RIT Commuter Association records, 1965-1978.

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RIT Commuter Association records, 1965-1978.

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Records of the RIT Commuter Association, a student-run organization for students living off-campus. The collection includes correspondence, organization goals, member questionnaires, and a newsletter. The RIT Commuter Association records consist of correspondence, organization goals, member questionnaires, and a group newsletter. The single piece of correspondence is a letter from 1965 from a Rochester Institute of Technology student asking if the school had a commuter club. At the time, no such organization existed. The collection also includes the organization's goals and objectives for the 1980s, a general survey to its members, a meal plan survey, and group newsletter. The newsletter includes a section titled "Who Are We, And What Do We Do?"

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Commuter Association,

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The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Commuter Association was founded around 1970. A student-run organization, the group was formed to support the needs of the Institute's large commuter population. According to its newsletter, the purpose of the group was: to represent the commuter population of RIT, to promote more interaction between commuters and residents, to make the commuter feel more a part of this school, and to provide services to meet the unique needs of the commuting students....

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...