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RIT celebrates its 2001 graduates RIT wins N.Y. STAR Center A timeto celebrate is at hand. RIT's 116th of the New York State Officeof Science annual commencement ceremonies on Technology and Academic Research (NYS­ Gov. Pataki announces $14 million award to RIT Friday, May 25, and Saturday,May 26, will TAR), will deliver the keynote address during In an extremely competi­ confer degreesupon 3,771 students-2,948 the Academic Convocation, 7:30 p.m. on tive New York state selec­ undergraduate and 823 graduate students. May 25 at the tent (U-lot). tion process, RIT has "We feelthis two-daycelebration will be a The convocationgives RIT the opportunity come out a winner. culminatingexperience for graduates, families to recognizethe excellence of students and At a May 3 press con­ and friends,a capstone of their timeat RIT faculty.Simone will officiallyconfer degrees ference, Gov. George and a fittingfinale to years of hard work and on all the graduatesduring this special gather - Pataki announced that sacrifice," says RIT President Albert Simone. ing of the RIT community.The 15 college the IT Collaboratory at "All of us at RIT-faculty, staffand trustees­ delegates will be a part of the recognition RIT will be designated congratulatethe graduatesand their families, event, with Joanne Gosselin fromthe College as one of the state's new and wish them continuedsuccess." of ImagingArts and Sciences givingthe stu­ STAR(strategically tar­ Russell Bessette, M.D., executive director dent address. RIT also honors its teachers who geted academic won Outstanding Teaching awards. research) Centers. "By celebrating the excellence of our Accompanied by Russell Joining Gov. George Patakiat the announcement of the $14 million award were, Commencement facultyand students, we spotlight the RIT Bessette, from left to right, AssemblymanJoseph Robach, Sen.James Alesi, RIT PresuientAlbert ceremony schedule tradition,university pride and community executive director of the Simone, NYS'J)lJIchairman Russell Bessetteand Assemblyman Joseph Morelle. spirit," says Simone. New York State Officeof Friday, May 25 Pre-convocation festivities, which begin Science, Technology and Academic Research significant commitmentsof support forthis • College of Applied Science and with a receptionat 6:15 p.m., include food; (NYSTAR),Sen. James Alesi, Assemblynien initiative.The STAR Center at RIT, called the Technology-check program for your Joseph Morelle and Joseph Robach, and RIT InformationTechnology (IT) Collaboratory, department President Albert Simone, Pataki told the audi­ will be a vital resource to the recently desig­ ence in RIT's Xerox Auditorium that NYSTAR nated Rochester Center of Excellence in 3 p.m., Frank Ritter Ice Arena: will fundthe center with $14 million. Photonics and Microsystems, and will draw Academic Convocation "We will no longer only think of the Silicon on and complement the students, programs • Tent Site, U-lot, behind the Student Valley when we thinkof high technology­ and research in the newly established B. Alumni Union: Featuring a keynote we' ll think of Rochester, N.Y.," said Pataki, to Thomas Golisano College of Computingand address by Russell Bessette, M.D., exec­ rounds of applause. For more on NYSTAR,go Information Sciences." utive director, New York State Officeof towww. nystar.state.ny.us/ stardetails.htm. Bessette, who will give RIT's Academic Scie11ce Technology and Academic Simone said, "We applaud the vision of Convocation address May 25 during com­ Research (NYSTAR) Gov.Pataki, Majority Leader Bruno, Speaker mencement weekend, praised RIT for its Reception, 6:15 p.m.; program, Silver and the members of the state winningproposal to become a STAR Center. 7:30-9 p.m. Legislature, in establishing NYSTARto pro­ "RIT's proposal had what we were looking for: All graduates and their fanilliesare music; an ice sculpture created by students vide New York state with the technological it cited scientificinnovation, collaboration invited to attend; no tickets are needed. in the hospitality and service management leadership that is needed forthe 21st century. and economic potential." program; and exhibits of student projects "We look forward to working with our New York's STAR Centers, part of a master Saturday, May 26 such as the Formula car, concrete canoe and industrypartners, including Global Crossing, plan to expand high-tech R&D activitiesin • College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, steel bridge. Frontier,Corning, Kodak, Xerox and IBM, as the state, will boast academic research facili­ 8:30 a.m., Tent Members of the National Technical well as the many other companies that are ties in a dynamic mix of cutting-edge labs, • College of Liberal Arts, 8:30 a.m., Institutefor the Deaf's Hands Across Cultures such an important part of the IT /telecommu­ new technology and the most sought-after Clark Gymnasium Project will be the firstdeaf groupto perform nicationssector in this community. A number academic and scientifictalent. at convocation ceremonies starting at 8 p.m. of these companies have already made • College of Business, 9 a.m., continued on page 8 Frank Ritter Ice Arena on Friday evening. The group, comprised of students, facultyand staffrepresenting • College of Science, 10:30 a.m., ------EC:=====--CEREMONIAL Clark Gymnasium NTID's three deaf ethnic clubs, is the creation GROUNDBRFAKING... of Luane Davis, a member of NTID's cultural • College of Applied Science and At a groundbreaking Technology, noon, Tent-check and creative studies department, and was May 10, RIT President program for your department designed to contribute to RIT's goal of Simone; Frontier CEO • Kate Gleason College of Engineering, increasing the campus' awareness and Martin Mucci; Sen. Jim noon, Frank Ritter Ice Arena appreciationof cultural differences. Alesi; Don Boyd, IT RIT's colleges will celebrate commence­ Co/laboratorydirector; • National Technical Institute forthe Walter Wolf,acting dean, Deaf (NTID), 1 p.m., Clark Gynmasiurn ments in individual ceremonies on Friday B. Thomas Golisano The Academic Convocation and all and Saturday. The student delegates will each College of Computing degree ceremonies will be sign-language speak at their respective collegeceremonies. and Information interpreted and real-time captioned. The festive campus atmospherewill feature Sciences; and Jeffrey Throughout the day, the colleges will banners, music and food. Lasky, head of the IT Lab, hold receptions; check the commence­ "Graduation is the highlight event of the break ground for the new university community,"notes Stanley cutting-edge facility ment program fortime and place. designed for research and McKenzie, provost and vice president for development. Alesi was academic affairs. "It'sa time foreveryone to instrumental in securing take pride in students' accomplishments and the $1.5 millionfunding Simone honored with congratulate them on a job well done." • for the IT Lab. student affairs award RIT President Bessetteto address RIT communityat convocation, May 25 Albert Simone has received the Uniquely suited to deliver RIT's 2001 com­ creating tech­ university campuses. Presidents Award mencement address, Russell Bessette, nologies of Bessette, considered a leader in the field of the National M.D., took on the role of executive director tomorrow and of academic research, has more than 30 Association of of the New York State Officeof Science supporting uni­ years of experience in academia and medi­ Student Technology and Academic Research (NYS­ versity-business cine. He has written or co-written more Personnel TAR) in January 2000. Appointed by Gov. partnerships than 55 peer-reviewed academic publica­ Administrators George Pataki,he is responsible for several that will facili­ tions, reports and research papers. (NASPA). The state programs aimed at strengthening tate the develop­ A past president of the Erie County Presidents Award New York's leadership in high-technology ment and com­ Medical Society and the American Society Albert Simone goes to a college research and economic development. mercialization of of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons, or university NYSTAR, created in 1999 by Pataki and these technolo­ Bessette holds a bachelor's of science from president who has advanced the quality of the New York state Legislature, aims to har­ gies. A key ele­ Manhattan College, a doctor of dentistry Russell Bessette student life on campus through the support ness the economic power within New ment of degree fromthe SUNY BuffaloSchool of of programs and student affairsstaff. York's more than 300 public and private NYSTAR's mission is to attract and retain Dentistry and a doctor of medicine degree "Dr Albert Simone is the quintessential research universities and institutions the best and brightest scientific talentin fromthe State University of New York at continued on page 3 of higher learning by investing in the job- the nation and the world to New York's Buffalo Schoolof Medicine. • 2 News & Events May 17,2001

College Delegate Selection Each college selected one student representative (Applied Science and Technology has selected three, and Business has selected two) to be part of Commencement-a student whose overall personal achievement demonstrates the ideals of RIT, including, but not limited to, academic achievement.

