As an RIT adjunct, you’re not just teaching a course, you are joining RIT’s community of teaching & learning excellence. Welcome! Adjunct Faculty Orientation May 12, 2010

Agenda  Overview – Introductions, Warm-up activity, History & Fast Facts  Questions to Ask Your Department  Starting as an Adjunct at RIT  What is the SIS System  Course Milestones  Quick Links/RIT Support Units  Legal Issues to Remember  BREAK  Wallace Center Support  Reference Librarians & Support Team  Meet your Support Team  Who Are Your Students? (activity)  Birds of a Feather  Evaluations & Wrap-up

Goals of tonight’s session Familiarize you with the RIT Adjunct Faculty Portal Meet your Wallace Center staff Meet your college liaisons Discuss resources available to you at RIT Get to know one another!

Meet tonight’s Wallace Center crew! Jessica Katie Rob Sarah Sue Ken Michael Jason

Three questions: 1. When was RIT founded? 2. When did RIT move its campus to Henrietta? 3. How many students enrolled at RIT in Sept Directions A. Take a moment and introduce yourself to two people sitting nearby. B. Jot down your group’s answer on a piece of paper.

When was RIT founded? ImagineRIT RIT traces its roots back to 1829, as the Rochester Athenaeum, a reading society. The Athenaeum merged with the Rochester Mechanics Institute (founded 1885) in Existed to train a skilled workforce for Rochester's industries such as Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, Xerox, etc. Renamed the Rochester Institute of Technology in the 1940s.

When did RIT move to Henrietta? Imagine the leadership team making these decisions in those times. ImagineRIT 1961 Decision to move 1966 RIT chosen for site of National Technical Institute for the Deaf 1968 RIT moves to Henrietta campus First freshman class enters NTID

The RIT Vision & Mission The RIT Vision RIT will lead higher education in preparing students for successful careers in a global society. The RIT Mission Our mission is to provide technology-based educational programs for personal and professional development. We rigorously pursue new and emerging career areas. We develop and deliver curricula and advance scholarship relevant to emerging technologies and social conditions. Our community is committed to diversity and student centeredness and is distinguished by our innovative and collaborative spirit.

RIT Fast Facts RIT Student Body Fall 2009 Undergraduate 14,045 Graduate 2,728 Total 16,773 Male 11,118 Female 5,655 NTID 1,450 Kosovo/Croatia 1,021 RIT Full Time Matriculated Day Undergraduate Yearly Tuition $30,282 Student Activities Fee $219 Health Facilities $216 Rent $5,862 Board 4,182 Total $40,761 Programs of Study

More Facts! RIT is composed of 8 colleges: CAST, CIAS, COLA, COS,GCCIS, KGCOE, NTID, SCB Our campus nickname: "Brick City." Our sports mascot: RITchie the tiger. We operate on the quarter system -- four 11-week quarters, year round. We will go to a semester system in 2013!

Department Specific Questions  Administrative staff contact information  Ordering textbooks  Syllabus  Department Policies  Classroom Support  Office equipment and supplies  Student-faculty rapport All of this is also in the RIT Adjunct Portal wiki

Starting as an Adjunct at RIT What is the SIS System Course Milestones Quick Links RIT Support Units Legal Issues to Remember

BREAK We will start promptly.

Wallace Center Support  Reference Librarians  myCourses Support  Classroom Support

Activity Even number cards 2,4,6…Odd number cards 1,3,5… What was your best class? Why? We will report out. Who was your worse class? Why?

Birds of a Feather Meet your liaisons and peers.

Evaluation & Wrap-up