diversity on campus and in the community, Hamad Ghazle was honored with the 2018 Edwina Award during RIT’s annual Women’s Career Achievement dinner and gala.

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