College of Applied Science and Technology Kate Gleason College of Engineering Bethany Iannone, a computer science winter quarter gradu­ Matthew Mariani, a BS/MS computer engineering major from ate fromRochester, was the recipient of an RIT Alumni Meadville, Pa., was the recipient of a Rochester Engineering Scholarship. She was on the Dean's List and is a member of Society Scholarship and Association of Facilities Engineers RIT's Golden Key Honor Society and the Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship. He received the Outstanding Undergraduate Honor Society of Monroe Community College. Bethany's Scholarship Award in spring 2000 and served on the Dean's co-op experiences were at RIT as a software developer for the Student Advisory Council. Matthew has had co-op and intern Data Cycle System for Stratospheric Observatory forInfrared experienceas a digital design engineer with Xerox Corp., direc­ Astronomy, and at Eastman Kodak Company, where she tor of utilization studies with RIT,and in software engineering with Xerox and Mellon FinancialCorp. His thesis work is in fire­ Bethany Iannone developed and tested software forpicture kiosks. She also Matthew Mariani worked on campus as a senior lab assistant in the computer wall strategies using IBM PowerNP.Matthew has served as pres- science labs. Bethany is employed by Cisco Systems. ident and treasurer ofTau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Fraternityand vice president of the RIT student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has a blue belt in Kokikai aikido. Matthewhas accepted Brenda Moye, an electrical engineering technology winter a full-time position as an engineer with IBM Corp., working for the zSeries Processor quarter graduate fromBuffalo, was a recipient of an RIT Design Tools and Methodology Development group in Poughkeepsie, and he plans to Electrical Engineering Technology Outstanding Alumna pursue an MBA. Scholarship and a Rochester Engineering Society Scholarship. She has had co-op experience in process engineering with Motorola Inc., hardware design engineering with Voice College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Technologies Group Inc. and research and development with Goulds Pumps ITT Industries. She also interned in electrical Joanne Gosselin, an imaging and photographic technology controls engineering with General Motors Powertrain. Brenda major from New Hampshire, concentrated her studies on was a member of RIT's Gospel Ensemble, a peer mentor in computer animation. She worked at Pixel Physics in Brenda Moye the Minority Transition Support Program, academic excel- Rochester during a summer co-op, modeling and rendering lence chairperson forthe National Society of Black Engineers, a client's optical system. Joanne served on the executive an academic tutor in the New York State Higher Education Opportunity Program, board of RIT's Photo House as a special-interest housing and an RIT resident adviser. She now works forMotorola in Phoenix, Ariz. association representative and as financial director. She received a Dr. Ronald Francis Scholarship and has also been Joanne Gosselin honored for her work on campus as a note-taker. Joanne Adam Ceding, a BS/MS computer science major from participated on the RIT equestrian team and most recently Farmington, Minn., has been an adjunct professor and served as its treasurer. She now plans to attend Queensland University of Technol­ teaching assistant in computer science, instructing fresh­ ogy in Australia, where she has been accepted into the graduate program to pur­ man laboratory sections and a core computer science sue digital media technologies. course and lab section and tutoring computer science stu­ dents. At RIT, he has also taken film and animation courses. He has worked as a programmer with Dawning College of LiberalArts Technologies Inc., RIT's Center for Imaging Science, Vision Technologies Inc., and Display Technology Systems Inc. Andrew Quagliata, a professional and technical communi­ Adam independently produced Grapevine, a program for cation major fromPittsford, N.Y., is a recipient of the Adam Gerling the administration of live-action role-playing games. His Nathaniel Rochester Society Scholarship for 2000-01. He is special interests are computer and video role-playing games recognized as an outstanding student by the faculty in his and animation, foreignlanguages, and religious activities. department, who regard him as among the very best stu­ dents in the 15-year history of the professional and techni­ cal communication program. Andrew's many activities and College of Business accomplishments include his work as founding editor of Andrew Quagliata LiberalSmarts, a newsletter written by students in the col- Jason Schwingle, marketing major fromRochester, trans­ lege; financialcolumnist, sports reporter, and editor for ferredto RIT fromMonroe Community College, where he RIT's Reporter magazine; repeat winner of the Institute/ CLA Public Speaking earned an associate degree in liberal arts in 1998. Since then, Contest; lead panelist for a group presentation at the Second Annual CLA Jason has been named the 1999 USM All-American Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference in spring 2001; participant in the Nathaniel Rochester Society Scholar, and Davis Leadership Undergraduate Research Conference and at the RIT-Utica Research Exchange, Scholar, and he has been inducted into numerous honor both held in spring 2000. Andrew also contributed to the Talking Walls exhibition societies. During the past year, he served as a project man­ at the Bevier Gallery and served as team captain of RIT's Intramural Football ager for RIT's research and grants division, tracking several Championship Team in 1998 and 2000. Jason Schwingle multi-million-dollar researchgrants fromKodak, Boeing, and NASA. In 2000, during a six-month co-op with INVESCO in New York City, Jason marketed and maintained hedge-fund products for the insti­ National Technical Institute for the Deaf tution's clientele. He has also been active with many on-campus activities, includ­ ing the Dean's Student Advisory Committee, the American Marketing Association, Patricia Canne, a health care billing and coding technology and the Lowenthal Group. He is particularly proud of creating the RIT /VOA major from Rochester, received a Barlow Endowed Children'sCenter Project. This collaboration between the Volunteersof America Scholarship and the Dr. Robert Frisina Award. The mother and students, faculty,and staffallows participants to donate their time and of four children, Canne has maintained a full course load resources to help inner-city children and their families.Jason now plans to land a and a perfect cumulative grade point average of 4.0. She has job in financeor marketing with hopes of traveling the world. had cooperative work experience in data entry and medical billing at Horizon Medical Management Co. in Rochester and worked part time as a residential counselor at Rochester Indrajit Mitra, MBA, concentrating in e-commerce market­ School for the Deaf and as a student assistant at NTID. After ing and corporate finance, is a native of Calcutta, India. Patricia Canne graduation, she plans to work in health care billing and While studying at St. Xavier's College in Calcutta, he coding and hopes someday to become a teacher in that field. majored in accounting and earned a bachelor of commerce degree. Indrajit interned at Carrier Corp. in Syracuse as a pricing analyst. Among his responsibilities was the devel­ College of Science opment, implementation, and maintenance of a competi­ tive pricing database covering more than 35,000 parts man­ Esperanza Nufiez,a biotechnology major originally from ufactured and distributed by Carrier. He also worked as a Venezuela, has spent her summers pursuing hands-on graduate assistant at RIT as a marketing and admissions research experience at national laboratories across Jndrajit Mitra coordinator, handling applications and admissions queries. the country. She has worked at NASA's Kennedy Space Indrajit has been associated with the Graduate Management Center conducting molecular profiling, at the Institute for Association, the Dean's Student Advisory Council, and the Lowenthal Group, and Genomic Research-TIGR generating and using a genomic he served as a note-taker forNTID. He was also honored by UNICEF as an out­ DNA library; and at NASA'sLangley Research Center con­ standing contributor. Indrajit hopes to become an entrepreneur and start his ducting biocompatability testing. Esperanza also completed a three-quarter internship at the Lawrence Berkeley National own business in a developing economy. Esperanza Nunez Laboratory as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships. A research paper she co­ Commencement shuttle bus service authored based on her research at LBNL was published in the conferenceproceed­ ings of the 16th International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Shuttle bus service will be available both Friday and Saturday fortransport to and in Brussels in 2000. She also has presented abstracts at the American Society for fromall three commencement ceremony locations. Campus Safety officerswill Gravitational and Space Biology and at the Institute forGenomic Research's fourth direct trafficand assist people with special needs via RIT 's mobility van. "People annual Conference on Microbial Genomes. Esperanza received the minority stu­ Movers"-carts driven by RIT staff-will assist senior citizens and individuals with dent award at the 1999 annual meeting of the Society ofToxicology. She is the vice special needs. president and founderof RIT's Venezuelan Student Association and the vice presi­ For the 3 p.m. Friday ceremony in the Frank Ritter Ice Arena, shuttle service will dent for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. start at 2 p.m. fromparking lots E, F, G, H, J, S and T. For the Academic Convocation, shuttles will be in service from5 to 10 p.m. between parking lots D, E, F,G, H, J, S and T and the Commencement Tent. On Saturday, starting at 7 a.m., shuttle buses will run fromany of these parking lots: D, E, F,G, H, J, S and T-directly to each of the Commencement locations. Each bus will make a continuous loop through all parking lots. May 17,2001 News & Events 3

This column presentsopinions and ideas from your peers on i�sues relevant to �igher education. We welcome response and hope "Viewpoints" inspires discussion among you, the RIT community. To suggestan zdea for a column, e-mail to [email protected].

