COMMENCEMENT
Commencement On May 18, 2016, members of the New York School of Interior Design’s 99th graduating class took a triumphant walk across the stage of NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts to receive their diplomas. The class included 37 Master of Fine Arts, 18 Masters of Professional Studies, 31 Bachelors of Fine Arts, and 30 Associate in Applied Science graduates. In this, NYSID’s centennial year, these 116 graduates followed in the footsteps of many legendary designers who made their names after studying at the school. Said NYSID president David Sprouls, “In 1916, when our founder Sherrill Whiton took the first steps toward defining interior design education, he could not have predicted that his legacy would reach so many corners of the globe.” Patricia Sovern, chairman of NYSID’s Board of Trustees, encapsulated the power of a NYSID degree: “More than 90 percent of our graduates are employed within six months of graduation, and they are doing what they love: interior design.” NYSID awarded honorary doctorate degrees to Alexa Hampton; Wendy Goodman, design editor at New York magazine; and Daisy Soros, NYSID alumna, philanthropist, and chair of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
FROM L TO R: WENDY GOODMAN, DAISY SOROS, DAVID SPROULS, PATRICIA SOVERN, ALEX A HAMPTON.
46 ATELIER: YEAR IN REVIEW 2015/2016