May 17 2013
NYIT’s Physician Assistant Graduates Celebrate at White Coat Ceremony
NYIT’s Physician Assistant Graduates Celebrate at White Coat Ceremony
Energy Conference 2013: Preparing for Climate Change
Annual Reception Celebrates Faculty Scholarship
NYIT and Turkish Dignitaries Celebrate Partnerships
Student-led Engineering Teams Shine at NYIT
Commencement 2013
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Hooding Ceremony and Brunch
“Security in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities” - USN Admiral S. Locklear
Transfer Enrollment Days
Public Talk with Lama Ole Nydahl: What Happens When We Die? A Buddhist Perspective

NYIT students traveled to Peru in March to perform various community services and provide health education to local residents.
A combination of altruism and adventure brought a team of 14 NYIT students and one staff member to the second Alternative Spring Break Project on March 17-25. The group traveled to South America to build on the foundation created by last year’s team in Independencia, Peru. This year, they conducted educational workshops on safe water storage and sterilization, cleaned up beaches in Los Leones, and worked with the local community to build the concrete foundation of a rural pharmacy. They also provided health education to dislocated children in the Arco Iris orphanage, where the team wrote and sang Spanish-language songs that explained proper hygiene and handwashing techniques.
“The children at the orphanage were so welcoming, so beautiful,” says psychology major Theresa Piccolo. “Now I really know that I want to go abroad to work with children who have disabilities.”
The project was part of an NYIT collaboration with the International YMCA and the YMCA of Peru to address health, environmental, and social issues facing the community of Independencia.