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Science Olympiad Spotlights STEM Know-how of More Than 700 Pre-College Students

Science Olympiad Spotlights STEM Know-how of More Than 700 Pre-College Students

Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
They came, they competed and, at day’s end, they convened, to learn the results of the 2020 New Jersey Science Olympiad, hosted on campus Jan. 6 by NJIT for the 14th consecutive year. Hundreds of students making up 43 teams from high schools and middle schools from throughout the Garden State put ...
Grant Will Help Support Greater Number of Local Pre-College Students

Grant Will Help Support Greater Number of Local Pre-College Students

Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Since 1924, Victoria Foundation has awarded more than $300 million in grants to benefit Newark. One of the country’s oldest private foundations, Victoria dedicates itself to improving the lives of children and families in Newark, and protecting water resources and preserving open spaces throughout...
Annual State Science Olympiad for Pre-College Students Hosted Again by NJIT

Annual State Science Olympiad for Pre-College Students Hosted Again by NJIT

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
For the 14th year in a row, NJIT will host the New Jersey Science Olympiad (NJSO). The university expects upward of 700 middle and high school students on campus Jan. 6, 2020, (snow date Jan. 13) for the event, which is part of a national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) compe...
It's All in the Family for Upcoming Pre-College Workshop Series

It's All in the Family for Upcoming Pre-College Workshop Series

Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs will hold another STEM Family Workshop Series this February. The “hands-on, minds-on” classes are designed for 8- to 13-year-olds and their families, and will be led by university professors, students and staff on three consecutive Saturday mornings from ...
NJIT Professor Emeritus Receives Presidential Award for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring

NJIT Professor Emeritus Receives Presidential Award for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Howard Kimmel, professor emeritus in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). He is one of 15 awardees nationwide and the only recipient in New Jersey this year. B...
Two Recent Grants Support Programs and Services for Pre-College Students

Two Recent Grants Support Programs and Services for Pre-College Students

Thursday, October 10th, 2019
NJIT is one of six higher education partners in New Jersey awarded federal funding over the next seven years, from the U.S. Department of Education, for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). Here in Newark, the university’s Center for Pre-College Programs (CPC...
Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: LaTosha Wilson Is in Event Services at NJIT

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: LaTosha Wilson Is in Event Services at NJIT

Monday, September 23rd, 2019
“I was afraid of numbers, so this was the opportunity to get some extra training, get some extra help over the summer,” said LaTosha Wilson of her participation in pre-college programs at NJIT. “It was a chance to keep me focused.” Her mother, then a secretary for the university’s Office ...
Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: Jason Baynes Is Practicing Orthopaedic Surgery

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: Jason Baynes Is Practicing Orthopaedic Surgery

Monday, September 9th, 2019
Jason Baynes says he was fortunate to have had the opportunity to be part of a pre-college program that exposed him to science and math in many more ways than his school did. In summer 1989, before he entered eighth grade, his mother — then a math supervisor in Teaneck who was always on the lookou...
Math Success Initiative Holds True to Its Name

Math Success Initiative Holds True to Its Name

Friday, August 23rd, 2019
It was an intense seven-week program of math enrichment in algebra, pre-calculus and calculus, coupled with college and SAT prep, and on-campus recreation. When it concluded Aug. 9 at a ceremony in the Campus Center Atrium, the 35 rising 12th-graders who participated in the inaugural NJIT/Newark Mat...
NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs to Host STEM Leadership Forum Oct. 3

NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs to Host STEM Leadership Forum Oct. 3

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
The Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will be hosting a free STEM leadership forum for superintendents and board members on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The forum, which includes a free networking breakfast ...