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COB launches new Nathaniel Rochester Society honors Briggs with award e-commerce certificate A third-generation member of RIT's Board award is the society's highest honor, recog establishment in 1991, the Briggs RIT is ready to connect students with the of Trustees is this year's recipient of the nizing individuals who have contributed to Scholarship has supported 46 students. future of commerce. The New York State Nathaniel Rochester Society Award. the advancement of RIT in an outstanding An avid rower during his high school and Department of Education has approved a and significant manner. college years, Briggs has also roused interest plan by the College of Business to offer an "It is the remarkable people associated in RIT's crew. His support enabled crew to undergraduate certificate in e-business. with RIT that makes involvement with the become a varsity sport by helping to consti The certificate program-the first of its university so stimulating and worthwhile," tute a boathouse for the crew team. Briggs' kind locally-will begin this fall. Briggs remarked afterwards. "Couple these contributions, along with that of fellow "The Internet is changing the way the people with RIT's compelling educational trustee Thomas Gosnell, were instrumental world does business," says Victor Perotti, mission and you have one of the best in helping to construct a boathouse. assistant professor of management infor investments-of both money and time Since being elected to the Board of mation systems. "Our academic strategy that anyone can make, with huge returns Trustees in 1990, Briggs has chaired sev needs to change with it." for both RIT and for the giver." eral board committees including the Last year, Perotti joined a team of fac Briggs and his wife, Nancy, have gener - Student Life Committee. He has served on ulty and industry experts to develop the ously supported many RIT programs numerous board committees and was a program's curriculum. State officials through the years. Among their notable member of the RIT Presidential Search granted their approval last month. contributions is an endowed scholarship. Committee in 1991. "We're now prepared to provide today's Each year, the Briggs Scholarship Fund Briggs, a native of Pittsford, is the business professionals with the knowledge benefits a number of full-time undergradu retired vice president of marketing for the they need to participate in this electronic ate students who demonstrate academic former Lawyers Co-operative Publishing revolution," Perotti explains. excellence and financial need. Since its Co. He and his wife live in Naples. Thee-business certificate is a six-course program that focuses on the business-to business aspects of electronic commerce. Students will complete four required Trustees take a broad look at RIT courses and two electives. The program is geared toward professionals with marketing President Albert Simone said the Board problem-RIT's undergraduate gradua or technology backgrounds and individu of Trustees meeting July 13-14 was, in tion rate of slightly over 57 percent is als with new e-business responsibilities in Joseph Briggs, pictured here with his wife, Nancy, many respects, "a mosaic ofRIT." Topics below the minimum expected gradua e workplace. was recently-honored-at the Nathaniel Roehester dealing with student attrition, diversity, fion rate of 66 percent and lower than er Gala. Courses are being offered on campus. Society Summ size and quality, First in Class, and the our competitors. Mayberry said the pri An online (distance learning) option will capital campaign are all interrelated and mary cause of attrition and dissatisfac be available by winter quarter. For more Joseph Briggs received the NRS Award together form a cohesive whole, he tion is student perception of the campus information, contact student services in last month during a ceremony at the explained. environment. She mentioned the task the College of Business at 5-6085. Country Club of Rochester. The annual The president stressed that everything force has set a graduation rate goal of 75 begins and ends with students. "We percent to be reached within eight years judge ourselves by the students coming of implementing an action plan. NOT FOR HUMAN in and going out, and by their achieve "RIT will not meet its targeted gradu CONSUMPTION .. . For the ments as alumni over their lives and ation rate and the accompanying level 13th year, RIT hosted the careers after RIT." Here are highlights of Pre-freshman Engineering the meeting. Continued on page 3 Program for area middle and high-school students, Attrition July 10-21. Twenty-six stu Simone reported that attrition is too dents visited campus daily high. Kit Mayberry, associate provost $400K funds new for hands-on activities for academic programs, who chairs the aimed at building interest retention task force, said the group, in engineering-related stud appointed by