New York Institute of Technology.
Motto	When Can You Start?
Established	1955
Type	Private
Endowment	$44.773 million [1]
President	Dr. Edward Guiliano
Faculty	256 full-time, 458 adjunct
Undergraduates	7,718
Postgraduates	5,162
Location	Old Westbury, NY, USA
Campus	Suburban
NCAA	Division I, 1 team Division II, 9 sports teams
Colors	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Bear
Website	www.nyit.edu

The New York Institute of Technology (also known as NYIT and New York Tech) is a private, co-educational college in New York in the USA. The college has three New York campuses, two on Long Island and one on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, as well as global locations and an online college. Founded in 1955, NYIT is the birthplace of the 3-D animation computer system. The founder of the NYIT Computer Graphics Lab, Edwin Catmull, later went on to found Pixar. The NYIT Computer Graphics Lab is regarded as one of the hallmarks of the computer graphics industry, and is listed in history as one of the top computer graphics research and development groups in the world. ^[2] A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Old Westbury is a village located in Nassau County, New York. ... NY redirects here. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... The NYIT Bears refer to the mascot and sports teams of the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), located in Old Westbury New York, United States. ... Image File history File links Nyit_athletics_small. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Image File history File links Nyit_logo. ... NY redirects here. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... The Computer Graphics Lab was a computer lab located at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) back in the late 1970s. ... Edwin Catmull after receiving a medal at SIGGRAPH 2001. ... Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American seven time Academy Award winning computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ... The Computer Graphics Lab was a computer lab located at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) back in the late 1970s. ...

History^[3]

Main article: NYIT History

Alexander Schure, Ph.D., NYIT's First President

The founders of NYIT, and in particular Dr. Alexander Schure, Ph.D., started NYIT with the purpose of creating a career-oriented school that focused on giving students the training necessary to succeed in their chosen careers. NYIT began in operations in 1955 at 500 Pacific Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. with only nine students. // Alexander Schure, Ph. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Schure. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Schure. ...

The function of higher education was highly debated at the time. There was growing concern that American schools and colleges were failing to meet critical national demands, particularly the need for scientists, engineers, and high-level technicians. This anxiety, in turn, generated another concern – fear that humanities studies would become overshadowed by an emphasis on science and engineering.

NYIT’s first administrators created a balance, a successful coexistence of career training and liberal arts education.

Leaders of the college took an early stand, committing NYIT to a policy of access. In addition to opening its doors to high school graduates who wanted to attend, NYIT created an extensive range of student services to help ensure the college’s success.

The career-focused mission of the school and its "access to opportunity policy" were well-received in the marketplace, resulting in rapid enrollment growth. By the 1958-1959 academic year, NYIT had more than 300 students and the time had come to expand its physical operations.

In April 1958, the college purchased the former Knights of Pythias building at 135-145 W. 70th St. in Manhattan for its main center. NYIT’s Brooklyn building soon became home to the college’s division of general studies. The Manhattan building, adjacent to the planned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, was an ornate 12-story structure with a columned entranceway. Built in 1929 at a cost of $2 million, it included among its features a huge 1,200-seat auditorium.

de Seversky Center, Old Westbury

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Schools

NYIT comprises the following academic schools:

• Architecture and Design
• Education and Professional Services
• Engineering and Computing Sciences
• Health Professions, Behavioral, and Life Sciences
• Management
• College of Arts and Sciences
• New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM)

The New York Institute of Technology School of Management (also known as NYIT SOM) is the Business school of New York Institute of Technology. ...

