INDUSTRY OPEN HOUSE 2003
The College of Textiles held its first ever Industry Open House on April 10th. Attendees had the opportunity to discuss research with faculty and graduate students, visit laboratories, and participate in discussions about research directions for the College. With over 50 people in attendance from 34 different companies, the day was a success for those in attendance and the college. Dr. David Buchanan, Associate Dean for Research stated, “We thought it desirable to publicize our research programs in the same way that we publicize our academic programs to potential students. TAGS, the graduate student association was also looking for a way to publicize graduate students and their research. Combining the two ideas strengthened the open house considerably.”

The day started with Dr. Buchanan, discussing key research directions for the college and a welcome and State of the College address by Dean Blanton Godfrey. The attendees then had the opportunity to see the College’s facility and meet the faculty. At lunch the graduate students displayed their work through a poster competition that industry could view. The graduate students were judged by faculty and industry and awarded later in the afternoon. The winners were as follows: Narahari Kenkare for Textile Design, Pankas Agrawal for Textile Engineering, Sedef Uncu for Textile Management, Paria Mousaui for Textile Science and Guldemet Basal for Textile Technology. The luncheon and poster session gave our graduate students and industry the opportunity to discuss their research and plans for the future.

The college was pleased to attract people from a large variety of companies; however Dr. Buchanan stated, “The big factor is the feedback from the participants. They loved it and want us to do it on a regular basis.” Therefore the college is going to make this an annual event. The day gave the opportunity to learn from each other and collaborate on certain initiatives. This certainly will prove beneficial to the textile industry. “Both the College and industry gain by sowing the seeds for future collaborations,” stated Dr. David Buchanan.

MAY GRADUATION 2003 WITH CYMA RUBIN AS ALUMNI SPEAKER
On May 17th, 2003 approximately 86 undergraduates degrees were conferred, 6 PhD's and 11 Masters students received their textile degree from NC State College of Textiles. The day may have threatened rain but each graduate made it across the stage on the courtyard with a diploma in hand. Each graduate was also given a rose by the NC Textile Foundation to give to someone in their life who has made a difference. The senior speaker was Jeffrey Allen from Greensboro, NC and the guest speaker for graduation was Cyma Rubin, a 1947 graduate of the College of Textiles with a degree in textile management. Ms. Rubin is an Emmy and Tony award-winning producer, director and writer. She produced and directed the Emmy award-winning "Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs," a television documentary examining six Pulitzer photographs that aired on Turner Network Television in 1999, among other works. She is president of Business of Entertainment, Inc. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Friends of the Library at NC State and is curator of the exhibit "The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment," which is scheduled for exhibit at D.H. Hill Library at NC State in the Fall.

TEXTILE LEADER OF THE YEAR
George R. Perkins, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Frontier Spinning Mills Inc. has been named the 2003 Leader of the Year for the North Carolina State University College of Textiles. Kappa Tau Beta Leadership Fraternity and Phi Psi Fraternity choose the Leader of the Year each year for the College of Textiles. The award recognizes a textile industry executive who has shown outstanding leadership.

A ceremony honoring Perkins and his work was held recently at the College of Textiles. At the ceremony, Perkins said that the textile community needs to solve problems together. “We as an industry must find answers to some of the industry’s biggest problems in order to have continued success,” he said. “The students of the College of Textiles will be solving not only these issues but also the issues of our future. We need strong students now to have proven leaders in this industry in the future.”

Perkins is a 1964 NC State College of Textiles graduate with a major in textile technology. He began his career as a management trainee with JP Stevens Company in New York, became sales manager at Federal Spinning Company in Sanford, and in 1980 founded Imperial Yarns, serving as president and CEO for seven years. In 1988, he established Pioneer Yarn Mills and served as president and CEO until the company merged with Unifi’s Spun Yarn Division in 1993. He served there until 1996, when he founded Frontier Spinning Mills Inc., where he’s now chairman and CEO.

Perkins is active in industry associations, including the American Yarn Spinners Association and the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association, among others. He is also a member of a number of corporate boards and has affiliations with Meredith College Board of Trustees and the Central Carolina Community College Board of Trustees.

