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    • Achieving a diverse faculty at RIT 

      Simone, Albert (2002-03-25)
      This conference is focused on achieving a breakthrough in the recruiting of faculty of African American, Latino American, and Native American (AALANA) ancestries. While we focus today on faculty, the campus continues to ...
    • The beginning of the next journey 

      Simone, Albert (2004-09-02)
      Good morning and welcome to the academic year 2004-2005. This year, approximately 3,143 faculty and staff will carry our university forward. New faculty and staff number approximately 194. Will all the new faculty and ...
    • Brick City Festival and Alumni Weekend: 2003 

      Simone, Albert (2003-10-11)
      Good morning everyone and welcome to our sixth annual Brick City Festival and Alumni Weekend. It is wonderful to have so many parents and alumni together. We consider ourselves a family at RIT – students, faculty, ...
    • Brick City Festival and Alumni Weekend: 2004 

      Simone, Albert (2004-10-23)
      Good morning everyone and welcome to our Brick City Festival and Alumni Weekend. This is a special year for RIT because we are also celebrating our 175th anniversary. It is wonderful to have so many parents and alumni ...
    • Brick city homecoming 2005 

      Simone, Albert (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-10-08)
      Good morning everyone and welcome to RIT’s Brick City Homecoming. It is wonderful to have so many parents and alumni together to join us for this magnificent weekend. We consider ourselves a family at RIT – students, ...
    • Building on success 

      Simone, Albert (2002-09-04)
      Good morning and welcome back to those of you who became part of the RIT family prior to this academic year. Good morning and welcome to those of you who are beginning or continuing your careers at RIT. All of you – both ...
    • Continuing achievment and challenging opportunity 

      Simone, Albert (2003-09-04)
      Good Morning and welcome to the academic year 2003-2004. This year, approximately 2800 faculty and staff will carry our university forward. New faculty and staff number approximately 100. Will all the new faculty and ...
    • Convocation remarks: 2001 

      Simone, Albert (2001-05-25)
      Graduates: You soon will be facing the challenge and responsibility of leadership. You will face the challenge and responsibility every day, and increasingly over time. You will face them at home, at work, and in the community.
    • Convocation Remarks: 2002 

      Simone, Albert (2002-05-24)
      This evening 3,600 students distributed over 250 degree programs will graduate. Seventy-five percent of you are undergraduate students and 25% are graduate students. Sixtyfive percent are men and 35% are women. You ...
    • Convocation Remarks: 2003 

      Simone, Albert (2003-05-23)
      This evening I am going to talk about “An Inclusive America”. Over many decades this has been a sensitive subject. Today it is no less so. Over the years, inclusiveness in America has been an important issue. Today it ...
    • Convocation Remarks: 2004 

      Simone, Albert (2004-05-21)
      For the past year, the RIT community – faculty, staff, and students working together – have been developing the Strategic Plan which will carry RIT over the next ten years. Five Task Forces, composed of 340 faculty, staff, ...
    • Convocation Remarks: 2005 

      Simone, Albert (2005-05-20)
      Graduates: I’d like to talk with you about the career success that awaits you. More importantly, I would like to talk to you about the success over a full life that is beckoning.
    • Finishing one book and starting another 

      Simone, Albert (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-08-31)
      Good morning and welcome to the academic year 2006-7. This year 2,803 faculty and staff will be working the magic that is RIT. There are 261 new faculty and staff. Will all the new faculty and staff rise so we can give ...
    • Grade inflation 

      Simone, Albert (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-11)
      Recently, a lot of discussion across academia has centered on the phenomenon of “Grade Inflation”. It was first brought to the fore by the President of Harvard University a couple of years ago when he assumed office. ...
    • Is affirmative action in university admissions legal, effective, and just? 

      Simone, Albert (2003 05)
      Since 1978, the “Law of the land” has been the decision handed down by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., in Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke. In a 5 to 4 vote, Justice Powell ruled that while quotas are illegal, ...
    • The key to success 

      Simone, Albert (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-06-02)
      I am very pleased and privileged to have this opportunity to offer some remarks to this year’s graduating class. MCC and RIT are, and have been for a long time, close partners in higher education. Together we are a major ...
    • Meeting the global challenge through diversity 

      Simone, Albert (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-02-07)
      In what follows, we shall describe some of the key challenges facing the United States at this time. We shall cite some general macro economic statistics which describe the U.S. economy over time and in relationship to ...
    • Middle of the fifth inning 

      Simone, Albert (2000-09-05)
      Good morning and welcome. As an institution of higher learning, we are a special community – students, faculty, staff, administration, and trustees – all working together for a common goal. That goal is the education and ...
    • Questions and Answers with Dr. A. Simone 

      Simone, Albert (2004 01)
    • Questions and Answers with Dr. A. Simone 

      Simone, Albert (2004 07)