# @mynyit on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BeqyX3ag7q1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19751214-mynyit-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-02-01T21:06:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** New York Tech (@mynyit) — https://gondola.cc/mynyit

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Mo’ath Alkhawaldeh (B.S. ’09, M.S. ’11) is running with a purpose. Sure, he’s training to become the first Jordanian marathoner with a successful qualifying time to compete in the Olympics, but for Alkhawaldeh there’s more at stake. He wants young people, especially those in the Middle East, to realize what a student-athlete can accomplish beyond college, and how running can, in its own way, bring together people of different races and cultures.
That might sound like a tall order, but Alkhawaldeh takes it in stride. “I didn’t start competing as a runner until my sophomore year in college,” he says. At NYIT, he recognized the dual benefits of long-distance running. “It’s an individual sport, but you get to meet other people. When you run a 5K or a 10K, you’re lining up next to all different types of people with the same goal. It’s an amazing sport.”
While earning his degrees at NYIT, Alkhawaldeh racked up an impressive number of accolades. NYIT named him Star Athlete of the Year in 2008, and he was ECC Men’s Runner of the Week three times during the 2011 season.
After graduation, Alkhawaldeh continued running while working for the World Bank and Generations for Peace in Jordan. It was during the early years of his career that Alkhawaldeh realized he could make a difference by combining his passion for running with the academic skills he acquired at NYIT. He established sport-related peacebuilding programs in Tunisia, Lebanon, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe while working with Generations for Peace. #nyit #alumni #alumniprofile #beartales

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