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The year RIT was founded

1829

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This Italian Stallion from Montreal is the program leader in career Division 1 goalie wins 

Tommy Scarfone

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This current president is quite the tall gentlemen, standing at 6'5"

President David Munson

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The newest completed building on campus, this building was the largest construction project in RIT history since the construction of the Henrietta campus and hosts multiple performing arts spaces and one of the largest makerspaces in New York

SHED

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The name of the original RIT tiger (yes, we had a real tiger at one point!)

SpiRIT

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The first year of classes at the new Henrietta campus

1968

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Having recently surpassed 450 career wins, this RIT coach is the most successful in program history

Wayne Wilson

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The cute and cuddly mascot of RIT can be quite dangerous on ice skates (he was caught on video running over children last year)

Ritchie

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The tallest building on campus, and is actually the tallest building in Monroe County (not downtown)

Mark Ellingson Hall (Tower A)

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Before being called the Tigers, RIT students were called this

Techmen

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RIT's largest college, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, is founded in this year

2001

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The RIT Tiger's women's hockey team won the Division III championship in this year (current women's head coach Celeste Brown was on the team!)

2012

300

This RIT mascot only comes out during FreezeFest

Roarie

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This central building on campus was built on the former pool (you can still see the old bleachers when you walk in!)

Campus Center

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Before Orange and Black, these were the colors of RIT (there are two possible color combinations)

Orange and brown or blue and white

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This Institute would merge with the Rochester Athenaeum in 1891 and form what would become modern-day RIT

The Mechanics Institute

400

Featuring future NHL player Chris Tanev, RIT made their Cinderella Frozen Four run in this year, knocking off Denver and UNH on their way to Detroit

2010

400

The officially unofficial leader of Corner Crew, he begins his addresses with "HEY CORNER CREW!"

Big Goon

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This building features the largest green wall in New York

Sustainability Hall

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This famous abolitionist delivered one of his most famous speeches at the Rochester Athenaeum

Frederick Douglass

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The first president of RIT, who started in 1910 (there is an honorable dorm hall named after him!)

Carleton B. Gibson

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In 2015, RIT made NCAA tournament history by being the first #16 seed to beat a #1 overall seed. To do this, they knocked off these Mavericks from Mankato

Minnesota State

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This famous sidekick played a huge part in helping RIT find its creativity in the "Raiders of the Golden Brick" (some say she is the reason they found it!)

Nancy Munson (G.O.A.T)

500

There are two buildings on campus that have full service showers. (The Residence Halls and Gordon Field House DO NOT COUNT!) 

Name one

Louise Slaughter Hall or the Fishbowl

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The RIT campus was moved to Henrietta to accomodate the construction of this major Rochester beltway

The Inner Loop

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