byEsperanza Nunez, 2001 graduate, College ofScience

College hap­ college should be about and what we would As a student,I have realizedthat the amount and we are bound to fall down and fail from pened, formost like to experience. of good fortune coming my way always timeto time.However, I have discoveredthat of us, without a Such imaginingsare called "dreaming'' for depended on my willingnessto act upon the pickingup the pieces and starting over gave clear understand­ those who don't act upon their goals, and matter. Whether it meant wakingup early for me strengthand courage to keep going. ing of what we "planning'' for those who make things happen. an 8 a.m. class, or gettinga big project done,at Thereis also greatmerit in recognizingthe expectedor That is the distinctionbetween the average and the end,I was accountable for how much I contributionof amazing people whohave wanted to get out the successfulstudent: the ability to pursue accomplished and up to which standards. changed your life in many differentways­ of it.For many,it aspirationswith the motivationof a child who We all facecomplex situationsin ways professors,friends, classmates, coworkers meant anew is avidly learningthe simplest things. unique to our personalitiesand backgrounds, and colleagues-people who make your sense of direction experienceworthwhile. in their lives; for I ampersonally gratefulto the people who Esperanza Nufiez others, it meant have helped me reach my (once thought) leaving their com­ A distance-learning success story impossible goals by guiding and encouraging fortablehomes to face the "real world." Either You need to work.You also need to get that Clothesminded, mirroring, mimicking and me along the way.These people have taught way, we all had an ideal picture of what degree, so you finda way to put yourself slightly mocking the very subject he was ana­ me thatfar away,there in the sunshine,are through school. The solution for one stu­ lyzing-magazine advertisements. His theme: my highestaspirations. I may not reach them, dent: online You are what you wear. but I can look up and see their beauty. From now on I will believein them and try (from pagel) learning. His mock publication includes interviews Simone Todd with communication scholars,articles ana­ to followthem. I have learnedthat every dream academic leader who combines teaching, Lynch,who lyzing advertisements and high-quality precedes a goal,for the dream of yesterday is learning and scholarship with genuine care has lived with images supporting his thesis. the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. THE MYTHS his aunt and "Todd's work is an expertsynthesis of Thank you so very much to Dr. Robert and support forthe development of student ANO THE life and his staff,"says NASPA President uncle in image creation and analysis and the liberal Rothman,Dr. Tom Frederick and LisaBennett for givingme hope when I fell down,and for Shannon Ellis. "I speak for thousands of Pittsfordwhile arts," says professorDavid Neuman, who NASPA members when I say this is a well­ attending RIT, taught the online persuasion course. givingme a hand when I reached out forhelp. Thanks fora sincere smile,a comfortinghug deserved recognition... your tirelesscommit­ not only Liberal arts underlies all of RIT's fieldsof and your wise advise.Thanks a million for ment to your campusand to the professionof caught up on study,be it art and design or computer engi­ being inspiringrole models in my life. student affairshas set a greatexample." his liberal arts neering. "Whatever fieldyou go into, you The nomination materials for Simone, requirements have to be able to communicate. A graphic I think the essentialsfor happiness are something to do,something to love and submitted by student aJ:[airsJead�rs,cited a through dis­ designer has to be able to communicate with Todd Lynch's award-winning something to hope for.The measure of our number of accomplishplents oq behaJ.t;of mock-magazine mirroring and tance learning clients and understand their needs," says future success and happiness will not be the students. Among them, he was noted for mimicking men'sfashion courses,he Lynch. "A liberal arts foundationgives you crucial support of RIT's new First YearEnrich­ took it one those skills." qualityof the cards we are dealt by unseen ment program taught by student affairsstaff step further. Far enough,in fact,to earnhim a Lynch,a non-traditional student who took hands,but the poise and wisdom with which we play them.• to address academic needs and to fosterper­ Kearse Award-an annual award recognizing a few years between high school and higher sonal wellness. As president of the University students who write outstanding research education to gain a broader view of the world, of Hawaii, Simone created the position of vice papers in a liberal arts class. professesto being a less-than-avid reader.Yet president forstudent affairsas one of his first He used his persuasion class to showcase he loves writing and is excited about how he acts,saying the institutionmust pay attention his major fieldof study-graphic design-by can incorporate his liberal arts foundations New book explores to "the primacy of students." creating a mock men's fashionmagazine, into his life and career. • Linda Kuk, RIT's former vice president for slave narratives student affairs,says, "We decided to nomi­ ARTHONORS ... David Walker,a freeblack man fromNorth nate Dr. Simone for this award because his Max Lenderman, School Carolina,was a fieryabolitionist living in for American Crafts pro­ commitment to students and education at Boston in 1830. Using pamphlets as his RIT has been uncompromising.Through his fessor, displays creativity through crochet. The "voice," Walker lashed out at slavery and leadership and support we were able to ren­ piece is among nearly a American hypocrisy.His mysterious death ovate the residence halls, build new apart­ dozen works of art cre­ silenced the pamphleteer but not the pam­ ments, improve campus life programs and ated by RIT faculty, stu­ phlets.The African-Americancommunity pre­ services and improve the quality of life for dents and alumni now served Walker's protest literature,hiding and on display at the students at RIT. His effortsare models for recirculatingit years later. university leadership to emulate." Memorial Art Gallery. The 58th Rochester­ The passion and anger found in protest Simone was noted forintroducing the Finger Lakes Exhibition essays written by African-American writers integration of academic affairs'skills and is underway through between the American Revolutionand the interests with student affairs.This approach June 24. Robin Cass, vis­ Civil War gives today's historians a glimpseof has ensured a strong,high-profile student­ iting assistant professor, the early struggle has received special affairsprogram that is thoroughly integrated against racial into the academic pursuits of students.• recognition. A glass and metal piece entitled injustice. Traveler IVearned her "The heyday of the Louis D'Amanda the slave narrative Memorial Award. was after 1830," says Richard Newman,profes­ sor of history and Formula car season kicks off May 17 scholar of early Upon graduation,not many go to work for May 17, with competitionin Pontiac, Mich. African-American legendary racecar drivers like Michael The event is the firstof two spring and sum­ reform."But if you Andretti.In fact, once they leave RIT, the clos­ mer competitions. Richard Newman want to see what est many formerstudents get to racing is dri­ In July, the team will travelto England, AfricanAmericans ving to work on the expressway. where RIT was the internationalchampion were thinkingand protestingduring an earlier That's probably why members of RIT's period,you'd findthat in pamphlets." Formula car team devote so much of their Newman is the lead editor of Pamphletsof lives in a quest to design and build extraordi­ Protest:An Anthologyof Early African­ A WINNINGDESIGN ... Entries for the2001 Stonehurst nary race cars while they're stillhere. And, Capital Invitational Regatta T-shirt design are being AmericanProtest literature, 1790-1860,with every so often,inspiration comes fromsome­ his colleagues PatrickRael and Phillip accepted until June 30. Thewinning designer will one like Eric Weber, last year's engine-group receive$250. For design specifications, contact Susan Lapsansky,and author of the introductory Pitoniak, at 5-5212 or [email protected]. The 2000 leader who, now as a Honda engineer,sup­ essay.The collectionfocuses on 25 pamphlets Stonehurst Regatta T-shirt, shown here, was created by ports the crew of Andretti's Motorola Indy car. largely fromthe collectionof the Library Chas Davis, artist and adjunct professor in RIT's Meanwhile, his formerRIT teammates are Company in Philadelphia, a repository of pre­ School of Art. ready foranother racing season,beginning Civil War African-Americanliterature. Pamphletsof Protestbrings to lightseveral Commencement week parking and traffic Mike Occhipinti.fifth-yearmechanical engineering essays previously unpublished in book form. major and RIT Formula team project manager Pamphletswere easier and cheaper to pro­ On Friday,May 18, U-lot will close at 4:30 p.m. U-lot reserved-permitholders may park in the duce than book-length narratives,and gave reserved parkingin lots D, F and Jon the north side of campus and in S-lot. U-lot will reopen two years ago. The team also plans to com­ the authors more controlover their messages. when all tents and equipment have been removed fromthe lot, some timeafter Monday, May 28. pete foronly the second timein Australia, Essentiallyephemeral documents,these pam­ The RITshuttle makes regularly scheduled tripsbetween the north and south sides of cam­ where last year RIT captured second place. phlets were preserved by the African-American pus, and is available to all members of the university.Shuttle schedules are available at the This year's brand-new car,the product of communities.Newman says the pamphlets InformationDesk in the Student Alumni Union. sweat and long hours since last fall,sports a documented blacks' protest. "It was a way for As of noon on Friday,May 25, through Saturday,May 26, D-lot will be closed; though six-speed manual transmissionand rede­ AfricanAmericans to prove their humanity by reserved permit holders will not be affectedon Friday.For the duration,parking in D-Lotwill signedbrakes and frontsuspension. A lower creatingliterature that defiedstereotypes of be reservedfor those with handicapped and special commencement permits only. driver's seat provides a lower center of gravity, the time, those whichsaid blacks were men­ Beginningat 3 p.m. on Friday,May 25, through May 26, Andrews Memorial Drive eastward improving corneringcapability. That's impor­ tally inferior." of the east entrance to S-lot will be closed, though S-lot will be open forparking on both days. tant considering the racer reaches top speeds Newman is working on The Transformation of about 100 miles an hour.• ofAmerican Abolition due out spring, 2002.• 4 News & Events Mayl7,2001

