The Achievement Index
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News Brief: Kirk Shares Research via The Conversation
Feature | Nov 26, 2018
Colleen Kirk, D.P.S., assistant professor of marketing in the School of Management, has reached a wide, non-specialist audience by writing an article describing her research for The Conversation US.
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NYIT at the NYC Veterans Day Parade
Feature | Nov 13, 2018
For the first time, more than 60 students, veterans, faculty, and staff marched as a dedicated group in the 2018 New York City Veterans Day Parade on November 11.
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Hospitality students visit NYC's iconic ‘21’ Club, former speakeasy
Blog | Nov 12, 2018
Hospitality management department welcomed freshmen students at an upscale former speakeasy.
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Dr. Aliza D. Racelis, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Explains Organizational Culture
Blog | Oct 24, 2018
Throughout the fall 2018 semester, Dr. Aliza D. Racelis, a visiting Fulbright Scholar, will share her knowledge and expertise with SOM students, faculty, and staff. She recently explained the concept of organizational culture to MBA students.
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Alumni Profile: Kyle Barry
Profile | Oct 18, 2018
Kyle Barry (B.S. ’07, M.B.A. ’12) is engineering manager, Well-being, at Instagram and volunteers as a career coach for college students at San Jose State University.
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Alumni Profile: Ian Rubin
Feature | Oct 15, 2018
Ian Rubin (B.P.S. ’14) is a retention sales specialist for the New York Yankees.
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Raynia Arnold’s first time at the Yankee Stadium
Blog | Oct 01, 2018
Recently, NYIT's School of Management Debra A. Vogel Student Advancement Program hosted “NYIT Day at the Yankee Stadium.” This initiative gave NYIT students, staff, faculty and their family and friends a chance watch the New York Yankees as they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at the Yankee Stadium.
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News Brief: NYIT Cheers on the Bronx Bombers
Feature | Sep 24, 2018
The School of Management organized an event for NYIT students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to watch a New York Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium.
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Owned: When Consumers Feel a Brand Is “Theirs”
Feature | Sep 17, 2018
According to Colleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., when consumers feel psychological ownership of a brand, they are happy to spend more for it; but businesses should be aware that these devoted customers also feel entitled to wield some control over the brand.
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Q&A with Ajay Yadav: Roomi to Grow
Feature | Sep 13, 2018
In 2017, The Box interviewed Ajay Yadav, former NYIT management student and founder of Roomi, about being named one of Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30. We recently caught up with him again to find out how his company has changed in the last year.
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