COLLEGE OF TEXTILES ANNOUNCES NEW POLYMER AND COLOR CHEMISTRY PROGRAM
The NC State University College of Textiles, Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science Department is pleased to announce exciting new changes to their chemistry program. The new Polymer and Color Chemistry program will begin in the fall of 2003. This program, which is an outgrowth of the previous Textile Chemistry Program, has been expanded to attract students with a wider variety of interests, and to appeal to a wider industrial base, while maintaining the well-known high academic standards of the past. Dr. Brent Smith, Cone Mills Professor of Textile Chemistry, states, “We are expanding from the traditional textile chemistry base to include other areas in which students and industry have expressed interest.” Focus areas for the new program include the traditional areas of polymers, dyeing and finishing, as well as new areas like environmental science, color science, consumer chemistry, color chemistry, and medical textiles.

The traditional textile chemistry program had essentially 100% placement over the last 20 years with average recent starting salaries around $45,000. The new program is expected to carry that tradition of strong placement and starting salaries into a broader range of studies and employment opportunities. Mainly because it is more flexible, therefore a wider range of industries from consumer care to medical textiles will be interested in these College of Textiles graduates.

“With the fast pace of change in modern industry, we must be able to expand quickly into new areas of interest,” stated Dr. Smith. In the past students have had less flexibility in the program. Almost every course in the previous degree program was pre-determined, with very few electives, so students could not specialize in certain types of applied chemistry. The new Polymer and Color Chemistry curriculum allows students 10 electives to devise a course of study, which will suit their own. “We can also respond quickly to industry demands by changing elective class offerings.” The more flexible Polymer and Color Chemistry program makes it easier for students to transfer or double major. The program will be able to accept transfers from not only the First Year College at NC State University, but community colleges and other universities.

Textile chemistry graduates in the past have taken jobs in the primary textile industry, as well as other areas, such as: forensic analysis for the State Bureau of Investigation; developing specifications for parts in the automotive industry; enzyme development as a replacement for traditional chemical treatments; environmental science jobs in corporate and, regulatory settings; consumer end use products; color chemists that develop paints, dyes and pigments; and even medical school. With this new program the careers for future graduates could be endless.

The existing Polymer and Color Chemistry faculty and the new color science and polymer faculty members who will join us in August are excited about these new teaching and research opportunities, and look forward to mentoring highly motivated and capable students interested in applied science and developing highly marketable skills in the broad fields of polymer and color chemistry. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/departments/tecs/ and contact faculty directly.

ITT FELLOW PROGRAM AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
The Institute of Textile Technology (ITT) and North Carolina State University are partnering to offer the ITT Fellows program beginning in the fall of 2003 in Raleigh, North Carolina. ITT was founded in 1943 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Over 500 students have graduated from the program with master’s students in textile technology and the program has had 100% placement. ITT is now moving to the North Carolina State Centennial Campus. The ITT Board of Directors met in Raleigh, NC on April 24th and approved the new program.

Students known as ITT Fellows will now undertake a program of study in the College of Textiles leading to a Master’s of Science in Textiles degree. ITT Fellows will also participate in non-credit activities such as seminars, plant trips, leadership training, and a summer internship experience. Each ITT Fellow will receive a full scholarship to cover tuition and fees and receive a non-service fellowship. ITT Fellows will include students entering directly from undergraduate programs and students sponsored by their textile employers to take an educational leave. The curriculum is 48 credit hours and includes a thesis. Students will take course work in areas of Yarn Processing Dynamics, Fiber Science, Textile Quality and Process Control, Total Quality Management in Textiles, Finance (with Textile Emphasis), Theory and Practice of Knitted Fabric Production and Control, Production Mechanics and Properties of Woven Fabrics, Nonwovens Technologies, Dyeing and Finishing, Research Methods and Management, and Supply Chain Management and Information Technology. The graduate credit courses will be taught by faculty in the College of Textiles.

