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A Leader in Sustainability How RIT Is Making the World Greener for the Next Generation The University Magazine Spring 2013 A Leader in Sustainability How RIT is making the world greener for the next generation Photography alumni document hope A new approach to science education Containing the cost of higher ed It’s always a good exercise to examine the family budget and see where potential cuts can be made or new thinking can be applied to strengthen your nances. At RIT, our scal health is very strong, but the same logic applies. Our overall scal health enables us to explore new educational paradigms and possible cost- cutting and revenue-generating models from a position of strength. In the past year, we’ve asked campuswide committees to study and make recommendations to improve our operating ecien- cies in areas of employee benets, information technology, procurement of goods and services, and organization structure. Our goal is to nd $3 million in the coming scal year by reducing administrative costs and/or increasing revenue RIT: e University Magazine outside of tuition increases. Executive Editors Why cost-containment eorts now? Deborah M. Stendardi Government and Community Relations Undergraduate tuition at U.S. colleges and Bob Finnerty ’07, University News Services universities has been increasing at twice the Editor rate of ination for 25 years. Mindy Mozer, University News Services Last year, four-year private colleges and Contributing Editors universities increased their tuition rates by Lisa Cauda, Development and Alumni Relations more than 4 percent on average, yet took in Kelly Redder, Alumni Relations Craig Smith, Development less money per student on average than the Cindy Sobieraj, Development and Alumni Relations year before due to discount rates. Alumni Relations Sta We have reached the limit of how much Art Director more families can aord to pay for a college President Bill Destler addresses the RIT community. Colleen McGuinness-Clarke ’87, ’08 University Publications education, and we must try to bring our an- Designers: University Publications nual tuition increases down closer to the rate of ination. Je Arbegast ’93 We need to protect the quality of the educational experience and the quality of student life Alexander Gartley ’07 for our students. Michael Mooney ’85 In recent years, RIT has done a better job of holding down tuition hikes, including a 3.8 Photographer percent increase this past year. Our goal for this fall is to keep the annual tuition increase to 3.5 A. Sue Weisler ’93, University News Services percent or less. Here is a sample of some of the actions that will help us keep tuition increases Writers: University News Services Scott Bureau ’11 closer to ination: Michelle Cometa ’00 • Each university vice president will nd a 1 percent reduction in his or her administrative Susan Gawlowicz ’95 budgets. Rich Kiley Greg Livadas • Dependent tuition benets for undergraduate students enrolled at RIT will be limited to Vienna McGrain ’12 145 semester hours per dependent. is will still ensure a reasonable amount of time to Marcia Morphy graduate. Ellen Rosen Kelly Sorensen • We will adopt an “inside RIT rst” mindset in areas of food catering, printing and sup- Copy Editor plies in areas of procurement. Marie Lang, University News Services • Energy consumption reductions will be implemented, including the replacement of Print Production 18,000 uorescent light bulbs with LED xtures. Brenda Monahan, University Publications Perhaps the most controversial decision is to begin charging faculty, sta and students for University News Services parking on campus for the very rst time starting on July 1. e annual fees range from $50 to 132 Lomb Memorial Drive $150. e costs of providing parking are real, and most of the costs of our parking operations Rochester, NY 14623-5608 Voice: 585-475-5064 are borne by students via tuition.Visitor parking will remain free. Fax: 585-475-5097 e $3 million in projected savings and additional revenue will mostly be used to keep Email: [email protected] tuition increases moderate, while a portion will be used for some new initiatives. Oce of Alumni Relations I thought that you, members of the RIT family, should understand where we stand nancial- Crossroads 41 Lomb Memorial Drive ly within our $666.1 million annual operating budget at a time when the university continues Rochester, NY 14623-5603 Voice: 585-475-ALUM, Toll Free: 866-RIT-ALUM to be on a very positive trajectory. By numerous measures—undergraduate applications, SAT TTY: 585-475-2764, Fax: 585-475-5308 scores, student selectivity, major gis—RIT is extremely healthy. Let’s stay t and lean. E-mail: [email protected] Cordially yours, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, publishes e University Magazine. RIT does not discriminate. RIT promotes and values diversity within its workforce and provides equal op- portunity to all qualied individuals regardless of race, Bill Destler color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, President national origin, veteran status, or disability. www.rit.edu/president Vol.15, No.1, 106M-P1363-3/2013-LANE-CMcGC P.S.: Please join me Saturday, May 4, for Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Printer: e Lane Press; Burlington, Vermont © 2013 Rochester Institute of Technology Festival. Our festival is now in its sixth year, establishing itself as a community tradition. All rights reserved Visit rit.edu/imagine to learn more about the nearly 400 exhibits. 