2015

Sep 20, 2015

Conference Focused on the Advantages of Digital Textile Printing

Nearly 100 textile product suppliers and producers with an interest in digital textile printing gathered at the Wilson College of Textiles Sept. 30 to discuss the benefits that accompany this rapidly emerging technology. Keynote speaker Joe Quinn of Walmart spoke on bringing manufacturing back to America, and NC State researchers celebrated the official opening of the College’s new digital textile printing… 

Sep 16, 2015

Career Fair Brings Record Number of Companies to College of Textiles

The 2015 Textile Job Forum and Career Fair held Sept. 10 was the College’s largest fair in 30 years with 64 companies attending. More than one third of those were new to the Career Fair or returned after a decade or more. All of the companies that attended have some connection to the textile/apparel complex; raw material to retail were represented,… 

Sep 14, 2015

Donor Giving to College of Textiles up 117 Percent

Donor giving to the Wilson College of Textiles topped $3.8 million last year, up 117 percent over the previous year. The generosity of college alumni and supporters helped NC State break fundraising records for the fifth year in a row, boosting donations for scholarships, research, academic programs and faculty support to an all-time high. In the… 

Sep 1, 2015

Applications now being accepted for Doing Business Internationally-Mexico, Spring 2016

Doing Business Internationally is an exciting program that we have developed for our outstanding textile students.  Eight years ago, we put together an annual “Doing Business Internationally” Program in which we worked with the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s International Trade Division (ITD) and the Small Business Center of Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech). … 

Aug 12, 2015

Kassi Dibert

Kassi Dibert – from Gastonia, NC graduated from Forestview High School. Kassi has been awarded the North Carolina Textile Foundation W. Duke Kimbrell Centennial Scholarship to study in a textile degree program at NC State. Kassi took several Advanced Placement courses, including World History, Psychology, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, European History, Government & Politics, Environmental Science, Calculus,… 

Aug 12, 2015

Rochelle Griffin

Rochelle Griffin – from Waxhaw, NC graduated from Marvin Ridge High School. Rochelle has been awarded the North Carolina Textile Foundation National Knitwear Manufacturer’s Association Centennial Scholarship to study in a textile degree program at NC State. Rochelle took several Advanced Placement Courses, including English, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Human Geography and Macroeconomics. Rochelle received several… 

Aug 12, 2015

Will Huffman

Will Huffman – from Statesville, NC graduated from South Iredell High School. Will has been awarded the North Carolina Textile Foundation Brawley/Beaunit Centennial Scholarship to study in a textile degree program at NC State. Will received an International Baccalaureate diploma and took courses in English, Chemistry, History of the Americas, Math Methods, Spanish, and Theory of… 

Aug 12, 2015

Moriah Kimel

Moriah Kimel – from Charlotte, NC graduated from Myers Park High School. Moriah has been awarded the North Carolina Textile Foundation C.C. Lee Centennial Scholarship to study in a textile degree program at NC State. Moriah completed the International Baccalaureate Program at Myers Park, while taking classes in Spanish, Chemistry, Physics and Calculus, among other courses.… 

Aug 12, 2015

Michelle McGoogan

Michelle McGoogan – from Cary, NC graduated from William G. Enloe High School. Michelle has been awarded the North Carolina Textile Foundation ITT/Roger Milliken Centennial Scholarship to study in a textile degree program at NC State. Michelle took Advanced Placement courses, including World History, Environmental Science, Calculus, Language and Composition, United States History, Literature and Composition,… 

Aug 12, 2015

Christian Rust

Christian Rust – from New Bern, NC graduated from New Bern High School. Christian has been awarded the North Carolina Textile Foundation Centennial Scholarship to study in a textile degree program at NC State. Christian has also been awarded a Park Scholarship. Christian took Advanced Placement World History, US History, Biology, Calculus AB/ BC, Chemistry, Language,…