STAFFORD -- If there’s one thing Marie King wants for her fashion design students, it’s to be successful. And they can’t do that without a firm footing in business.
That’s why this fashion design expert has included business courses and activities in the diploma program that was recently awarded approval by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), the Commonwealth's coordinating body for higher education.
LoK Institute, which had its ribbon cutting March 20, is a private, single-campus vocational school in Stafford where King and her staff will teach adults the art and business of fashion design.
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