"I'll do whatever they need, whether it is coffee runs or pulling images for a social media post, " said 24-year-old Monis Alam, a first-time CFDA volunteer who studies at Parsons the New School for Design.

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"I'll do whatever they need, whether it is coffee runs or pulling images for a social media post, " said 24-year-old Monis Alam, a first-time IMG volunteer who studies at Parsons the New School for Design.

WSJ: Lowly Tasks During a Week of High Style

In its present form the New School is indeed new: It is a recent amalgam of a graduate program called the New School for Social Research with two conservatory-like schools (the Parsons School of Design and the Mannes College of Music) and several less well-known entities.

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