Commencement Ceremony Program
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Elgar)
Chairman’s Welcome
Ellen Kravet, Chairman, Board of Trustees
President’s Welcome
David Sprouls, President
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Speakers
Supasara Rungruangrattanagul, BFA ‘21
Dahiana Peña Calcagno, MFA ‘21
Presentation of Awards
Dr. Ellen Fisher, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean
Honorary Doctorate Addresses
Adam Sandow
Kia Weatherspoon
Presentation of Graduates
Dr. Ellen Fisher, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean
Conferring of Degrees and Farewell Remarks
David Sprouls, President
Join Us for a Viewing Party!
Join the class of 2021 in a live Zoom viewing party. Chat with your classmates, send congratulations notes, and see one another turn those tassels at the end of the ceremony!
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Presenting: The Graduating Class of 2021
Honorary Doctorate Recipients and Keynote Speakers
Media industry leader Adam Sandow and Washington, DC-based interior designer Kia Weatherspoon will address the Class of 2021, and will be conferred with Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in Interior Design degrees. Each year, nominees for the honorary doctorate degree are selected from a distinguished pool, and each have demonstrated leadership in the interior design industry and values that are consistent with the goals of the College’s mission and higher education.
Student Speakers Representing the Class of 2021
Supasara Rungruangrattanagul, BFA ‘21
Dahiana Peña Calcagno, MFA ‘21
Thesis and Studio Projects
In their final semester of study students create thesis projects as a capstone of their NYSID education. Students research and design for a client of their choice, based on deep research, and focused on the adaptive reuse of an existing building. MPS students design a project that summarizes their entire program to date, although they complete their studies in the summer. Thesis projects are presented in an exhibition each Spring, kicking off NYSID’s week-long Commencement festival. Below are the thesis and studio projects of this year’s graduates, which will also be display on-campus in a future exhibition.
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Bachelor of Arts in the History of the Interior and the Decorative Arts | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design | Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design | Post-Professional Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design | Master of Professional Studies in Lighting Design | Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments
Students in the AAS program do not participate in the undergraduate thesis exhibition, and submitting work for this page was optional.
Bachelor of Arts in the History of the Interior and the Decorative Arts
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design
Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design
Post-Professional Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design
Master of Professional Studies in Lighting Design
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Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments
Questions? Email commencement@nysid.edu.
