NEW YORK TECH CATALOG 2024–2025
Experiential Education is offered and supported by the office of Career Success and Experiential Education. Its mission is to nurture the personal, academic, professional, and civic development of New York Tech's multicultural student body through practical hands-on experience. Experiential Education offers services and programs to students, alumni, faculty, and staff. In addition, Experiential Education establishes and strengthens New York Tech's connections with corporate and community partners both on and off campus.
Experiential Education staff develops and facilitates an array of experiential learning opportunities—experiences outside the classroom. These experiences make students more attractive to employers, who always want to hire the most qualified candidates. Experiential Education offers a number of ways to get that experience, through internships, on-campus employment, project-based learning, volunteering, and service-learning opportunities. By applying classroom learning to real-world settings, Experiential Education works to support students' professional development and civic engagement beyond the campus environment.
The Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship Program and the Fulbright U.S. Student Program are also supported by Experiential Education.
Complementing New York Tech’s academic mission are co-curricular services and programs to promote community, personal development, creativity, and responsibility in a student-centered learning environment. These services and programs are provided by offices within Student Engagement and Development and the office of Counseling and Wellness.
Student Engagement and Development supports students’ professional and personal development through holistic and intentional opportunities for engagement with faculty, administrators, fellow students, and external partners. Through fostering inclusive and collaborative experiences, Student Engagement and Development encourages students to:
Counseling and Wellness services are also available at the institution to support students’ engagement and assist in their success at New York Tech outside of their academic pursuits.
New York Tech's student services include:
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Career Success and Experiential Education is committed to assisting New York Tech students with making connections between their academic and professional experience and career goals. We provide personalized advising, resources, and programs to help individuals discover their interests and values, explore careers and majors, develop skills through experiential opportunities, foster civic responsibility, and pursue their post-graduate goals. CSEE builds relationships with alumni, corporate and community partners, and graduate schools to optimize students' internship, job, volunteer and career opportunities. Additionally, through creating strategic partnerships with campus departments, we assist students in developing and articulating co-curricular experiences that help to ensure they are competitive in their future pursuits.
Handshake is New York Tech's online job platform for students and alumni to schedule an appointment with a career advisor, upload résumés, search for employers, apply for jobs and internships, attend events and fairs, and access career resources. Finding a job and building a career can be a daunting task. But whether you're looking for an internship, on-campus employment, a full-time job, or don't even know where to start, Handshake and Career Success and Experiential Education are here to help.
Business, government, not-for-profit, and industry representatives actively participate in recruitment activities, including industry panels, employer lunch-and-learn information sessions, networking events, and annual career fairs conducted during the fall and spring semesters.
Student Employment—an Academic Affairs program supported by the office of Career Success and Experiential Education on each campus—provides a variety of on-campus employment and off-campus paid community service opportunities for New York Tech students. Additionally, Student Employment is an experiential learning program which offers orientation, professional development training, and hands-on learning, evaluation, and reflection to strengthen the overall student employment experience.
The Office of Student Employment provides a variety of on-campus and off-campus paid employment opportunities for New York Tech students at all academic levels. These opportunities foster and promote career, personal, and professional development and aid in the ability to enhance the necessary skills needed for success after graduation. Students have the ability to apply learned skills and theories in a practical setting while earning income to assist with college expenses. All student employment positions are posted in Handshake. Handshake is New York Tech's online career platform for students and alumni to schedule an appointment with a career advisor, upload résumés, search for employers, apply for jobs and internships, view events and fairs, and access career resources.
Student Employment strives to:
For more information about student employment, visit nyit.edu/cs
The Office of Student Life provides collaborative and innovative learning opportunities to empower all students at New York Tech to feel a sense of belonging, explore their passions, and make a difference. It is our belief that this co-curricular experience will facilitate a holistic approach to student learning and development through collaboration, inclusion, and empowerment. Student Life is the home for the Student Government Association, student organizations, fraternity and sorority life, leadership development activities, traditional programming, and Bear Bytes for student support and healthy eating.
Academic Clubs: New York Tech academic schools actively advise and support student-run organizations, most of which maintain national affiliation with professional societies. Involvement and membership include participation in special projects, benefits of affiliation with professional societies, and assisting the school and its students in furthering educational programs.
Honor Societies: International and national honor societies that recognize distinction in scholarship and achievement offer membership to high-achieving students. New York Tech has chapters in two nationally recognized, nondiscipline-specific honor societies:
Discipline-specific honor societies recognize high academic achievement among students majoring in particular subjects. New York Tech has active chapters in a number of discipline-specific national honor societies; membership is open to upperclassmen and graduate students, and each is administered through their respective academic schools. Student Organizations
The Student Government Association (SGA) is the governing body, student voice, and representative organization of New York Tech students. The SGA advocates on behalf of student interests: academic, cultural, and social. It is charged with working with the faculty and administration to improve every facet of student life. There are two main SGA branches: an executive board and a legislative senate. Student representatives from a variety of disciplines are elected annually. In addition to acting as a liaison with university administration, the SGA oversees the budgeting process for all recognized student clubs and organizations, and supports campus-wide events.