2 | WINTER 2011-12 The University Magazine Spring 2013 A new approach to science education 8 teaches critical thinking along with biology. Seven photography alumni document How did RIT in less than 10 years create a world-class research and education hub for sustainability, 12 hope in struggling parts of the world. 18 establish one of the rst doctoral programs in sustainability and open a new building lled with cutting- edge technology that serves as a classroom? Read how one man’s vision became a reality. Departments Other Features 2 Letters 3 How to make a project awesome 4 On Campus Alumnus Erhardt Grae ’06, ’07 provides his ve key qualities of awesome. 30 Tiger Talk 23 A living laboratory 36 Alumni Activities A graphic details the new home of Golisano Institute for Sustainability. 38 Class Notes 29 From farmworker to advocate Meet the winner of the 2012 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. Cover Photo illustration of Michele Goe, a third-year Ph.D. 33 Signing sensation uses stardom to educate candidate in sustainability, walking by the green wall grown for the new Sustainability Institute Hall with her Lydia Callis ’10 hopes to bridge the gap between hearing and deaf cultures. 2-year-old daughter, Boe Yee Chan. Goe says she is study- ing sustainability because she is interested in making sure 40 Best ‘bad day’ leads to love people have access to a healthy environment. (Photos by A new feature proles one of the more than 4,600 RIT alumni couples. A. Sue Weisler. Illustration by Je Arbegast) Letters Memories of an RIT professor Day—he liked the art students to show o to In addition, I chose to do an independent the machine papermakers. I usually took a study on the concept of dye resist qualities of couple of other textile students with me and dierent papers (basically testing papers to see we made all kinds of cool and fun things with how they would adapt to the batik process). the paper pulp. Professor Brown was always eager to see what Joe was my rst introduction to RIT and I was doing and the progress I was making from that I knew that my experience there with my research. He was an exceptional men- was going to be dierent and special. Joe tor. Finally, he was very helpful to the Genesee Brown will truly be missed! Valley Calligraphy Guild, of which I have been Janelle Delicata ’83 (weaving and textile design) a member for approximately 25 years. He of- fered tours and workshops in papermaking to I had Joe Brown for my freshman paper guild members and encouraged their experi- class in 1976-1977 and was amazed at how he ments with inks on various paper surfaces. could make what would seem like a mundane He will truly be missed. subject so intriguing! I had never before Kathie (Steinke) Lyke ’80 (printing management) thought to analyze a ream of copy paper... Joseph Brown, professor emeritus in the School of In seriousness, he was excellent at what he We welcome letters on subjects covered in the Printing, died Feb. 27, 2012. Brown joined RIT in 1958, taught and gave me a thorough perspective magazine and of broad interest to our readers. We teaching paper technology and hand papermaking. of the myriad papers on the market, which edit for space, clarity and style. Write to The University He was awarded the Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching came in very handy as my rst ve years Magazine, University News Services, Rochester Institute Award in 1989-1990 and served as chairman of RIT’s aer graduation were spent as a publications of Technology, 132 Lomb Memorial Drive—Brown Hall, Faculty Council. He was a Peace Corps volunteer. Brown director/print buyer for two Rochester-area Rochester, NY 14623. Email can be sent to umagwww@ retired from RIT in 1992. colleges. rit.edu. I wanted to share my memories of Joe Brown. I had just moved to Rochester to start my MFA in textiles at the School for American Cras. Being a textile person, I had tried It’s YOUR many “textile” media, including papermak- Alumni Network ing, and sported a bumper sticker on my car / Connect with classmates with that read “Papermakers Get Felt Between the Tiger Locator. e Sheets”—something you do in hand- / Network with more than 111,000 fellow graduates.
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