Pictured: Bakhtawar Shahbaz (B.S., Psychology), an international student from Faisalabad, Pakistan, addressed the Class of 2022.
For the first time in three years, New York Institute of Technology graduates, family members, and friends joined faculty, staff, and administration in person on May 22 at the university’s Long Island campus to celebrate its 61st annual commencement. The event saluted 2,400 candidates from 57 countries and throughout the United States, 34 percent of whom are earning undergraduate degrees and the remainder earning graduate, medical, professional, or post-graduate degrees.
Students from the university’s campuses in New York City and Long Island, as well as from Vancouver, British Columbia, attended the ceremony, which was also streamed live.
Fifty-seven members of the Class of 2022 are veterans; the youngest undergraduate student is 19 years old; the oldest is 59. Among those earning graduate, medical, professional, or post-graduate degrees, the youngest is 20 years old; the oldest is 66.
“Our future and your own future are inextricably intertwined. Your legacy is our legacy, just as was the legacy of all the students who have gone before and in whose footsteps you will now follow,” New York Tech President Hank Foley, Ph.D., said to the graduates. “I challenge you today to ask yourselves not only what needs doing, but in conquering challenges, ask yourselves: Am I ready to use the education and experience I received here to teach others in a way...
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