Reim, Melanie

Person

Biography

"Melanie joined FIT in 1996, and by 2001, became one of the one of the founders of the MA/ MFA program in Illustration in the School of Graduate Studies at FIT, expanding and raising the profile of the undergraduate and graduate Illustration departments at FIT as Chairperson from 2001 to 2017. Under her tenure, the MFA in Illustration at FIT has expanded and flourished, and is one of the most successful and respected programs at the institution. Melanie is also seen as a leader on the FIT campus, appointed to committees inclusive of the President's Council on Strategic Planning, the Brand Consortium and one of the co-founders of the President's Council on Diversity, engaging with students and faculty all across campus." https://societyillustrators.org/award-winners/melanie-reim/

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Melanie Reim interview, 2021 August 10, 2021 August 10

Item

Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.37

Scope and Contents From the sub-sub-sub-series: FIT Talks is an oral history program of the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York. It documents personal accounts and experiences of people relevant to the College and to the industries that support - and are supported by - the College’s curricula. The program incorporates the most suitable technologies for the capture and provision of content and, with the guidance of an advisory board, the strategic addition of new subjects to the collection. The collection is...

Dates: 2021 August 10

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT Talks oral history series, 2014-