Phi Kappa Phi celebratesnew members RIT's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi inducted Admission to Phi Kappa Phi is by invita­ numerous students and fivefaculty/staff tion only for seniors in the top 10 percent members during an April ceremony. A of their class and juniors in the top five renowned national honor society recogniz­ percent of their class. Graduate students, ing scholars in all disciplines, Phi Kappa Phi faculty members and alumni may also be celebrates its 30th year on RIT's campus. inducted, based on scholarly distinction. • This year the five facultyI staffmembers inducted were Bruce Meader, College of ImagingArts and Sciences; Glenn Kist, College of Liberal Arts; Carol Richardson, College of Applied Science and Technology; Jacqueline Mozrall, College of Engineering; AWARD-WINNING WRITERS... Winners of RIT's annual writing contest are,from left to right in thefront row, and John Whitely, Jason Powley, who won the essay categoryfor his piece about the electoral college; Kham/a Saenglongma, who received honorablemention for his poem "Words to Live by,"reflecting on crime and school shootings; Christopher institutional research Vongsawat, who also received honorable mention for his poem "My Tame Woman"; and, in the back row, Christie and policy studies. Bielmeier, who took the grand prize in the creative writing category for her short story, "November," about her Honorees will experience as a college athlete. The award winners are joined, in thefront row,by Andrew Moore, dean of the wear a blue ribbon College of Liberal Arts, and Katherine Schumacher, writing director, and, in the back row, StanleyMcKenzie, with a medallion provost and vice president for academic affairs. during commence­ Thisyear's Phi Kappa Phi'sdistinguished honorees are,from left to right, Carol ment ceremonies. Richardson, John Whitely,Glenn Kist, Bruce Meader and Jacqueline Mozrall. NTID awards grants to two professors Allen Austin, assistant professor, and instructional design and evaluation depart­ Sidney Barefoot, associate professor, both ment. Faculty will be able to use the mod­ in the National Technical Institute for the ules as a resource, assigning them as part of Deaf's speech and language department, coursework, or students can access them have been awarded the Ronald D. Dodge independently to improve their use of e­ Memorial Endowment Fund's Faculty mail as a job-search tool. The resource may Grant for their project, Online E-mail eventually be offeredto deaf and hard-of­ Etiquette: A Job-related Perspective for hearing students external to NTID/RIT. Students. The pair will develop a series of Awardedannually, the $1,000 Dodge online instructional modules that deaf and grant goes to RIT faculty members for hard-of-hearing students can use to research focusing on improving the effec­ improve their use of e-mail in pursuing tiveness of deaf and hard-of-hearing edu­ employment opportunities. cation at RIT. Alberta Dodge established The online modules will use the the award in 1984 in memory of her hus­ IdeaTools format developed by Simon band, a 1929 graduate of the Mechanics Ting, instructional developer in NTID's Institute.•

SPEAKINGWITH PASSION ... Finalists of the 12th annual public speaking contest moved their audience with impassioned speeches about national and international concerns. First prize and $250 went to Valarie Welsh, right, a microelectronics major, for her speech calling for the closing of U.S. Army's School of Americas, based in Fort Benning, Ga. Numerous graduates of this military school for Latin-American soldiers have been linked to human rights atrocities. Second prize and $150 went to Khury Petersen-Smith, second to right, a multidiscipli­ nary major, for his talk on protesting the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas; and third prize and $50 went to Greg Humbert, at left, an information technology major,for his talk questioning the credibilityof online pharmaceutical sales. Here, the finalistschat with contest coordinator GrantCos, associate professor of com­ munications. The biannual contest is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts.

LUMINARIES IN THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE... Students in the College of Science were honored for their academic accomplishments during an awards ceremony May 4. Among the students recognized were,from left to right, OUTSTANDING FEMALESENIORS ... TheRIT Women'sCouncil selected Kami/la Joskowiak, right, and Elizabeth Luke Ziemba, winner of Coombs Maxim for the Outstanding Female Senior Award, which honors students who have shown high scholar­ the Undergraduate ship achievement while overcoming difficultcircumstances. Joskowiak is graduating with a bachelor of science Physical ChemistryAward, degree fromboth the medical technology and biology programs in RIT'sCollege of Science. Coombs Maximis grad­ Breeann Lee, winner of uating with a bachelor of science degree in social work. the RIT Quality Cup Scholarship, Erin Jonson, a winner of the Nathaniel Rochester Society Scholarship and David M. Baldwin Scholarship, and Donna Thibault, also a winner of the NRS Scholarship and Baldwin Scholarship.

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. .. RIT's International Student Scholarship Committee recognized three interna­ tional students who have made special contribu­ tions to campus life. The winners of the OutstandingInternational Student Service Award are, from left to right, A. Fabiana Kotoriy,a fourth-year industrial AND THEWINNERS ARE ... The 21st annual Henryand Mary Kearse Student Honor Awards recognize stu­ engineering studentfrom dents who have written outstanding research papers in their liberalarts courses. This year's award winners are, Bolivia; U-Wen Wong, a from leftto right in thefront row, Elizabeth Coombs, social work; Kelly Druzynski, business; Rachel Healy, pro­ third-year social work fessional and technical communication; Daniil Polishchuk, biomedical computing; and, at the far right, Debra studentfrom Singapore; Patkin, psychology,From left to right in the back row are Sue Taliercio, criminal justice; Erin Lalley, multidisci­ and Ratna Grace plinary studies and computer graphics; and Todd Lynch, graphic design. Joining the award winners are Andrew Sampathkumar, a Moore, dean of the College of LiberalArts, in thefront row, and Sam Abrams, professor of language and litera­ second-year M.B.A. ture, in the back row. Abramspresented the 2001 Kearse Distinguished Lecture at the award ceremony with his studentfrom India. talk, "UsefulPoetry." Mayl7,2001 News & Events 5

SPECIALRECOGNITION ... The COB's new scholarship awarded Special Services program of RIT's LearningDevelopment Center had a Two undergraduate students won the Systems Student Team and is a member of lot to be proud of thisyear. In addi­ largest scholarships offeredby the College the Lowenthal Group, a service organiza­ tion to celebrating its 25th anniver­ of Business. Victor Silva and Renae Powell tion whose students act as ambassadors sary,the program honoredrecipients are RIT 's first-everwinners of the William for the College of Business. of the Bennett Scholarshipin cere­ Renae Powell is a marketing monies held in April. Pictured here is MarieGiardino, far left, program major fromBrooklyn in her third director, with scholars Briant year of study. She participates in Buckner, a second-year photo stu­ numerous college activities, includ­ dent; Gail Walton, a first-year hospi­ ing the College of Business Dean's talityand service management stu­ Student Advisory Council. She is dent; Josh Torres, a third-year illustra­ also an officerwith Society of tion student; Terence Beresford, a first-year student in the Center for African American Business Students MultidisciplinaryStudies; Kristen and a co-leader of the Lowenthal Langelier,a third-year photo student; Group. and Robert Winterkorn, a fourth-year Both students will receive full information technology student. scholarships for the 2001-2002 Absentfrom the photo is Christopher academic year, made possible by Copeland. a nearly $40,000 grant fromthe William G. McGowan Charitable DAVISSCHOLARS Fund. The program recognizes 2001 ... The annual academic achievement among Davis Scholarship VictorSilva and Renae Powell will receive full scholarships as business students while encourag­ Awards luncheon gave part of the new William G. McGowan Scholars program. ing leadership and community special recognition to student leaders who involvement. significantlycontribute G. McGowan Scholars program. RIT is among 31 colleges and universi­ to campus life. The Victor Silva is a third-year student from ties fromaround the country that partici­ winning scholars are North Chili majoring in management pate in the William G. McGowan Scholars Eric Barner, Alim information systems. He serves as vice program, named in honor of the founder Chandani, Chamroeun president of the Management Information and chair of MCI Communications Corp.