NJIT Newsroom tagged with "alumni association"

NJIT's Newark College of Engineering To Honor Alums, Students, Faculty, Staff

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The NJIT Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will hold its 15th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on April 16, 2013 in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium. The event will celebrate the 94th anniversary of NCE, NJIT’s flagship institution. Honorees, who hail mostly from New Jersey, will include nine students, seven faculty and staff and two alumni with notable careers in technology and engineering.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, alumni, salute to engineering excellence, outstanding alumnus award, alumni association, hatch mott macdonald

Students Sharpen Communication and Interviewing Skills at Annual Speed Networking Event

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

More than 40 NJIT alumni met with 106 students during the Third Annual Speed Networking Event on March 30 in the Campus Center Ballroom.

Tagged: alumni, educational opportunity program, career development services, alumni relations, alumni association

NJIT History Professor Receives 2009 Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Neil M. Maher, PhD, associate professor, chair and graduate coordinator of the department of history, received the 2009 Robert Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence from the NJIT Alumni Association on June 13. Maher recently published Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement (Oxford University Press, 2008) and is currently researching and writing an environmental history of the space race during the 1960s and 1970s.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, alumni, federated department of history, neil maher, alumni association

Alums To Be Honored June 13 at NJIT: Honorees Include Voting Rights Lawyer

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The NJIT Alumni Association annually honors a select group of distinguished alumni for their notable achievements in their professional careers, community activities, and/or support of NJIT. This year’s event will honor a group of New Jersey residents who made their marks in the fields of architecture, engineering and more. Set for Saturday, June 13, 2009, at 4 p.m. at NJIT, the event caps Alumni Weekend at the University.

Tagged: department of mathematical sciences, alumni, fadi deek, event, alumni relations, neil maher, alumni association, honorees, department of history

NJIT Community Mourns Passing of Bernard Coopersmith '44

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The NJIT community mourns the passing this morning of Bernard Coopersmith, a 1944 graduate of Newark College of Engineering and friend of the university. Coopersmith received the NCE Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2000 and served as the president of the NJIT Alumni Association in 1969. Last year, Coopersmith joined those about to become alumni at Commencement 2008, receiving special recognition from NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch as the “most mature” alumnus to participate in the ceremony.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, alumni, robert altenkirch, commencement, alumni association

Ninety Alumni and Guests Attend Workshop for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Have a great idea for a business or invention but don't know where to turn? Then consider yourself a candidate for the Young Alumni Club's Entrepreneurial Network program. On Saturday, Jan. 24, the Alumni Association of NJIT’s Young Alumni Club and the NJIT Enterprise Development Center co-sponsored a workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs that was attended by 90 alumni and guests. For more information about the program, go to www.njit.edu/alumni/yac.

Tagged: alumni, enterprise development center, alumni association, young alumni club

NJIT Students Get Out the Vote

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT students boarded special shuttles and walked in an organized march headed for local polling sites yesterday to cast their votes in this year’s presidential election. The event was coordinated by NJIT’s Residence Life, Campus Center and the Alumni Association. Paula Krongard (pictured at left, center), senior associate director in NJIT's Office of Alumni Relations, sponsored an Election Day information table in the Campus Center assisted by alumni volunteers James Sharpe, Jr. and Lanre Tomori.

Tagged: alumni, campus center, residence life, alumni association, office of alumni relations