So, itвЂ™s a unique opportunity for us to take a look at our capabilities and stretch the limit on those capabilities. ItвЂ™s tough to take something from the ideation stage like that that has so much detail and so much symbolism to something thatвЂ™s manufacturable. ThereвЂ™s the bezel, thereвЂ™s the skylines, thereвЂ™s the two shanks, and thereвЂ™s the HackerвЂ™s map for the arbor on the inside of the ring. And every year, thereвЂ™s six different parts of the ring that change.

From the designing process, manufacturing, into the delivery of the actual ring.ДЄnd weвЂ™ve designed a lot of different rings for many different schools across the country, but this one is interesting, specifically, because thereвЂ™s so many different parts that are customizable. student committee in redesigning every single aspect of the ring from top to bottom. Herff Jones has the privilege in working with the M.I.T. There are very few student run committee programs where the ring is redesigned year to year. They need to be marketing and event planners because weвЂ™re also responsible for premiering and delivering the ring to our class. In addition to being artists, they need to be business minded people to sell the rings. The committee is initially selected in the spring of their freshman year from the committee that precedes them, and their mission starts right away. ItвЂ™s students of the class that decide what goes on the ring. administration or itвЂ™s not a third-party vendor. is that students are the ones who are actually making the class ring and making a legacy for their class. ThatвЂ™s one of the unique things about M.I.T. The tradition of the brass rat actually began back in 1929 and there has been a committee of 12 students chosen every year to design the brass rat ever since. The brass rat is a class ring that MIT gives to its students at the end of their sophomore year, and they wear for the rest of their lives. unique, and probably the most iconic and amazing tradition that M.I.T. When you think about M.I.T., most people immediately jump into science and engineering but thereвЂ™s a lot of things that make M.I.T. VIEW COLLEGE RING CATALOG SHOP YOUR COLLEGE RING

Learn more about the ring committee and purchase your Brass Rat. This video was produced by Melanie Gonick with MIT News.

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