The Achievement Index

Welcome to the School of Management's Achievement Index blog. Email your ideas and questions to us at pchandar@nyit.edu.

Students Display Creativity, Scholarship, and Research at SOURCE

Feature | Apr 25, 2016

More than 120 students and 40 presentations were featured at NYIT’s 13th annual Symposium on University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE).
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Students Visit Electric Car Startup in Vancouver

Feature | Apr 12, 2016

As part of NYIT's MGMT 725 Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation course, M.B.A. students gained business insights on a tour of Electra Meccanica.
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Annual Reception Recognizes Faculty Scholarship

Feature | Apr 05, 2016

More than 160 faculty members produced noteworthy research and accomplishments in 2015, including published works, conference presentations, grants, awards, and patents.
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Student Profile: Kudzaishe Chikawa

Profile | Mar 05, 2016

An internship with the Africa Travel Association affirmed Kudzaishe "Trevor" Chikawa's interest in pursuing a career in event planning. As a hospitality management major in NYIT's School of Management, he has applied lessons learned in the classroom to experiences on the job.
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Allison Baver

Profile | Feb 02, 2016

Giving back is a huge part of Allison’s success. In 2008, Allison took the advice of her sister, Crystal, and encouraged her teammates to join her in creating an adopt-a-family program to help others in need. She served on the US Olympic Committee Athlete Advisory Council and is a founding member of Champions for America’s Future an organization for athletes, coaches, and sports administrators to actively advocate on policy issues that will protect, promote, and ensure better opportunities for future generations. Her good work in the community has not gone unnoticed. In 2010 she served as the Penn State University Homecoming Grand Marshall and won the 2011 Penn State University Alumni Achievement Award. In 2015 she was the All Sports United Humanitarian Award Winner.
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Fay Teplitsky

Profile | Jan 29, 2016

Participating in various campus activities, you can find Teplitsky as Vice President of the Accounting Club and on the Student Advisory Board. Going back to her roots Teplitsky has gone back to visit her high school and speak to future accounting students about the field. She mentions she loves Accounting for helping mold her into the person she is today.
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Amal Al Haddabi

Profile | Jan 23, 2016

Her work certainly requires a heroic effort. Al Haddabi is head of the Publications Department at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), one of the leading think tanks in the Middle East, and is responsible for the center’s numerous books, journals, research papers, and reports that tackle matters of strategic importance to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), the region, and the world.
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Robert Koenig

Profile | Jan 11, 2016

Koenig is associate dean of the School of Management’s student advancement programs, where he oversees mentoring, ambassador, and literacy programs, and coordinate faculty-led educational trips. As advisor to the Society of Hosteurs and the Delta Mu Delta Honor Society, he promotes community involvement in charitable activities such as the City Harvest Food Drive, St. Jude Children’s Research fundraisers, and Covenant House Toy drive.
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Undergraduate Management Programs

Video | Jan 05, 2016

Ideas aren't enough. You have to learn to implement them. That's what you'll gain in New York Tech's management programs.
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Unconventional Leadership: Graduate Management Programs

Video | Jan 05, 2016

Gain global perspectives, study on your schedule, and prepare to take a leadership role in a business environment.
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