Month: June 2014

  • What a Wonderful Evening

    What a wonderful evening! Our annual gala in early June, which drew over 600 high-spirited people to Cipriani, honored three very loyal friends of FIT: our own trustees Joan Hornig and Dr. Jay Baker, as well as Linda Fargo, senior vice president of Bergdorf Goodman. The room was beautiful, enhanced by the tall exotic multi-colored…

  • Green Roofs Growing at FIT

    Four years ago, we planted our first green roof; today we are planting our third and our plan is to install a green roof on every one of our campus buildings as part of our long-term commitment to the environment. As someone who loves to garden, the thought of having those thousands of square feet…

  • Networking with FIT Alumni and Corporate Partners

    This spring I had the pleasure of co-hosting alumni receptions at three different New York companies: Estee Lauder, Lafayette 148, and Ralph Lauren. Our goal, first and foremost, was to provide our alumni an opportunity to get to know one another as FIT alums. We have been surprised to learn from our corporate partners that…

  • Sustainability Grows in Our Curriculum

    Sustainability is an FIT passion: it drives many of our institutional practices and decisions; it is taught throughout the curriculum; it has been embraced as an ethos by the entire community, and it is part of our new mission statement–which of course is as it should be. Now, I am happy to say, we have…

  • A Marriage Proposal at Commencement

    I have attended more commencements in my life as an educator than I can remember. Happy as they are, they sometimes blur in recollection.   However, FIT’s Commencement 2014 offered one moment that I will never forget.  It took place at our morning ceremony while David Hamilton, our student government president, spoke.  David is an energetic…