Poll, Carol
Person
Biography
Carol Poll was a professor of sociology at FIT and interviewed members of the FIT community for the FIT 50th Anniversary oral history series.
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Helen Xenakis interview, 1995 February 22, 1995 February 22
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.31
Scope and Contents
Helen Xenakis, the Internship Coordinator at FIT at the time of this interview, began as an adjunct professor in theFashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) in 1988, following a 25-year career in buying. She talks about the inception of the internship program at FIT and its growth ten-fold. She sees the program as mutually beneficial for employers and students, which explains its exponential success. At the time of the interview, FIT had over 900 company sponsors including Donna...
Dates:
1995 February 22
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- Subject: Internship programs X