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Pratt Institute
Motto: Be True To Your Work And Your Work Will be True To You
Established: 1887
Type: Private
President: President Thomas F. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Schutte
Faculty: 899
Undergraduates: 3,070
Postgraduates: 1,607
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Campus: Urban
25 acres (10 hectares)
Colors: Black and Gold
Mascot: The Cannoneer
Affiliations: Pratt at Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Delaware College of Art and Design
Website: www.pratt.edu

Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica, New York. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The City of New York Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Utica is a City in the American state of New York, and the County seat of Oneida County. Pratt is one of the leading art schools in the United States and offers programs in art, architecture, fashion design, illustration, interior design, digital arts, creative writing, library science, and other areas. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time An illustration is a visualization such as a Drawing, Painting, Photograph or other work of Art that stresses subject more than Interior design is a practice concerned with anything that is found inside a space - walls windows doors finishes textures light furnishings and furniture Library science is an Interdisciplinary Science incorporating the Humanities, Law and Applied science to study topics related to Pratt is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States. The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD is a non-profit consortium of thirty-five of the leading degree-granting art colleges in the United States

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History

The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY
The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY

Charles Pratt (1830-1891) was an early pioneer of the natural oil industry in the United States. Charles Pratt ( October 2 1830 – May 4 1891) was a United States capitalist, Businessman and For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting (often by Oil tankers and pipelines He was founder of Astral Oil Works in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York. Astral Oil Works was founded in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York by Charles Pratt. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. He joined with his protégé Henry H. Rogers to form Charles Pratt and Company in 1867. Henry Huttleston Rogers ( January 29 1840 &ndash May 19 1909) was a United States capitalist, Businessman Charles Pratt and Company was an oil company that was formed in Brooklyn New York in the United States by Charles Pratt and Henry H Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Both companies became part of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil in 1874. John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing transporting refining and marketing company Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Pratt is credited with recognizing the growing need for trained industrial workers in a changing economy. In 1886, he founded and endowed the Pratt Institute, which opened in Brooklyn in 1887. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Presidents

Charles Pratt, Founder
Charles Pratt, Founder
  1. Charles Pratt (1830-1891), president from 1887-1891
  2. Charles Millard Pratt (1855-1935), 1891-1893
  3. Frederic B. Pratt (1865-1945), 1893-1937
  4. Charles Pratt (1892-?), 1937-1953
  5. Francis H. Charles Pratt ( October 2 1830 – May 4 1891) was a United States capitalist, Businessman and Charles Millard Pratt ( November 2, 1855 - 1935 was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist Frederic Bayley Pratt ( 22 February 1865 - 3 May 1945) was the president of Brooklyn 's Pratt Institute for 44 years from Horn, 1953-1957
  6. Robert Fisher Oxnam (1915-1974), 1957-1960
  7. James Britt Donovan (1916-1970), 1968-1970
  8. Richardson Pratt Jr (1923-2001) (gt-grandson of Charles Pratt), 1972-1990
  9. Warren F. Charles Pratt ( October 2 1830 – May 4 1891) was a United States capitalist, Businessman and Ilchman (1933-), 1990-1993
  10. Thomas F. Schutte (1936-), 1993 to present

Campus

Higgins Hall center section rebuilt by Steven Holl
Higgins Hall center section rebuilt by Steven Holl
DeKalb Avenue gate
DeKalb Avenue gate

Pratt Institute is a closed campus with four public entrances, two of which close in the evening hours. The main gate on Willoughby Avenue is guarded by a security post 24 hours a day. Buildings on campus include the Library, Dekalb Hall, ISC Building, Main Building, North Hall, East Building, Student Union, Memorial Hall, Machinery Building, Chemistry Building, Engineering Building, Pratt Studios, Steuben Hall, and the ARC building. There is also on campus housing for faculty. Off campus building includes the newly renovated Higgins Hall which contains all the Architecture studios.