the president, has been hearing technology ies. Shown here, students mix concrete, similar to working over the past year to determine the causes and remedies for attrition. The U.S. Department of Education has what's used by RIT students awarded the National Technical Institute to build concrete canoes, in Mayberry said, based on the report, the RIT's civil engineering labo Task Force accepted the president's for the Deaf a $400,000 grant to develop ratory. Also, students toured characterization of retention as a speech-recognition computers to aid Mobil Chemical Co. in deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the Macedon and Gleason classroom. Works in Rochester. The two-year project will increase class room participation among deaf and hard of-hearing students by providing a real-time speech-to-text transcription system, help EPA partnership to focus on life-cycle design ing students follow classroom interaction. As discussions or lectures take place, a RIT's National Center for Remanufacturing the generation of more and more material hearing intermediary, or captionist, will and Resource Recovery (NCR') will soon waste. Waste that society has to pay to get dictate the teacher's and class members' begin a "regenerative design" project for rid of," Nasr adds, both in terms of resources comments via a stenomask into the the Environmental Protection Agency, needed for proper handling and disposal, speech recognition system in the com announces Nabil Nasr, director of NCR'. and the loss of value added during product puter, which will convert the dictated The EPA has contracted with NCR' to creation. words into text. The text file will be stored develop a set of practical tools for product/ Building a complete life-cycle plan into in the computer and accessible to stu process designers to make parts and prod a product's design ultimately solves pollu dents and teachers. ucts more reusable and remanufacturable. tion and waste stockpiling. Often called Says Michael Stinson, professor in NTID's Using "build for department of research, "This system will "regenerative reuse," allow interpreters, teachers' aides, notetak design," a Building a complete life-cycle plan the idea of ers, and others to produce text that follows strategy wringing the speech of the classroom teacher, thus developed at into a product's design ultimately solves every last enhancing the participation and compre NCR', mini pollution and waste stockpiling. drop of use hension rates of deaf and hard-of-hearing mizes envi fulness from students to that of their hearing peers." ronmental parts makes GOOD 'TIL THE LAST DROP . .. RJT's newest This new system follows logically from impacts sense in a students tasted college life last month during the C-Print® project, also developed at throughout product life cycles, explains world of finite resources and overloaded Orientation 2000. Nearly 1,300 incoming freshmen NTID. C-Print is a transcription system Nasr. A product life cycle includes raw disposal facilities. stayed overnight in the residence halls, met with that specially trained captionists use to financial is a powerful prod their academic advisors, learned about as they happen, material acquisition and processing, man "Regenerative design aid and leaving home for the first time, and made type lectures or discussions ufacturing, use and service, reclamation uct-design approach that can help move new friends. Here, one new student, already donned displaying them for deaf students in text efforts and end-of-life management. our economy onto a more sustainable in RIT attire, takes a break from her busy orientation format on a laptop computer or television "In an expanding economy, we have path," says Nasr. schedule to enjoy an ice cream treat. monitor in the classroom. 2 News & Events August 3, 2000 RIT design students help decide Webb renovations

a lack of state-of input from interior design professionals. "They got a real feeling of community the-art media capa "They were particularly professional in service," Lewis explains. "They knew bilities. So when it what they set out to do and how they pre something needed to be done, and they came time to find sented themselves," Lewis notes. ''I'm very could make a contribution to benefit cur some solutions, proud of that." rent students and those that come here Lawson knew he Sorting through all the information over the next 30 years." had resources avail gathered was a lot of work, but Calabria Calabria agrees, "Having the chance to able on campus. says the hardest part was illustrating what make a change in our school that is going "He asked if any they had learned. Her team decided to to be long lasting is what makes me the students would be create a 3-D model. most proud." interested in helping "It was very time consuming because out," explains we were working on such a small scale," Chuck Lewis, chair she says. "Creating all those tiny chairs of the industrial was especially