Tag: tradition

  • Welcome to our 70th Year

    Whenever we start a new academic year, I count my blessings. Living as we do in a world incessantly ablaze, it is gratifying to return to FIT and to focus anew on the business and challenges of my “work-a-day” life. Fortunately for me, and I believe for everyone at FIT, the work we do is…

  • 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…

  • Honoring Excellence Among the FIT Faculty

    At the end of the academic year, when student projects dominate the campus, I know that faculty members are very proud, as they should be. I am proud, too–for nothing better exemplifies our faculty’s pedagogical strengths as well as their dedication than the remarkable work their students produce. That is why–three years ago–I established this…

  • 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…

  • A New Tradition for Our Graduate Students

    The night before commencement, we held a hooding ceremony for our masters degree candidates–a traditional ritual that recognizes the successful completion of their studies. This was the first time we actually conducted this ceremony separate from the larger commencement ceremony–and it gave us the opportunity to celebrate our graduate students specifically and all they mean…