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Key players get ‘smart’ on textiles at DANC, IES event

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Student in black tshirt stands on sidewalk with "wolfs up." Behind them, a sign stretching over and across the intersection reads "UA Global Headquarters: The Only Way is Through"

Sep 28, 2022

Read Where Wilson College of Textiles Students Interned this Summer

From Los Angeles to New York City to Italy, it might be easier to ask where they didn't intern. 
Photo of Ankitha Gurram in front of a black brick mural painted with the NYFW logo in white. Gurram wears an off-white suit.

Sep 19, 2022

Wilson College Student Experiences New York Fashion Week Firsthand

Ankitha Gurram gained exclusive access to the event, and fashion industry executives, through the U of NYFW program. 
Models wearing student designs

Sep 16, 2022

See How Seniors Capped Off a Fashion Design Education

Senior fashion design students send at least half-a-dozen looks down the runway for the FTD Emerging Designers Showcase. 

Sep 14, 2022

Ripples, Sea and Surface: works by Anna Stuffelbeam

Digital Weaving Norway
Inspired by the intersection of chaos and calm, Digital Weaving Norway showcases the beautiful hand-dyed woven cotton works of textiles student Anna Stuffelbeam. 
Patrons visit showcases at the FTD Emerging Designers Showcase in Talley Student Union

Sep 13, 2022

From Lichen to the Loom: Textile Design Seniors Debut Collections

Textile design collections displayed during the FTD Emerging Designers Showcase represent four years of education and a semester's worth of work for students. 
student using sewing machine in fashion studio

Sep 9, 2022

First-Year Fashion and Textile Design Class Challenges Students to Think Like Designers

FTD 200 helps fashion and textile students embark on their journey towards a textile education, and builds new skill sets and communities along the way. 
Latasia Priest

Sep 8, 2022

Latasia Priest Will Continue Championing Diversity as the Next Chair of T.I.D.E.

On July 1, Latasia Priest became the second chair of the Task Force for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (T.I.D.E.) within NC State's University Advancement division. 
Genevieve Garland (left) and her mentor Cynthia Istook pose for a photo at Garland's commencement ceremony.

Sep 2, 2022

NC State Leader Genevieve Garland ’00, ’02, ’13 Honors a Lifelong Mentor by Paying Forward Her Invaluable Support

Cynthia Istook’s leadership in the textiles field and the incredible impact she’s had on Genevieve Garland’s life inspired her to honor her mentor by establishing the Cynthia L. Istook Textiles Graduate Endowment. 
Tom Schroeder

Sep 1, 2022

Tom Schroeder Joins Wilson College Faculty After Completing Postdoctoral Studies at Harvard 

He looks to organisms like electric eels for insights on how to make the next generation of materials. 

Aug 30, 2022

Key players get ‘smart’ on textiles at DANC, IES event

eTextile Communications.com
Zeis Textile Extension Director Andre West and Associate Professor Jess Jur presented at the Buikding a More Collaborative Advanced Textiles Ecosystem Forum, which brought together textile industry innovators interested in smart textiles research, development and production,