EOP News

EOP News

Damilola Ojoye, NJIT and Pre-College alum

For This Mechanical Engineering Graduate, NJIT Roots Run Deep

Wednesday, August 22, 2018
When NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs held its annual closing ceremony for the Bernard Harris Summer STEM Camp (BHSSC) this past July, an unplanned reunion made the event all the more sweet.
After two decades leading NJIT's EOP, Tony Howell is stepping down.

It's the End of an Era at the Educational Opportunity Program

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Tony Howell’s office on the third floor of NJIT’s Campbell Hall is as much a retrospective of the past two decades of the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), of which he has been executive director since...
NJIT campus

NJIT Featured in 2018 I'm First! Guide to College

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Students who are the first in their family to pursue higher education or come from a low-income household continue to be severely underrepresented on college campuses, despite high educational aspirations.
NJBIA Rising Star Award

This NJIT Student Is a Rising Star

Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Ester Calderon recently spent several weeks anxiously waiting to hear about her application for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association’s (NJBIA) 2017-2018 Rising Star Award.
The 2017 class is EOP's third largest.

EOP Students Ready for Freshman Year

Wednesday, August 23, 2017
For the 139 students who completed the Educational Opportunity Program’s (EOP) 2017 Summer Academic Enrichment Program, the closing ceremony Aug. 2 in Kupfrian Hall’s Jim Wise Theater represented more than just...
Mikaya Hamilton is coming to NJIT from Mesa, Arizona.

EOP Freshman Crosses the Country to Attend NJIT

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Why is Mikaya Hamilton coming to NJIT this fall all the way from Mesa, Arizona?
NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs offers an array of programs to stimulate STEM learning and promote pathways to college.

UBELL Promotes Language and Learning

Tuesday, June 20, 2017
First in a Three-part Series on Pre-College Programs at NJIT
The EOP Class of 2017.

EOP Acknowledges Achievements of the Class of 2017

Friday, April 28, 2017
Just weeks before NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) will send its 2017 graduates out into the professional world, it celebrated them at its 45th Annual Awards Ceremony, where a prevailing...
NJIT is part of a nationwide consortium of colleges and universities that support first-generation college students.

First-Generation Students Shine at NJIT

Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Typically one-third of entering students responding to NJIT’s annual new-student survey have parents who did not attend college.
College guidebook uniquely targets low-income, first-generation college-bound students

NJIT Featured in 2017 I’m First! Guide to College

Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Young people from all walks of life dream of going to college. In fact, eight of 10 expect to attain a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the U.S. Department of Education.