For more information on the program:

Institute of Textile Technology http://www.itt.edu/education/
Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/departments/tatm/recruiting/
N. C. State Graduate School http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/grad/

TEXTILE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS TAILGATE 2003
Mark your calendars now!! The annual Textile Bowl Textile Tailgate will be held on October 18, 2003 vs. Clemson. A block of rooms has already been booked at Comfort Suites at 1200 Hurricane Alley Way, which is across from Carter Finley Stadium on Trinity Road. This hotel is walking distance to the Textile Tailgate Tent. This will be great due to the fact that the State Fair begins on October 17th. Please take advantage of this convenience for only $79.00 per night. The rooms have been booked for Friday and Saturday night and ask for the "College of Textiles" block of rooms and rates. Your stay in the suite includes a continental breakfast and hopefully by that date the new Damon's Rib Restaurant will be open! Please book your rooms no later than September 26, 2003.

Football tickets will have to be purchased by September 12th. Pig-pickin tickets can be purchased through October 3rd.

Please visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/events.html and click on Textile Alumni Tailgate Party 2003 application. Type directly on the form and mail the form to Textile Alumni Society ATTN: Emily Parker Box 8301 NCSU Campus Raleigh, NC 27695-8301 along with your check. You will also be receiving an email and letter about the Tailgate on how to register in the coming weeks.

NC STATE ACHIEVES FEATURING DR. ROGER BARKER
Dr. Roger Barker is a smart guy working with "smart fabric" hi-tech clothing that's stronger, lighter and offers great fire protection and can protect from biological hazards. He is internationally recognized for his work in the field of thermal protective clothing and comfort and heat stress in clothing systems. Barker has published many technical papers on the subject of the effects of intense heat exposures on fabric materials including exposures to flash fire, molten metal, hot surface contact and radiant energy.
He is a professor in the Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science at North Carolina State University and Director of T-PACC. He was Chairman of the 1984 ASTM International Symposium on the Performance of Protective Clothing. He is an active participant in several committees of the National Fire Protection Association, which are involved in the development of standards for the performance of protective clothing. Barker holds B. S. and M. S. Degrees in physics from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D., in Textile and Polymer Science from Clemson University. He has held positions at Cornell and at Clemson Universities. His industrial experience includes work as a physicist in spun bonded fabrics research.

To view the Achieve video about Dr. Barker go to the Achieve Site.

Visit http://achieve.ncsu.edu/media.html and click on the Achieve Print Ads to view our current ad running in the Alumni Magazine and in the July issue of Business North Carolina. You will also be hearing Dr. Barker on NCNN radio.

Please take the time to visit the website at http://achieve.ncsu.edu/ and learn about the achievers here at NC State.

With hard binding, color dust jacket, and over 320 pages, this will make a great, and unique, gift for any Textile Alumnus!

All of our partners have been working diligently for the past few months to complete this unique state-of-the-art facility.
We have successfully produced meltblown webs at speeds up to 300 meters/minute. Web uniformity has been excellent. Bicomponent Spunbond webs of polypropylene core and polyethylene sheath have been spun and bonded. Both beams have been tested at lower and upper limits of the belt speeds and the results have been impressive. We are grateful for the resin supplies from Sunoco, Phillips, Dow and Eastman. We have also processed nylon resin from BASF. We have hardware for splitable-segmented pie configurations and will soon introduce tipped trilobal and islands in the sea cross sections in the spunbond beam.

Our Fleissner hydroentangling unit has been successfully used to entangle fibrous webs, spunbond webs as well as composites. A number of additional belts are being provided by Albany International and AstenJohnson to expand the capabilities of the line.

We plan to complete our staple fiber addition to the lab over the next few months. Discussions are underway with Asselin to obtain a state-of-the-art cross-lapper for the Partners lab.

We have recruited a diverse group of technical staff for our Partner’s Lab. Sherwood Wallace is a long term NCSU and NCRC Operations Manager. He has broad experience and connections at NCSU. Ben Lambert comes to the Partner’s Lab from the polyester extrusion plant of DuPont in Kinston, NC. Patrick Fitzsimmons comes from Hills, Inc in Melbourne, FL- our Bicomponent Distribution technology partner. Steve Sharpe was recently supervising the BBA pilot facility in Spartanburg, SC and before that assignment he also worked for Hills, Inc. Terezie Zaplatalova (TZ) helped AVGOL bring the Mocksville, NC SMS plant on stream.

We are scheduling time segments for clients over the next several weeks and months. Please call or email Rory Holmes at 919-515-4550 or Rory_holmes@ncsu.edu to discuss your Partner’s Lab trials.

