What were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy responsibilities varied each day, but they included: checking in and processing fabric swatches and samples from mail, using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, creating style numbers in Salesforce, and organizing shot lists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During my internship I not only worked with the product development team, but also the designers, the marketing team and the merchandising team. I helped organize racks and attended photoshoots. I also went shopping with the merchandising team for trend forecasting and competitive analysis. I then turned that analysis into a presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe production studio at Roxy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy favorite part of interning was honestly the work environment. I enjoyed running into people from other Boardriders brands or departments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On National World Oceans day we hosted a beach clean up and picked up trash together which was an unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI was able to teach my teammates and other interns about CLO 3D; I was the only one who had experience with the software. I also already knew how to classify “woven,” “knit” and “swim” swatches from the mail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn’t realize my textile fiber knowledge would benefit me in this field, but it absolutely did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am so grateful for this opportunity, and I would not have been able to be where I am without the knowledge and experience I’ve gained at NC State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Audrey Simons <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2024Employer: <\/strong>Montgomery BridalInternship Location: <\/strong>Cincinnati, Ohio <\/p>\n\n\n\nA picture Simons took for Montgomery Bridal’s social media account.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy responsibilities varied day to day but included assisting brides with finding their dream dress and fitting appointments, creating visual merchandise displays, collaborating with the business owner to purchase new inventory from the latest bridal lines, communicating with regional designer sales representatives, creating content for social media, accounting and organizing inventory, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also worked with a bridal seamstress with 50+ years of experience who taught me bridal alterations techniques and aided her with bridal and bridesmaid consultations and alterations such as bustling dresses, adding sleeves, taking in and letting out dresses for more or less room, adding beading and buttons, hemming dresses, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nOne of my favorite parts about my time as an intern was being able to work directly with the business owner. This allowed me to ask lots of questions about what running a business entails and to be more involved with making decisions for the shop, such as selecting new inventory. My boss had lots of entrepreneurship experience in bridal, so I enjoyed hearing the advice she had about successfully running your own business. I also loved being able to try on and model some of the dresses!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have never worked in or considered a career in bridal before this experience but now, I’ve realized that I really enjoy the bridal industry and would be interested in potentially pursuing a career within the bridal industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nSome of the courses I’ve taken at the Wilson College were helpful to prepare me for my internship. When I was in the bridal shop, I found myself recalling ideas I had learned in some of my branding, marketing and business classes. When I worked in alterations, I relied heavily on the technical sewing and construction skills I learned in my product development courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meredith Wood <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>December 2022Employer: <\/strong>Ride EquisafeTitle: <\/strong>Lead of Product Development and DesignInternship Location: <\/strong>Raleigh, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy responsibilities are always changing, but I love being kept on my toes! I am responsible for garment designs, product development, sourcing and pattern making. Taking on so many roles is out of my comfort zone, but it has taught me so much about the industry and about myself! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most exciting part of my job to me is that I am leading Ride Equisafe’s first-ever private line. We will be moving into production within the next couple of months, and I’m excited to see my garments at our store front!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One thing that surprised me was the niche aspect to the products we are creating. We create equestrian sportswear and, as someone who is not familiar with the sport, I was surprised by how many garment details need to be specific for the sake of competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis Computer-Aided Design Meredith Wood created during her internship will be moving into production soon at Equisafe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat did you learn about yourself and what professional skills did you develop?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI learned that I prefer working for a small team versus a larger one, specifically because it allows me to be more hands-on throughout the entire cycle of product development and having more than one responsibility keeps the job interesting! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some skills I have further developed are my pattern making skills with CLO3D as an aid and sourcing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nFor the product line we are developing, we wanted to keep our production in the USA and on the East coast. I wasn’t sure if this was going to be possible and I had my concerns. However, we found many cut-n-sew manufacturers in our area that will be able to facilitate us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has been my favorite part so far because it’s shown me that the textile industry continues to thrive in places I didn’t expect it to!