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.  

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

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.

“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.”

NJIT and the university’s president, Joel S. Bloom, have been recognized by the Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP) for their commitment to revitalizing Newark to help “make the City a better place to live, work or visit.” Both were publicly acknowledged April 2 at The Newark Museum, where the organization held the eighth annual Kevin J. McKenna Awards and presented the 2019 Kevin J. McKenna Leadership Award to President Bloom. McKenna was a longtime NRBP counsel and executive committee member who died suddenly in 2011.