Video: New Students Welcomed to NYIT
September 7, 2018
On September 4, NYIT President Hank Foley, Ph.D., welcomed incoming students at the New Student Welcome on the Long Island (Old Westbury, N.Y.) and New York City (Manhattan) campuses.
“We like to say [NYIT] is the school for doers, makers, innovators, and inventors. All of you have that spirit in you,” he told the new class.
Students mingled with classmates and met faculty and deans throughout the day.
Dean of Students Gabrielle St. Léger, Ed.D., said, “We are so excited that you are now part of the NYIT community—and that you make NYIT what it is.”
Watch the video.
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