In addition, Pratt has another campus in New York City on 14th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue. This new building houses the Graduate School for Information and Library Science, the Graduate Program in Communications and Packaging Design, Associates Degree Programs in Digital Design, Graphic Design and Illustration. The modern building has many resources like a library, computer lab and meeting spaces.

Residence Halls

All residence hall students are provided with a bed (twin extra-long), a drafting table, a chair and a dresser. Students residing in a dorm on campus are required to be on a mandatory meal plan (Stabile, Cannonner, ELJ and Pantas), while those off campus are able to sign-up for an optional meal plan (Willoughby and Grand Avenue).

Cannoneer Court

Cannoneer Court, or "The Can" was designed by famed architecture firm SOM in 1986 and constructed using a then-unique form of modular construction. Each individual dorm room was constructed off-site and then set into place like building blocks. It accommodates 94 students between two hallways. This traditional corridor style residence houses students in double rooms. Bathrooms are communal. The building has a lounge and work area as well as a garden courtyard. The rooms are air conditioned and carpeted. Although it was meant for temporary housing in 1986, this building still stands today for use as freshman housing as well as late-acceptance students and transfers. The first floor of this two-floor building is used as Graduate Fine Arts studios.

Esther Lloyd-Jones Hall

Esther Lloyd Jones Hall is named for a trend-setter in modern American higher education. ELJ accommodates students single and double rooms. ELJ is comprised primarily upperclassmen continuing students; vacancies for new transfer and graduate students sometimes do occur.

Leo J. Pantas Hall

Designed by SOM in 1986, Leo J. Pantas domitory sits centrally located on campus. Students live in four-person suites, which consist of two double-rooms (two people in each double-room). Each suite has its own bathroom. Suites are single sex, but floors are coed. Each suite is responsible for the healthy upkeep of the common bathroom area. The building boasts a large work area in addition to a dramatic main lounge area with large screen TV and pool table. Its central location on campus makes it desirable to students, with its clock tower serving as a campus landmark.

Grand Avenue

Grand Avenue Residence is home to new and continuing graduate students. The building can accommodate 50 students in efficiency apartments (double and single) and private single rooms within two and three-bedroom apartments. A double efficiency is two students sharing a one-room apartment (with kitchen and bath). A single efficiency is one student in a private one room apartment (with kitchen and bath. A shared single is two or more students, each with their own private bedroom, sharing kitchen, bath and living room. The building is located one block from campus. Each living room is furnished with a sofa, club chair, coffee table, kitchen table and chairs.

Willoughby Hall

Willoughby Residence Hall is a former 16 (no 13th floor) story apartment co-op, and is the largest residence hall. It accommodates 800 undergraduate men and women. Very few apartments are now coed. In addition to the standard furniture, all apartments have a kitchen table, stove and refrigerator. All students assigned to double, triple and single spaces. The converted apartments consist of: at least one double or triple that occupies the former living room space of the apartment. The number of students residing in a given apartment ranges from 2–6 students, while the number of vermin existing in an apartment is linked proportionately to the number of students (depending upon the size of the converted apartment - studio, one bedroom, two bedroom or three bedroom).

Stabile Hall

Vincent A. Stabile Hall opened in the Fall of 1999. Named for the donor and graduate of the Engineering School, who happened to be a designer of prisons, Stabile Hall was designed for new undergraduate students and comprises rooms which strikingly resemble prison cells themselves. It houses 240 students in four person suites. Each suite consists of two double rooms with a shared bath. Suites are single sex, but floors are coed. With few exceptions, the room dimensions, not including the small entry foyer, are 12 x 12. Each suite is responsible for the healthy upkeep of the common bathroom area. There are kitchenettes located on each floor. A kitchenette is a cooking area in Motel and Hotel rooms small apartments, college dormitories, or office buildings The award-winning design of the building boasts a large common lounge with smaller work and lounge spaces on each floor all of which contribute to a vital living and working environment.

