Pride Month
Dear NJIT Community Members,
The month of June is widely celebrated as Pride Month throughout the United States and across much of the globe. It is a time during which we purposefully highlight and celebrate the impact and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, both on campus and around the world. It also is a time to identify and advocate for the elimination of injustices and inequalities that remain today.
NJIT is a university that embraces diversity and considers it a key strength of our community. We are one of the most diverse universities in the United States, and that has been a critical factor in our success. Learning happens and progress is made when intelligent, hard-working people from varied backgrounds respectfully share their unique perspectives and ideas in order to solve problems and spur innovation. When diverse teams work together, the members of those teams see a project through different lenses. Their varied experiences allow them to identify different problems to be addressed as well as opportunities to be seized upon. That results in sharing information, raising questions, and developing products, solutions, and efficiencies that may not even be considered by a team lacking such diversity.
We, as a university and as a society, benefit tremendously from such diversity, so it is imperative that our university community be one where all members feel both respected and a sense of belonging. In such an environment, everyone has the opportunity to flourish and grow.
I take great pride in the diverse and collaborative community we have fostered here at NJIT, and of the efforts by its members to improve the world around us. I encourage all of you to continue valuing and respecting one another while always advocating for the elimination of inequality and injustice wherever it remains.
Sincerely,
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom