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Revision as of 18:50, 9 November 2007

New York Institute of Technology.
TypePrivate
Established1955
Endowment[1]
PresidentDr. Edward Guiliano
Academic staff
256 full-time, 458 adjunct
Undergraduates7,718
Postgraduates5,162
Location
Old Westbury
,
NY
,
USA
CampusSuburban
NCAADivision I, 1 team
Division II, 9 sports teams
ColorsBlue and Gold
Mascot Bear File:Nyit athletics small.jpg
Websitewww.nyit.edu
NYIT Logo

The New York Institute of Technology (also known as NYIT and New York Tech) is a private, co-educational college in New York in the USA. The college has three New York campuses, two on Long Island and one on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, as well as global locations and an online college. Founded in 1955, NYIT is the birthplace of the 3-D animation computer system. The founder of the NYIT Computer Graphics Lab, Edwin Catmull, later went on to found Pixar. The NYIT Computer Graphics Lab is regarded as one of the hallmarks of the computer graphics industry, and is listed in history as one of the top computer graphics research and development groups in the world. [2]

History

Main article: NYIT History
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Alexander Schure, Ph.D., NYIT's First President

The founders of NYIT, and in particular Dr. Alexander Schure, Ph.D., started NYIT with the purpose of creating a career-oriented school that focused on giving students the training necessary to succeed in their chosen careers. NYIT began in operations in 1955 at 500 Pacific Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. with only nine students.

The function of higher education was highly debated at the time. There was growing concern that American schools and colleges were failing to meet critical national demands, particularly the need for scientists, engineers, and high-level technicians. This anxiety, in turn, generated another concern – fear that humanities studies would become overshadowed by an emphasis on science and engineering.

NYIT’s first administrators created a balance, a successful coexistence of career training and liberal arts education.

Leaders of the college took an early stand, committing NYIT to a policy of access. In addition to opening its doors to high school graduates who wanted to attend, NYIT created an extensive range of student services to help ensure the college’s success.

The career-focused mission of the school and its "access to opportunity policy" were well-received in the marketplace, resulting in rapid enrollment growth. By the 1958-1959 academic year, NYIT had more than 300 students and the time had come to expand its physical operations.

In April 1958, the college purchased the former Knights of Pythias building at 135-145 W. 70th St. in Manhattan for its main center. NYIT’s Brooklyn building soon became home to the college’s division of general studies. The Manhattan building, adjacent to the planned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, was an ornate 12-story structure with a columned entranceway. Built in 1929 at a cost of $2 million, it included among its features a huge 1,200-seat auditorium.

de Seversky Center, Old Westbury

Schools

NYIT comprises the following academic schools:


  1. ^ NYIT: 2006-07 Undergraduate Catalog, Page 8
  2. ^ Masson, Terrence:"History of the NYIT computer Graphics Lab"

Campuses

Old Westbury

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Academic Quad, Old Westbury

The main campus of New York Institute of Technology is located in Old Westbury, NY on the former estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney [1]. Opened in 1963, this campus is not only the largest in the area, but also in student population. The Old Westbury campus houses the sports complex, administrative offices, as well as the de Seversky Center, a well-known party and event venue on Long Island. The Old Westbury campus is a completely commuter campus-residential students live on the nearby State University of New York at Old Westbury campus.

Old Westbury is also home to the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) which is NYIT's medical school.

Manhattan

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Broadway Center, Manhattan

The Manhattan campus is located between 60th and 61st streets and Broadway, adjacent to Columbus Circle. The campus comprises four buildings: The Main Campus Building, Information Hall, The New Technology Building, and The Student Activities Building. This is NYIT's smallest campus, but it offers a full range of classes in all of NYIT's major schools and programs. Residential students have two dorm options for the Manhattan campus: The Riverside Terrace, a hotel on the Upper West Side, and The Clark Residence, a dorm in Brooklyn that NYIT shares with other schools, mainly Pace University and New York University (NYU).


Central Islip

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Kennedy Hall, Central Islip

NYIT expanded to Central Islip in 1984 after receiving land from New York state that was formerly home to the Central Islip Psychiatric Center. Smaller in size compared with Old Westbury, it was home to NYIT's dorms, a renowned Culinary Arts program, architecture studios, a student activity center, and a cafeteria. Because of the on campus dorms, the Central Islip campus became NYIT's residential campus, with intramural sports leagues, a bowling alley, and a swimming pool among other features.

The Central Islip campus was created in an effort to revitalize the poor economy of Central Islip, Long Island. After buying the land, NYIT transferred land to the state, some of which was turned into a sprawling courthouse complex, some of which was turned into a baseball stadium for the Long Island Ducks, and some of which was turned into housing. However, the economic boost that both NYIT and the town leadership hoped for never came, and in 2005 NYIT removed almost all of its academic programs from Central Islip. Only the culinary arts, hospitality management and Vocational Independence Programs remain. Student who lived in the Central Islip dorms were moved to dorms on the State University of New York at Old Westbury campus, or to housing near the Manhattan Campus.

Ellis College

Ellis College is an online school founded in 2003. Using a proprietary, state-of-the-art learning system, students who are unable to attend any of NYIT's physical campuses can take classes online.

Global Campuses

In addition to its New York locations, NYIT has campuses in the following countries:

Student Media

On the Old Westbury campus, NYIT students produce the Campus Slate, the student run newspaper founded in 1966. WNYT, the campus radio station, was founded in 1965, and in 2005, the radio station began streaming live over the internet 24/7. Communication Arts students also produce LI News Tonight, a nightly news show broadcast live from its studios in Education Hall.