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) in New York City and Campus Programming Board (CPB) in Long Island are our student-based organizations, funded through the student activity fee, to provide quality, diverse entertainment, including special events, multicultural programs, social programs, competitions, speakers/lecturers, and off-campus activities that support unity, friendship, learning, and fun. The CAB and CPB are the central programming groups at each campus. Students are encouraged to get involved in student programming by helping in the planning and implementation of programs or sharing their opinions and feedback on both past and future events. All meetings and events are open to New York Tech students.
On the Long Island and New York City campuses, the university has over 75 officially recognized academic, social, cultural, and recreational clubs and organizations. For a list of recognized organizations by campus, visit Campus Groups. Student clubs and organizations augment the academic experience, and involvement in any campus activity is a plus for success. Students who are unable to find an existing club of interest should consider starting one of their own. To do so, they need only identify a small group of students who share a common interest. For additional information on joining or starting a club or organization, students should contact the Office of Student Life at studentlife@nyit.edu.
Greek-letter organizations have maintained a proud tradition on college campuses for well over 100 years. Founded upon principles of brotherhood/sisterhood, high academic achievement, and service to the community, these organizations add to the overall quality of life on campus. The fraternity and sorority life community provides opportunities for students to develop as leaders, foster lifelong friendships, and serve the New York campuses. The community is focused on service, academic success, leadership development, social networking, and civic activism while creating educational, cultural, and service programs such as Sigma for Society, Stroll for a Cause, C.A.R.E. Week, Learn 2 Study, and raising awareness for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospitals. Students interested in joining a Greek-letter organization should discuss the possibility with the current members of several different organizations to find the one that best fits their needs.
Free confidential counseling services are provided by trained professional staff members to help students actively manage their environment. Counseling services are learning based, short term, and include personal and group activities focused on helping students to develop self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-identity, and to manage emotions and solve problems in their academic, vocational, personal, and social lives.
New York Tech provides a holistic approach to wellness education, promoting individual and community wellness through programs and outreach activities. Special programs, workshops, and group sessions are offered for students experiencing difficulties with academic skills, test anxiety, interpersonal skill building, personal growth, substance abuse, relationships, wellness, human sexuality, and other personal concerns.
The Counseling and Wellness Center provides referral services to hospitals, clinics, and private practitioners when more specialized assistance is needed.
The first year of college life is crucial to a successful transition and strengthening a student's ability to connect with the New York Tech community. The first-year programs in Long Island and New York City are designed to make the transition easier and focus on teaching students strategies to enhance academic skills, while addressing the need for early social and intellectual bonding with faculty, staff, and peers.
Student Orientation Program: New Student Orientation connects students and their families to the college environment and assists them in making associations necessary to excel at New York Tech. Orientation is one of the first impressions new students have of New York Tech's engaging, exciting, and transformational college experience. The goal of new student orientation is to reaffirm students' decision to become part of our community. Orientation is a critical opportunity for new students to connect with other new students, current students, faculty, and staff, and to prepare them for success.
Orientation Leaders: Orientation leaders assist new students with their transition to New York Tech. Orientation leaders are selected for their academic achievement, leadership skills, and interpersonal qualities. The leaders play an integral role in all facets of first-year programs, including welcoming, mentoring, and providing peer support resources for incoming students.
Peer Success GUIDE Program: Once a first-year student has enrolled for classes, they will be contacted by their Peer Success Guide (PSG) who will provide them with both social and academic support during their transition to New York Tech, and throughout the entire first year. PSGs also direct students to the many services, resources, and events that the Office of Academic Success and Enrichment has to offer. To learn more, visit nyit.edu/psg.
My Guide to Success @ New York Tech: This course prepares first-year students by providing them with direct insight into things such as common terms used at New York Tech, improving time management and study skills, and making students aware of what to expect in college. My Guide to Success is uniquely designed to ensure a smooth transition to New York Tech and provide students with the tools and resources to succeed as a new college student.
New York Tech follows the careers of its graduates with great interest. All New York Tech graduates are sent Final Destination Surveys six months after graduation, and the results are compared to U.S. Department of Labor statistics and quarterly reports of the Placement Council. Survey results show that ninety-five percent of New York Tech students get jobs in their chosen fields or attend graduate school within six months of graduation. Alumni receive the professional development benefit of a relationship with New York Tech's Office of Career Success and Experiential Education (CSEE) for life*. Alumni searching for new employment opportunities may take advantage of Handshake, New York Tech's online career portal, which allows users to schedule appointments with a career advisor, upload résumés, search for employers, apply for jobs, view events and career fairs, and access career resources.
In addition, graduate and professional school advisement and referrals, in conjunction with academic schools, are provided through the Office of Career Success and Experiential Education. New York Tech alumni attend postgraduate schools throughout the world and successfully complete degree programs in every field of study.
* Please note that 16 months after graduation, you will no longer have access to your New York Tech email account. To continue to access Handshake and other CSEE services after you graduate, contact Alumni Career Services. For additional information, email handshake@nyit.edu.