Benjamin Handel of Obernburg, N.Y., to Attend RIT

2013 Jun 11

Benjamin Handel, son of Alla Handel and Gary Handel of Obernburg, N.Y., has enrolled for Fall Semester, 2013 admission at Rochester Institute of Technology. Benjamin is in the Software Engineering - BS program in RIT's B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences and is a graduate of a homeschool program. Benjamin was awarded an RIT Trustee Scholarship and Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Scholarship. He has completed the requirements for an associate degree from Sullivan County Community College with a double major in computer programming and simulation & game development. He is 12 years old.

Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in business, computing, engineering, imaging science, liberal arts, sustainability, and fine and applied arts. In addition, the university offers unparalleled support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. RIT enrolls nearly 18,000 full- and part-time students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation.

For more than two decades, U.S. News & World Report has ranked RIT among the nation's leading comprehensive universities. RIT is featured in The Princeton Review's 2013 edition of The Best 377 Colleges as well as its Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013 names RIT as a "Best Buy," and The Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes RIT among the "Great Colleges to Work For 2012."

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