Vice-Provost, Students Professor Jill Matus announced the winning entry in the Name the New ROSI Contest at the University Affairs Board meeting on Tuesday, April 18. ACORN (Accessible Campus Online Resource Network) is the winning entry, submitted by Kerry D’Costa, a student in the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) program in the Faculty of Dentistry. Congratulations, Kerry! He will be the proud owner of a new iPad.
“The name was selected,” says Professor Matus, “ because the committee liked its simplicity, the acronym works and it ties in well with our oak imagery—we have acorns in our tree in the U of T logo.”
The adjudication panel for the Name the New ROSI Contest met in early April and reviewed the nearly 1000 entries for the contest. Submissions were received from undergraduate and graduate students representing a range of programs from across the University’s three campuses.
In addition to Kerry’s winning entry, the committee would also like to acknowledge the entries from comparative literature graduate student Sarah O’Brien and UTM undergraduate management student Angelika Orgacki.
Details on the implementation of the name for the NGSIS student suite of services will be rolled out over the next several months.