{"id":25236,"date":"2022-02-23T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=25236"},"modified":"2024-06-14T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:25:50","slug":"nc-textile-foundation-receives-100000-gift-from-vf-foundation-to-ensure-student-success-and-increase-diversity-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/nc-textile-foundation-receives-100000-gift-from-vf-foundation-to-ensure-student-success-and-increase-diversity-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Textile Foundation Receives $100,000 Gift from VF Foundation to Ensure Student Success and Increase Diversity Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
With the support of a new $100,000 gift from the VF Foundation, the North Carolina Textile Foundation<\/a> will expand graduate student support, enhance the experiences of scholarship recipients and increase diversity and inclusion programming within the Wilson College of Textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The VF Foundation<\/a>, which is the private grantmaking organization funded by the VF Corporation<\/a>, will partner with the college to foster an inclusive and creative environment that honors and respects differences among students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Half of the gift \u2014 $50,000 \u2014 will be used to recruit and retain talented graduate students who are interested in researching sustainable textiles, apparel and footwear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As peer institutions offer potential graduate students fellowships and enhancement funds, it has become critical that the Wilson College of Textiles can provide competitive assistance packages to the best and brightest minds. Support from the VF Foundation will position the college as the first choice for graduate students who are creating solutions that will directly impact the environment, such as sustainable textile and manufacturing processes, waste minimization and supply chain recycling strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The work that students in the Wilson College are immersed in epitomizes our foundation’s mission to drive movements for the betterment of people and the planet,” Gloria Schoch, executive director of the VF Foundation and director of global impact for the VF Corporation, says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “These students will be designing the next generation of products to help foster a more sustainable fashion and apparel industry,\u201d Schoch says. \u201cWe look forward to witnessing the innovations that these scholars create as they become contributing members to the field of textiles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remainder of the VF Foundation\u2019s gift will be split equally between the Textile Pioneer Scholars Enhancement Fund and the Wilson College of Textiles Diversity and Inclusion Fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\nCreating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for Textile Pioneer Scholars<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n