RIT Office of Minority Student Affairs records, 1984-1993.

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RIT Office of Minority Student Affairs records, 1984-1993.

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The RIT Office of Minority Student Affairs records consists of correspondence, fliers, and a clipping related to the office and its activities. The correspondence consists primarily of memorandums that discuss administrative matters such as the hiring of new personnel and a report submitted by the office to the university's president in 1984. There is also a flier for a videoconference titled "Campus Response to Racial Harassment and Intimidation" and calendar of events from Black History Month in 1993. Finally, the collection includes a clipping on Nancy Padila, a former Coordinator of Minority Student Programs at the Institute, who was elected to the Rochester City Council in 1989. Records of the Office of Minority Student Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The office was founded in 1982 under the direction of Fred Smith. The collection includes correspondence, fliers, and a clipping.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Office of Minority Student Affairs,

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The Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) Office of Minority Affairs was established in 1982 under the direction of Fred W. Smith, secretary to the Institute. The number of students from minority populations attending the Institute had been gradually growing . The school's administration hoped that by increasing its number of services, programs, and aid provided to minority students, the Institute could encourage more minority students to attend RIT. Over the years, the office sponsored vari...

Padilla, Nancy, social activist.

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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...