• Dee, Heather Ellwanger, Johan Giraldo, Asthika Goonewardene, Adie/ OUTSTANDING UNDER­ Gouldson,Burcak Guclu, Lakeshia GRADUATES ...RIT honored Haynes, Philip Jones, 42 students as Outstanding Akemi Kotoriy, Undergraduate Scholars in a Christine Kim, Erick ceremony and reception held in Littleford, Keva! Mehta, March. Joined by Stanley JeffreyMetcalf, Kristin McKenzie, provost and vice Metz, Joshua Murphy, president for academic affairs, Renae Powell, Jeffrey top, the scholars are Nick Prystajko, Qing Quan, Cianfrocco,Krystian Cybulski, Elizabeth Sarkin, Kevin Ronald Duppert, William Sheldon, Tremaine Henry,Bethany Iannone, Daniel Shelton, Reina Smith, Kunkle, Scott Liu, Lindsay Long, KelleySullivan, Jennifer Stephanie Madison, Bryan Verve/de and U-Wen Reich, Omonbek Salaev, Wong. Also included in Matthew Seavey,Lucille Sutter the photo are Alfred and Roxana Ta/war, from the Davis, RIT vice presi­ College of Applied Science and dent emeritus, and Technology; Gina Albano, Pavel Brunhilde Knapp, in Borish/cevich,Rachel Bucholtz, the lower leftcorner, Marisol Carrasquillo, Hyun-hee and NancyBurke, presi­ Cho-drake,Arseny Lim and DJ dent, RIT Women's Vogel,from the College of Council, and Mary Lu Business; Jaime Marie Cargill, Brooke, RIT trustee, in Jesse Chizmadia, Cory Cress, the lower right corner. Samuel Danziger, Michael Medlar, Nicholas Sardina and Matthew Woitaszek, fromthe Kate Gleason College of Engineering; Shea Baker and Christopher Smith,from the RIT honorsstudent athletes of the year College of Imaging Arts and RIT athletics recently presented its 2000-01 the women's varsity eight crew that won the Sciences; Shannon Collins and awards at its year-end banquet. Stonehurst Regatta in the fall. Debra Patkin,from the College of Liberal Arts; and Jessica Senior ice hockey player Peter Bournazakis She has been involved with a number of Bishop, Mark Breitenbach, Kelly was named the men's senior-athlete award community projects, including breast can­ Doyle, Heather Rene Frost, winner. Bournazakis, a first-teamAll­ cer walk, Coaches vs. Cancer, and Rent a Janine Garnham,Erin Jonson, American this season and a first-teamECAC Rower as part of the basketball and crew Joanne Mule, Jennifer Paine, West selection, led the nationin power-play teams. During the summer, she volunteers Donna Thibault and Jason goals. He will graduate as the school's second with Youth Challengein Cleveland, part­ Weil,from the College of Science. all-time leading scorer with 231 points. nering with disabled children in recre­ Amie Banis and KrissyMamon shared the ational activities. women's senior-athlete award. Senior Casey Lafrance was awarded the Banis led the women's basketball team to Ray Bell Award, foroutstanding contributions REMARKABLESWDENTS... Alpha Sigma Lambda a school-record 10 wins this season, and is by a student athletic trainer. HonorarySociety inducted the only 1,000-point scorer in the 12-year The Coaches' Appreciation Award was 22 new students this year. history of the program. She graduates as the given to Shirley Besanceney of the campus The students were honored program's all-time leader with 1,448 points, safety office,who helps coordinate trans­ at a dinner in April at and holds virtually every scoring record at portation for all of the athletic teams.• President Albert Simone's RIT. She was a second-team All Empire Eight home. The honorary society annually inducts new mem­ selection this season. bers based on scholarship, Mamon is a starting pitcher forthe Tigers participation in activities softball team, which is 32-7 and heading to and leadership in academic the NCAA tournament for the firsttime. and co-curricular student Mamon has an 18-2 record on the season activities. This year's hon­ with a 1.34 earned run average. She has fired orees are Christina Benton, Adam Copel, Susan Dodds, three no-hitters, including a perfect game Joanne Gosselin, Christopher this season. Mamon will graduate holding at Halliday, Penina Hecht, least 11 school records for pitching. Molly Knorr, Jennifer Senior baseball pitcher Mark Breitenbach Pomerhn, Adam Rackoff, was awarded the Ellingson Award for acade­ Alyce Smith and Christopher mic and athletic achievement. Breitenbach Smith, from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences; has a 3.95 grade point average in computa­ Mark Breitenbach and Anne tional math, and is involved in a variety of Saladyga,from the College extra-curricularand charitable activities. The of Science; Sean Eldridge, baseball team's closer, Breitenbach leads the Sherri Fazzio, Daniel team with six saves this season and has a 4.60 Renkas,Jason Schwingle, ERA. His six saves are one shy of the school OUTSTANDING ADULT STUDENTS ... Each year Matthew Sudol, Melissa the Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education Vasilev and DJ Vogel, from record. Second-year student Lauren Long was consortium honors adult learners who have excelled the College of Business; despite the many challenges presented by work, fam­ Alyssa Hillsonfrom the awarded the A. Steven Walls Leadership ily and communityobligations. This year's winners College of Liberal Arts; and Scholarship. Long is a member of the fromRIT are Charmian Sercu, applied arts and sci­ Joshua Nordquistfrom the women's basketball team, where she was an ence, A.A.S.; Christine Christiansen, telecommunica­ Kate Gleason College of honorable mentionAll Conference selection, tions engineering technology,B.S.; and Kenneth Engineering. and the women's crew team. She is a part of Ferguson, MB.A. 6 News & Events May 17,2001

Eis e nhart Aw ard Profile s

Since 1965, RIT's Eisenhart Awards forOutstanding Teaching have honored and celebrated facultyexcellence. Up to fourawards are given each year to recipients in various RIT programs. Winners are chosen through rigorous peer review of student nominations. This year, four professors will receive the awards during the academic convocation on Friday, May 25. The Eisenhart family, forwhom the awards are named, has a long history with RIT. The late M. Herbert Eisenhart, president and board chairman of Bausch & Lomb, was an RIT trustee formore than 50 years. Richard Eisenhart continues the RIT connection, serving on the board since 1972, as chairman forsix years and now as trustee emeritus.

GeorgeGeorgantas, College of Science experience,"he says. "No matter how prepared you are, say,'RIT is a better place because I came to work today,' there's stillan element of humbleness." It also was hard work, then it will be. Leaming and teaching others-sharing knowledge-has he says, with twice-daily practicesand extensive travel. "This job is 10-foldmore rewarding and enjoyable than great personal importance to George Georgantas, professor Many of the same qualitiesGhoneim learned fromsoc­ any other job I could dreamof having,"McQuay says of mathematics and statistics.Th e son of Greek immigrants, cer aretransferable to the classroom, he says. "Universal unequivocally. "If l could do it all over again, I wouldn't Georgantas is thankfulfor the educationalopportunities he factorsof success, in any job, anywhere, are sincerity and change a thing." has had, dedication," he says. ''.Andyou have to love what you're Whilehe is thrilledto receive the Eisenhart Award, especially doing. That almost guarantees success in anything you do." McQuay credits his wife,Kandy, for her unconditional, since his He continues:"When it comes to teaching, the element selfless support fromthe very beginning. parents of caring about students must be there, too. And, especially "There's no way possible that anyone can arrive at any and grand­ in engineering, you have to bring practicalexperience to level of success without support," McQuay says. "It was her parents class so you can stimulate and motivate students." sacrificethat allowed me to followand realize my dream." did not Afterearning his doctorate in mechanics and material After29 years of teaching, McQuay is far frombored. have similar science fromRutgers University, Ghoneim began at RIT as "When you think you've mastered it, you're foolingyour­ options. an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in 1983. self," he says flatly. "The dynamics of the students are Due to He became associate professorin 1989 and this year, in July, changingall the time-theirneeds, their personalities.I try hardships he will become a full professor. to reinvent and challenge myself, and to finddifferent ways George Georgantas and the "To win this award means a lot," Ghoneim says, pointing to motivate the students. You can't instillexcitement unless need to to a large number of other deserving, devoted and out­ you're excited yourself." work, his standing RIT facultymembers. "It's very satisfying,very McQuay and his wife have one daughter and two grand­ grandparents never went to school at all; his parents did not pleasing and very rewarding.I mean it fromthe heart: RIT children. He holds a Ph.D. in technical/industrialeducation complete elementary school. is one of the best in the country." fromthe University of Connecticut,and his master's and To Georgantas, winningan Eisenhart Awardfor Ghoneim and his wife, Nadia, have three children, Dina, bachelor's degreesin technical/ industrial educationfrom Outstanding Teaching validates his effortsto educate. "It's a first-yearbiology major at RIT, Dalia, a student at State University of New York, Oswego. an honor to receive the Eisenhart Award and because of my American University of Cairo, and 4-year-old Shereef. own family background,it's personally significant." Ghoneim, vice chairman of the Islamic Center of As a freshmanin college, Georgantas couldn't decide Rochester, shares additionalsecrets to success: "It's