Academic Ranking

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers a speech at NYIT. 1999

In the 2007 edition of US News and World Report's Best College Rankings, NYIT ranks 77th out of 83 among Northern Universities-Masters. [1] Image File history File links GatesNYIT.jpg‎ Bill Gates giving a speech at NYIT, 1999 Source: NYIT Magazine: http://www. ... Image File history File links GatesNYIT.jpg‎ Bill Gates giving a speech at NYIT, 1999 Source: NYIT Magazine: http://www. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft, the worlds largest software company. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

Campuses

Old Westbury

Academic Quad, Old Westbury

The main campus of New York Institute of Technology is located in Old Westbury, NY on the former estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney [2]. Opened in 1963, this campus is not only the largest in the area, but also in student population. The Old Westbury campus houses the sports complex, administrative offices, as well as the de Seversky Center, a well-known party and event venue on Long Island. The Old Westbury campus is a completely commuter campus-residential students live on the nearby State University of New York at Old Westbury campus. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 682 KB) Summary The Quad, NYIT Old Westbury. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 682 KB) Summary The Quad, NYIT Old Westbury. ... Old Westbury is a village located in Nassau County, New York. ... NY redirects here. ... C.V. Whitney, 2000 book cover Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (February 20, 1899 - December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses. ... Categories: University stubs | State University of New York | Nassau County, New York ...

Old Westbury is also home to the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) which is NYIT's medical school.

• Map of NYIT Old Westbury Campus
• Aerial view of NYIT Old Westbury Campus

Manhattan

Broadway Center, Manhattan

The Manhattan campus is located between 60th and 61st streets and Broadway, adjacent to Columbus Circle. The campus comprises four buildings: The Main Campus Building, Information Hall, The New Technology Building, and The Student Activities Building. This is NYIT's smallest campus, but it offers a full range of classes in all of NYIT's major schools and programs. Residential students have two dorm options for the Manhattan campus: The Riverside Terrace, a hotel on the Upper West Side, and The Clark Residence, a dorm in Brooklyn that NYIT shares with other schools, mainly Pace University and New York University (NYU). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 678 KB) Summary Broadway Center, NYIT Manhattan campus. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 678 KB) Summary Broadway Center, NYIT Manhattan campus. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... Columbus Circle Columbus Circle is a major landmark and point of attraction in New York City. ... Pace University is a private, co-educational and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution in New York City. ...

• Map of NYIT Manhattan Campus (PDF)
• Aerial view of NYIT Manhattan campus

Central Islip

Kennedy Hall, Central Islip

NYIT expanded to Central Islip in the early 1980s [1984 to be exact] after receiving land from New York state that was formerly home to the Central Islip Psychiatric Center. Smaller in size compared with Old Westbury, it was home to NYIT's dorms, a renowned Culinary Arts program, architecture studios, a student activity center, and a cafeteria. Because of the on campus dorms, the Central Islip campus became NYIT's residential campus, with intramural sports leagues, a bowling alley, and a swimming pool among other features. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 662 KB) Summary Kennedy Hall, Central Islip. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 662 KB) Summary Kennedy Hall, Central Islip. ... A culinary profession is cooking as a profession, i. ...

The Central Islip campus was created in an effort to revitalize the poor economy of Central Islip, Long Island. After buying the land, NYIT transferred land to the state, some of which was turned into a sprawling courthouse complex, some of which was turned into a baseball stadium for the Long Island Ducks, and some of which was turned into housing. However, the economic boost that both NYIT and the town leadership hoped for never came, and in 2005 NYIT removed almost all of its academic programs from Central Islip. Only the culinary arts, hospitality management and Vocational Independence Programs remain. Student who lived in the Central Islip dorms were moved to dorms on the State University of New York at Old Westbury campus, or to housing near the Manhattan Campus. The Long Island Ducks are an Atlantic League team based in Central Islip, New York. ... Categories: University stubs | State University of New York | Nassau County, New York ...

Ellis College

Ellis College is an online school founded in 2003. Using a proprietary, state-of-the-art learning system, students who are unable to attend any of NYIT's physical campuses can take classes online.