We have begun a two step process. The first step will lead to a Graduate Certificate in Nonwovens. A series of four courses will be offered shortly for graduate students and also for seniors. These courses are:

1 – Polymers, Fibers and Materials
2 – Nonwovens Process Fundamentals
3 – Fundamentals of Bonding
4 – Product Development and Engineering

These courses can be taken by seniors in one semester and receive a Graduate Certificate. These will be made available to Textile, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering students.

Additionally, the same will be offered as one week long short courses. NCRC and INDA continue their discussions on how best to collaborate on the creation of this certificate and the short course offerings required. This will essentially mean that suitably qualified students attending short courses designated by INDA and NCRC will receive credits towards this certificate. Each short course will be 30 to 40 hours of instruction plus an additional assignment for academic credit. To do so, requires that INDA and NCRC create these new short courses, offer them and then submit the materials for approval to North Carolina State University.

The second step will require an additional four courses and a report to qualify for a Masters in Nonwovens. We will wait the outcome of the Certificate program before embarking on this second step.

NCRC and its member companies will work together to define these programs and identify the resources required over the coming months. We look forward to challenging and exciting times ahead.

For an outline of these courses, please check our web site at http://ncrc.ncsu.edu

Questions or comments regarding these courses should be sent to Behnam Pourdeyhimi by email at: Behnam_Pourdeyhimi@ncsu.edu

ALUMNI NEWS

BE A COLLEGE OF TEXTILES MENTOR TO A FRESHMAN
As a graduate of the best College of Textiles in the world, we want to reengage you into college life! Sure, many of you may come back to Raleigh to sporting events to support the Pack, but wouldn’t it be great to support the College of Textiles, right from your hometown? Every year there is a new crop of Wolfpackers joining the family at the College of Textiles. These freshmen need guidance and help from faculty, peers and advisors, but they also need mentoring from you. Our mentoring program is in its second year and with the help from alumni like you, a student can gain knowledge to make their life at NC State even richer. Our plan here at the college is to pair each incoming freshmen with an alumnus. You would make contact with this new Wolfpacker even before their first class, to welcome them to the college!
The following shows the outline of how the program will work.

• Pairing of alumni with incoming freshmen will happen in July or August each year.
• Alumni will contact freshmen before classes start.
• Call, email and/or meet twice a semester during their freshmen year.
• Help student retain contacts for summer jobs to gain experience in the textile industry or your related industry.
• After their freshmen year, call email and/or meet at least once a semester.
• Continue throughout the mentee’s years at the college to help with advice and employment.
• Alumni will have the opportunity to have another incoming freshmen at any time.

This program is a small but important way for you to give back to the college and in the process help students gain the most out of their college experience. It won’t take that much of your time, but we guarantee it will reengage you in the university and college and bring you back to the days when you were experiencing life as a student at NC State University College of Textiles.

If you are interested please email the following information by July 25th to Emily Parker, at emily_parker@ncsu.edu: name, year of graduation, major, address, county, phone number, email address, company employed with and title. We look forward to hearing from you and hope you will help in our effort!

http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/jul2002/darryl_willie.html

Darryl, came back to the college to visit this winter and brought pictures of his class to share and some of his experiences. After speaking with him it was clear that he had made a good decision to be involved in such a program. He says the children that he teaches truly look up to him and the knowledge that he can provide. Many of them do not have a role model, so they look to Darryl to provide the guidance that they need. Darryl has enjoyed his experiences thus far in Helena, Arkansas, so I wanted to provide you with an article that was written about all of the Teach for America teachers in the Mississippi Delta.

NEW TEACHERS TACKLING NATION'S POOREST AREAS
By Melissa Nelson
Associated Press
MARIANNA, Ark. - In these parts of the Mississippi Delta, it's hard to see beyond the miles of cotton fields.

It's easier to dismiss this town as a place that enjoyed its heyday a century ago.

It seems every other fast food restaurant, gas station and clothing store is boarded up, wires hang from broken store signs and in some neighborhoods, wooden porches are crumbling.

But this region is where Michele Cadwallader and Macke Maddox, Thomas Smith and Darryl Willie are trying to make a difference through the Teach For America program in some of the nation's most impoverished public schools.

