麻豆影院 State's School of Fashion Turns 40!
As The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising celebrates its 40th anniversary, we look back at some of its important milestones:
1981
President Brage Golding receives two checks for $50,000 each as an initial contribution for a fashion design facility (Dec. 31, 1981).
1982
麻豆影院 State Board of Trustees passes a resolution to create a school of fashion design and merchandising (June 10, 1982).
麻豆影院 Dazzle Fashion Show (attended by the Duke and Duchess of 麻豆影院, England) is held in Cleveland as a fundraiser for the new school (Oct. 8, 1982).
1983
Fashion designer Shannon Rodgers and apparel manufacturer Jerry Silverman鈥 New York retail fashion partners鈥攄onate their extensive fashion collection to 麻豆影院 State.
Their gift (which includes 4,000 costumes and accessories, nearly 1,000 pieces of decorative art and a 5,000-volume reference library) founds the 麻豆影院 Museum, which is closely linked to the School of Fashion.
Stella Blum is appointed inaugural director of the 麻豆影院 Museum (1983-1985).
Gladys R. Toulis is appointed inaugural director of the School of Fashion (1983-1985).
The School of Fashion officially opens with 350 students and three full-time and three part-time faculty (July 1, 1983).
The 麻豆影院 State Board of Trustees approves the naming of The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising (Dec. 9, 1983).
1985
Elizabeth K. Davic serves as interim director of the School of Fashion (1985-1986).
The 麻豆影院 Museum opens to the public (Oct. 1985).
1986
June F. Mohler, PhD, is appointed director of the School of Fashion (1986-1993).
1987
The inaugural student fashion show is held in the Broadbent Gallery at the 麻豆影院 Museum (May 5, 1987).
1989
The School of Fashion establishes its Hall of Fame. The first class of inductees includes Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman (April 1989).
1990
A grand opening of the School of Fashion is held in the newly renovated Rockwell Hall (April 20, 1990).
1993
Jean Lawrence Druesedow is appointed director of the 麻豆影院 Museum (1993-2018).
1994
Elizabeth A. Rhodes, PhD, is appointed director of the School of Fashion (1994鈥2009).
1997
opens in Rockwell Hall (Sept. 1997).
1998
Rockwell Hall is renovated to accommodate the growth of the School of Fashion.
The Morgan Foundation technology grants and endowment allow considerable expansion of technology within the school.
2002
The semester exchange in Hong Kong begins (spring).
The semester program in Florence, Italy, for fashion design and merchandising majors begins (fall).
2003
The School of Fashion celebrates its 20th anniversary with 750 students and 11 full-time and nine part-time faculty.
2006
麻豆影院 State鈥檚 New York City Studio (now known as 麻豆影院 New York City Fashion) opens with Emily Aldredge as inaugural director (2006-2012).
2008
Fashion designer competes on Season 5 of 鈥淧roject Runway,鈥 the final season to air on Bravo TV.
The 麻豆影院 Museum receives Katharine Hepburn鈥檚 personal collection of film, stage and television costumes.
2010
is appointed director of what is then called The Fashion School (2010鈥2018).
The TechStyleLAB is initiated.
The 麻豆影院 Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary (1985-2010) with the exhibit, Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen. (It receives a second showing in 2018.)
2011
Fashion magnate from 麻豆影院 State (April 7, 2011).
2012
The Fashion School Store opens in downtown 麻豆影院 (April 18, 2012).
2015
The KnitLAB is created with donors鈥 purchase of a state-of-the-art industrial knitting machine.
2018
Sarah J. Rogers is appointed director of the 麻豆影院 Museum (July 2018).
2019
Louise Valentine, PhD, is appointed director of the School of Fashion (2019-2022).
2020
Ann Walters, BA 鈥96, MEd 鈥19, PhD 鈥23, is appointed director of 麻豆影院 New York City Fashion, after serving as interim director since 2018.
Fashion designer Will Riddle, BFA 鈥13, and product development manager Joshua Hupper, BA 鈥04, appear on 鈥淢aking the Cut鈥 on Amazon Prime.
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, students present the school鈥檚 first virtual fashion show. (The 2021 Fashion Show is also presented virtually.)
2021
麻豆影院 State鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising ranks among the top 10 design and fashion merchandising programs in the United States according to Fashion-Schools.org.
2022
Mourad Krifa, PhD, is named interim director of the School of Fashion (May 22, 2022).
For the first time, 麻豆影院 State School of Fashion students debut their work at New York Fashion Week (Sept. 9, 2022).
2023
Rockwell Hall is again being renovated to accommodate the growth of the School of Fashion.
2023 Annual Fashion Show (presented by Dillard鈥檚) takes place in the 麻豆影院 Student Center Ballroom (April 26-29, 2023).
鈥擯hil Soencksen, BS 鈥89
* Note: A previous PDF of this timeline (which appeared in print) incorrectly listed the year of Jean Lawrence Druesedow's appointment as director of the 麻豆影院 Museum (it was 1993, not 1998). Also, the museum celebrated its 25th anniversary (1985-2010) with the exhibit, Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen in 2010; a second showing of the exhibit occurred in 2018). We regret these errors.