Global Campuses

In addition to its New York locations, NYIT has campuses in the following countries:

• Bahrain (Manama)
• Canada (Vancouver)
• China (Nanchang)
• Jordan (Amman)
• United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)

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Student Media

On the Old Westbury campus, NYIT students produce the Campus Slate, the student run newspaper founded in 1966. WNYT, the campus radio station, was founded in 1965, and in 2005, the radio station began streaming live over the internet 24/7. Communication Arts students also produce LI News Tonight, a nightly news show broadcast live from its studios in Education Hall.

On the Manhattan campus, students write for the NYIT Chronicle, the student run newspaper founded in 2005.

In Central Islip a small group of students started a school paper called "The Tunnel" based on the network of tunnels that interconnected many of the former hospital buildings. Lack of school administration support and funding made an end to the effort, but 5 or 6 issues were published out of the students' own pockets, and created quite a stir when they appeared all over campus using anonymous names before going public several issues later.

WNYT Old Westbury

Main article: WNYT radio

Radio station WNYT was formed as NYIT opened its Old Westbury campus in the mid-1960s, operating from studios located in Education Hall. The student-run station has alternately broad casted on campus via carrier current and closed circuit connections, and during the ‘70s and early ‘80s served as the audio for Cablevision’s on-screen program guide. Today WNYT is heard online, starting Internet-based programming in November 2004. WNYT Radio WNYT Radio is the college radio station for the New York Institute of Technology, available on the internet 24/7 at WNYTRadio. ...

As a campus club, WNYT is supported by the Student Government Association, with some additional funding coming from alumni and private donations. Its members take pride in their commitment to creating a professional environment where students can have a real-world “on-air” experience. They hold air shifts, learn production, handle engineering and enjoy an atmosphere that results in professional broadcasting careers and lifelong relationships.

Over the past four decades WNYT has produced some of broadcasting’s bright stars, with alumni serving as disc jockeys, newscasters, engineers, television anchors and professional voice-over artists. Among the station’s former student members are Carol Silva ‘76, anchor, News12 Long Island; Jim Douglas ‘82, morning personality, WKJY-FM; Donna Vaughan ’86,’87, news director, WALK-FM; Tracy Burgess ‘88, news editor, “Imus in the Morning”; Dennis Falcone ‘79, nationally syndicated program producer, Premiere Radio Networks; Maria Milito ‘83, mid-day air personality, Q-104 Radio; Don Faithfull ‘80, engineer, WABC-TV; Scotty Hart ‘92, air personality, B-103 Radio; Frank DiMaulo ‘87, audio engineer and editor, “As the World Turns”; Steve Singer ‘79, audio engineer; NBC-TV; and John Caracciolo, vice president and general manager of The Morey Organization’s radio group, to name only some of WNYT’s success stories.

Athletics

Old Westbury

Main article: NYIT Bears

NYIT Athletics Logo

With the exception of its baseball team, which plays in NCAA Division I independently, NYIT's athletic programs compete in NCAA Division II, and are members of the East Coast Conference (ECC). The teams are called the Bears, and the school colors are blue and gold. NYIT offers Men's Lacrosse, Men's and women's basketball, Softball, Men and Women's Cross Country Track, women's volleyball, and Men and Women's soccer. NYIT has had much athletic success. The men's basketball team reached the NCAA Division II Championship game in 1980. The Lacrosse team has won three national championships, in 1997, 2003, and 2005. The volleyball team reached the NCAA tournament every year from 2001-2006, and in 2005, the men's soccer team reached the 2005 NCAA Division II elite eight. The NYIT Bears refer to the mascot and sports teams of the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), located in Old Westbury New York, United States. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (713x652, 270 KB) Summary NYIT Athletics logo, http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (713x652, 270 KB) Summary NYIT Athletics logo, http://www. ... Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a collegiate athletics conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, and New York. ...

Men's Lacrosse celebrates the 2005 National Championship

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Manhattan Recreational Sports

With all of the NCAA teams located in Old Westbury, students on the Manhattan campus can participate in various recreational sports team. The Manhattan campus offers recreational sports teams in Men's Basketball, Men's and Women's soccer, Co-ed Volleyball, Co-ed Softball, and Co-ed Dodgeball. The recreational sports teams play in various leagues and in various gyms across New York City. The Men's basketball team has been the most successful, winning YMCA Vanderbilt league championships in 2005 and 2006.

