LIM College Streams Virtual Commencement, Honors Aerie Executive, DVF

After a COVID-19 postponement at Lincoln Center, LIM College held its class of 2020 commencement ceremony virtually and streamed globally, on Thursday. This was the first virtual event for the 81-year-old college. Jennifer Foyle, chief creative officer of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and global brand president for Aerie, served as the ceremony’s keynote address presenter. She also received an honorary doctor of commercial science degree and was presented with LIM College’s distinguished achievement award. The college also presented Diane von Furstenberg, founder and chairwoman of DVF, with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. She also addressed the graduating class. Elizabeth S. Marcuse, LIM College president, told graduates that it is a particularly “critical time to be entering the business of fashion. Our industry and its associated fields are in rapid flux. Fortunately, the education you received at LIM has prepared you to rise to this occasion.” Marcuse said their education wasn’t “just about being able to memorize facts in a textbook and reel them back off on an exam. Your education was about learning to be creative, adaptive and responsive as the world around you grows, evolves, and does the unpredictable on a daily basis.” Foyle’s address included talking about her late mother,

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