challenging. It was a lot of Student's work in and interior design trial and error, and we had to kind of fudge department. things from time to time. We just wanted national film fest Creating a model illustrating suggested renovations to Webb Auditorium was a Lewis set up an to make it as good as possible, knowing independent-study that a lot of important people were going time-consuming part of the students' proposal. The tiny chairs, seen at the bottom The creativity of a recent RIT graduate is project for his stu to see it." right corner, were particularly difficult to create, the students say. turning heads. For the second straight dents and helped Their efforts are paying off. Renovations year, a film by Jason Donati was accepted guide them along to the auditorium will likely be completed at the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Four interior design students are truly the way. The group conducted surveys, by the end of summer. When they return leaving their mark on RIT. sampling comments from faculty mem from break, students will see how their Carly Calabria and three of her fellow bers who use the facility, and compared ideas look in life-size form. It's a tremen juniors took part in an ambitious project the auditorium to other lecture rooms on dous boost to their career aspirations, but last winter. Their mission: draft a proposal campus. In addition, the students sought their professor knows there's more. for administrators regarding the redesign of Webb Auditorium. "We weren't expecting that they would do anything we suggested," Calabria Orientation program gets new leader recalled. Instead, the final layout includes a Sarah Whiffen, formerly assistant director of first year, while offering viable suggestions on number of features the group proposed, residential education in the Center for how families can play a role in their child's including recommendations for seating Residence Life, has been appointed orienta life even if they aren't with them everyday. upholstery and carpeting. Calabria, who tion coordinator in the Center for Student She also plans to expand the family/parent worked with fellow students Susan Dodds, Transition and Support. programs and add a section for siblings. Tony Chiapone and Rebecca Gilbride, is "Students transitioning pleased with the results so far. into the RIT community "It's rewarding to see them utilize some come with such unique of our ideas as part of the final design," needs. Orientation is their she says. first 'in-depth' look at our There has been little argument over the community," says Whiffen. need for renovations to Webb Auditorium. "It's the first chance they get Located in the Frank E. Gannett Building, to mingle with other stu the facility has never been upgraded in its dents and gain a true under - Jason Donati, pictured here, says RIT's computer ani 30-year existence. standing of all the great ser- mation program allowed him to grow as an artist. "We recognized that the space needed vices that we have to offer." Festival. The annual event was held last to be upgraded," says Scott Lawson, asso Whiffen began her month in New Orleans. ciate director of space planning and man career at RIT in 1993 as a "SIGGRAPH is pretty much the be-all agement and institute architect. "It was resident director and area end-all of computer animation festivals," kind of tired." coordinator. Donati says. "You're competing with Lawson indicated that many problems "We are delighted to have entries like Star Wars, so you're competing exist with the auditorium, including bro a skilled and seasoned pro Sarah Whiffen, center, shares a laugh with student orientation staff with the best of the best." ken seats, poor acoustics and lighting, and fessional familiar with RIT members Valerie Sirianni and Mike Sawner. Donati's entry, Evil I, was produced as and well respected by stu his thesis project in computer animation. In her new position, Whiffen will be dents to head our orientation program," says The three-and-a-half minute film explores responsible for designing, coordinating and John Weas, assistant to the vice president for surveillance and technology and the role implementing quarterly orientation pro student affairs. "Sarah's enthusiasm for new they play in the workplace. His entry from grams for new students and their families. In students and their families is exceptional and last year, Head Quarters, was one of 40 addition, Whiffen will create orientation is sure to be beneficial as we strive to en films accepted at the festival from among newsletters and other materials, and provide hance RIT's orientation program." Web site information. Her other responsibili 800 entries. Donati graduated this year with his ties will include supervising a student volun master's degree. He now works as a digital teer team and supporting the First-Year animator for Animation Technologies in Experience program. During her tenure Whiffen plans to focus Boston. on students' experiences and expectations throughout their first year at RIT in order to build strong connections with the university for students and their families. She intends to Science camp to teach send home information on issues and con environmental science cerns students traditionally face during their

