Past Events

Monday, May 13, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: American Sports - Baseball - Mark Wallace (US Consulate General Shanghai)
 

Wednesday, May 8, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, NYIT Student PSA Review and Critique

NYIT Communication Arts Professor Thomas Speirs will lead a Review and Critique of NYIT student PSAs on Intellectual Property Rights. Wednesday’s Review and Critique is the last step before the PSAs, written, directed and produced by NYIT student film-makers, are submitted for judging in the NUPT Student Film Festival held later this month. The winning PSA will win 10,000 RMB 1st prize.

Tuesday, May 7, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Intellectual Property Rights Panel Discussion

NYIT Communication Arts Professor Geoff Bell, Ph.D., will moderate a panel discussion between film and IPR experts from Asia and America and NYIT students to explore such as topics as cultural differences in copyright behavior, the law and technology, and artists’ ability to manage rights to their own creative works in the present context.

Monday, May 6, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Cinco de Mayo Celebration - Anselma Ellingwood (Nanjing International School) and Professor Ken Ellingwood (Nanjing University)

April 10, 2013:  Guest Speaker – Richard Foristel, Webster University China Programs Director, presented "Learning From Steve Jobs".

Mr. Foristel presented to an audience of one hundred students and several NYIT professors as part of the co-sponsored NYIT Center for Humanities and Culture at NUPT and School of Management Professional Enrichment Program this spring semester of 2013. His highly effective PowerPoint presentation on the life and career of Steve Jobs could not have been any more attractive to our students who are typically unwilling to forgo their lunches in the cafeteria during this hour. One pleased business major shared the following review of his talk in an email correspondence: “I think Professor Foristel’s speech was excellent because even [though] his theme is Steve Jobs, he not only talked about Steve, he also introduced us to [a] third CEO John Sculley who took office from 1983 to 1993. He emphasized the marketing skill of John Sculley that is very useful for our business students. Before his speech, I never knew about any talent except Steve Jobs in Apple.”

April 3, 2013:  Guest Speaker – Kari Jaksa, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, presented “What It’s Like to Study in the United States?”

Ms. Jaksa presented to an audience of eighty students and several NYIT professors as part of the co-sponsored NYIT Center for Humanities and Culture at NUPT and School of Management Professional Enrichment Program this spring semester of 2013. She gave an overview of  U.S. university education with an emphasis on Economics and Business Administration. She emphasized the importance of writing papers and asking questions in the class. The confident, articulate, and enthusiastic manner in which she expressed herself inspired the students to ask questions actively.

March 27, 2013:  Guest Speaker – Cynthia Davila, General Services Officer, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, presented "Job Readiness and Job Hunting in the United States".

Ms. Davila presented  to an audience of 120 students and several NYIT professors as part of the co-sponsored NYIT Center for Humanities and Culture at NUPT and School of Management Professional Enrichment Program this spring semester of 2013. She illustrated how students should conduct themselves while networking in contrast to how to do so during job interviews as well as gave advice on resume writing. After the formal talk, Ms. Davila screened David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada (2006) in the NYIT Center and discussed workplace issues privately with a small group of students.