On the Manhattan campus, students write for the NYIT Chronicle, the student run newspaper founded in 2005.

In Central Islip a small group of students started a school paper called "The Tunnel" based on the network of tunnels that interconnected many of the former hospital buildings. Lack of school administration support and funding made an end to the effort, but 5 or 6 issues were published out of the students' own pockets, and created quite a stir when they appeared all over campus using anonymous names before going public several issues later.

WNYT Old Westbury

Main article: WNYT radio

Radio station WNYT was formed as NYIT opened its Old Westbury campus in the mid-1960s, operating from studios located in Education Hall. The student-run station has alternately broad casted on campus via carrier current and closed circuit connections, and during the ‘70s and early ‘80s served as the audio for Cablevision’s on-screen program guide. Today WNYT is heard online, starting Internet-based programming in November 2004.

As a campus club, WNYT is supported by the Student Government Association, with some additional funding coming from alumni and private donations. Its members take pride in their commitment to creating a professional environment where students can have a real-world “on-air” experience. They hold air shifts, learn production, handle engineering and enjoy an atmosphere that results in professional broadcasting careers and lifelong relationships.

Over the past four decades WNYT has produced some of broadcasting’s bright stars, with alumni serving as disc jockeys, newscasters, engineers, television anchors and professional voice-over artists. Among the station’s former student members are Carol Silva ‘76, anchor, News12 Long Island; Jim Douglas ‘82, morning personality, WKJY-FM; Donna Vaughan ’86,’87, news director, WALK-FM; Tracy Burgess ‘88, news editor, “Imus in the Morning”; Dennis Falcone ‘79, nationally syndicated program producer, Premiere Radio Networks; Maria Milito ‘83, mid-day air personality, Q-104 Radio; Don Faithfull ‘80, engineer, WABC-TV; Scotty Hart ‘92, air personality, B-103 Radio; Frank DiMaulo ‘87, audio engineer and editor, “As the World Turns”; Steve Singer ‘79, audio engineer; NBC-TV; and John Caracciolo, vice president and general manager of The Morey Organization’s radio group, to name only some of WNYT’s success stories.

Athletics

Old Westbury

Main article: NYIT Bears
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NYIT Athletics Logo

With the exception of its baseball team, which plays in NCAA Division I independently, NYIT's athletic programs compete in NCAA Division II, and are members of the East Coast Conference (ECC). The teams are called the Bears, and the school colors are blue and gold. NYIT offers Men's Lacrosse, Men's and women's basketball, Softball, Men and Women's Cross Country Track, women's volleyball, and Men and Women's soccer. NYIT has had much athletic success. The men's basketball team reached the NCAA Division II Championship game in 1980. The Lacrosse team has won three national championships, in 1997, 2003, and 2005. The volleyball team reached the NCAA tournament every year from 2001-2006, and in 2005, the men's soccer team reached the 2005 NCAA Division II elite eight.

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Men's Lacrosse celebrates the 2005 National Championship

Manhattan Recreational Sports

With all of the NCAA teams located in Old Westbury, students on the Manhattan campus can participate in various recreational sports team. The Manhattan campus offers recreational sports teams in Men's Basketball, Men's and Women's soccer, Co-ed Volleyball, Co-ed Softball, and Co-ed Dodgeball. The recreational sports teams play in various leagues and in various gyms across New York City. The Men's basketball team has been the most successful, winning YMCA Vanderbilt league championships in 2005 and 2006.

Films

NYIT has also produced some films during the years. Besides a few computer animated shorts, as well as the unfinished computer animated feature The Works, they added some work to the 1982 documentary Computers Are People, Too!. In 1975 they made their first and only animated feature, Tubby the Tuba.

Greek Life

Fraternities

Tau Kappa Epsilon

Tau Sigma Chi

Alpha Chi Rho

Sororities

Theta Phi Alpha

Eta Chi Gamma

Notable Alumni

NYIT Jargon

  • Architorture- Common nickname by which architecture students refer to their major.
  • Bearcat- The NYIT Library search engine
  • Blackboard- The NYIT Online campus
  • Dairy Barn - The Student Activities Center in Old Westbury.
  • Iris- The NYIT sub-Web site, home websites for students, faculty, academic departments, the radio station, student affairs, and more
  • Knights- Old name of the Manhattan campus recreational basketball team
  • Mymail- The NYIT student email system
  • NYITConnect- The NYIT online system. Students can register for classes, check financial aid, search for classes, and check grades.
  • NYITizens - Nickname for NYIT students and staff
  • SAC- The Student activities center
  • SGA- Student Government Association
  • SPA- The Manhattan campuses' Student Programming Association, the group responsible for organizing on campus events (formerly called Student Entertainment Council or SEC)
  • The Dungeon- Nickname given to the basement of the former Information Hall building at NYIT's Manhattan Campus.
  • The New Building- The common name for the Manhattan campus New Technology Building
  • The Station- Short for WNYT, NYIT's Radio station
  • NYIT stands for Next Year I Transfer -- in a not so humorous sense, of course.

Presidents

  • Alexander Schure, Ph.D. - 1955-1982
  • Matthew Schure, Ph.D. - 1982-2000
  • Edward Guiliano, Ph.D. - 2000-

References

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