A special group of NJIT’s graduating seniors is finishing undergraduate life with a flourish — their achievements across the humanities and STEM sciences recently earned them the Outstanding Student Award at the College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards this month. In the first of a two-part series, we catch up with this year’s winners who share their successes and memorable moments at NJIT, as well as exciting plans following Commencement 2024. Anneliese Schmidt, B.S. Applied Physics   Where did you grow up and…

Speaker after speaker reinforced what Kevin Belfield, dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts at New Jersey Institute of Technology, said about the university’s Math Success Initiative: “It takes a village to put a program like this together.” The speakers were at a campus ceremony celebrating the first students to experience MSI and graduate from NJIT: Okyere Boateng, Brian Herrera-Calle, Catherine Ochoa and Steff Pitti. The students exemplify the best of Newark, as each attended high school in the city before enrolling at NJIT. So, that’s why City of Newark Chief Education Officer…

While excitement builds toward Commencement 2024, celebrations have already begun at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), which recently hosted its annual awards ceremony honoring distinguished alumni, faculty, students and staff. CSLA Dean Kevin Belfield welcomed guests at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center, reflecting on another standout academic year for the college in which its external research expenditures reached a new high, its overall female student population grew to 52% and its faculty taught 98,711 student credit hours — more than any college at…

When Martina Hanna ’24 started her studies at NJIT, she was a civil engineering major. But when the pandemic hit, she took a different route, one that was meant to be.  “I was just too scared to do it because I didn't have a portfolio,” Hanna explained the process of switching her major to interior design. “But during COVID I had so much free time that I actually developed one and really looked into it more. I got in, they let me change my majors. I was like, ‘amazing!’” As she looks back to those days, she notes how the classes weren’t feeding her creative side. Hanna’s passion for…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has proudly revealed the distinguished keynote speakers for its 2024 Commencement ceremonies, each representing a remarkable journey of achievement and success. Marjorie A. Perry, MBA '05, an esteemed alumna of NJIT and President/CEO of MZM Construction, will deliver the keynote address at the undergraduate ceremony on May 17 at the Prudential Center. Perry, who earned her MBA from NJIT, has been an integral part of the university's community for over a decade. Notably, Perry made history as the first woman and African American to chair the…