Nov 03 2011

DONATE NOW to the Peru Alternative Break Trip

DONATE NOW!  We appreciate your support.  All donations will be used to offset the total cost per student for travel, food, lodging, and supplies used for projects while there.

NYIT is going back to Peru! We are partnering again with the International YMCA and the YMCA of Peru to continue the work started by 11 NYIT community members last spring. This year 14 NYIT students and 1 NYIT staff member were selected  to go back to Peru and work with community members to address water issues, work on an ecological project, assist youth in an orphanage, and work on a community construction project. Last year’s participants were truly transformed by their experience.  Watch their video which documents their experience.

NYIT students and staff earned a $200 corporate donation from The Jeremy Kyle Show by attending a taping of the daytime TV talk show. NYIT Communication Arts student, Rhonda Neal, currently works as the Audience Coordinator for the show and arranged for the donation. Thank you Rhonda!

Feb 15 2011

Student Business Cards Are Here!

You'll want to have a stack of these two-color double sided personalized cards with the official NYIT logo. The two step process, including payment, is simple. Use this link to get started with your order. Samples available in Career Services. $10 for 60 cards and $16 for 120 cards.

Jan 30 2012

FREE Practice GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT, PCAT

Kaplan is holding FREE Practice Tests for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT, and PCAT.  This semester, we’re making the event more convenient than ever with two great options.  We will have our on site MCAT Computer Based Practice Test event on Friday, March 2 at 4pm at NYIT Old Westbury.  To register for this free event, fill out the following web form. 

Jan 24 2012

Microsoft is Recruiting at NYIT

Microsoft is visiting NYIT (OW and NY campuses) on Feb. 28 to recruit software developers for full-time and internship positions. To attend the event you must RSVP. 

To have your resume submitted to the recruiter: search for Job ID 12011 (full-time) and Job ID 12012 (internship) in Career Net.

You must have an approved resume on Career Net to submit to Microsoft's recruiter.

Oct 12 2011

Mentoring Matters

Alumni share the gift of experience in NYIT's mentorship program

By Michael Schiavetta (M.A. '07) and Briana Samuels

For Xiang Ji (B.F.A. ’11, above left), it began with a phone call and led to a career filled with promise.

Inside the Upper West Side offices of New York City-based Viacom, home to MTV Networks, the communication arts graduate reflects on an NYIT educational experience which taught her skills that no classroom lesson could deliver.

“I wanted to combine technology with communications, so I contacted the NYIT Alumni Mentor Program,” says Ji, who is now working as a field reporter for the Chinese TV network Sinovision in New York City.

Ji transferred to NYIT-Manhattan to pursue a career in communications after studying in China. “I wanted to be in New York, home to the best media in the world,” she says. 

Her alumni mentor, Gina Colon-Bumbalo (M.A. ’96, above right), was only too happy to oblige. “Xiang was fantastic, ambitious, and just wanted to learn everything,” she says.

A line producer for MTV Networks, where she has worked for 12 years, Colon-Bumbalo brought Ji to video shoots as a production assistant. She worked on shows like My Super Sweet 16 and learned firsthand how professionals at one of the top global TV networks assemble and produce a hit show.

The mentoring experience proved beneficial to Colon-Bumbalo as well. During her days as an NYIT student, professors Tony Piazza and Don Fizzignolia served as mentors in their own way and helped her land jobs at News 12 and Bravo TV. To fulfill that role and have Ji as a protégé sparked an excitement and desire to continue helping young students. 

“It made me want to do it again, especially with students who want to strive and don’t know how,” says Colon-Bumbalo.

In addition to working on MTV shows, Ji learned ways of enhancing her personal brand for future employers. “Gina helped me with my resume and showed me how to find job opportunities based on my interests and career goals,” says Ji. “She also offered advice on the correct protocol for following up with employers after an interview.” 

It was the perfect complement to Ji’s lessons in the classroom, where she learned the theories and professional skills that were put into practice at MTV. “Through my internship and with Gina’s guidance,” says Ji, “I was able to learn how it really is on the job.”

Read more at NYIT Magazine
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Sep 08 2011

Looking for Career Guidance?

The Alumni Mentor Program is designed to ease the transition from college to career by matching current students with experienced professionals. Learn more about the NYIT Alumni Mentor Program today!

Read the mentoring article in the NYIT Alumni Magazine, Summer 2011