July 20, 2006 

NYIT to Host Athletics Golf Outing

Old Westbury, N.Y., July 18, 2006: New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) Department of Athletics will host its second annual Athletics Golf Outing on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at the Stonebridge Country Club in Hauppauge, N.Y. Proceeds from the event will benefit the NYIT Bears Den, an annual fund supporting the college’s athletic programs and facilities, ensuring an outstanding athletics and academic experience for all student-athletes.

The full-day event, which includes an awards ceremony, raffles and prizes, kicks off with breakfast at 10:30 a.m.; tee time at noon; lunch on the course, cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and buffet dinner at 7 p.m. To register or for sponsorship opportunities, please contact Pamela Bottge, NYIT director of development, at 516.686.7848 or e-mail pbottge@nyit.edu.

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 several 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 69,000 alumni have earned degrees at NYIT. For additional information, visit www.nyit.edu.

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Contact: Jason Selss, media relations manager, 516.686.7481 or jselss@nyit.edu.