Tag: graduation

  • 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…

  • Inspiring Commencement Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients

    We were proud to bestow honorary degrees on our two commencement speakers this year, each a highly successful entrepreneur, each a creative genius, and each an inspiration to our graduates. Bobbi Brown spoke at our morning ceremony to our Schools of Business& Technology and Liberal Arts students–recounting her own struggle to find a foothold in…

  • My Favorite Day of the Year

    Commencement is my favorite day of the year and Commencement 2014 was, as far as I am concerned, one of our best, most joyous, ever. Every participant was outstanding. But most outstanding, I think, were our graduates who, for the first time ever, walked across the stage as their names were called. This was something…

  • Welcome to May and My New Blog

    May is always the most exciting month for college presidents–and I am no exception. It is the run-up to commencement–the time of year, here at FIT, when our lobbies, corridors and classrooms are ablaze in displays of our students’ glorious talents…capstone projects, exhibitions, final papers, crits and presentations. Our students and faculty are no doubt…