SUNY Korea Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony and FIT AAS Exhibition
The State University of New York, Korea hosted its Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 16 in Songdo, Incheon. A total of 68 students from the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Business Management, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Technological Systems Management majors of Stony Brook University, and 85 students from the Fashion Design and Fashion Business Management majors of the Fashion Institute of Technology, graduated on this day.
Arthur H. Lee, the president of SUNY Korea, noted in his congratulatory speech the 12 nationalities of the graduating students, including the United States, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Iran, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, and Taiwan; and congratulated the graduates one by one. He also emphasized the successes of recent SUNY graduates’, who attained employment at Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Deloitte, Naver, Kookmin Bank, KB Bank, KPMG, and KOTRA; and additionally, those who went on to prestigious graduate schools such as Stanford and Cornell University. His advice to the graduates: “Put what you have learned into action, execute what you have planned, and share what is beneficial with those around you.”
Dr. Carl Lejuez, Chair of the Board of Managers of SUNY Korea, LLC, also gave congratulatory remarks to the graduating students: “I hope that graduates will not miss out on various opportunities after graduation and pioneer your lives to grow into global leaders. As a SUNY Korea alumnus, be a mentor to the fellow students still in college and help them in terms of their careers.” In addition, he mentioned that “Stony Brook University ranked the number one public university in the State of New York, and Fashion Institute of Technology is a world-known premier institution for education students in the fashion industry; we look forward to continually develop our relationship, and through cooperation with various partners, to provide the best education possible for the students.”
On the same day, the FIT’s Fashion Design AAS Exhibition was held at the SUNY Korea Museum of Modern Costume. The theme of this year’s Fashion Design AAS Exhibition was “The 60’s.” Garments from the 1960s were conceptualized, designed, and hand sewn by our talented 2nd year students. Mark-Evan Blackman, the chair of the Fashion Design Department, stated that “[The students’] internationally recognized degree has provided them with an assortment of world-class skills, and their draping, flat-pattern, and hand-finishing sewing details will all be on full display.”
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