Bob Fisch – FIT Newsroom

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Fine Arts Grads Unveil Interactive Art Sculpture in Collaboration with Union Square Partnership

June 18, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Featured, FIT + Industry, Press Release, School of Art & Design, Students

The debut of Bead Maze, designed by recent FIT graduates with Scale Rule, highlights Union Square Partnership’s work to create […]

President Jason Schupbach, Bob Fisch, and Delaney Slattery stand in front of a step and repeat banner; Slattery is holding a oversized check to her business SLAT

Graduate Students Awarded $25,000 Bob Fisch Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

May 26, 2026 Alexandra Mann All Stories, Alumni, School of Graduate Studies

On May 13, one team and one student from the School of Graduate Studies received $25,000 Bob Fisch Awards for […]

Bob Fisch Makes Future Student Sculpture Project Possible in Union Square

November 24, 2025 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Seven Fine Arts students are collaborating with the Union Square Partnership and the design collective Scale Rule to develop a […]

Bob Fisch Gifts $1.5 Million to FIT to Name Presentation Hall in New Building

October 31, 2025 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Graduate Studies

FIT has announced that Bob Fisch—philanthropist, retail entrepreneur, motivational author, and FIT Foundation Board member—has gifted $1.5 million to the […]

Bob Fisch stands between the four winners of his Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards.

CulturClasm and Brooks Avenue Each Receive $25,000 for Entrepreneurial Excellence

May 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

On May 14, one team and one student from the School of Graduate Studies each received a $25,000 Bob Fisch […]

Millennial Advisory Board Shares Advice with New Scholarship Recipients

October 21, 2024 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

On October 15, 10 students from the School of Graduate Studies’ Global Fashion Management MPS and Fashion Design MFA programs […]

FIT Foundation Board member Bob Fisch awards a $25,000 prize to a Fashion Design or Global Fashion Management capstone project, followed by a reception. on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

Graduate Students Each Awarded $25,000 Bob Fisch Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

June 24, 2024 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

On May 22, two students from the School of Graduate Studies each received a $25,000 Bob Fisch Award for Entrepreneurial […]

Bob Fisch sitting at a panel discussion table held on the FIT campus on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

Entrepreneur Bob Fisch Awards 10 Scholarships to Graduate Students

December 18, 2023 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Graduate Studies

On December 12, 10 students from the School of Graduate Studies’ Global Fashion Management MPS and Fashion Design MFA programs […]

Recipients of the 2023 Bob Fisch Graduate Student Awards for Entrepreneurial Excellence Announced

May 31, 2023 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Graduate Studies, Students

Retail pioneer, student mentor, and bestselling author Bob Fisch presents two $25K awards to graduate students from Fashion Design and […]

student and teacher in Fashion Design MFA classroom

New Graduate Student Award Program Blends Scholarships and Mentorship

October 25, 2021 Alexandra Mann All Stories, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

Robert (Bob) Fisch, founder and former chairman and CEO of rue21, award-winning author of Fisch Tales: The Making of a […]