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FIT’s Virtual Classroom Builds on IT Success
One of FIT’s many remarkable talents is its ability to reinvent itself. Over its 75 year history, FIT grew from a two program trade school focused exclusively on fashion to a world renowned college offering about 50 degree programs in the related fields of art, design and business. At each step along the way, FIT…
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Bridging Cultures with Language
About a dozen people seated in small separate groups, scattered throughout the room, were deep in conversation. There was occasional laughter—and if you listened closely, you heard a jumble of languages. This was a session of the Language Exchange and it was—happily—just as I imagined it might be. Presiding was Educational Skills Professor Charlotte Brown,…
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TRANS-ID
What a treat it is to experience the many visually stunning, large-scale exhibits on our campus. Right now, the “Pink” and “Fashion Unraveled” exhibits at The Museum at FIT beckon to passersby on Seventh Avenue, as does the newly opened Gallery at the Fred. P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center—with its soaring glass façade—which is…
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Cultural and Linguistic Diversity at FIT
With our increased awareness of the need to make campus life more welcoming for international students, I was delighted to learn that our Center for Excellence in Teaching had tackled this topic for its 2015-2016 student-faculty roundtable discussions. These popular events, funded by the Student Faculty Corporation, have been taking place for the past seven…
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Claudia Rankine Visits FIT
Poet, playwright, and social commentator Claudia Rankine shared a little inside information with the audience of students and faculty when she appeared in a packed Katie Murphy Amphitheater at FIT to give a talk entitled “The Creative Imagination and Race.” As a high-school student, Ms. Rankine told the rapt audience, she had travelled from her…