High school seniors from the Rochester Collaborative forum City School District and Brooklyn Tech will The RIT New Product Development learn about a hot field during a new envi Forum is addressing a growing dissat ronmental science summer camp at RIT isfaction about how new products Aug. 6-12. and services are brought to market. As many as 20 high school students will Bausch & Lomb Inc., Gleason Works, explore environmental science through dis Goulds Pump/ITT, eve, Exxon-Mobil, cussion and hands-on-experience. Field Kodak Polychrome Graphics and based projects will give students a new understanding of environmental issues. Menthol by Anne Ullman-Stoecker Pulsafeeder Inc. have become the first area firms to join this collaborative. "Here's an opportunity for students to "All of these companies share a have initial career exposure to environ Web site of the month common core set of problems,'' mental science," says Ann Howard, profes sor of environmental studies. "The idea of explains John Ettlie, research profes Some of the best work by RIT photography sor and director of RIT's Technology matching students from Brooklyn Tech students has found a home on the Internet. Management Center. "We are in this THANKFULLY, MOUSE NOT INCLUDED ... and RCSD intrigues me a great deal. The School of Photographic Arts and for the long haul." Students in the course, Design for Manufacturing I think a lot of learning will go on." Sciences, in conjunction with Ettlie says the forum i1? negotiating and Assembly, were challenged to build race cars The idea for the camp grew from con powered only by common mouse traps. Competing SpecialtyArts.Com, launched the Awards with other companies interested in versations between faculty at Brooklyn recently in the CIMS Building lobby, students tried Tech, a specialized high school for stu Program 2000. Under the supervision of joining the effort. Professor Andrew Davidhazy, the program to make their cars travel the farthest distance. While dents interested in science and technol In June, nearly 100 people some of the cars rolled a few inches forward, the highlights the creativity of several RIT attended the first open meeting winning car traveled 35 feet. Shown here is Matt ogy, and John Waud, director of environ students during a three-month online which addressed the "fuzzy front end" Mahonski,fifth-year mechanical engineering tech mental science at RIT. Faculty members exhibition. of new product development. Guest nology major, moments after he triggered the mouse from Brooklyn Tech will teach the camp trap that sent his car rolling away. The mouse trap Currently, the Awards Program 2000 fea speakers Ivy Eisenberg from Bell sessions with Howard and Waud. powered cars were among RIT student engineering "The purpose of this summer camp is tures images captured by Chris Donovan, Atlantic and Scott Ulnick of Ducker Hyosub Shin, and Anne Ullman-Stoecker. and engineering technology projects on display at not only to excite students about environ Research Inc. discussed strategies for the Strong Museum exhibit, Contraptions, in June. The exhibition can be accessed at turning concepts into reality. Others include the "moon buggy" and mini-Baja mental science, but also to make them feel www.SpecialtyArts.Com. Click on cars, a "journey robot" and last year's prize-winning comfortable and welcome on RIT's campus," Emerging Artists Page. Formula-SAE car. Waud says. August 3, 2000 News & Events 3

Administration Circle RIT trustees elect two new members renovation update Two new members "team." Burke, a of the program committee from 1994-96. Renovations of Lomb Memorial Drive and of the RIT Board fourth-generation Burke, a graduate ofWilliam Smith College, the administration circle have resulted in the holds a bachelor's degree in psychology. of Trustees were member of the immediate and permanent redirection of elected at the July board of trustees, As manager of APEX, Ting oversees and commercial and service traffic from the area. meeting: Nancy also served as vice delivers a program that helps top-level According to William Batcheller, direc Hathaway Burke, president and executives enhance their effectiveness as tor of business services, "The goal is to president of the membership chair leaders. She also serves as coaching-and have the front entrance of campus be Women's Council person for the feedback manager and trains in the lead more representative of the university and ofRIT and Sharon Women's Council. ership development program. the needs of today's activities." Ting, manager She and her hus Ting was formerly executive vice president Work on Lomb Memorial Drive will take for the Awareness