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End-of-Year Awards Highlight Student and Faculty Achievements
Every year at this time, I say to whomever is listening how much I love the month of May. Almost every college president does. It’s the time when our students work lights up our corridors, exhibition halls and classrooms. And as commencement rapidly approaches, it is also the time when we celebrate not just student…
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Student Ideas Resonate at Clinton Global Initiative University
At every turn at FIT, I find a reason to be proud. It is approaching end of semester and our corridors and lobbies are starting to radiate with outstanding examples of student (and faculty!) work. In too many disciplines to name, our students are being selected for exceptional awards. Last week I posted about two…
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Advocating in Albany: Budget Time for New York State
It is budget time in Albany and on the long list of items being negotiated is one of prime importance to FIT: how much funding will the state’s community colleges receive in base aid. Earlier this month, I joined a small, but potent contingent of FIT representatives to travel to Albany to lobby for the best…
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Season’s Greet-inks!
With the opening last night of FIT’s second annual holiday pop-up shop, I believe that the college has established a new tradition. And given that we are also celebrating FIT’s 70th anniversary this year, this is a particularly lovely and appropriate tradition to establish. It brings together students, staff, faculty—a great curricular challenge—and philanthropy, all…
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Foreign Language Poetry Recitation Competition
The Foreign Language Poetry Recitation Competition celebrated its 25th anniversary here at FIT this year in two days of recitations in November. In a way, its longevity is a surprise—it is counter-intuitive. Who would expect, after all, that a college like FIT, whose entire raison d’etre is to promote career education, would so enthusiastically support…