{"id":57746,"date":"2024-02-15T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=57746"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:16:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:16:11","slug":"textiles-to-teaching-wilson-college-alumna-heads-chemistry-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/textiles-to-teaching-wilson-college-alumna-heads-chemistry-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Textiles to Teaching: Wilson College Alumna Heads Chemistry Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cGetting to know my students, getting to know where they come from and what they\u2019re doing now, seeing their progress over time and just watching them blossom into the incredible professionals that they become \u2014 I love it,\u201d says two-time Wilson College of Textiles graduate Sasha Ormond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ormond \u2014 whose long list of accomplishments includes a B.S. in chemistry, a B.S. in polymer and color chemistry<\/a> and a Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science<\/a> \u2014 discovered her love of teaching during her time at Wilson College. She has grown that love into a career as not only an associate professor of chemistry, but also as the department head of chemistry, physics and geoscience at Meredith College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But Ormond didn\u2019t start her academic career knowing she wanted to teach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During her time as an undergraduate student, Ormond worked as a chemistry intern at Inspire Pharmaceuticals, performing organic synthesis in an effort to treat glaucoma. It was her interest in this work that propelled her to Professor Emeritus Harold Freeman\u2019s<\/a> lab for her graduate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDiscovering a love of teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n