band, Joe, a gradu of a public benefit corporation responsible Nancy Burke Sharon Ting place one side at a time to allow for vehic Program for ate of RIT's College for both line and staff functions. She man ular access to the administration circle. Executive Excellence (APEX) at the Center of Business, are members of the Nathaniel aged the design, construction and financing All traffic servicing the buildings adjacent for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C. Rochester Society's President's Circle and of healthcare facilities throughout New York. to the administration circle and academic Burke's mother, Mary Lu Brooke, has have been active in NRS for several years She received a bachelor's degree from the core of the campus are being directed to one been a member of the board since 1976, serving on the program and nominating State University of New York at Albany and of two loading docks (food service and the making this the first mother/daughter committees; they served as chairpersons an MBA from Wake Forest University. bookstore) located on the south side of the Student Alumni Union. Individuals may coordinate use of these are performing at higher competitive levels Research and Mack Truck. There are cur facilities by contacting Phil Moffett, book Trustee meeting wrap up than in 1995. rently no partners at the strategic level. store dock, 5-5322 or Gary Gasper, food from page 1 Miller said that RIT's programs position Capital Campaign Update service dock, 5-2346. the university well for the future. "We are Laurel Price Jones, vice president for Deliveries to the Gannett Building load of student success if we follow a 'business outperforming the market and will con development and alumni relations, out ing dock (off of Lomb Memorial Drive) will as usual' course," explained Mayberry. tinue to do so. These indicators and RIT's lined progress to date on planning for the continue to provide service to that building. "New initiatives, new attitudes, new market position confirm the feasibility of capital campaign. A campaign steering Batcheller says a new service entrance at expectations, and new assessment mea increasing undergraduate full-time enroll committee of trustees has been established the south side of the Student Alumni Union sures will need to be developed to help ment between 18-24 percent ifwe elect to and an institutional needs assessment is 95 building will be constructed as a first priority. us reach our ambitious goal." Simone do so. RIT has the ability to simultaneously percent complete. Its most important ele "This will be suitable for vehicles of service added that one strategy to help reten ments include continued improvement in vendors and physical plant, mail services tion is the new First Year Enrichment/ the quality of students, improved student and other campus service fleet." Wellness program beginning this fall for The president stressed that retention, recruitment of faculty in strategic A new parking lot and expansion of some existing parking aisles will be made all entering freshmen. everything begins and ends areas, expansion of curriculum and degree New College programs, and new construction and adjacent to this service entrance to RIT has an impressive array of infor with students. equipment. Identification of campaign pri accommodate short-term service parking. mation technology and related programs orities, derived from the needs assessment, Exceptions to this new delivery/service cutting across every college and several continues and is expected to be finalized in routing will be made on a case-by-case non-college centers and divisions-from the near future. basis. Requests should be directed to Gary increase its enrollment, improve diversity Caton, Campus Safety, 5-6006, as far in computer science and digital publishing and enhance selectivity. However, RIT's to bioinformatics and new media. There advance as possible. optimal size has not yet been determined. are 3,000 students majoring in computer If we elect to pursue such growth, the and information fields across campus. process will involve making choices." Student's work submitted for patent According to Simone, growth in these Miller added that RIT wants to achieve areas, along with the proposed Infor a strategic balance in quality and size A College of Science student has found handles, video cartridges and CD holders. mation Technology Collaboratory (a facil based on: demographics, labor force more than work experience while co-oping "The process washes plastics in a food ity dedicated to education and training, needs, competition, RIT's mission and with RIT's National Center for Remanu additive," notes Nulwala, who holds a applied research and technology transfer) values, internal capacity/controls, First in facturing and Resource Recovery. Hunaid diploma in polymer technology and a anclprnposecinew-.businessJncubator, Class/new programs/ retention ancn1et Nulwala; with-me-hetp of-supervisor and