Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Honor Awards Ceremony collection 1983-2002

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Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Honor Awards Ceremony collection 1983-2002

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The Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Honor Awards Ceremony collection contains announcements, programs, student papers, and clippings. The announcements mostly consist of memoranda sent to staff members, informing them of an upcoming awards ceremony; however, there is also a flier advertising the event. The papers in the collection are those presented at the various awards ceremonies, being recognized for their outstanding achievement. The collection also contains a small file of clippings on the ceremonies and its participants. Materials related to the Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Honor Awards Ceremony at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The award ceremony was setup to honor outstanding research projects and papers completed by undergraduate students in the university's College of Liberal Arts. The collection includes ceremony announcements, programs, winning papers, and clippings.

0.5 linear feet (1 document box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8144993

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Kearse, Henry J.

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Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

Kearse Distinguished Lecture.

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Kearse, Mary Geirin.

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Kearse Student Honor Award.

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Rochester Institute of Technology. College of Liberal Arts,

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The Kearse Student Honor Award is given to students in the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) College of Liberal Arts. During an annual awards ceremony, a distinguished lecturer appears at the Institute to speak about a topic in the field of liberal education. Award recipients are chosen by the Kearse Awards Committee from a pool of students nominated by faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts. Those students that have produced "outstanding research papers or projects" in their are...