Dec. 13, 2005 

Quinn Named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers

Old Westbury, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2005: Mary M. Quinn, director of communications and marketing at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) has been named to the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Among America's Teachers. Inclusion in this publication is reserved for teachers and professors nominated by a current or former student for educational excellence.

“Each of us has a special teacher, coach or other adult leader who took the time to lead, inspire and demand excellence,” reports the publisher. “We decided to give students the opportunity to honor those teachers who have contributed to their lives and their futures.”

Quinn of East Williston, N.Y., has served as an adjunct professor of marketing and business communications at Concordia College in Bronxville, N.Y. for more than 13 years. For the past six years, she has taught exclusively in Concordia’s accelerated degree program, which gives adult students a fast track towards earning their degrees.

She is among the two percent of America’s 6.2 million educators selected for this honor.

About NYIT

NYIT is the college of choice for more than 14,000 students currently enrolled in more than 100 courses of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees from eight schools, including engineering, architecture, business, communication arts and medicine. A private, independent college, NYIT embraces an educational philosophy of career-oriented, professional education for all qualified students, and supports applications-oriented research to benefit the greater global community. Students attend classes at NYIT’s Manhattan and Long Island campuses, as well as online and in a number of programs throughout the world. To date, more than 66,000 alumni have earned degrees at NYIT. For additional information, visit www.nyit.edu.

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