commerce degree from his homelami of have led to talk of a new college, the tuition opportunities. mentor Newton Pakistan. College of Computing and Commun First in Class Green, has developed With a goal of ications Technology. Such a college Don Boyd, associate provost for out a process that could working at DuPont would make it easier for RIT to market its reach programs and director of First in help both industry someday, Nulwala's programs to students and employers. Class (FIC), outlined current projects in and the environ fascination with Diversity imaging and publishing (imaging science ment. The university polymers fits the bill. Keith Jenkins, assistant provost for diver and graphic communications); informa has applied for a And in the growing sity, outlined his plans for 2000--01. There tion technology (IT lab, e-learning systems patent covering his world of"re-use," will be a focus on faculty and staff initia and bioinformatics); and design, develop development. jobs are out there for tives such as completing an AAHANA ment and manufacturing (remanufacturing "This process can professionals who (African American, Hispanic American and and resource recovery, electronic systems clean and restore understand the life Native American) salary study, enhancing design and manufacturing, micro-electro many of the plastics cycle of thermo the orientation/training/mentoring mechanical systems {MEMS}/ micro-optics in use today," plastics which can process, and establishing an advisory com systems technology {MOST} and elec Nulwala says. The be "downcycled" up mittee to assist in developing a compre tronic manufacturing and assembly). trick to reclaiming to 12 times before hensive recruitment and retention plan. Boyd also discussed the FICpartnership worn, discolored ending up inciner Jenkins wants to enhance support for program and its three levels: associates, or scored plastics ated or landfilled. AAHANA students through a family participating and strategic (president's relies on a common "This is another success program, challenge program (a program). organic chemical, example of how our pre-college bridge program for entering Partners in the associates program not water, he work at NCR' is so freshmen), study groups/study sessions/ include Microsoft, Minolta and George explains. Polymer chemistry student Hunaid Nulwala sees his rewarding," says tutoring and mentoring programs. Washington University. Program sponsors In fact, water future in plastics, thanks in part to a patentable Green. "Not only He explained that AAHANA students' process he discovered. at the participating level include Sun makes matters do we develop needs would be best met through a center Microsystems, NASA, Boeing, Eastman worse, a significant point when it comes to processes with beneficial environmental of support allowing them physical space Kodak Co., ITT, Xerox Corp., Corning, Agfa, maintaining plastics in bullet-proof cars, impact, we help students like Hunaid needed for all recommended programs Xeikon, Heidelberg, Office of Naval precision-molded parts, even gas pump develop themselves professionally." and to better congregate and connect with faculty and staff. Jenkins also wants to continue "celebration of performance projects," which serve to positively honor, affirm and reinforce academic excellence. Kite master, counselor creates brilliant designs Size/Quality Vice President for Enrollment A man . . . a design ... a sewing machine. our students' performance. But Management and Career Services Jim The rest is history, as they say-and the on the weekends and evenings, Miller said full-time residential (excluding fascinating hobby of Dave Watson, coun my kite flying really takes me students on co-op) undergraduate enroll selor in the Office of Special Services in away. It's a creative release." ment from 1994-99 increased 18.1 per RIT's Learning Development Center, and He has designed and created cent; freshmen enrollment increased 41 master kite maker. over 200 nylon kites using a percent; and new students (freshmen and Watson discovered kites nearly 18 years Singer sewing machine set up in transfers) grew by 25.2 percent. During the ago when he pulled into a parking lot at his spare room at home-and his same period there has been a 43 percent Monroe Community College one afternoon wife just leaves him to his craft. increase in incoming AAHANA students, to watch a group of people flying kites. He Watson estimates that it takes 52 percent increase in international stu spent two weekends watching and talking him between 150 and 175 hours dents and 32 percent increase in women. to the kite enthusiasts, and then went to build the larger kites that mea According to Miller, programs with the home and made his first kite. Now Watson sure 9 feet by 12 feet. He believes largest growth from 1994-99 have been regularly flies his kites around town and is that his kites are built stronger information technology, computer science known