SCAD celebrates record fashion scholarship wins

19 Talented SCAD School of Fashion Students Recognized as 2022 Fashion Scholarship Fund Winners, SCAD Atlanta Junior Naecia Dixon Awarded $25,000 FSF Grand Prize

SAVANNAH AND ATLANTA — APRIL 2022 — Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is proud to announce that students from the university’s prestigious School of Fashion received the most scholarship wins of any other university in the ultra-competitive Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholarship 2022 program, which concluded in an “FSF Live” awards gala on Monday, April 11 in New York City. A total of 19 students from SCAD’s top-ranked School of Fashion earned national recognition in the competition, totaling over $165,000 in scholarships.

SCAD students were selected out of thousands of entries across 65 universities, each developing imaginative case studies reviewed by a panel of industry icons representing major brands and designers.

At the FSF Live event honoring the FSF Class of 2022, SCAD Atlanta student Naecia Dixon (B.F.A., fashion design) presented a passionate monologue live in front of hundreds of industry executives, editors, stylists, designers and program alumni. Dixon was ultimately awarded the prestigious FSF $25,000 Grand Prize Scholarship for her ingenious digital case study, “Radical Optimism,” an idea for a unique and sustainable design collaboration between Nike and Iris Van Herpen.

“This award has been an honor of a lifetime, and I am incredibly grateful to FSF for this recognition and opportunity,” said SCAD junior Naecia Dixon. “I want the world to know the influence that my SCAD professors have had on me, and their tireless efforts to foster greatness in young, ambitious creatives like myself."

Additionally, Dixon, and fellow SCAD School of Fashion students Kachina Daniel (B.F.A., fashion design), Korin Jones (B.F.A., fashion design; drawing), Gianni Williams (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management) were selected as recipients of the trailblazing late fashion designer Virgil Abloh’s “Post-Modern” scholarship, which includes a $7,500 scholarship, a paid summer internship at one of the supporting partners, a master class program for professional development, and mentorship from industry leaders. Abloh, with the support of evian, Farfetch, Louis Vuitton, New Guards Group and Nike, committed $1 million to support scholarships and career opportunities for Black students and to foster equity and inclusion within the fashion industry, managed with FSF.

Since 2019, SCAD has won an unprecedented portion of scholarship funds from FSF for its students, totaling over $600,000. SCAD offers one of the most elite, connected and comprehensive fashion programs in the world with undergraduate and graduate degrees in accessory design, business of beauty and fragrance, fashion, fashion marketing and management, fibers, jewelry and luxury and fashion management. Students of the program network with expert insiders through virtual showcases and global red-carpet events and earn international accolades from Vogue, The Met’s Costume Institute, CFDA and more. SCAD fashion alumni launch their own lines and dress cultural icons like Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Zendaya, Maren Morris, Tracee Ellis Ross and lead the industry into the future at international houses like Chanel, Thom Browne and Marc Jacobs.

Founded in 1937, the FSF is the foremost fashion-oriented nonprofit in the U.S. to assist with education and workforce development. In addition to awarding over $1 million each year in scholarships, FSF provides scholars with intensive mentorship, industry networking, internship and career opportunities, professional development and direct access to the world’s top companies and most influential leaders in fashion and related business sectors.

2022 SCAD Student FSF Scholarship Winners

FSF 2022 Grand Prize Scholarshio - $25,000

• Naecia Dixon (B.F.A., fashion design, Kingston, Jamiaca)

SCAD 2022 Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Winners – $7,500

• Naecia Dixon (B.F.A., fashion design, Kingston, Jamiaca)
• Kachina Daniel (B.F.A., fashion design, Coral Springs, FL)
• Korin Jones (B.F.A., fashion design; drawing, Marietta, GA)
• Gianni Williams (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management, Washington, D.C.)

SCAD Class of 2022 FSF Scholars - $7,500

• Laura Elena Bach (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management, Annapolis, MD)
• Sophie Berner (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management; jewelry development adn design, Orlando, FL)
• Regina Perez-Corona (B.F.A., business of beauty & fragrance; fashion marketing & management, Houston, TX)
• Kaitlyn Delong (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management; fashion journalism, Blue Ridge, GA)
• Georgia Holbrook (B.F.A., fibers, fashion design, Houston, TX)
• Savannah Johnson (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management; fashion design, Plano, TX)
• Anna Lanyi (B.F.A., fashion design; fashion marketing & management. Irwin, PA)
• Julia Malloy (B.F.A., fashion design, Ridgewood, NJ)
• Victoria Malloy (B.F.A., business of beauty & fragrance; fashion marketing & management, Garnet Valley, PA)
• Valeria Martinez (B.F.A., fashion design, Humacao, Puerto Rico)
• Grace Miller (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management; fashion design, Sarasota, FL)
• Olivia Rogers (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management; fragrance marketing & management, Louisvile, KY)
• Jack Winkler (B.F.A., accessory design, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
• Morgan Winslow (B.F.A., fashion design, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)

SCAD School of Fashion

The SCAD School of Fashion centers real-world expertise. Students study sartorial history and process, meet career-making brand reps and editors, and get one-on-one mentorship from leading designers like Mary Katrantzou, Phillip Lim, Brandon Maxwell, Miuccia Prada, Christian Siriano, and Vivienne Westwood. SCAD students and alumni continually move fashion and design forward in new ways and are known around the globe for their industry-redefining brands and ventures. SCAD fashion alumni helm international houses like Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thom Browne, and Marc Jacobs, lead powerhouse brands like The Row and Anthropologie, and dress cultural legends like Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Zendaya, Rihanna, Heidi Klum, and Tracee Ellis Ross. SCAD’s newest style HQ, Number Nine, offers leading-edge technology. In Atlanta, SCAD fashion students enjoy SCAD FASH, the only museum dedicated to fashion and film, which shows acclaimed exhibitions by fashion luminaries like Ruth E. Carter, Carolina Herrera, Azzedine Alaïa, and Guo Pei.

SCAD fashion courses translate seamlessly to the SCADnow online learning platform, encouraging students to develop the ingenuity, flexibility, and adaptability they need to succeed.

SCAD: The University for Creative Careers

SCAD is a private, nonprofit, accredited university, offering more than 100 graduate and undergraduate degree programs across locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France; and online via SCADnow.

SCAD enrolls more than 15,700 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 120 countries. The future-minded SCAD curriculum engages professional-level technology and myriad advanced learning resources, affording students opportunities for internships, professional certifications, and real-world assignments with corporate partners through SCADpro, the university's renowned research lab and prototype generator. SCAD is No. 1 in the U.S., according to Art & Object's 2021 Best Art Schools ranking, with additional top rankings for degree programs in interior design, architecture, film, fashion, digital media, and more. Career success is woven into every fiber of the university, resulting in a superior alumni employment rate. For the past four years, 99% of SCAD graduates were employed, pursuing further education, or both within 10 months of graduation. SCAD provides students and alumni with ongoing career support through personal coaching, alumni programs, a professional presentation studio, and more.