New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to Confer More Than 2,600 Degrees at 98th Commencement Exercises on May 20

WHAT: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 2,600 baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees at the 98th Commencement exercises. The university also will confer honorary degrees on three individuals.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at 9 a.m. A live broadcast can be viewed at www.njit.edu

WHERE:  Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey

WHO:

NJIT President Joel S. Bloom will preside over the ceremony.

Commencement Address and Honorary Degrees: Clement Alexander Price, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of History, Rutgers University-Newark Campus, and Director of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, will deliver the 2014 Commencement address and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. John M. Dionisio, Executive Chairman of AECOM, and Robert S. Dow ‘69, who was Managing Partner at Lord Abbett & Co. before retiring in 2012, each will receive an honorary Doctor of Science.

Student Speaker: Johnathan Weiss, of Wantage, will give remarks on behalf of the student body.

STUDENT STORY

To learn about more about the outstanding graduates of the Class of 2014, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7vQLtz9vuN4

Jay Vargas ’14, an electrical and computer engineering major from Maywood, didn’t enroll in college after high school; instead, he enlisted in the Marines, knowing that after five years of service, the GI Bill would pay his college tuition. In wartime, he was stationed twice in Iraq. When he finished his military service and enrolled at NJIT, Jay’s motivation pushed him to the top of his class. Most recently, the Newark College of Engineering named him the Outstanding Senior in electrical and computer engineering.  He also spent six months interning at the Picatinny Arsenal, where he did so well that the Army recently offered him a full-time job as a Radar Antenna and Radio Frequency Systems engineer. The Army, moreover, will pay for him to attend graduate school. He plans to get his master’s degree in electrical engineering.  Read more about Jay at: http://www.njit.edu/features/student/vargas.php