Graham Forsey Receives Norman A. Miles Scholarship for Academic Excellence

2013 Jun 26

Graham Forsey, a fourth-year management information systems student in RIT's Saunders College of Business, has been selected as a recipient of the Norman A. Miles Award for Academic Excellence. He will receive $9,317 in tuition funding for the 2013-2014 academic year.

It's a win-win award, because a professor will receive the same amount for academic excellence in teaching. Forsey nominated Sean Hansen, assistant professor of management information systems in the Saunders College.

"The Norman Miles award is given to a student or students who began his or her studies as a freshman at RIT and is now entering his or her last year of undergraduate study with the highest grade point average across the university," says Jeremy Haefner, RIT provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

"Graham is exactly the type of student Mr. Miles had in mind when he endowed this award."

Hansen says Forsey is a true scholar and his leadership as a member of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and the RIT community has been truly inspiring. "In addition to his strong intellect, his sharp sense of humor and great interpersonal demeanor make a huge contribution to every class."

Forsey's hometown is St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, and he attended Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf near Toronto, Ontario, before coming to RIT for his postsecondary education. Forsey maintains a 4.0 GPA, works as a tutor in the NTID Learning Center, is a student justice in the Institute Appeals Board, and will serve as finance director for NTID Student Congress for the 2013-2014 academic year.

"With superb academics and access services, plus the fact that Saunders was a very good college for accounting students, RIT was the clear top choice of all schools I considered," says Forsey. "It is really a wonderful and vibrant place to be at for a socially active leader."