Center for Continuing & Professional Studies

Designer B Michael and Cicely Tyson: Fashion and Friendship

February 5, 2024 Alex Joseph Alumni, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

Designer B Michael has dressed Beyoncé, Lena Horne, and Whitney Houston. When the alumnus came to FIT Jan. 31 to […]

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FIT’s First Entrepreneurship Summit

March 27, 2023 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Events, FIT + Industry, Top Stories

FIT’s Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and the FIT Foundation held the first Entrepreneurship Summit in the Katie Murphy […]

FIT’s Sneaker Essentials Course Adapted for Brooklyn Middle School

April 1, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Top Stories

In fall 2021, a Sneaker Essentials course—based on a curriculum co-created by FIT—piloted at Brooklyn’s Meyer Levin Middle School won […]

Love the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? There’s an FIT Connection

November 22, 2021 Alex Joseph Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, FIT + Industry

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade turns 95 this year, and properly observing this landmark event requires a lot of clowns. “Half-baked […]

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Kelly Burton Named Associate Editor of Peer-Reviewed Journal on Sustainable Fashion and Textiles

May 7, 2021 Laura Hatmaker Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Kelly Burton, adjunct instructor, International Trade and Marketing and the Center for Continuing and Professional Studies, has been named an associate […]

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WWD Series Emphasizes FIT’s Importance in Fashion Illustration

January 8, 2021 Jonathan Vatner Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, FIT in the News, School of Art & Design

From December 28 to 30, WWD ran a series of features about its history of fashion illustration, including profiles of […]

Suffragists Inspire Virtual Hat Exhibition

October 27, 2020 Alex Joseph Alumni, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, Top Stories

What’s going on inside the average American voter’s head at this point is an open question. What’s worn on that […]

FIT and Yellowbrick Launch Gaming and Esports Online Education Program

July 6, 2020 Alexandra Mann Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Top Stories

FIT, in collaboration with Yellowbrick, has launched Gaming and Esports Industry Essentials, designed to help the nontraditional student explore the […]

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Uncommon Pursuits: Lyn Slater

February 12, 2019 Alex Joseph Alumni, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, Hue Magazine, Top Stories

Hue: You have half a million followers on your Instagram account and related blog, An Accidental Icon, that document your […]

When SpongeBob Rises Above Manhattan on Thanksgiving Day, FIT Is There

November 21, 2018 Julianna Dow Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured

Dazzling, gigantic parade balloons are all set to float down Sixth Avenue for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade today. You’ll see […]