Ralph Lauren to Provide Full Scholarship to Marist Style Pupil

Ralph Lauren is extending its dedication to the subsequent era of vogue college students.

The corporate is establishing a brand new design scholarship program at Marist Faculty in Poughkeepsie, New York, that can award a vogue scholar $100,000 in scholarship funds over 4 years.

The Ralph Lauren Design Students Program is meant to supply alternative and entry for underrepresented design college students on the school beginning with the 2024-25 tutorial yr.

The candidates are chosen by vogue college and workers and will need to have a excessive GPA and exhibit a necessity for monetary help.

Along with the scholarship, the coed will obtain mentorship and growth alternatives as a part of the summer time internship program held at Ralph Lauren’s company workplaces.

This program builds on a earlier collaboration between Marist and Ralph Lauren that allowed underrepresented highschool college students to take pre-college lessons at Marist’s Poughkeepsie campus. 4 New York Metropolis highschool college students obtained full scholarships to attend the lessons throughout the summer time months.

“This pledge from one of many world’s most influential vogue firms will give a brand new scholar annually a singular and invaluable alternative,” stated designer John Bartlett, who serves as vogue program director at Marist. “Marist’s vogue program has established a nationwide repute for offering college students with cutting-edge, hands-on studying experiences and handy entry and profession connections to the worldwide vogue hub of New York Metropolis.”

“Range and inclusivity usually are not solely vital values, however they’re additionally important for driving innovation and progress,” stated Dr. Edward Antonio, vp of variety, fairness and inclusion at Marist. “This scholarship alternative represents two vital issues — entry to a Marist schooling and a big step towards making a extra equitable and various vogue business. We’re thrilled to supply this chance to college students going through monetary boundaries.”

Marist’s vogue program, throughout the College of Communication and the Arts, prepares college students for a variety of vogue careers, together with merchandising, product growth, retailing, operations, vogue promotion and occasion manufacturing.