Tag: Fashion Institute of Technology
Joyce Brown Announces Her Retirement as First African American President of FIT
In 1998, Dr. Brown was appointed as the first woman and first African American president of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Throughout her 26-year tenure, FIT has created more than 30 new degree and certificate programs.
Five African American Faculty Members Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Paul C. Clement of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Tressie McMillan Cottom of Virginia Commonwealth University, Mary Atwater of the University of Georgia, Ronke Olabisi of Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Connie Dacus of Alabama State University.
Four African Americans in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The new appointees are Anthony Berryhill at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Sonia Rankin at the University of New Mexico, Larry D. Johnson at St. Louis Community College, and Ronald Anthony Milon at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Five African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Van Bailey at the University of Miami, Maria Arvelo Lumpkin at Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Terence Peavy at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Barbara Hampton at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Keyana Scales at Xavier University of Louisiana.
New Academic Roles for Seven Black Scholars
The seven Black scholars who are taking on new duties are Paul C. Clement, Jamal Ratchford, Nicholas Ball, Dineo Khabele, James Hill, Jordanna Malton, and Robert Winn.
