When Chidanand “Cid” Khode ’18 walked across the stage at graduation, he was able to check off a few things on his to-do list: make new friends, graduate with a degree in computer science and find a good job.
But his biggest accomplishment, he says, was honoring a personal commitment to leave a contribution to the next generation of Highlanders.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) conferred 2,885 bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at the 102nd commencement ceremony May 15 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Julia Garcia
Gonfalon: Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM)
Major: Finance
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Born and raised in Newark’s West Ward, Jonathan Isaacs ’18 didn’t have to travel far to find the perfect college.
Congratulations to the Class of 2018! NJIT graduates are going places, from CallisonRTKL Architecture to Cisco Tech, Harvard to the Philippines, UBS Bank to Northern Regional Medical Examiner's Office and everywhere in between.
Take a look below to see where some of NJIT's seniors are going.
NJIT graduates are going places! Some students are pursuing their Ph.D. at universities such as NYU, Stevens and Columbia. Some are joining companies like Verizon, Catalent Pharma Solutions and Tesla. Others are launching startups at the Watson Institute and pursuing studies overseas on a Fulbright Scholarship. A big congratulations to the entire NJIT Class of 2018.
MEDIA ADVISORY: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to Confer More than 3,100 Degrees at 102nd Commencement Exercises May 15, May 17 and May 18, 2018
Engineering Educator Dr. Leah Hope Jamieson to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Science
Organic chemistry looms large – and sometimes ominously – on the horizon of many an ambitious student, constituting a make or break moment for some on the road to medical or scientific careers. For senior Clayton Powell*, “Orgo” turned out to be a game-changer that propelled him in a new direction entirely.
Four and a half years ago, Dylan Renaud was a senior in high school unsure about a lot of things, in particular about how — even if — he could attend a four-year college. Growing up in a family of six boys, he knew there were things he could always count on his parents for — such as bandaging up a bleeding forehead from a sibling fight — but there were other things that he understood he could not rely on them for. Paying for college was one of them.
Ivan Mitevski is Newark College of Engineering's Outstanding Engineer
