Student Organizations

Founded in 1918, the international honor society of two-year colleges recognizes and encourages academic achievement and offers opportunities based on their four hallmarks of scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship. Candidates must have completed 12 units at FIDM with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education.

Students are invited to generate FIDM spirit, share ideas, concerns and suggestions, and exercise their right to effect positive change on campus. Current FIDM Students are automatic members and are encouraged to participate. There are special benefits to Board members.

Open to all FIDM Students, CCSA's goal is to increase knowledge and understanding of different cultures through themed luncheons, holiday festivals, mixers, and gatherings. CCSA fosters an environment in which students can build friendships with fellow students from out of state and around the world.

The Fashion Group International of Los Angeles, Inc. is a nonprofit organization for professionals in fashion and related industries. The organization provides students with a mentor program and the opportunity to network with top-level members.

With FIDM Instructor Celeste Day-Drake as the Advisor, the FIDM ASID Student Chapter is affiliated with the American Society of Interior Designers.

AATCC is the leading international association for textile design, materials, processing, and testing. Industry professionals are invited to speak to the students. And each quarter, an excursion is organized to a graphic design warehouse.

The Set Decorators Society of America is the only national nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the support of the past, present, and future of Set Decorators in motion pictures, television, commercials, and music videos. The student chapter at FIDM is led by Director of Visual Communications Cindy Patino.

The only club that is also a magazine, MODE is a bi-annual in-house publication written, photographed, and designed by FIDM Students interested in promoting awareness about the design industry, current events, and FIDM Student Life. Students from all majors and campuses are encouraged to pitch ideas and submit articles. A team of Los Angeles campus students oversees publishing efforts.

Led by FIDM Instructor Robin Wagner, the Knit Club is open to all levels. All materials are provided, with the exception of knitting needles. As a beginning project, club members make preemie - baby hats which are then donated to Stitches from the Heart, a non-profit organization that provides handmade clothing and blankets to premature babies across the nation. The FIDM Knit Club donated nearly 200 hats in the last year.