News by Topic: Student Experience

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June 24, 2013

Cooper named president of Springfield College

Mary-Beth Cooper, senior vice president of student affairs at RIT, will become the 13th president of Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., effective Sept. 1.
June 18, 2013

Rock-climbing team places fourth at championships

The student team of nine competed in April against 31 schools from across the country. Several RIT students also excelled in the individual competitions.
June 11, 2013

RIT takes third in Baja World Challenge

National and international collegiate racing teams participated in the Society of Automotive Engineers design challenge and three-days of off-road racing.
June 11, 2013

Imagine RIT wins national award

The annual Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival has been named a gold award winner by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
June 4, 2013

Baja racecars compete at World Challenge

Media can meet student team leaders and event organizers at a news conference at 11 a.m. Friday, June 7, in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.
June 3, 2013

Top stories and videos for May

Coverage of Imagine RIT—particularly the Escherian Stairwell exhibit—topped last month’s list of most-viewed RIT news stories. Check out all of May’s most popular stories.
May 28, 2013

Multicultural Center honors campus leaders

The Multicultural Center for Academic Success at RIT recognized student, faculty and staff leaders at the annual “Celebration of STARS” awards celebration and dinner.
May 28, 2013

Students awarded Graduate Research Fellowships

Erika Mesh and Philip Salvaggio have been awarded Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation for their research in science and engineering.
May 28, 2013

Men’s lacrosse ends historic season with loss

The team led 13-10 heading into the fourth quarter but could not hold on, losing to Stevenson University 16-14 in the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship on Sunday.
May 20, 2013

Men’s lacrosse advances to championship

For the first time in the program’s history, the men’s lacrosse team will play for the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse national title on May 26.
May 17, 2013

RIT Convocation speakers offer advice on success

Graduates, their families and friends heard inspiring messages from speakers at the university’s 128th convocation, the opening event of the 2013 commencement weekend.
May 13, 2013

RIT kicks off commencement weekend Friday

President Bill Destler will confer more than 3,500 degrees during Academic Convocation at 2 p.m. Friday. Watch a live video stream online.

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