NJIT Inaugurates Seventh President: Robert A. Altenkirch

NEWARK, Apr 18 2003

WHAT: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will inaugurate Robert A. Altenkirch as the university’s seventh President.

WHEN: Friday, May 2, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Tent on the NJIT Green, 323 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Newark, 07102

HOW: RSVP to Sheryl Weinstein, 973-596-3434

PARKING For Media Only: Media will park in a designated spot adjacent to the large white tent to be located on the NJIT Green. The parking will be directly behind the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC), Central Avenue and Lock Street.

DIRECTIONS For Motorists:

From Garden State Parkway:

Take exit 145 to Route 280 East, to Exit 13, First Street, Newark. At light, make right onto First Street. Follow to next traffic light, Central Avenue. Make left. Follow Central Avenue to Summit Street. Make Right. Guard at NJIT booth ahead will direct you to parking for media.

From New Jersey Turnpike:

Take Exit 15W to Route 280 West. After drawbridge, take Exit 14 B (Broad Street/King Blvd.). At ramp bottom, make left. Follow one block to stop sign. Make a left onto King Blvd. Follow four lights to King Blvd. and make a left onto Central Ave. Make the first left to Summit Street. Guard at NJIT booth directly ahead will direct you to parking for media.

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NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,558 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Office of Continuing Professional Education.