being John Sanders,College of LiberalArts what to study. His interests pulled him toward mathemat­ yourself that's key;"he says. And in life, as in soccer, "You To John "Jack" Sanders, winningan Eisenhart Awardfor ics, philosophy,archeology, chemistry and classical lan­ must always prepare to win." Outstanding Teaching means more the second timeround. guages. He also considered the priesthood, and the mer­ Clearly,that's something he has accomplished. As one of He won his firstEisenhart in 1980, fouryears afterjoining chant marine academy.Tugged in differentdirections by his students, fourth-yearmechanical engineering major RIT's College of Liberal Arts as an assistant professor of phi­ curiosity, Georgantas ultimately chose mathematics. And Amanda Curry;says, "Dr. Ghoneim is one of the best profes­ losophy. Now, 21 years later, Sanders is honored again, this once he had picked his discipline of study;he settled in to sors I've had at RIT." time as a fullprofessor with numerous achievements. learneverything he could about mathematics,earning his "It reassures me that I'm teaching OK," he says. ''.And bachelor's fromthe University ofRochester in 1963, his coming later in my career is gratifyingin a way.It's nice to master's fromWashington University in 1965, and his doc­ SidneyMcQuay, get the support and acknowledgmentfrom my colleagues torate fromState University ofBuffalo in 1971. NationalTechnical and students." Georgantas joined RIT in 1975 and, fiveyears later, Wmning an Eisenhart Award forOutstanding Teaching became head of the department of mathematics and statis­ Institutefor the Deaf reflects Sanders' effortsto make philosophy classes available tics, a positionhe held for15 years. Under his leadership, On Sidney McQuay's wall is as a distance-learningoption. He has developed fourdiffer­ the departmentdeveloped strongties with business and a framed,embroidered ent distance-learningclasses and typically teaches one half industry, and more than doubled in size in facultyand message, a 1984 giftfrom a of his courses per quarter in this way. He puts a lot of effort number of student majors. former student's mother. It in to his distance-learningclasses, trying to make them even He returned to full-timeteaching in 1995, teaching a reads: "For his vast and better thanthe courses he teaches in the classroom variety of courses rangingfrom calculus to theoretical always available supply of Sanders also has taught in classrooms overseas. In courses in abstractalgebra. Then, in 1998, he took over a love, wisdom and patience, 1995-96 he was a visitingFulbright Professor at the Institute distance-learningcourse froman ailing colleague and Sidney L. McQuay truly of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of became intriguedby the challenge. deserves the name of Sciences in Warsaw. In the fall of that year he visited the He takes distance learningseriously and structures his Professor and Friend." On University of Helsinkito teach part of a series oflnter­ classes to give his students a benchmark of where they the back, the student, Gary Nordic graduatecourses in philosophy. should be throughout the quarter. He also encourages SidneyMcQuay King Jr., wrote, "Doc, thanks Since 1997, he has traveled to Prague each year to teach a frequentcommunication and maintains daily contact for all your caring." two-week, intensive class in EthicalIssues ofBusiness and with many of his students. For each of the 29 years McQuay has taught manufactur­ Governmentat the RIT-affiliatedU.S. Business School. Georgantas takes satisfactionfrom what he calls "the big ing and design technology at RIT, mostly at the National Because the challenge'' of making an impersonal distance-learningclass Technical Institutefor the Deaf, he has received hundreds class begins personal. Most of Georgantas' distance-learningstudents of notes and holidaycards fromhis students expressing May 28, are engineeringtechnology majors scattered all over the similar sentiments.He saves many of them. Sanders will globe. One technique he uses to personalize his courses is "Having technical skills is important to earn a living," miss the to have students scan photographs of themselves to share says McQuay, who spent 10 years in the engineering Eisenhart with the class. Georgantas is considering writinga textbook industry beforehe started teaching, "but what I enjoy Award cere­ based on the notes he has developed for teaching calculus most is providing the experientialeducation, teaching mony and forengineering technologists via distance learning. lifetime skills." commence­ Equally important as teaching to Georgantas is his McQuay enriches his students' professional and per­ ment. involvement in theGreek Orthodox Church of the Holy sonal lives in a wide variety of ways. He says his students The sum­ Spirit on South Avenue, where he directs the church choir. are like extended family,and he enjoys mentoring them mer for His wife, Irene, is the organist. He is also the advisor forthe inside and outside the classroom. He encourages his stu­ John Sanders Sanders Orthodox campus ministry programat RIT andUR. dents to get involved with extra-curricular projects, such promises to be busy,a pace that he seems to enjoy.He is as making parts forthe RlT Baja vehicle, that are relevant writing two books on philosophy andpreparing to become HanyGhoneim, Kate to the coursework, and will help them findtheir personal chair of the philosophy department, a positionhe previ­ niche, as well. ously held from1986 to 1988 and 1977 to 1982. Gleason College of "I tell them, 'reach into your heart, finda career area that In his sparetime, Sanders enjoys being with his family you are passionate about and then followyour dream,"' and trackinghis family's genealogy,a pastimehe finds Engineering McQuay says. absorbing. "It's endlessly interesting." It may surprise colleagues Former student David Colwell says it was because of Sanders, who joined RIT in 1976, received his master's that Hany Ghoneim once McQuay that he decided to enroll in the manufacturing and doctoral degreein philosophy fromBoston University played semi-professional processes technology program. in 1972 and 1977, respectively. He earnedtwo separate soccer, albeit for only one "It was one of the best decisions I ever made," Colwell bachelor's degreesin philosophy and psychology from season. That's because says. He later earneda bachelor's in engineeringtechnol­ Purdue University in 1968 and had spent a year of study at this self-professed shy ogy;and became a partner in a machining company,seek­ the Universitat Hamburg. engineer doesn't boast ing McQuay's advice along the way. about it, even though he's Today,former student Colwell is now McQuay's colleague. one of few ever to play "Sidney McQuay has a followingof students that is semi-pro soccer while unequalled," Colwell says. "I have co-taught with him and he Nominations now accepted online pursuing a master's degree giveshis best every day,every week, everymonth, everyyear." Nominations of RIT facultyfor the Eisenhart Hany Ghoneim in mechanical engineering While McQuay has served as a mentor and an inspiration Outstanding Teaching Award can now be made at fromCairo University in to hundreds of young people, one mightwonder what any time of the year using the online ballot at his native Egypt. inspires him. http://www.rit.edu/-gtfsbi/Symp/ballot.htm. Thatwas in 1975 when Ghoneirnplayed right wing for Withouthesitation, he reaches forBlazing New Trails,a Nominations submitted using this online ballot will the Zamalek Club of the EgyptianSoccer League. Even then history ofRIT by George Wtlson Hoke, and reads its dedica­ be retained by the Eisenhart Awards coordinator he knewthere would be life aftersoccer, so preparing to tion:"To the master builders as a record of theirservice in until the deadline foreach year's paper ballot nomi­ win-in work, in play and in all aspects of life-became a pointingthe way to an educationfor the makingof a living nation(usually in early December), at which time all way of life forthe one-timesemi-pro. and forthe living of a life not as two processes but as one." nominations received will be forwarded to the Playing soccer, he says, prepared him well forlater in life "That sums it up forme. That is the essence of a quality Eisenhart Award committees. as it taught him the importance of teamwork, staying education," he says. ''.Atthe end of the day,if each of us can healthy and the ability to accept defeat."It was an enriching Mayl7,2001 News & Events 7 Mentoring relationships flourishing throughout RIT Maybe a teacher spent extra time after academic support. Joanna Kiljan, a graduate student in Women's Mentoring Program, now orga­ class, helping you see the light. "There's a psychological boost," adds microelectronic manufacturingengineer­ nized by the Women's Center, which this Perhaps an upper-level student guided Lonnie Parker, a first-year electrical engi­ ing, was paired with an electrical engineer year matched more than 120 mentors and you through a tough transition. Or possibly neering major fromPittsburgh, Pa., whose at Handspring, a manufacturer of personal mentees (see News & Events, Feb. 8, 2001). an older professional took you under her mentor is Lomnick. "You see someone from digital products. Kiljan says they've com­ One of the main objectives is to help wing until you could soar on your own. your own major of your own race who is municated about many aspects of work, female students feel confidentin a male­ Mentors take many forms, and they can having success." and her mentor gave her useful advice on dominated campus environment. Like the be found in every area of RIT. Whether Providing role models is the principle applying for a co-op job. AIANA program, this is a peer-mentoring brought about by organized programs or behind MentorNet, the National Electronic Anderson also encourages women engi­ system, pairing incoming students with through spontaneous con­ neering students to participatein RIT's second-through fifth-year women.