On Friday May 2nd, 2014 the NJIT CIM program
hosted the spring Bi-Annual Northeast Patrons meeting in Eberhardt Hall in the
NJIT campus. The meeting is designed to provide a fruitful venue for our
supporting Patrons to personally visit NJIT and learn about what the CIM
program is achieving and how they can become involved and engage with the
students. Attending the meeting were our distinguished CIM Local Patrons, CIM
graduates and students, NJIT Administration, and special guests. Dr.
Mohamed Mahgoub, CIM Program Director, and Anlee Orama, CIM Specialist, are
exceedingly grateful for all sincere supporters.
Our NE Patrons Board of Directors includes Chairperson Jamie
Gentoso, Larry Silvi, Bill Layton, and Mike Gentoso. They work arduously
to secure a vibrant Patrons group and support the CIM program and its
students. We look forward to the growth of the Patrons group as our student
enrollment is also increasing. More job opportunities will be required to
continue the 100% job placement achievement we currently have. Also with us
representing the CIM National Steering Committee was Nicole Maher, NRMCA Chief
Operating Officer, whom also took the time to interview students for a summer
internship opportunity.
Every Patrons meeting is enhanced with the presentations of
our excellent students and graduates. Three CIM students and one CIM graduate
presented their work and experience. The quality of the work of our students is
evident to all our Patrons. We were honored to have with us Dr. Joel Bloom,
NJIT President, Dr. Fadi Deek, NJIT Provost, Dr. Basil Baltzis, Interim Dean of
the NCE, Vincent Lombardo, Director of Development for NCE, and Dr. Ronald
Rockland, Chairman of Engineering Technology. Many more notable NJIT faculty
and staff attended the event.
The NJIT CIM program is becoming widely recognized in the
university. With time, the CIM program has proven itself to be successful in
many aspects. The students are happy, they get jobs, and they love what they
do. Speaking of jobs, we coordinated a CIM job fair immediately after the
meeting to give an opportunity to some of our Patrons to interview our students
for internships and full- time jobs. Over 25 students interviewed with multiple
companies and we are looking forward to making the job fair a tradition at the
Patrons meeting. Companies that interviewed included Sika Corporation, BASF,
Delaware Valley Concrete, NRMCA, Coreslab Structures, Beyond Concrete, and
Hycrete. Many other companies also took the time to network with the students.
We would like to give special thanks to Edna Randolph,
Assistant to Chair of Engineering Technology, and Marcia Eddings,
Administrative Assistant of Engineering Technology for coordinating the event
preparations and food catering. Once again we thank everyone that made this
extraordinary event possible and we look forward to seeing each and every one
of you including many more in our next Patrons meeting which will take place on
December 11th, 2014 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm in the more spacious
NJIT Campus Center Atrium.
Please click below link for photos of the event.
