Brandon Vick, Author at News Center /newscenter/author/bvick/ °µÍø³Ô¹Ï Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Making a statement /newscenter/making-a-statement/ Thu, 12 May 2016 14:19:15 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=160922 (University photo / Brandon Vick)]]> Members of the Class of 2016 decorate their mortarboards for this weekend’s commencement ceremonies. (University photo / Brandon Vick)

]]> Do you want to build a snowman? /newscenter/do-you-want-to-build-a-snowman/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:02:08 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=139542 (°µÍø³Ô¹Ï photo / Brandon Vick)]]> In the wake of a record-breaking snowfall in the Rochester area, snow sculptures have been popping up across campus, including this happy creature on the academic quad. (°µÍø³Ô¹Ï photo / Brandon Vick)

]]> PHOTO GALLERY: Move-In Day 2015 /newscenter/photo-gallery-move-in-day-2015/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:37:43 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=116642 Nearly 1,300 freshmen forming the Class of 2019 moved in to their new homes on the University’s River Campus and Eastman School of Music this week. The incoming class comes from 47 states and 83 countries. At both Eastman and River Campus, current students were on hand to welcome and assist their new classmates as they got their first taste of their new home.

Welcome to Rochester, Class of 2019!

 

 

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Eastman School of Music student Geraldo Marshall ’19, jazz studies (left), with his brother Leonardo, his mother Jenetha, and his father, Gerald.

 

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Current Eastman students wait to greet new freshmen and assist with the move-in process.

 

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Orientation staff help Eastman students settle in at Eastman Living Center.

 

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Gordon Fry ’19, percussion, with his parents Patty and Gordon of Tampa, Florida.

 

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Sophomore Abraham Nouri, Trombone, waits to help new freshmen move in to the Eastman Living Center.

 

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The rush begins on River Campus on Tuesday, August 25, as freshmen and their families arrive in Park Lot before heading up to their new homes on the Residential Quad or in Susan B. Anthony Halls.

 

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Arabella Mora ’19, a biomedical engineering major on the pre-med track, is the first official check-in.

 

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Members of the University’s a cappella ensembles, including the Midnight Ramblers and Vocal Point, keep families entertained as they wait.

 

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New freshmen join in with the members of the Midnight Ramblers and Vocal Point.

 

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The Pep Band joins in the music that fills the day.

 

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Amber Dostie ’19 (center) poses with her parents, Allan and Kimberly Dostie.

 

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Members of the University’s D’Lions and Freshmen Fellows organizations are on hand to help new freshmen and their families unload their belongings.

 

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C.J. Ruff ’19 (center) of Duxbury, Massachusetts, takes a break from unpacking the car with his parents Lauren Ruff and and Richard Ruff.

 

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Dominique James ’19 (center) poses outside Sue B. with her family, Linton James Jr., Linton James Sr., and Marva Sewell.

 

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Don’t forget your sock monkey — and welcome to Rochester to the Class of 2019!

]]> ‘We only sing the first and third verses…’ /newscenter/we-only-sing-the-first-and-third-verses/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:55:55 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=117092 Paul Burgett conducting as student sing on stage

University Dean Paul Burgett leads the incoming class of 2019 in their first performance of the alma mater, “The Genesee,” joined by members of the University’s a cappella ensembles, President Seligman, and other campus leaders.

]]> Summer sounds /newscenter/summer-sounds/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:20:24 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=116022 Students in the Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute participate in a master class. The Eastman Summer Music program offers residential music programs and camps for middle and high school students, weeklong institutes devoted to various instruments, and half-day music workshops for all ages.

]]> Jazz in the air /newscenter/jazz-in-the-air/ Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:02:25 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=108932 Falling for engineering /newscenter/falling-for-engineering/ Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:26:31 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=80342 Sophomores Claire Kaiser, biomedical engineering, Ibrahim Akbar, electrical and computer engineering, and Marina May, biomedical engineering, are buried in leaves instead of work on Eastman Quadr.

]]> Rushed quiet during finals week /newscenter/rushed-quiet-during-finals-week/ Wed, 07 May 2014 15:36:16 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=50712 Sun shines through the skylights of the Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics.

]]> Visit from a Civil Rights legend /newscenter/visit-from-a-civil-rights-legend/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:07:52 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=41192 Dr. Bernard “Doc” Lafayette Jr. leads a Kingian nonviolence training session with teens from the Rochester region on Tuesday. Attendees practiced leadership and problem-solving skills and learned to fight racism, as a part of the M.K. Gandhi Institute’s Season for Nonviolence. Co-sponsored by the Office of Admissions, youth also toured campus and connected with admissions counselors.

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