• nections, these relation­ ships are incalculably beneficial-tothe mentor 3 and mentored. NCR machine to overhaul auto repairs "I love the mentoring If your car makes a process," says Mariama clicking sound when Boney-Padilla, associate you make a turn, your director of the AIANA constant velocity (CV) Cultural Affairsprogram. "I joint probably needs have had many mentors, to be replaced. But starting with my father. should that be with a Mentoring presents stu­ brand-new part or a dents with an opportunity remanufactured one? to learn so much." That's the dilemma AIANA Cultural Affairs consumers face,espe­ sponsors a thriving peer First-year electrical engineering major Lonnie Parker,left, and his mentor, cially when it comes mentoring program aimed second-year EE student Joel Lomnick, discovered many common interests. to remanufactured at helping first-year African auto parts that don't American, Latino/Hispanic, always have a stan­ Asian American and Native American stu­ Industrial Mentoring Network forWomen dardized measure of dents make the transition to college life. in Engineering and Science. RIT's Kate testing. Mentors are upper-level students who vol­ Gleason College of Engineering joined the Thanks to the unteer their time. All incoming AIANA stu­ three-year-old MentorNet at the beginning NationalCenter for Bill Morris, left,a mechanical technician at NCR3, and Scott Nichols, senior dents are offeredthe opportunity to be of the academic year, with 10 students par­ Remanufacturing and staffengineer, explainhow the CV-joint test machine works. matched with a mentor, and about 25 per­ ticipating in this Internet-based program ResourceRecovery cent-SO first-yearstudents-participated that pairs women engineering students (NCR3), consumers can knowthat remanu­ The test machine was developed by a team this year, says Boney-Padilla. with working engineers. facturedCV joints have met testing require­ of NCR3 engineers, an RIT mechanical Independence-making the break "When I survey women students, the one ments that show they are at a like-new engineering professor and a number of grad­ fromhome-can be an issue for first- thing that comes out loudest is the lack of condition,before being installed in a vehicle. uate students. Innovators on the pending year students, says Joel Lomnick, a second­ role models," says Margaret Anderson, This is a breakthrough forlabor-intensive patents are Kevin Kochersberger, a mechani­ year electrical engineering major from assistant dean forstudent services. repairs like CVjoints. To date, there have cal engineering professor, and graduate Rochester. A mentor can help with "MentorNet lets students connect with been few choices forcost-effective evaluation student Gregory Kacprzynski. that transition and also can provide successfulwomen in their field." of remanufactured automotive parts. The information generated by the test To ensure that remanufactured CVjoints fixtureis processed by diagnostic software, RJT-JAPAN PARTNERSHIP YIELDS meet performance standards, NCR3 has also patent pending, developed by NCR3 FIRST GRADUATE . .. Daisuke Asano, developed a patentable CVjoint-testing engineers.The software runs on a computer right, recently became the first student to machine--CVJoint Test Fixture mod II. Mod connected to the fixture,analyzes the data in graduate from RIT aftercompleting studies II combines scientificcriteria with a low-cost real timeand tells the operator whether or here through a partnership with Kyoto machine to help remanufacturers pinpoint Computer Gakuin in Japan. Afterfinishing not thejoint is flawed. undergraduate coursework in Japan, CVjoint failures pre-sale, without tearing Because it has a short cycle time and a including RJT-produced and other courses, down the entire part. cost-effective design,mod II is accessible to Asano studied at RIT for 1 112 years and "This machine is a breakthroughfor us remanufacturers as an end-of-line quality earned a master's degree in information and, ultimately,the entireremanufacturin § inspectiontool. Such tools may help remanu­ technology.Seven other students sponsored industry,"says Nabil Nasr, director of NCR . facturersconfirm their compliance to perfor­ by Kyoto Computer Gakuin arecurrently studying through the partnership and 20 The machine evaluates the quality of mance specifications. are anticipated each year. Asano has remanufactured constant velocity joints by "Remanufacturers compete in a market already secured a position as a network moving the CVjoint the way it would move in where 'new' is oftenequated with 'better'," engineer with Cisco Systems Inc. in Tokyo, an automobile. "Signals" fromthe joint, such Nasr says. "With mod II, we are answering a where he'll begin July 1 following a visit to as changes in vibrationor temperature, are fundamentalneed for evaluationin the Italy. "It was a very good experience," Asano picked up and analyzed. An irregular pattern remanufacturing industry.This is our most says of his time at RIT, which marked his first stay in the United States. in vibration, forexample, could indicate a versatile tool to date; it is truly advanced failurein one of the components. technology forremanufacturers." •

R·l·T Spring has sprung-and so have RIT construction projects This issue's Lay of the Land column offers three between Lomb Memorial Drive and J­ and fall. The 8,500 square-footIT Lab, the RRe-,niop2Q01,infq, " a round-up of key construction projects on lot, and construct a raised-center median in westernmost academic building on campus, Held in conjunctionwith Brick City campus, some already underway, many that area; and, in a major innovation-con­ will link to the west side of the CAST Building. Festival, Oct. 12-14, Reunion 2001 will soon to begin. struct a "round-a-bout" at the intersectionof The L-shaped building forthe B. Thomas featurehospitality events, college-based RIT's Facilities Management Services has Andrews and Lomb. (See illustration.) Golisano College of Computing and Informa­ alumni seminars, reunion dinners and ambitious projects to manage this summer, tion Sciences will be on the east side top entertainment. Alumni classes of fromgroundbreaking forRIT's newest build­ of the CAST Building, going north 1950-52, 1975-77, and 1990-92 will ings to significantroadway renovations. and south. Design of this 126,500 returnto campus en masse to celebrate RIT's main campus road, Andrews square-foot additionto the CAST their special anniversaries. For more Memorial Drive, will see major changes this Building will progress during the information on Reunion 2001, contact spring as part of an overall roadway rehab summer; construction could start in Carol George, director of reunion giving, effort.As a result of a comprehensive safety late fall. 5-7625 or [email protected]; or Catherine audit, the Institute will install new lighting Constructionof six free-standing Bement, associate director of alumni along the entire length of Andrews; relocate Greek Houses (two sorority and four relations, 5-4975 or [email protected]. and improve visibility of major crosswalks; fraternity)is underway just west of reduce Andrews' trafficlanes fromfour to the new Crossroads Cafe, with com­ pletion expected by the end of August. Each will house 16 students. In the University Commons Redder named head of alumni relations Apartments, located south of Ross Kelly Redder will Rochester, where she was college director The "round-about'; left, at the intersection of Andrewsand Lomb Building on the south side of become RIT's new of alumni and parent relations and uni­ Andrews Memorial Drive, six addi­ executive director versity associate director of development The roadways project will include tional apartment buildings-each with eight, of alumni relations since January 1999. Last year, she planned Lowenthal Road, Institute Drive and CIMS four-person apartments-should be wrapped starting May 21. and executed the regional celebrations of Crescent; and, potentially, completion of the up in early August. 'Tm excited to the UR's 150th anniversary. Prior to that, southern portion of Andrews (fromWtltsie Residence Hall renovations of 13 buildings, be joining the she worked in the officeof alumni rela­ Drive to the Library Loop Road). To offer a five-yearproject slated forcompletion the alumni relations tions at Ithaca College, including four improved parking, RIT will resurface parking end of thissummer, concludes with Peterson team," Redder years as associate director and acting lots E, V, Gand H and add approximately230 and Bell. says. "There's a lot director. She also served as director of parking spots to these lots. And, last but not least, air conditioning of energy and alumni relations at College Misericordia. Driving conditions will vary as work work will begin after graduation in the George Kelly Redder enthusiasm in that Redder has a B.A. in anthropology from progressesbut flagmen will be present during EastmanBuilding, with some departments in office, and I know State University of New York at Potsdam, an the entireprocess to keep trafficmoving, B and C wings relocated forthe summer. The we'll be able to accomplish a great deal A.A.S. in math and science fromNorth reports Marty Becker, director, Facilities work includes installationof new energy together." Country Community College, and an A.A.S. Management Services. efficientwindows. In addition,B wing will Redder, a resident of Seneca Falls, in pre-professional forestry fromPaul Construction of new buildings will start or have a new roof and significantmasonry comes to RIT from the University of Smiths College of Arts and Sciences.• continue on a number of frontsthis summer repairs made to the brick on the east side.