Commencement – Page 2

November 18, 2019 FIT Newsroom College & Campus

Candace Rogati, Illustration MFA ‘19 My favorite memory at FIT was my Master’s Degree graduation ceremony. I attended FIT for […]

November 18, 2019 FIT Newsroom College & Campus

Faryl Forman Stillman, FBM ‘89 Commencement at Radio City Music Hall.

David Yurman and Tommy Hilfiger: Keynote Speakers for 2019 Commencement

May 15, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Liberal Arts

David Yurman and Tommy Hilfiger will be the keynote speakers when the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a college of […]

Cool Runnings: An Interview with Claudine Joseph, COO of LL COOL J

July 3, 2017 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home, School of Business & Technology

At FIT’s commencement ceremony on May 25, LL COOL J, multihyphenate extraordinaire, was honored with the President’s Award for Creative […]

Essie Weingarten and LL COOL J Honored at FIT’s 2017 Commencement

May 30, 2017 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Students, SUNY, Top Stories

Thursday, May 25, 2017—the day of FIT’s 72nd annual commencement exercises—dawned cold and wet, but the spirit of FIT’s graduating […]

The Need for Tolerance in a Fragmented, Confusing World

June 15, 2016 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Home

“Democracy is difficult…and so is civility.” In her commencement address, President Joyce F. Brown described the challenges FIT graduates now […]

FIT Celebrates 2016 Commencement with Keynote Speakers Joe Zee and Ivy Ross

May 26, 2016 Steven Bibb College & Campus, Home

FIT held its 71st annual commencement exercises on Thursday, May 19 at the Javits Center North. More than 2,700 students […]

Yahoo Style’s Joe Zee and Google’s Ivy Ross to Speak at FIT’s 2016 Commencement Ceremonies

May 10, 2016 Steven Bibb Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Home, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts

Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:30 am and 3 pm Javits Center North Corner of 40th Street and Eleventh Avenue, New […]

Brooke Shields and Marc J. Metrick Offer Advice to FIT Grads

June 2, 2015 norma_stary College & Campus, Events, Home

On May 21, Javits Center North was packed with joyful graduates and their families, celebrating the rite of passage of […]

Brooke Shields and Marc Metrick to Speak at 2015 Commencement Ceremonies

May 12, 2015 Steven Bibb Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, FIT in the News, Press, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Students, SUNY

Brooke Shields and Marc Metrick will be the keynote speakers at FIT’s 2015 commencement ceremonies. Architect Daniel Libeskind will receive an honorary degree. Fashion industry executive and FIT chairman emeritus Peter G. Scotese will receive the President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement. Joy Herfel Cronin, Ralph Lauren Corporation group president of the Americas and FIT alumna, and Randy Fenoli, television personality and FIT alumnus, will both receive President’s Awards for Creative Excellence.