around the country for creating that those sold commercially. Dave Watson finds conditions favorable for flying one of his and management information systems. brilliant kite designs. And according to Watson, a lot brilliant creations. While enrollment keeps increasing the "Designing, building and flying kites of other people think so, too. In quality of freshmen continues to improve, is my creative outlet," he says. "In my 9- fact, Watson was able to purchase his first says. "Every stitch is well thought out and said Miller. This fall, the mean freshmen to-5 job, I get the opportunity to work with home computer with money earned by sell sewn carefully." SAT score will be 1200, compared to a all kinds of students as a special services ing his colorful creations. Watson says the best part of his hobby national score of 1016. Miller stated that counselor. I try to be creative at work by 'Tm really proud of the fact that it takes is that all it takes is patience and practice. the SAT scores of all RIT academic clusters offering alternative suggestions to improve me such a long time to make my kites," he "That's why it's so fun." 4 News & Events August 3, 2000

Class of 2000 retirees celebrate at Liberty Hill 40Years • Damon Betlow, software specialist, • Albert Simone, president, was the distin News and Events honors the following Educational Technology Center, presented guished guest speaker earlier iliis year at the individuals who retired during the Chris Nilsen, Robert Day "Closed Captioning for the Web" at the New annual dinner of tile Rochester Engineering 1999-2000 academic year with more than 30Years Media Center's Five Minutes of Fame session Society Inc. held at tile Rochester Riverside 20 years of service to RIT. "Class of 2000" Lodewyk Boyon, Dane Gordon, Thomas in June at a summer conference at the Convention Center. retirees celebrated with past retirees at the Upson, John Humphries, Ellen Covert, University ofVirginia. • Alan Singer, associate professor, College of annual awards ceremony and picnic at Robert Nesmith, Douglas Coffey, Ross • Andrew Davidhazy, professor, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, recently served on Liberty Hill on June 21. Stuckless, Robert Ellson, Frederick Bleiler, Imaging Arts and Sciences, recently partici a jury iliat selected 83 artists for an interna Peter Giopulos, Florene pated in a pair of international exhibitions. In tional show, "Focus on Nature," for the New Hughes, Sheila Reasoner, the Canary Islands, Spain, his figure pho York State Museum in Albany. Singer's own James Campbell, Essie tographs from "The Phoenix Process" high paintings were chosen from among 1,000 Nelson, Robert Dunne, lighted a one-person exhibit that also works featured in the Everson Biennial, which Jane Bolduc, Louis included his peripheral portraits. He also opened in Syracuse earlier this year. Andolino, Mary Ann Coe exhibited his work in a group show in Buenos • Brian Snee, associate professor, College of 20Years Aires, Argentina. Liberal Arts, won 41 videotapes in C-Span's James Jensen, Dorothy • Michael Kleper, professor, National American Presidents: Life Portraits documen Hicks, James Palmer, Technical Institute for the Deaf Digital tary series, part of C-Span's Faculty Develop Anthony Finks, Marilyn Imaging and Publishing Technology; was the ment grant. Snee and colleague, Grant Cos, Enders, Douglas Sigler, invited expert opponent in a Ph.D. tl1esis submitted a syllabus and course proposal for Elizabeth Ewell, Sheila defense on the subject of digital workflow. "Special Topics: Political Communication" Halton, Lauren Barrows, The public exanlination was held at the Royal requiring students to use tile series for histor Carmella Chamot, Douglas Institute of Technology in Stockholm, ical context, rhetorical analysis and research. Wachter, Elaine Hillen, Sweden. • Josef Torok, associate professor of John Sherrick, Bonita • Elizabetll O'Brien, professor, National mechanical engineering, wrote the textbook Salem, Raymond Woerner, Technical Institute for the Deaf English Analytical Mechanics with an Introduction to Bernard Isselhardt, Department, is president-elect of the Dynamical Systems. The book provides dis Chris Nilsen, left, mechanical engineering professor, accepts a gift from RIT Christine Degolyer, Karen Convention of American Instructors of the cussions on tile principles of analytical President Albert Simone. Robert Day, right, Student Alumni Union catering Steitler, Jean DeBuck, Deaf (CAID), an organization providing sup mechanics and computer simulation of equa manager, relaxes at the retiree picnic with Jim Bingham, food service director. Bobette Warner, Albert port for teachers across the United States. tions of motions. Torok has been on tile RIT Chapman CAID publishes the American Annals of the faculty since 1986. Deaf O'Brien will become president in 2001. • Joseph Voelkel, graduate program chair, • Robert Paine, professor, College of John D. Hromi