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The Graduate School has a new way to recognize students who complete their doctorates \u2013 a customizable t-shirt with a space where students can state their area of expertise and proclaim their degree completion.<\/p>\n

The shirts were designed by recent College of Textiles graduate Kelsey Boes, who earned a Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science. Boes\u2019 design was selected as the winner of a contest sponsored by the Graduate School.<\/p>\n

Boes t-shirt design declares, \u201cExpert in\u2026\u201d with a blank white box where recent doctorate earners can write their area of expertise with a permanent marker. Underneath the box, is the phrase, \u201cI earned my doctorate.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Ph.D. or Ed.D. candidates fill out their request for final exam form, they can indicate their t-shirt size. The shirts will be sent to their committees to be presented once they have passed their defense unconditionally. In late summer, students began requesting the shirts, as word spread about the project.<\/p>\n

This was the first shirt design competition Boes had ever entered, though she\u2019s designed t-shirts before. Her interests, going back to her undergraduate studies at Wheaton University in Chicago, span both arts and sciences. She earned bachelor\u2019s degrees in chemistry and studio art.<\/p>\n

For a senior project, she created whimsical icons of elements in the periodic table. She later turned the designs into posters and t-shirts that were sold on the arts vendor site Etsy. She also designed some quilts and fabrics that she sold online.<\/p>\n

\"Kelsey
Kelsey Boes with the swag bag she earned as winner of t-shirt design contest. (Darren White photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a fun way to wear your success,\u201d she said of the defenders t-shirts. And photos of new Ph.D.s and Ed.D.s wearing their shirts on social media platforms will give people a better idea of the diversity of those who earn advanced degrees. \u201cPeople tend to think that Ph.D.s are older,\u201d Boes said, pointing out that many doctoral degree earners are still in their 20s or 30s.<\/p>\n

Boes has a long-standing interest in science communication. In 2017, she was one of the organizers of Triangle ConSciCom, a two-day science communication workshop held annually in the Triangle area. She says her long-term goal is to be a science communication professional for industry.<\/p>\n

After graduating in May, Boes returned to her home in Michigan, where she was married this summer. Read more about her and her research at NC State from the College of Textiles<\/a><\/p>\n

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