<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis Computer-Aided Design Meredith Wood created during her internship will be moving into production soon at Equisafe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nHow do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nThe Wilson College of Textiles has prepared me in so many ways, but I think overall it has been most important that my education has been so encompassing of the textile industry. It has prepared me to take on many responsibilities at once!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did this experience impact your college plan\/career trajectory? Do you still want to pursue the same types of jobs?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI have always wanted to be a pattern maker, so this job has given me the “real” industry experience I have been wanting. This job has also been a great reminder how complex product development is, but its intricacies have made me want to continue pursuing pattern making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jada Williams <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2024Employer: <\/strong>BelkTitle: <\/strong>Sourcing InternInternship Location: <\/strong>Charlotte, North Carolina and Remotely<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy day-to-day responsibilities consisted of meeting with vendors to discuss fabric costs, assisting with daily PLM maintenance and updates for delivery, assisting in the execution of the timeline and rotational teams to build the private brands and ultimately working on a project to develop a material library to assist with consolidating fabrics into one place for designers. Additionally, I worked on a project to create a solution to fill the gray space area in performance for Belk’s Culture Shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy favorite parts of my time as an intern were participating in the sample sales, bonding with other interns and volunteering at a nonprofit that prepared backpacks full of school supplies for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI think that the Wilson College of Textiles exposed me to a great deal of information that I relied on frequently throughout my internship. Because of my time at the Wilson College, I was familiar with a lot of concepts that I worked with day-to-day in my internship. I was able to go into the internship with a good understanding of these concepts while still learning a lot of new things along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fashion Design (B.S. FTD)<\/h1>\n\n\n\nVeronica Humphrey<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2023Employer: <\/strong>Haddad BrandsTitle: <\/strong>Legacy InternInternship Location: <\/strong>New York City<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy day-to-day focused mostly on assisting with a variety of responsibilities ranging from organizing Adobe Illustrator files to preparing for meetings and pulling inspiration tears for the Rookie USA fashion show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haddad Brands also assigned me a special project \u2013 designing a sustainable capsule collection for Levi’s Kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What did you learn about yourself and what professional skills did you develop?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI learned more about what area of the industry I’d like to go into. I also developed stronger skills in Adobe, making me more efficient when it comes to class projects. I gained a more extensive, industry-accurate vocabulary and a better understanding of how a designer operates in the industry in an intersectional work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMostly the team! I really became close with all of them, and they were truly supportive throughout my time there. I learned so much more because they pushed to have me seated with the team in meetings, so I truly felt like I was integrated into team dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bella Reeves <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2023Employer: <\/strong>SPARC Group LLC (Lucky Brand) Title: <\/strong>Wholesale Intern Internship Location: <\/strong>New York City <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI was responsible for collecting data on orders and updating my team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy favorite part as my time as an intern was forming connections with my coworkers and learning the business of a wholesale company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI knew the design process of the garments that we were selling, so now I understand the entire process from sew to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daryn Wilkerson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2023Employer: <\/strong>Sareh NouriTitle: <\/strong>Production InternInternship Location: <\/strong>Rutherford, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt changed a lot depending on what was going on. It mainly varied between making veils and sitting in on design meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I worked on veils for the current spring\/summer \u201922 and fall\/winter \u201923 lines. I also sat in and helped with designing for the spring\/summer \u201924 line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What did you learn about yourself and what professional skills did you develop?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI continued to learn how to be even more flexible. I was working there during the wedding season, so everything was more hectic than any other time of the year. I also got to work on my hand sewing and learned how customer opinions and requests are turned into designs. Finally, I learned to communicate with factories you outsource to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy favorite part of being an intern was that I did not work on a separate intern project, but I worked on actual day-to-day tasks. It gave me a realistic idea of what work will actually be like once I graduate. I always wanted to work in bridal and own my own business, so this verified everything for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polymer and Color Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\nChloe Patterson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Intended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2023Employer: <\/strong>Atlantis Title: <\/strong>ShadowInternship Location: <\/strong>Pavia, Italy and Calatayud, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Monday through Friday, I went to the hospital in the different cities and shadowed doctors in different specialties. I got to shadow doctors in OBGYN, emergency medicine, orthopedics, general surgery, and ear, nose and throat. I observed patient care and surgeries and learned about the health care systems of other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n My favorite part of my time as an intern was shadowing various different specialties and seeing which specialty I enjoyed the most. It was a very unique experience to be able to sit and watch surgeries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also really enjoyed seeing the difference between the healthcare systems in Italy and Spain and comparing them to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did this experience impact your college plan\/career trajectory? Do you still want to pursue the same types of jobs?