Berkeley College has appointed Jennifer Iacino, EdD, as Dean, Student Development and Campus Life, Online.

Berkeley College is proud to announce the appointment of Jennifer Iacino, EdD, as Dean, Student Development and Campus Life, Online. In this role, Dr. Iacino will be responsible for all aspects of student life through Berkeley College Online and will work closely with students, faculty and staff in the creative design and implementation of student development programs. 

“Dr. Iacino has held diverse leadership positions in higher education for the past 12 years,” said Edwin Hughes, EdD, Vice President, Student Development and Campus Life. “Her experience will help Berkeley College actively engage our online community and meet the distinct needs of these online students.” 

Before coming to Berkeley College, Dr. Iacino served as an External Evaluator for the Advancing Environmental Literacy Project, a grant-funded program of innovative sustainability curriculum at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. She also has worked with several programs at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, including the Women in Math, Science & Engineering Living-Learning Community; the Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement; and the Student Activities department. 

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SVA Portfolios, the online gallery of award-winning and cutting-edge creative work by members of the SVA community, has been nominated for a Webby Award in the Self-Promotion/Portfolio category. Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby is the leading international honor for excellence and innovation on the Internet.

The Webby Awards presents two honors in each category—The Webby Award and The Webby People’s Voice Award—annually. Members of the Academy select the nominees for both awards, and also select the winners of the Webby Awards. The People’s Voice Award is chosen by popular online vote, with hundreds of thousands of people from across the world making their choice for the site they believe is most innovative on the Web.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012, 1pm Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas.  Private event; Press seats available at 212.592.2010 or proffice@sva.edu.

New York, March 27, 2012 – School of Visual Arts announced today that acclaimed multimedia artist Laurie Anderson has accepted an invitation to speak at this year’s commencement exercises. The event takes place on Thursday, May 10, 2012, 1pm, at Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York City. The ceremony is a ticketed event and open to students and invited guests only; a live webcast will be streamed at www.sva.edu/commencement.

As a lifelong exemplar of artistic curiosity, Ms. Anderson is particularly well suited to address the 1,100 degree candidates in SVA’s 2012 graduation class,” said *SVA President David Rhodes*. Ms. Anderson was nominated by *MFA Art Practice Chair David Ross* and will also receive an honorary degree at the ceremony.

Laurie Anderson has been an arch observer of the American scene for more than four decades through her work as a visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, vocalist and instrumentalist. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the use of technology in the arts, Ms. Anderson has toured the United States and internationally with shows ranging from simple spoken word performances to elaborate multimedia events. In 2002, she was appointed the first artist-in-residence for NASA, an experience that culminated in her 2004 touring solo performance, /The End of the Moon/. In 2008, she completed a two-year worldwide tour of her performance piece /Homeland/, which was released to critical acclaim as an album on Nonesuch Records in 2010.
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SVA launched a redesigned website on March 7, with a dynamic and visually rich online presence that aggregates media feeds of various types—social, video, image, text—to reflect the breadth of the SVA community and bring its collective artistic output to the forefront.

“From the homepage to every other page on the site, we’re showing off the best work made by our students, faculty and alumni—their words, images, blogs, tweets and more,” says SVA Executive Vice President Anthony P. Rhodes.

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On Tuesday, March 6, more than 100 students, faculty and administrators from New York’s degree-granting proprietary colleges reminded lawmakers that TAP is both a smart investment in the state’s future and a vehicle that allows New Yorkers to maintain access to higher education.

In highlighting their message, delegates representing New York’s Association of Proprietary Colleges (APC) thanked lawmakers for rejecting deep cuts to TAP in recent years, and acknowledged their support of the governor’s proposed 2012-13 budget, which maintains TAP at current levels.

However, APC delegates reminded lawmakers that in 2010, students enrolled in colleges that only offer two-year degrees had their TAP awards slashed by 20 percent. As a result the maximum award went from $5,000 to $4,000. The reduction impacted thousands of students, some of whom need TAP the most.

LIM College has partnered with DHL to provide some Visual Merchandising majors a unique, hands-on Fashion Week experience.

