Kareem Awad of New Providence Joins the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT

Kareem Awad, a recent graduate of New Providence High School, is one of the exceptional students joining the Freshmen Class of 2019 at the Albert Dorman Honors College at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). At NJIT, Awad plans to study business on an advanced level.

Awad joined more than 700 of the nation’s most academically accomplished students enrolled in the Albert Dorman Honors College. Each Albert Dorman Honors Scholar receives a wealth of benefits including significant, merit-based scholarship packages, opportunities to participate in research, internships, co-ops and study abroad experiences, and accelerated pathways to higher degrees and professional schools. This summer, the college kicked off its 20th anniversary celebration, with its many prestigious alumni invited to visit the campus to champion the school’s success. A ceremony to welcome incoming freshmen was held at the NJIT Jim Wise Theatre Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Further information may be found at honors.njit.edu.

About NJIT

One of the nation’s leading public technological universities, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a top-tier research university that prepares students to become leaders in the technology-dependent economy of the 21st century. NJIT’s multidisciplinary curriculum and computing-intensive approach to education provide technological proficiency, business acumen and leadership skills. With an enrollment of 11,000 graduate and undergraduate students, NJIT offers small-campus intimacy with the resources of a major public research university. NJIT is a global leader in such fields as solar research, nanotechnology, resilient design, tissue engineering and cyber-security, in addition to others. NJIT ranks fifth among U.S. polytechnic universities in research expenditures, topping $110 million, and is among the top 1 percent of public colleges and universities in return on educational investment, according to Payscale.com.