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nBeing able to shadow in various different specialties helped me to narrow down which specialties I enjoyed the most for a future career. I liked the OBGYN department the most and am hoping to find a career in infant and maternal health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was there anything during your internship that surprised you? For example, realizations about the industry or lessons you learned.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Italy and Spain have free healthcare. It was surprising to see all of the differences between their healthcare systems and the systems in the United States. For instance, medical records in the hospitals were kept on paper and stored in folders in both Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Textile Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\nSteven Key <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation:<\/strong> May 2023Employer: <\/strong>UnifiTitle:<\/strong> Quality Assurance InternInternship Location: <\/strong>Madison, North Carolina <\/p>\n\n\n\nSteven Key (right) at Unifi’s Madison, North Carolina, plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI investigated the Madison plant’s processes and procedures for stripping break backs. As part of this project, I audited existing SOPs on handling break backs. I tested air vacuum ports with different deniers of yarn and used statistical analysis methods to calculate how long to strip packages on each port. To simplify the procedure, I tested and recommended a new chalking method to reduce stripping time and waste while ensuring all the defective yarn was removed. Lastly, I assisted in designing a new vacuum port for the texturing machine to reduce a safety concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What did you learn about yourself and what professional skills did you develop?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nThroughout my internship I was able to learn how to better work on my own during different projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also learned that most people around you want you to succeed and they will help in any way that they can. During my internship I also learned that having questions is a good thing because that means that you are trying new ideas that are challenging our way of thinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the main professional skills that I developed was being able to give a big presentation in front of many people. After completing my internship I feel as though I am more comfortable speaking in front of large groups of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy favorite part of my time as an intern was being able to work on my own project and see the progress that I was making at the plant. Since my project was trying to improve a process at the plant it was extremely rewarding to see my work now being used throughout the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI would say that my time at the Wilson College of Textiles definitely prepared me for my internship because I already had an understanding of the machines being used and the yarns being created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost everything that I did while at my internship I had learned about in a classroom at the Wilson College. This made the transition to working very smooth because I already had this past knowledge from school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Max Ring <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation:<\/strong> May 2023Employer: <\/strong>UnifiTitle:<\/strong> Engineering InternInternship Location: <\/strong>Yadkinville, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\nRing in front of the texturing machine he worked on during his internship with Unifi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nI evaluated and mechanically improved a prototype that improves automation on texturing machines. I also created technical drawings and standard installation procedures for the mechanism and then calculated Return on Investment (ROI) for prototype implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favorite part of your time as an intern?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMy favorite part of the internship was getting to know my boss, Brent Vestal, who has been with Unifi for over 40 years. I really enjoyed going to a Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball game with him and my fellow interns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you think your time at the Wilson College helped prepare you for your internship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nThe Wilson College of Textiles\u2019 textile engineering program taught me the technical concepts of yarn spinning, making the learning curve at Unifi much smaller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My training in Lean Six Sigma through the Wilson Colleges helped me organize my project. I applied the Solidworks and Excel skills that I have learned as an undergrad to design the prototype and calculate the prototype ROI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Textile Technology <\/h2>\n\n\n\nErica Lally<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntended Graduation: <\/strong>May 2023Employer: <\/strong>LenovoTitle: <\/strong>LASR TCA Intern (Lenovo Accelerated Sales Rotational on the Technical Client Advisor team) Internship Location: <\/strong>Raleigh, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat were your day-to-day responsibilities? Did you work on any special projects?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nEveryday I sat in on internal and external calls with key account customers. When I was not on calls I was learning the specs on all the products and services Lenovo offered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With all the information I learned and was exposed to, I made Tik Toks<\/a> to market Lenovo as a whole and my internship experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n