A total of 161 graduates from the Middlesex and Union county region graduated from NJIT during its May 26 commencement ceremony held at the Continental Airlines Arena. NJIT had 132 graduates from Middlesex County, 19 from Union County and 10 from the town of Somerset. >>

A total of 127 graduates from Bergen and Passaic counties graduated from NJIT during its May 26 graduation ceremony held at the Continental Airlines Arena. NJIT had 84 graduates from Bergen County and 43 from Passaic County. >>

When he was 16, Sanmi Koyejo left his home and family in Lagos, Nigeria.Above all, his parents wanted him to get a good education, and they knew Nigerian colleges could not compete with their American counterparts. So, even though they’d miss him, they bid him farewell - hoping an American education would be his passport to success. >>

George Roa’s life is a classic American story of an industrious immigrant who uses education as an avenue to economic betterment for both him and his family. He will graduate from NJIT on May 26 at the top of his class. He majored in professional and technical communication and has a near-perfect cumulative grade-point average of 3.9.  "I do think America is still the land of opportunity,” he said. “The opportunities are here but you must open your imagination and look for them.” >>