Yorktown Resident Honored at Rochester Institute of Technology

Sylvie Alusitz, daughter of Peter Alusitz and Michelle Mariash of Yorktown Heights, was named a 2014-15 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Alusitz is a fourth-year student in the Metals and Jewelry Design—BFA program in RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.

The scholars were recognized at a ceremony on April 16 at RIT.

Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship Awards are presented to students who have achieved the distinction of maintaining a minimum university grade-point average of 3.85 out of a possible 4.0 and completed at least 83 credit hours of study, more than two-thirds of the credit hours required for a baccalaureate degree. Selection is also based on other factors complementing academic achievement, such as creative work, service on student committees, civic activities, employment and independent research.

Rochester Institute of Technology enrolls 18,000 students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs, making it among the largest private universities in the U.S.

PHOTO: RIT/A. Sue Weisler