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    • 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 ...
    • 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.
    • RIT: A Unique institution within the family of universities 

      Simone, Albert (2001-09-05)
      Good morning and, for most of you, welcome back. For new faculty and staff, for the first time welcome to what I know you will find to be an exciting, challenging, and fulfilling next step on your career paths. I believe ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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, ...
    • Shaping RIT's destiny 

      Simone, Albert (2003-05-20)
      In 1994, after over a year of campus wide deliberation, the Board of Trustees approved Learning and Careers 2004: The Strategic Plan for RIT. That planning process was a very comprehensive and inclusive process. It was ...
    • 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 ...
    • Questions and Answers with Dr. A. Simone 

      Simone, Albert (2003-07)
    • Very good to great 

      Simone, Albert (2003-07-18)
      In previous Board of Trustees meetings and in my paper “Shaping RIT’s Destiny”, we discussed the concept of “good to great”. I shall not repeat that discussion here. Rather, I would like to point out quickly that our ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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, ...
    • Questions and Answers with Dr. A. Simone 

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

      Simone, Albert (2004 07)
    • RIT Strategic Plan 2005-2015 

      Simone, Albert (2004-02-03)
      This primer is a story about an exciting journey. It starts in the year 2005 at Rochester Institute of Technology.
    • 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, ...
    • 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: 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 ...
    • Questions and Answers with Dr. A. Simone 

      Simone, Albert (2005 01)