Films

NYIT has also produced some films during the years. Besides a few computer animated shorts, as well as the unfinished computer animated feature The Works, they added some work to the 1982 documentary Computers Are People, Too!. Their work on the 1975 film, Tubby the Tuba, marked the first time computers were used for the making of an animated feature. The Works was to be the first entirely 3D computer animated film, created by the Computer Graphics Lab, but was never completed. ... For other uses, see Tubby the Tuba. ...

Greek Life

Fraternities

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Tau Sigma Chi // History A local Greek Fraternity established on February 26, 1986 at New York Institute of Technologys Central Islip Campus. ...

Alpha Chi Rho Alpha Chi Rho (ΑΧΡ) is a mens collegiate fraternity founded on June 4th, 1895 at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut by the Reverend Paul Ziegler, his son Carl Ziegler, and Carls friends William Rouse, Herbert T. Sherriff and William A.D. Eardeley. ...

Iota Phi Theta The Brotherhood of Iota Phi Theta was a local service fraternity at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1973 to 2001. ...

Sororities

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Eta Chi Gamma

Notable Alumni

• John Antioco- CEO, Blockbuster Video
• Allison Baver - Olympic Speed Skater
• Patty Ann Browne - News Anchor, MSNBC
• Don Cooper - Pitching Coach, Chicago White Sox
• Brian Kenny - ESPN, 6pm SportsCenter Anchor
• Richard Jadick, D.O. - Naval surgeon credited for saving the lives of 30 marines and sailors during the Second Battle of Fallujah, earning him the Bronze Star. [3]
• Brian McLaughlin - New York State Assemblyman
• Adam Pascal- Actor/Singer/Producer (Most notable as Roger Davis in Broadway musical Rent)
• Joseph Saladino - New York State Assemblyman
• Dr. Steve Salvatore - Medical Correspondent for WPIX, previously medical correspondent for CNN
• Anthony Seminerio - New York State Assemblyman
• Allen Watson - Former Major League Pitcher (Member of 2000 World Series Champion New York Yankees)

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NYIT Jargon

• Architorture- Common nickname by which architecture students refer to their major.
• Bearcat- The NYIT Library search engine
• Blackboard- The NYIT Online campus
• Dairy Barn - The Student Activities Center in Old Westbury.
• Iris- The NYIT sub-Web site, home websites for students, faculty, academic departments, the radio station, student affairs, and more
• Knights- Old name of the Manhattan campus recreational basketball team
• Mymail- The NYIT student email system
• Next Year I Transfer- A common play on the NYIT acronym.
• No! You're Indian Too?! - A common play on the NYIT acronym, referring to the large percentage of the student body which is of Indian nationality.
• NYITConnect- The NYIT online system. Students can register for classes, check financial aid, search for classes, and check grades.
• NYITizens - Nickname for NYIT students and staff
• SAC- The Student activities center
• SEC- The Manhattan campuses' Student Entertainment Council, the group responsible for organizing on campus events
• SGA- Student Government association
• The Barn/The Stable- Education Hall. Before it was an academic building, Education Hall was a stable. In fact, the whole school resembles a stable.
• The Dungeon- Nickname given to the basement of Information Hall at NYIT's Manhattan Campus.
• The New Building- The common name for the Manhattan campus New Technology Building
• The Station- Short for WNYT, NYIT's Radio station

Presidents

• Alexander Schure, Ph.D. - 1955-1982
• Matthew Schure, Ph.D. - 1982-2000
• Edward Guiliano, Ph.D. - 2000-

References

External links

• New York Institute of Technology webpage
• New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM)
• Ellis College
• NYIT Athletics
• WNYT Radio
• New York Institute of Technology at the Internet Movie Database

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