Albert J. Simone--E-prints
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Brick city homecoming 2005
(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, ... -
Teaching, scholarship, and practice: A Provocative balance
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-09-01)Good morning and welcome to the academic year 2005-2006. There are 2,749 faculty and staff at RIT, including 137 who are new this year. Will all of the new faculty and staff rise so we can give you an RIT welcome? Thank ... -
Finishing one book and starting another
(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 ... -
The key to success
(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 ... -
The world is flat - and beckoning
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-05-26)In the recent book The World Is Flat, it is pointed out that people, governments, and institutions are globally connected because of technological advances in communication, computing, and transportation. It is as if the ... -
Grade inflation
(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. ... -
Meeting the global challenge through diversity
(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 ... -
Testimony of Nabil Nasr Director, National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery, Rochester Institute of Technology to the Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate
(2005-07-06)Chairman Stevens, Ranking Member Inouye and members of the Subcommittee, on behalf of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, I would like to express our great appreciation for the support that the ... -
Convocation Remarks: 2005
(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. -
Brick City Festival and Alumni Weekend: 2004
(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 ... -
The beginning of the next journey
(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 ... -
Testimony to the New York State Senate. Select "NextGen" Task Force on Economic Development and the Emerging Industries
(2005-07-06)Chairman Skelos, Senators Alesi, Nozzolio and Robach and other distinguished members of the panel, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you today. Your task, to investigate the business development challenges ... -
RIT Strategic Plan 2005-2015
(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
(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, ... -
Brick City Festival and Alumni Weekend: 2003
(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, ... -
Continuing achievment and challenging opportunity
(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 ... -
Very good to great
(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 ... -
Convocation Remarks: 2003
(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 ... -
Shaping RIT's destiny
(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 ... -
Is affirmative action in university admissions legal, effective, and just?
(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, ...
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