Student Success

Representative from Nike and an NC State alumna talking to a student at the career fair.

Oct 23, 2026

Wilson College Fall Career Fair Fosters Opportunities for Connection and Advancement

Wilson College alumni come full circle returning to the Career Fair to connect with students about career opportunities.

Thumnail image collage of Lainey Volz, fashion design student.

Oct 20, 2026

A Day in the Life of an NC State Student: Lainey Volz

Fashion and textile design student Lainey Volz answers burning questions about her area of study and experiences on campus, and gives advice to incoming students.

Image of students studying abroad standing in a group and smiling

Oct 5, 2026

Highlighting the Experiences of TECS Students Abroad

Hear more about the individual experiences of textile engineering, chemistry and science (TECS) students studying abroad and how it impacted their education.

$Katie Watson holding up the Wolfpack Symbol as she stands on a rooftop in New York City with the skyline behind her$

Sep 24, 2026

Wilson College Student Immersed in Building a Fashion Brand During CLASS: The NYC Experience

Wilson College of Textiles undergrad Katie Watson received a behind-the-scenes look at branding yourself in the fashion and retail industries in New York City during CLASS: The NYC Experience.

$Students demonstrate their portable sink built with rice bags while professors and judges view their presentation.$

Aug 31, 2026

Project With a Purpose: Seniors Turn Rice Bags Into Solutions

Senior Design students participated in a sustainability challenge project during the first week of the fall semester.

$Connery Bunn uses a measuring instrument in his research lab. He wears a white lab coat and goggles. Around him is more lab equipment and a behind him is a bright window, flooding the room with natural light.$

Aug 25, 2026

TECS REU: Working in a Textile Chemistry Lab as an Undergraduate

As a part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Connery Bunn worked for 10 weeks in an advanced lab and grew professionally and academically.

Aug 24, 2026

TECS REU: Working in a Textile Engineering Lab as an Undergraduate

Learn about how the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) has given textile engineering student Owen Rector the chance to see if research is right for him while gaining invaluable skills along the way.

Regan Stefanoni and Krusha Patel work in a laboratory, wearing long white lab coats. Bathed in natural light from a window on the left, they both face a counter with racks of small beakers and other lab equipment. They smile as Regan reaches for one of the beakers.

Aug 23, 2026

Undergraduate Research Offers Pathways to Academia, Opens to External Students

The TECS Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) provides invaluable experience for students interested in research, and has offered opportunity to non-Wilson College students for the first time.

High school students wearing lab coats participate in a lab exercise at TexTEC camp. They are in a lab and facing a counter with measuring instruments and sinks. One student wearing a purple lab coat and goggles leans against the counter and smiles at his lab partner.

Aug 22, 2026

TexTEC Starts High Schoolers Early on the Path of TECS

The day camp allows local rising sophomores, juniors and seniors to learn the basics of the Wilson College's academics and research through tours, information sessions and hands-on experiments.

Two smiling high school students hold up white t-shirts and pose for a photo. The shirts read "NC State Wilson College of Textiles. STEP. Summer Textile Exploration Program." They both wear protective goggles and the printing lab sprawls out behind them with industrial machines and students in lab coats.

Aug 5, 2026

High Schoolers Get a Taste of Academic and Campus Life at the Wilson College

The Summer Textile Exploration Program (STEP) gives high schoolers the chance to live on campus and study at the Wilson College of Textiles.