Schools

Notable Alumni

Athletics

The Pratt Cannoneers, a founding member of the Hudson Valley Athletic Conference (NCAA Division III), has varsity teams competing in men's basketball, soccer, cross-country, indoor/outdoor track, and tennis; as well as women's soccer, tennis, cross-country, indoor/outdoor track, and volleyball. Norman Norell (born Norman David Levinson April 20, 1900 in Noblesville, Indiana - died in New York, October 25 Roberto Parada (1969 -) is a freelance Illustrator who has been creating paintings for major American magazines for the past 15 years Beverly Pepper (born December 20, 1922) is a modern Sculptor, and abstract painter. Denis Peterson (1944 NYC is an American hyperrealist painter whose early photorealist works were exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum John Peterson (1924 - 2002 was an American author of Children's books during the 20th century Sir Charles Edward Pollock, SL ( October 31, 1823 – November 21, 1897) was an English Judge, one of the last Charles Ernest Pont ( 6 January 1898 – 28 July 1971) was a Swiss-American artist and Baptist minister This article is about the composer For the comic-book artist see Bob Powell (comics, for the U Paul Rand (born Peretz Rosenbaum, August 15 1914 &ndash November 26 1996 was an American Graphic designer best known for his corporate logo designs Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Robert James Sabuda (born 8 March 1965) is a leading children's Pop-up book artist and Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962 in Bregenz, Austria) is a Graphic designer and Typographer currently based in New York City. Jeremy Scott is a Missouri -born fashion designer. He attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY for fashion design Nat Mayer Shapiro (b New York City NY, June 2 1919 - d New York NY, December 2 2005) was a prolific American David Silverman (born on 15 March 1957 in New York City, New York) is an Animator best known for directing numerous episodes Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Dante Tomaselli (born October 29 1969, in Paterson New Jersey) is an Italian-American horror Screenwriter, director, and William Van Alen (August 10 1883 – May 24 1954 was an American Architect, best known as the architect in charge of designing New York City 's Chrysler The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Max Weber ( April 18, 1881 - October 4, 1961) was a Polish-American painter who worked in the style of Cubism before migrating to Kent Williams (b 1962 is an American painter and Graphic novel artist Robert Wilson (born 4 October 1941) is an American Avant-garde Stage director and Playwright who has been called "'s Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician Peter Zumthor (born 26 April, 1943) is a Swiss Architect, considered one of the most important in the world

The men's basketball team has a storied tradition, including the 4th longest collegiate basketball rivalry in the nation between Pratt and Polytechnic University (Brooklyn, NY), with Pratt holding the overall record 78-59. The Cannoneers also took home a national collegiate championship title in 1901, and made four NAIA ('59, '60, '61, and '62) and two ECAC ('77,'79) post-season appearances. Former players included Ed Mazria ('62), who was drafted by the New York Knicks, and Anthony Heyward ('94), who currently tours with the And1 streetball team as "Half Man Half Amazing".

The women's cross-country team recently captured the 2006 HMWAC championship title and coach Dalton Evans won "Coach of the Year" honors. The men's cross-country team also has a championship title. The women's tennis team has won three HVWAC titles, including an appearance in the ECAC tournament.

In addition, there are intramural activities schedules throughout the year, ranging from individual (tennis and track & field) to team sports (soccer, basketball, volleyball, and touch football). Two premier student intramurals events include the fall classic Halloween Pratt Ratt Outdoor Obstacle Relay Race and the annual Mr. & Ms. Pratt All Thatt Fitness & Artistic Expression Pageant finale.

The Athletics Resource Center (A. R. C. ) is home to the athletic department, and features the largest clear-span space in Brooklyn. It also hosts the annual Colgate Games, the nation's largest amateur track series for girls from elementary school through college. [2]

The school's mascot, "the Cannoneer", takes the name from the 19th century cannon which stands prominently near the main gate to the campus. Cast in bronze in Seville, Spain, the cannon bears the insignia of Philip the Fifth and was brought to Pratt from the walls of Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba in 1899.

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Artist Biographies, The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA is an Art museum in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland Ohio. Accessed December 13, 2007. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  2. ^ Colgate Games homepage http://www.colgategames.com/index.htm

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