{"id":3731,"date":"2016-02-08T14:43:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T18:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=3731"},"modified":"2016-02-09T10:34:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T14:34:40","slug":"legacy-week-highlight-the-tiger-gets-a-name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/legacy-week-highlight-the-tiger-gets-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGACY WEEK HIGHLIGHT: THE TIGER GETS A NAME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/legacy-week-highlight-the-tiger-gets-a-name\/stitch_with_votes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"810,541\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stitch_with_votes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3733\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes.jpg\" alt=\"Stitch Holding Votes\" width=\"810\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes.jpg 810w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2016\/02\/stitch_with_votes-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FIT\u2019s mascot has always been a tiger. His furry orange pelt could often be seen around campus, at athletic events, and at commencement. He danced, he played, he dispensed hugs to students during finals week. But he never had a name. He was always just \u201cThe FIT Tiger.\u201d Then, during 2015 Legacy Week, he finally got an official moniker. The votes poured in, and the name was announced: Stitch. Now he\u2019s out and about with a new feline fierceness, having come into his own at last.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy Week, which took place in November, wasn\u2019t all about naming tigers. It was a time for the FIT community to come together to honor the college\u2019s past, celebrate its present, and look ahead to the future. A range of events were held, from Parents Day to an alumni panel to the Black Student Union fashion show, and Illustration students delighted passersby by chalking amazing designs on the FIT fa\u00e7ade. A wonderful time was had by all. Especially Stitch. Hear the latest from Stitch on the blog,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fittigernation.blogspot.com\/\">Tiger Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIT\u2019s mascot has always been a tiger. His furry orange pelt could often be seen around campus, at athletic events, and at commencement. He danced, he played, he dispensed hugs to students during finals week. But he never had a name. He was always just \u201cThe FIT Tiger.\u201d Then, during 2015 Legacy Week, he finally &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/legacy-week-highlight-the-tiger-gets-a-name\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LEGACY WEEK HIGHLIGHT: THE TIGER GETS A NAME&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3731","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3StnM-Yb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}