• 8 News & Events May 17,2001 Quality Cup winners saluted for excellence Robfogel announces retirement from RIT RIT and USA Todayannounce the winners of • Small Business-Wes-Tex Printing, Nathan Robfogel to have outstanding leadership," he the 2001 RIT / USA TodayQuality Cup compe­ Brownwood, Texas, forexpediting produc­ will retire from his added, citing RIT's growing enrollment, tition. The award recognizeswinners for their tion while maintaining product quality. position of senior high educational standards, expanding outstanding contributionsto improving the Unlikeother national awards, the Quality counselor tothe programs, and outstanding facilities. quality of products and services they provide. Cup honors small teams of employees, not president as of July "Throughout all of these years and Quality Cups whole companies or divisions. Through 1, President assignments, Nick has been a loyal sup­ were awarded in teamwork and Total Quality Management Albert Simone porter of RIT," President Simone said. fivecategories. principles, the winners cut costs, solve prob­ announced. "His network in the Greater Rochester • Government­ lems and increase efficiency. Robfogel served Community and beyond has been exten­ Tennessee Valley RIT and USA Todayreceived 146 nomina­ as a member of the sive and comprehensive, benefiting RIT Authority, tions fromFortune 500 companies, govern­ Board of Trustees in myriad ways. His counsel, at all times, Chattanooga, Tenn., ment agencies, educational institutions, Nathan Robfogel from 1985 to 1996, has been wise, thoughtful, sensitive, and forredesigning the health care organizations and small busi­ chairing, in partic­ above all else, balanced. He is a consum­ integration of oper­ nesses nationwide. All entries were reviewed ular, the university relations core com­ mate team player." ational processes; by officialsat the College of Business, USA mittee. In 1996, he resigned from the Robfogel plans to be of counsel on a • Health Care­ Todayand a panel of independent experts. board to become vice president for uni­ part- time basis to his former law firm, versity relations. He became senior coun­ Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, where he will RIT/USAToday Wtlkes-Barre The competition, in its tenth and final Quality Cup General Hospital, year, was developed by Richard Rosett, for­ selor to the president in December 1999. focus on alternate dispute resolution and WIikes-Barre, Pa., mer Collegeof Business dean. The Quality 'Tve had a very exciting five years government relations work and will con­ forreducing the incidence of infections in Cup itself-a solid silver goblet suspended working with a dynamic leadership tinue his many community involve­ post-operative heart-surgery patients; atop a marble column-was designed and team," Robfogel noted. "We have a lot ments. The former Monroe County • Manufacturing-Iomega Corp., Roy, crafted by Leonard Urso, a sculptor, silver­ going for us as we move into the future, Democratic Party chairman also says he Utah, fordeveloping a more efficientproduct smith and professor in the School of and I am confident that the areas for intends to return to politics as "an active development cycle; and Longaberger Co., American Crafts. which I had responsibility will continue elder statesman." • Frazeysburg, Ohio, for implementinga new For more information, log onto method of material delivery into the manu­ www.qualitycup.org. • facturingprocess; "This is not only important for RIT, it's also • Service-Providian Financial Corp., San STARCenter (from page1) important foreconomic growth in the com­ Francisco, Calif., fordesigning initiatives that munity and the region," says Boyd. "We're reduced complaints and improved customer RIT women nominated In addition, the IT Collaboratorywillfocus excited to be working with Alfredand Buffalo retention; and on four areas of research: microsystems, pho­ in these high-potential areas. Our work will for accomplishments tonic systems, remote systems and fuel huge business and job opportunities in Two RIT faculty members were nominees high-bandwidth telecom networks. The Western New York. Microsystems technology Buckley wins for the firstIT Woman of the Yearaward S'D\RCenter includes partners Universityof will lead to many new products ranging from presented Buffaloand AlfredUniversity. RIT's team, information and telecommunication devices April 27 by the led by Firstin Class Director Donald Boyd, to health and safety applications to con­ Provost's Award Women's Council included faculty fromthe Chester R Carlson sumer electronics." This year's Richard and Virginia Eisenhart of the Greater Center for Imaging Science, Kate Gleason To see and hear the May 3 press confer­ Provost's Award forExcellence in Teaching Rochester Metro College of Engineering, the B. Thomas ence, go to http:/ /blade.rit.edu/nystar/. • goes to Larry Buckley,assistant professor in Chamber of Golisano College of Computing and the department Commerce. Information Sciences and the of biological sci­ Edith Lawson, College of Science. ences in the chair of informa­ Facilities that will contribute College of tion technology to the S'D\RCenter include: Science. in the B. Thomas • RIT: Laboratoryfor Sensor Buckley joined Edith Lawson Golisano College · Research, Laboratoryfor RIT in 1998, fol­ of Computing Advanced Spectral Sensing, lowing a postdoc­ and Information Sciences, and Carol Laboratory forImage Algorithms toral fellowship at Richardson, chair of electrical, computer and Systems, Microsystems the National and telecommunications engineering tech­ Fabrication Lab (which will be Museum of nology in the College of Applied Science doubled in size with a major building addition), and IT labs Natural History­ and Technology, were among 16 nominees • UB: Institute forLasers, Larry Buckley Smithsonian forthe award highlighting professional Photonics and Biophotonics Institutionin achievements and contributions advancing • Alfred:School of Ceramic women in the information technology field. Washington, D.C., where he worked in the Engineering and Material departmentof vertebrate zoology. "It was an honor to be one of the nomi­ Science Intentlisteners included (far right) Joseph Clayton, president ofNorth Buckley earned his doctorate in zoology nees forIT Woman of the Year and to share America,Global Crossing. and DonaldBoyd, IT Co/laboratory director. fromSouthern Illinois University at recognition with other outstanding women in the community for my accomplishments Carbondale, his master's in biology from SIU News & Eventsis produced biweekly by University News Services/University Publications. Please at Edwardsville,and his bachelor's in biology in RIT's informa­ send comments to News & Events, University News Services, Eastman Building, or call 475-5064 or at the University of Missouri. tion technology fax 475-5097. Editor: Vienna Carvalbo-McGrain Layout: Brenda Monahan Copy Editor: Susan The author of numerous publications, department," Murphy Contributing writers: Silandara Bartlett, Pam Carmichael, Vienna Carvalho-McGrain, Dave Buckley's research focuseson reptiles and says Lawson, Caspole, Laurie Maynard, Susan Murphy, Michael Saffran, Paul Stella Print Coordinator:Angela Holland amphibians, with emphasis on iguanid chair since 1996. When calling any campus number referred to in News & Events articles from off campus, use the lizards. As a scientist,he exploresherpetol­ "I hope this will 475-prefix. ogy and marnmology, evolutionarytheory, inspire young Look for News & Events at RIT On-Line: http://www.rit.edu/NewsEventson the World Wide Web. Send vertebrate evolution and biogeography,mol­ women to pur­ us e-mail at [email protected]. ecular systematics and evolution,compara­ sue opportuni­ tive anatomy and population genetics. ties in technical A firmbeliever in the value of fieldwork, fieldsand to Buckley's own research has taken him to the Carol Richardson aspire to future id 0 Great Smokey Mountains National Park, leadership roles." 0 ::i � (1) n Honduras, the YucatanPeninsula of Mexico At RIT, Lawson taught at the National 8-- � (1) r' ::r and Panama. Technical Institute for the Deaf and in com­ "' 0 .....Cll � "Field labs are essential if students are to puter science before joining the informa­ •�"I a CJ' rD understand the research component of mod­ tion technology department in 1994. '"I � � .... em scientific inquiry,"Buckley says. "It has Richardson began her career in 1967 as (1) .....Cll= been my own experience that, if done cor­ an electrical engineer designing radios for ,...., a .... � � § ...... rectly,students enjoy and learna great deal spacecraft. She came to RIT in 1978, helped (.)O� ..... rD about the discipline, their own interests and develop the university's telecommunica­ 0"1 0 their abilities, fromfield studies." tions engineering technology program, the g;(.)0 0::::· ...., (1) z Biological computingalso has played a firstin the nation accredited by the n;;3 significantrole in Buckley's professional Accreditation Board forEngineering and � development. Technology in 1989, and became depart­ 0 "With the explosive increase in the scope ment chair in 1995. 0 f/'J and power of biological computing, it is "It was exciting to be part of that group � imperative that students have the opportu­ of outstanding women nominated for the Ro nity to become competent in biological com­ award," Richardson says. puting, in order to gain experienceboth in The award went to Barbara Kunkel, the acquisition of knowledge and in its director of informationtechnology at the practicalapplications," Buckley says. • law firm,Nixon Peabody LLP. • rt- f/'J Ruth Lunt Ruth Lunt, poet and retired RIT librarian, passed away April 30 after a long battle with cancer. She served at RlT from 1964 to 1992. To celebrate Lunt's life,a candle­ light celebration will be held at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 8, with a service at Hopkins Point Lodge, Mendon Ponds Park. 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