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.
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November 21, 2017
The rise of RIT athletics
There's a long list of accolades for all 24 varsity sports, including that RIT's student-athletes earned the highest cumulative GPA in program history with a 3.32. The rise of RIT athletics is a remarkable story but not unexpected given the growth and advancement of RIT. -
November 17, 2017
Students urged to volunteer for Hunger Project
RIT students are encouraged to volunteer to prepare 20,000 healthy meals for the community during the Giving Tuesday Hunger Project Nov. 28 in the Gordon Field House. -
November 17, 2017
Student starts new professional opportunity for the hospitality program
Linden Pohlan, a fourth-year hospitality and tourism management major from Germantown, Wis., started a new chapter of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) at RIT. -
November 10, 2017
Student Spotlight: Meet the Beast
Kendall Charles, a fourth-year computing and information technologies major from Opelousas, La., is playing the role of Beast in NTID’s production of The Story of Beauty and the Beast. -
November 6, 2017
RIT Veterans Day Breakfast focuses on support for veterans
The annual Veterans Day Breakfast will be held Monday and pays tribute to individuals who serve or have served honorably in uniform. -
November 2, 2017
Student Spotlight: Using technology for humanitarian causes
Meet Pratik Shirish Kulkarni, a second-year computer science major who completed a 13-week co-op for UNICEF International working with data collecting. -
November 2, 2017
Students, staff visit School No. 5 today for the Giant Read
For the past 10 years, RIT student-athletes and library staff have been helping young City of Rochester students learn to read as part of the READ: Hope in Action program. The 10th annual Giant Read, the program’s signature event, will bring more than 40 of these volunteers together on Friday. -
November 2, 2017
Top stories for October
News about the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff was the most viewed last month. Check out all of October’s top stories. -
October 31, 2017
New TigerSafe app offers additional features
Public Safety has launched a new and improved RIT TigerSafe app, accessible on all smartphone devices on Apple iOS and Android platforms. -
October 27, 2017
VEX U Robotics Team designs, builds robots
Meet Shane Murphy, a second-year electrical engineering major and team leader of RIT’s VEX U Robotics Team. -
October 25, 2017
RIT fraternities aim to increase awareness about suicide prevention
Two fraternities at RIT are hoping students and members of the community will learn more about suicide awareness, prevention and counseling with speakers and a panel discussion from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Gene Polisseni Center. -
October 24, 2017
NTID presents adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast
The Performing Arts program at NTID will present a dance and music adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast, conceived by Thomas Warfield, director of NTID's dance department.