Derek Wilson to Attend #RIT

2014 Jan 8

Derek Wilson, son of Suzanne Wilson of Dryden, N.Y., and Larry Wilson of Freeville N.Y., has enrolled for Fall Semester 2014 admission at Rochester Institute of Technology. Derek is in the Mechanical Engineering - BS program in RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering and is a 2014 graduate of Dryden High School. Derek received the RIT Innovation and Creativity Award.

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