IIT - Inventing the Future

As you may have heard before, all incoming undergraduate students to IIT must attend a Summer Orientation session, at which you will meet with your advisor, register for classes, receive your student ID, and meet many of your wonderful fellow classmates.

I am happy to announce that the online RSVP form with which you can register for Summer Orientation is now available! Incoming students should register for orientation at their earliest convenience.

We look forward to welcoming you to campus in June or July! 

Last weekend, IIT honored the winners of the 2008 IIT Alumni Awards. These individuals have made outstanding contributions to IIT, their professions, and communities, and all were welcomed back to campus to receive their awards.

While all of the recipients are still very involved in the life of their alma mater, one in particular stands out as a generous contributor to the work of Undergraduate Admissions, in particular.

Morton "Mort" Nemiroff (CHE '50) is one of the most devoted and enthusiastic alumni volunteer within recent memory. As a member of the Alumni Admissions Council (AAC), he not only reaches out to prospective students who may not be able to fly the nearly-5000 miles from the Hawai'ian islands to Chicago to visit IIT, but also to other IIT alumni to encourage him to "spread the word" about our university - something that he does very well indeed!

Three current IIT students who met Mort at college fairs and high school visits in Hawai'i in the past, and who have kept in touch over the years.

Not only has Mort recruited and sent dozens of students from his home state of Hawai'i to IIT over the course of the past three decades...but he also brings his Hawai'ian culture - and shirts! - to visit IIT once in awhile!

Mort croons a traditional Hawai'ian song on Friday in the Office of Undergraduate Admission, accompanying himself on the ukulele.

If you'd like to read some of Mort's own words about his work as an IIT alum, check out the Alumni Volunteers section of our website.

Perhaps someday you'll join him in reaching out to the world, as well? 

We are no longer accepting applications to the College of Architecture for Fall 2008.

If you are interested in applying for admission to the College of Architecture for Fall 2009, please check our admission website in October 2008 to complete an application and learn about deadlines and admission requirements.

My name is Nate, and I graduated from IIT in the Spring of 2007 with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. Now, I am in the Math and Science Education program at IIT, currently seeking my Master's Degree.

This semester I am student teaching at Whitney Young Magnet High School, here in Chicago! I love it. As an engineer, my goal was to solve problems. As a teacher, my goal is to get our youth to solve problems. I try to make each day relevant to each of the students. As time goes on, I try to develop problem solvers because, as we all know, there is no shortage of problems in life.

In less than a month, I will be getting married to a wonderful woman. She currently attends IIT and will be graduating in about two weeks with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. She already has one job offer from Lockheed Martin doing classified work. I don't even know what it is! That sounds cool. She is also interviewing with other Aerospace companies which inlcude: Boeing, General Electric, and Pratt & Whitney. She's probably going to make more money as an engineer than I will as a teacher. But that's ok. She's my wife, that means we will be on the same team.

My advice, if you are planning to get married: make sure you have a lot of spare time to plan everything. If you don't, it will burn you out. Oh, and don't forget to marry someone you love...preferably someone who is good looking.

As you may know, May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Various student organizations and campus departments and faculty members from IIT and around Chicago will come together this month for a series of events to recognize and celebrate Asian Pacific American heritage and culture. Today, the festivities kicked off in our own Perlstein Hall (home to the Office of Undergraduate Admission, dontcha know) with:

...free Chinese food for all,

...a performance by professional taiko (Japanese drumming) musicians,

...and dancing, all leading to...

...a panel discussion entitled, "Libery and Freedom for All: Embracing the Present, Igniting Our Future," sponsored by the National Association of Asian American Professionals.

The whole lunchtime event was organized by the Office of Multicultural Student Services here at IIT. I'll be in touch over the course of the next month with updates on the continuing celebrations!

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Before I depart for the evening, however, I must check in regarding another thing that May 1 brings - a deadline by which to reply to your offer of enrollment at IIT, if you are an incoming freshman student in any major or transfer student to the College of Architecture. If you would like an extension on your deadline, please contact your admission counselor to see if that is possible.

For those of you we have heard from today - welcome to IIT!