Center for Quality and Applied Science, recently presented "Distance Statistics, Kate Gleason College of Clip-and-save RIT telephone Learning/ Multi Media Chemistry Courses at Engineering, has been elected a Fellow in tile RIT," at Northwestern University's second American Society for Quality (ASQ). Voelkel book corrections for 2000 annual teaching symposium. Paine, a fea was elected to this honorary position based tured speaker, discussed the history and suc on his long involvement in the statistics divi In the following additions and cess ofRIT's distance learning chemistry sion of ASQ and his efforts at RIT in helping changes to the "2K" campus direc courses, labs created to support these classes, to provide high-quality statistical education tory, new information is in bold type. the effective use of multi-media presentation for engineers. To assist in data gathering for future and the future of teaching chemistry through • William Walence, chair of health systems directories, faculty and staff are distance learning. administration, Center for Multidisciplinary asked to update their records on the • Michael Savka, professor, College of Studies, was appointed to a two-year term on Web at www.rit.edu/Phone/. Science, received funding from the 1999-2000 tile New York State Board for Professional Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines Faculty Development Medical Conduct. The board investigates Redmore, Joanne Murabito Grant to attend the American Society of Plant complaints of misconduct against physicians [email protected] HELP FOR RIT PHOTO STUDENTS ... RJT's School Physiologists meeting in San Diego and to and physician assistants that may result in I 038 Gannett ofPhotographic Arts and Sciences received a $25,000 support his research in plant-genetic engi warnings, license revocation or suspension, endowment, giving financial assistance to minority neering. Savka's research explores interac censure, fines or oilier disciplinary action. Spiwak, Carol 5-7644 students. Kodak Professional, a division ofEastman tions between plants and beneficial plant [email protected] Kodak Co. , is providing the funds for the scholarship • James Worman, professor, College of honoring veteran photographer Howard Bingham, associated bacteria to better protect crop Science, received funding from tile 1999-2000 1260 Carlson center, Professional Photographer of the Year in plants from disease. Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines Faculty Development 1998. Bingham is credited with helping break down • Jasper Shealy, department head of indus Grant to attend tile annual spring meeting Turner, Lorrie Jo 5-7961 his profession's unspoken color barrier nearly 30 trial and manufacturing engineering, recently of the American Chemical Society in San years ago. Successful candidates for the scholarship presented findings on research about safer Francisco earlier this year. He presented a Utell, Lois must submit a portfolio of their work for review skiing and snowboarding at forums spon paper detailing easier, safer and less wasteful [email protected] and demonstrate financial need. Shown here with sored by the National Ski Areas Association at methods of placing halogens onto organic Bingham are Alfreda Brooks, RJT's chairperson for the Commission for Promoting Pluralism, and Mt. Snow, Vt., and Snowbird Ski Resort in Salt molecules in undergraduate laboratories William DuBois, SPAS department chairperson. Lake City, Utah. 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RIT RECOGNITION . .. RJT was recently honored at the 2000 Henrietta Area Community ofExcellence Awards given by the Henrietta Commerce Network. President Simone, right, received the Outstanding Citizen Award from Gary Blake, network president. Bonnie Meath-Lang, left, and Jim Orr, right, accepted the Culture and Arts Award given to National Technical Institute for the Deaf Performing Arts and Robert E Fanara Theatre. The awards recognize and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions to the quality of life in Henrietta.

Erik Timmerman Erik Timmerman, founder of RIT's computer animation program and scriptwriting curriculum, passed away June 30 after a battle with kidney cancer. Timmerman designed and taught the first computer animation course in 1986 and expanded the course into the master's of fine arts in computer animation. He was also a member of the University Film/Video Association. "We all remember his flair for the dramatic," says Marla Schweppe, associate pro fessor, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. "He would wear his glasses on his fore head and flip them down at the right moment to make a point. He was passionate about teaching and his work with students. He made an impact on many lives, mine included." Donations are being accepted for the Erik Timmerman Scholarship Fund, to be awarded to a second-year computer animation graduate student. Contributions can be made payable to RIT.