Title

Commencement 2016

Contributor Names

Costa, Francisco

Ross, Ivy, 1955-

Rosenthal, Jane

Zee, Joe

Brown, Joyce F., 1947-

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)

Sanford, Marvin V.

Finley, Ruth, 1920-2018

Berry, Christina Lancione

Han, Ji Hee

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Remarks from Honorary Degree Recipient, Doctor of Fine Arts: Francisco Costa, Fashion Designer at FIT's Commencement 2016. Costa is Creative Director at Calvin Klein Collection. The Council of Fashion Designers of America named Costa Women's Wear Designer of the Year in 2006 and again in 2008. In 2009, he received Cooper Hewitt's National Design Award, a testament to the influence of his vision beyond fashion. Costa is also an alumnus of FIT.

Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient, Doctor of Humane Letters, Ivy Ross, addresses the graduates at FIT's Commencement 2016. Ivy Ross is a jewelry designer whose work is in museum collections, and she is vice president of Google and head of Project Aura, Glass and Beyond, where she leads a multidisciplinary team developing wearable technology.

Remarks from Honorary Degree Recipient, Doctor of Fine Arts, Jane Rosenthal, at FIT's Commencement 2016. Jane Rosenthal is a film producer and President of Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca Enterprises.

Joe Zee, Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient, Doctor of Humane Letters, addresses the graduates at FIT's Commencement 2016. Joe Zee is Creative Director, Yahoo Style and former creative director of Elle Magazine. Joe Zee graduated from FIT's Advertising and Marketing Communications program in 1992

Dr. Joyce Brown, President of FIT, gives her opening remarks and introduces the speakers of FIT's Commencement 2016.

Marvin V. Sanford II, President of the FIT Student Association, gives remarks to the graduates at FIT's Commencement 2016.

Ruth Finley receives the President's Award for Lifetime Achievement and addresses the graduates at FIT's Commencement 2016. Ruth Finley is the Founder and Former Publisher of The Fashion Calendar.

Christina Lancione Berry, Fabric Styling major, gives the valedictorian address at FIT's Commencement 2016.

Ji Hee Han, Advertising and Marketing Communications major, gives the valedictorian address at FIT's Commencement 2016.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Commencement ceremonies

Baccalaureate addresses

Fashion designers

Jewelry making

Wearable technology

Entrepreneurship

Motion picture producers and directors

Film festivals

Clothing trade

Fashion styling

Fashion

Periodicals

Fashion editors

Rights

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Identifier

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