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ROCHESTER, NY (12/18/2012)(readMedia)– The following local residents made the Dean’s List for Fall 2012 quarter at Rochester Institute of Technology:

• Jesse Charland of Peru, N.Y., a second-year student in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.

• Keegan Parrotte of Peru, N.Y., a second-year student in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.

Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in computing, engineering, imaging science, sustainability, and fine and applied arts, in addition to unparalleled support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. RIT enrolls 17,500 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 2012 edition of The Best 376 Colleges as well as itsGuide to 311 Green Colleges. The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2012 names RIT as a “Best Buy,” and The Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes RIT among the “Great Colleges to Work For 2011.”

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By John T. Ryan

The spirit of Christmas arrived as concertgoers filled St. Augustine’s Church on Saturday, December 15, 2012 for the Keeseville-Peru Ecumenical Choir’s 47^th Annual Christmas Concert. Jeanette Woodruff directed the 73-member choir. The accompanist was Carol Bachand and the organist was Steve Woodruff.  Rev. Robert Svenson welcomed everyone and Rev. Alan Shnob delivered the Christmas Message.  A minute of silence and prayer was offered for the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims.

The Choir surrounded the audience to sing its opening song, “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”  Sixteen songs, all well received by the large crowd, followed. The Choir’s rendition of “O Holy Night” received the loudest applause. The Choir presented another performance on Sunday, December 16th at St. John the Baptist Church in Keeseville.

Click here to see several photos of the Peru Concert.

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