NJIT Newsroom tagged with "alternative spring break"

Provident Bank Foundation Helps NJIT Students Bring Design Skills to Communities Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The Provident Bank Foundation announced a $25,000 grant to NJIT in support of the new Center for Resilient Design, a program where students travel to different areas of the state to lend their design expertise to homeowners, businesses and municipalities affected by and rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, grant, hurricane sandy, alternative spring break, thomas dallessio, center for resilient design

Media Advisory: NJIT Students Help Surflight Theater in Beach Haven

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

WHAT: The NJIT bus deposits daily some two dozen NJIT students adorned in bright yellow t-shirts at Long Beach Island’s long-standing and beloved Surflight Theater, ravaged unfortunately by Sandy. The students are performing not Shakespeare, but light construction work plus cleaning up and tending to small repairs. For over 60 years, Surflight has been home to local actors and actresses as well as students getting their feet wet in the world of community theatre.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, hurricane sandy, alternative spring break

Media Advisory: NJIT Students Clean Up Beach at Asbury Park

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

WHAT: Every day this week some 35 NJIT students wearing bright yellow t-shirts, who call themselves the “bucket brigade” take a 90-minute bus ride down and back from the NJIT campus to rebuild fencing and plant scrub-brushes on dunes in Asbury Park. Come Friday as the fruits of their labors become more visible a hearty party is planned featuring a rock band.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, hurricane sandy, alternative spring break

NJIT Students Study Better Ways to Manage Elizabeth, Perth Amboy Waterfronts

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A handful of NJIT engineering and architecture student volunteers hope to better understand what happened to the storm-damaged public waterfront areas in Elizabeth and Perth Amboy. Earlier this week, working with Future City Inc., the students conducted physical assessments of the damaged waterfronts. Policymakers and constituents met with them. Tomorrow and Friday, they’ll be brainstorming solutions and writing impact assessments. Professional engineers will be available to listen. The exercise is bound to not only help the cities but instill pride in the volunteers. They also may walk away a lot smarter. Among the issues to be addressed: Can a living waterfront be integrated into the locality's flood management plan? And, if so where? How best to manage the impact of flooding and related damages? And what about future public access, considering climate change?

Tagged: alternative spring break, colette santasieri, office of research and development, strategic initiatives

NJIT Weeklong Effort to Clean-Up Sandy's Devastation from Newark To Shore Begins

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT students, professors, staff and others from universities throughout the US are descending upon New Jersey this week to eradicate the remaining devastation from Super Storm Sandy. Some two dozen projects located at points as far north as the IHS Development Corporation in Newark and as far south as the Surflight Theater in Beach Haven will receive help. Daily buses leave the NJIT campus filled with students and others in bright yellow t-shirts and even brighter smiles.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, hurricane sandy, alternative spring break, colette santasieri, salvation army, jessica saniewski, ihs development corporation

Two Dozen Athletes Help Newark Non-Profit Still Hurting from Hurricane

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Some 25 members of NJIT’s men’s track and field team will volunteer their brawn and brains tomorrow to tackle cleaning up the headquarters of IHS Development Corporation, Newark. Ravaged by hurricanes Sandy and Irene, the building remains in need of help and students’ efforts. Volunteers will remove light debris, lift moderate boxes and materials and perform minor carpentry repairs. The students are part of a larger 600-body task force assembled during the past month by NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (COAD). Dubbed the “Alternative Spring Break,” the effort has targeted cleaning up facilities, residences and areas damaged by the super storm. Students from other colleges and universities are also participating.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, urs gauchat, hurricane sandy, alternative spring break, ihs development corporation

Media Advisory: Hundreds of NJIT Students Participate in Alternative Spring Break: Rebuild Communities Devastated by Sandy

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

WHAT: During Alternative Spring Break, over 500 NJIT students, faculty, staff and alumni will do volunteer work from Newark to the Jersey shore, cleaning up devastated areas and helping towns rebuild in a resilient manner. Students will work on removing debris from beaches and parks, removing floors and wallboard, replacing floors and walls, painting and carpentry, stocking and distributing food and clothing, and compiling information on areas affected by Sandy.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, hurricane sandy, alternative spring break

NJIT Begins Rebuilding New Jersey at Friday Morning Meeting With Tulane Designer

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina will be the focus of a Friday morning discussion at NJIT between a New Orleans designer instrumental in helping that city rebuild and planner Thomas Dallessio, the project manager of NJIT’s new Center for Resilient Design.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, hurricane sandy, hurricane katrina, alternative spring break, thomas dallessio, center for resilient design