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The Office of the Provost invites all faculty and staff to participate in this year’s Continuous Program Improvement (CPI) Day virtual event. This session will focus on our ongoing efforts to enhance student learning and success through CPI. Together, we will explore how to leverage data and evidence-based best practices to elevate educational effectiveness and enrich the quality of our students’ educational experiences. A detailed agenda will be shared shortly before the event. Zoom information is available on registration. You can contact Shifang Li at sli09@nyit.edu or Carline Mordan at cmordan@nyit.edu if you have any additional questions.

New York Tech faculty and staff, please join us on Thursday, August 28, for Convocation 2025. Kick off your academic year with presentations by President Jerry Balentine and other university leaders, as we also celebrate this year’s Presidential Excellence Award recipients. Doors open at 10:45 a.m. For New York City campus faculty and staff, there will be a viewing location and lunch beginning at 11 a.m. at 16 W. 61st St. in the 11th-floor auditorium. Jonesboro and Vancouver faculty and staff will receive a link to view the Convocation live stream on the morning of August 28, via email, and they have the option of checking back on this event page. Shuttle bus service will be available on a continuous loop between the Long Island campus to the Hicksville train station on August 28 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for people coming from New York City. Please feel free to bring a non-perishable food donation for New York Tech’s Grizzly Cupboard, our food and resource pantry. Alternately, please bring new and gently-used dry-cleaned clothing for Tech Threads, our professional closet resource. Register

Celebrate the beginning of your academic career at New York Tech! This mandatory virtual convocation presentation showcases New York Tech’s exciting, engaging, inclusive, and transformative environment as well as our commitment to your academic and personal success. Viewing OptionsIn-person watch party: Join us from on Tuesday, September 2, from 11 a.m. to noon p.m. (ET) on our Long Island or New York City campus for an in-person watch party and an afternoon of events. Meet your peer success guides and orientation leaders, find your classes, and enjoy some ice cream while socializing with your new classmates. (Space is limited.)Long Island: Harry Schure Hall, Room 130 (Anna Rubin, room 308, as overflow) New York City: 16 W. 61st St., 11th-floor auditorium (room 624 as overflow)Via Zoom: Watch the virtual convocation event via Zoom on Tuesday, September 2, from 11 a.m. to noon (ET).All new students in the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, School of Architecture and Design, School of Health Professions, and School of Management are required to register by August 30 and to attend either via Zoom or at a watch party. Zoom and in-person watch party information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event. Student Registration Faculty and Staff Registration In addition to registration, we also encourage students to submit their photo, which will be featured as part of a slideshow to kick off the event. Please submit your photos by August 16. AgendaWelcome T’ron Strapp Student Government Association President, Long Island campusPresident’s Remarks Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACEP PresidentGreetings Francine Glazer, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic AffairsAlumni RemarksHarminderjeet Kaur (B.S. ’22, Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace) Inside Sales Engineer, Eaton Zikomo Barr (B.S. ’15, Business Management) Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, Morgan StanleyPresentation Of New Students And The University Honor CodeYael Mendez Saavedra Student Government Association President, New York City campusClosing RemarksTiffani L. Hinds, Ed.D. Associate Provost for Student Engagement and Development

Join the Office of Student Life for complimentary snacks and supplies before your first day of classes! We’ll be handing out goodies from 8 – 11 a.m. Register

Join Student Life when you arrive on campus and grab some goodies and information to kick off a successful fall semester! Register