{"id":4512,"date":"2025-01-22T19:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/?page_id=4512"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:57:58","slug":"pit-residential-academic-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/pit-residential-academic-program\/","title":{"rendered":"PIT Residential Academic Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4512\" class=\"elementor elementor-4512\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9ff55c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9ff55c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2bd107\" data-id=\"d2bd107\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8ea63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a8ea63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PIT Residential Academic Program (RAP)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7d6cc7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7d6cc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For incoming first year students<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f919680 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f919680\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a91f021\" data-id=\"a91f021\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176e575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"176e575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navigate your first semester with ease<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7423606 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7423606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb7e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeb7e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;color: #881c1c\">Join the PIT RAP!<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afaa2b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afaa2b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join the Public Interest Technology RAP at UMass Amherst to live and learn among peers who care deeply about realizing socially responsible solutions to the challenges of our technology-driven world. <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Tailored for first-year students, this transformative experience is open to students from all majors<\/strong><\/span>. Become a part of the growing community of public interest technologists on campus and form lasting connections with friends and faculty who will ease your transition to college life and set you up for mentorship and success both within and beyond the classroom.<\/p><p>Throughout the semester, we will consider:<\/p><ul><li>What strategies we can use to promote socially responsible use of technology<\/li><li>What we can do as citizens to make the tech-driven world a better and safer place<\/li><li>How we can use technology to solve complicated problems facing our communities<\/li><\/ul><p>PIT serves as a critical foundation for 21st century education, for people who create technologies, and for those who work with them, which is all of us. This RAP will not focus on coding but will focus instead on thinking analytically, broadly, and strategically about technology as a tool to solve complex societal problems.<\/p><p>Learn more about RAPs at UMass Amherst, <strong><span style=\"color: #881c1c\"><a style=\"color: #881c1c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/studentsuccess\/rap\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Learn more about Public Interest Technology at UMass, <span style=\"color: #881c1c\"><strong><a style=\"color: #881c1c\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Program Coordinator:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0Donna Baron<\/strong> (<a href=\"mailto:pit@umass.edu\">pit@umass.edu<\/a>)<br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Faculty: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Emily Nutwell<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #881c1c;font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> (<a href=\"mailto:pit@umass.edu\">pit@umass.edu<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">)<\/span><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Required course: CICS 127:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 <strong>Introduction to Public Interest Technology<\/strong> <br \/><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Course Type:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 <strong>GenEd (SI)<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Eligible students<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 <strong>First-year students, all majors<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #881c1c;font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Program Location:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #881c1c\"><a style=\"color: #881c1c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/student-life\/live-on-campus\/housing-options\/residence-directory\/traditional-housing\/northeast-area\">Leach Hall in Northeast Residential Area<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIT Residential Academic Program (RAP) For incoming first year students Navigate your first semester with ease Join the PIT RAP! 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