According to NJIT Career Development Services’ most recent annual report, almost one-fifth of undergrads from the Class of 2018 who reported full-time employment indicated an NJIT career fair as their source. That figure certainly demonstrates the value of students attending the fair, to both mingle with prospective employers and leave a lasting impression on recruiters. But vital to the mix in landing a position is preparedness. With the Fall 2019 Career Fair just around the corner — Wednesday, Oct. 2, at NJIT’s Wellness and Events Center — these Highlanders, who scored internships through…

One is studying computer science at NJIT, the other biomedical engineering, but they both join the university as Mayor’s Honors Scholars. Samara and Samantha Augustin — freshmen at Ying Wu College of Computing and Newark College of Engineering, respectively — are among the first recipients of the full scholarship, a partnership of NJIT, the city of Newark and the Newark Board of Education to create a pipeline between Newark Public Schools and NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College. Graduates of Science Park High School, the Augustins were involved there in a variety of extracurricular…

Payscale has released its 2019 College Salary Report and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has placed #53 out of over 4,000 colleges and universities across the U.S. in the mid-career salary rankings. In addition, NJIT is #1 for state schools in mid-career salary. “NJIT students are in high demand and our alumni enjoy remarkable success, because we specialize in preparing graduates to thrive in what is unquestionable a tech economy,” said NJIT President Joel S. Bloom. “Every major global industry, at its core, is driven by technological advancement. That’s why our students average…

NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka officially announced the three students selected as Mayor’s Honors Scholars from the high school class of 2019 on June 28, 2019 in NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC). In his introductory remarks, Bloom described how students enrolled at the ADHC have a wealth of opportunities to optimize their own educational path. “You have a palette here that you can fill however you want to proceed,” he said.   Natasha Rogers, Interim Deputy Mayor/Director of Economic and Housing Development and COO of the City of Newark…

Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were achieved: For the first time, an NJIT student earned the David L. Boren Scholarship, which seeks to build a workforce of national security professionals with critical language skills, and two NJIT students were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, for undergraduate research, in the same year. “…

Meet the 2019 gonfalon carriers! The six seniors chosen to represent their schools at NJIT's Commencement reminisce about life on campus, while they begin to envisage what lies beyond.   Newark College of Engineering Olivia Hadlaw Major: Electrical Engineering with a minor in Applied Mathematics Hometown: South Amboy, N.J. Next up: Design and analysis engineer in the Boeing Company’s Space and Security unit in St. Louis “I’m interested in sensors. For my senior project, I worked with two friends to design a device called the…

Thousands of NJIT graduates are moving onto bigger and better things. Off to Fortune 500 companies, global engineering firms and premiere law schools, take a look at just a few of our students who are moving on as proud Highlanders.  

Sitting just outside the Campus Center on a sunny, breezy Tuesday afternoon, Siri Uppuluri reflects on her upcoming graduation from NJIT. “I feel like I’ve reached a milestone, so while it’s bittersweet to be leaving campus, I also feel like I’ve been prepared by my professors academically. And in terms of personal growth, I’m ready to move on to that next step,” said the biology major and Albert Dorman Honors College scholar, who will attend Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) in the fall.   What’s indeed noteworthy about Uppuluri graduating is that she is doing so after…

“We saw when you came in as freshmen, and you thought you knew it all. Then you realized after the first week of the summer program, do I really know anything?” reminisced Crystal Smith, interim director of NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), while addressing EOP graduating seniors, their parents and university staff and faculty. “And then you made it through to this awards ceremony for us to celebrate you.” And celebrated they were at EOP’s 47th annual gathering to commend students for their academic accomplishments. The class of 2019 includes 110 graduates representing a range of…

NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS) paid tribute to an array of recruiting partners at its annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held April 2 in the Campus Center Atrium. There, CDS staff acknowledged the important relationship between the university and employers in advancing the professional success of NJIT students. The feeling was mutual among the award recipients, who remarked on the well-prepared and “motivated, diverse community of students,” as well as the “amount of incredible talent” at NJIT. Here are the 2019 honorees: Best Community Partner: American Cancer Society Best…