Fall 2009 - SUNY Institute of Technology

Bridge
The
Fall 2009
The Bridge is published by the State
University of New York Institute of
Technology to keep you informed of
campus activities and news.
Editor:
Production:
John Swann
Lynne Browne
Michael DeCicco
Brenda Dow
Matt Kopytowski
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Graduates
honored at May 9
Commencement
Utica Auditorium ceremony
includes presidential
investiture
As friends and family gathered to honor the
Class of 2009 at SUNYIT’s 35th annual spring
commencement May 9, the State University
of New York’s Officer-In-Charge, John J.
O’Connor, administered the oath of office to
SUNYIT President Bjong Wolf Yeigh.
SUNYIT’s new president has been on the
job since July 1, 2008. In February, Yeigh
announced that funding for an inauguration
week and a formal ceremony would be reallocated
to student, faculty and staff development,
and that his installation would take place at
Commencement.
More than 370 candidates for undergraduate
and graduate degrees were eligible to take
part in the ceremony at the Utica Memorial
Auditorium. The keynote speaker was former
National Transportation Safety Board member
John Goglia. A post-event reception for
graduates and guests was held in the SUNYIT
Campus Center.
On the cover:
VIPs walk toward the
Cayan Library for the
July 15 Nanotech
announcement.