Corporate Donors Drive Success

Success after graduation is New York Tech's primary goal. Corporate support helps make that possible.

From left: H2M scholarship winners Aniyah Thomas and Katrina Deicmane with Joe Mottola (B.Arch. ’88) and Naz Longo (B.Arch. ’18) of H2M architects + engineers.

H2M architects + engineers’ Gift Supports the Future of Students—And Their Industry

The philanthropic gifts that New York Institute of Technology receives from corporate donors not only support the university financially but also serve as a testament to the confidence these companies have in the highly qualified professionals graduating from New York Tech.

Take H2M architects + engineers, for example. The firm pledged $100,000 over the next five years to support New York Tech.

“We have a symbiotic relationship with New York Tech,” says Kevin Paul (B.Arch. ’88), senior vice president and director for private sector architecture at H2M. “We support our community, and we’re especially happy to support New York Tech because of its focus on architecture and engineering. We support their work because we are engineers and architects. We hire their high-quality, innovative graduates on a regular basis.”

In fact, approximately 80 engineers and architects at H2M are New York Tech alumni, including the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) and other senior leadership. As a New York Tech student, current CEO Rich Humann (B.S. ’91) interned at H2M and has worked at the company ever since.

H2M’s gift to New York Tech supports the FRIENDS of the School of Architecture and Design, the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences’ Ingenium Awards, and student scholarships. H2M also offers its own scholarships for students as well as internships at the company.

“It’s deeper than just dollars,” Paul says. “The dollars are a metric to measure commitment, but people’s support is also significant. Our internship program integrates education with professional practice. Our interns are not just running errands, filing papers, or making copies. We inject real-world philosophy into how students are being educated. The program is very in-depth because we want them to understand what they’ll be doing when they finish their studies.”

So far, that objective has worked out exceptionally well and has increased the collaboration between the university and the company. “We try to match our projects with the alumni, especially in architecture,” Paul says. For example, several New York Tech architecture alumni working at H2M contributed their expertise to the renovation of the university’s Startup Tech Central space, which is now the hub for student entrepreneurs (see "Alumni Support Startup Tech Central"). In the fast-tracked project, the H2M team worked with New York Tech from concept to completion in less than a year, opening the new center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October.

“If a student wants to pursue a career in architecture, this is a one-in-a-million school with a world-class education,” Paul says. “They help us, and we help them. It works out great, and we love doing that with New York Tech.”

Henry Schein representatives at the 2025 New York Tech President’s Forum induction. From left: Jeremy Webman, Nick Iadanza, and Mark LoPorto.

Henry Schein’s Ongoing Commitment Benefits NYITCOM’s Dean Fund

Corporate support for New York Tech also extends to the healthcare industry. Henry Schein, a company that supplies dental and medical products and services, recently gave $10,000 to the College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM).

Over the past five years, the company’s generous gifts of approximately $70,000 have benefited the NYITCOM Dean’s Fund, which supports many initiatives to provide an excellent educational experience for all its students. Experiential learning—such as presenting their work at conferences and publishing their original research—is fundamental to student preparation for success after graduation. Henry Schein’s support of the Dean’s Fund also goes toward student scholarships and the purchasing of updated technology and equipment for NYITCOM.

Success after graduation, of course, is New York Tech’s primary goal for its students. Corporate support helps make that possible.

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