Students Emily Acle, Carinne Cusanelli, Samantha Scopo, and Vinessa Soluri — under the supervision of Department Chair Eric Feigenbaum, Associate Chair Marjorie Lee Woo, and with assistance from Professor Grailing King — styled four mannequins in fashions created exclusively from DHL’s shipping and packing materials. The mannequins were donated by Goldsmith. Dan Evans, Goldsmith’s President and Creative Director, is a member of LIM College’s Fashion Industry Advisory Board.

After an online competition, the top two mannequins, created by Vinessa Soluri and Carinne Cusanelli, were showcased at DHL’s space in the Event Lobby during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Damrosch Park. DHL served as the official logistics provider of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for the 11th straight season.

Vinessa and Carinne also won prizes of $250 each, provided by Bill Levine, President of WL Concepts, a leader in creating innovative visual displays, graphics and signage.

Visitors to the DHL booth were able to select DHL fashion accessories, also created by the students, and have their photograph taken with the DHL-branded mannequins on a simulated fashion runway. The photographs were taken by LIM College students under the direction of professor and award-winning fashion photographer Michael Creagh.

Berkeley College is proud to announce the appointment of Kristin Rowe as Assistant Provost, Advisement. In this role, Ms. Rowe will provide administrative leadership for student academic advisement at all Berkeley College locations. 

“Ms. Rowe is an integral part of the Berkeley administration,” said Glen Zeitzer, PhD, Berkeley College Provost. “Her dedication to the academic success of our students will serve her well in her new role.” 

Berkeley College has appointed Kristin Rowe as Assistant Provost, Advisement.

Ms. Rowe previously served as Campus Operating Officer for the Berkeley College New York City locations, where she managed day-to-day operations, finances, student and staff retention, and community outreach. Since joining Berkeley College in 1999, she has worked in several capacities in Advisement. 

Before joining Berkeley College, Ms. Rowe was a Regional Resource Specialist with the New York State Department of Health and a Traumatic Brain Injury Program Specialist for the State of Vermont. She also served the United States Peace Corps as a volunteer in Tanzania, East Africa. 

Ms. Rowe holds an MA in Counseling from New York University in New York City and a BA in Biology from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.

The 2011 issue of The Annual, SVA’s yearly print publication offering an inside look at our ever-evolving College, is now available for view online. Featuring an introduction by President David Rhodes, this year’s edition traces the history of SVA’s always expanding roster of master’s programs and offers a preview of the new ones coming in 2012—MA Critical Theory and the Arts, MFA Design for Social Innovation, and MFA Products of Design.

Aside from conversations with the chairs of each of those departments—Robert Hullot-Kentor, Cheryl Heller, and Allan Chochinov, respectively—the 2011 Annual also features an exclusive interview with MFA Design Department Co-chair Steven Heller, who talks about how he develops new graduate programs and explains how SVA is “an incubator of practical work,” among other things.

To read the complete 2011 Annual, visit SVA.edu. Also on view: Student Demographics and Allocation of Tuition & Fees.

MFA Design Department Co-chair Steven Heller and other winners of the 2011 National Design Awards were honored by first lady Michelle Obama at the White House this week (watch video below). Heller was recognized for earning the Design Mind Award, which honors “a visionary who has effected a paradigm shift in design thinking or practice through writing, research and scholarship.”

According to Businessweek, Michelle Obama offered another nod to SVA during the ceremony, quoting the College’s Acting Chairman Milton Glaser. “Good design is good citizenship,” she said, emphasizing that good design improves life for everyone.

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LIM College students joined some of the world’s leading fashion designers in decorating bicycles for the public to ride around Manhattan during Fashion Week.

The promotional event, called “Tour de Fashion,” was part of the Fashion Center Business Improvement District’s (BID) effort to bring the glamour of Fashion Week to the streets of New York. Participating designers included Betsey Johnson, Nicole Miller, Isaac Mizrahi, Nanette Lepore and Diane von Furstenberg. Each outfitted one of 30 bicycles, and from September 8-15, their customized creations were available for NYC residents and visitors to borrow and pedal through Midtown.

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