''At first it's so easy to see everything this place is lacking. I would think about eating a bagel, going to see a movie or eating sushi -- everything that isn't here,'' said Cadwallader, who teaches French at Lee County High School in Marianna.

The Philadelphia native began teaching at Lee in 1997 after graduation from Knox College in Illinois. The Delta was a huge adjustment, but she managed to complete the two-year commitment required of all college graduates who volunteer for the program. Afterward, she worked as a program recruiter in New York and by 2000 decided to return to Marianna, one of the poorest communities in Arkansas, with a per-capita income of $10,253.

TROUBLING DISCOVERY

The school district took her back. What she found was troubling.

Several students are parents, some had been in jail and many drop out of school.

''For a lot of them, doing well is just passing,'' Cadwallader said. ``I want them to get A's.''

The Delta volunteers received an abrupt lesson in Delta culture and politics when only 181 of the Lee County School District's 1,750 students showed up for the first day of school last August. Community leaders went to court after calling for a districtwide boycott amid allegations of racial inequity on the school board, five of whose members were white, two black. The school district is 90 percent black.

Students remained out of school for a week. A judge eventually denied the leaders' request to open all seven seats on the board for election, and instead held elections for just the two seats originally scheduled.

BOARD CHANGE

The result: Three blacks and four whites now sit on the board.

During the dispute, some of Marianna's 5,200 residents used a school board meeting to voice resentment that the district hired teachers from outside the region.

''Being an outsider is more of an issue in the Delta than in the inner city. There are smaller communities [in the Delta] and history plays more of a role,'' said Ron Nurnburg, director of Teach For America's Delta region.

But there is no rush to get to the Delta. Those who teach here have been around for a long time. Some have taught at Lee for as many as 20 years.

Teach For America was created by Wendy Kopp in 1989 when she was a student at Princeton. Exactly 2,539 volunteers today serve 18 areas around the country: Atlanta, Baltimore, the San Francisco Bay area, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, south Louisiana, Mississippi Delta, New Jersey, the Navajo Nation, New Orleans, New York City, North Carolina, Phoenix, the Rio Grande Valley, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.

Since 1991, when volunteers first were placed in the Mississippi Delta, 382 of them have worked in towns on the Mississippi and Arkansas sides.

In Arkansas, where the education funding system was recently declared unconstitutional and chronic teacher shortages plague rural districts, the 38 teachers in the program fill an important need. And educators say they could easily accept more teachers.

But the program encourages each district to mine other sources for college graduates.

''We partner with districts that do not have a large enough pool of qualified candidates and we ask them what their needs and difficulties are,'' Nurnburg said.

Teachers in the program are paid by the school district at the same scale as other teachers. They also receive about $5,000 a year from the AmeriCorps program.

The new arrivals to the Delta are often startled by the differences in culture and the lack of critical thinking skills many believe they had in their own high school days.

''When you are in the Delta something will remind you every day of our country's history and the history of slavery,'' said Smith, a second-grade teacher at Beechcrest Elementary School in Helena. ``There's something about driving down Highway 61 and seeing the cotton fields. You can see here how that history has affected our present.''

Smith, a graduate of theater and religious studies at the University of Missouri, recalled visiting a student's home and being invited to join the family in a dinner of pigs' feet. He shared in the traditional Delta far despite being a vegetarian.

Despondence is easy to find amount the 3,400 faces in the Helena-West Helena School District, which the state acknowledges is in "academic distress."

"So many children in the Delta and the inner city and places of poverty don't see positive things. ...There's something really sad about that," Smith said.

Willie, at 23, had already traveled the world as the son a U.S. Army major. He graduated from North Carolina State University and agree to go anywhere he was needed when he signed up with Teach for America. He's in his first year of the program, teaching second graders at Beechcrest.

"The Delta is just a little bit behind. There's something about it that makes it slow to move forward," he said. "In other places, you can forget that history, but here you drive past cotton fields and plantation homes every day."

And yet, the young teachers are turning things around.

"They bring in youth and fresh knowledge that helps the students and the other teachers," said Irish Williams, principal of Lee County High School.

Sixteen-year-old Sheena Eggerson, a junior at Lee, raised her math scores, an accomplishment she attributes to the Maddox method.

"He puts more effort into what he's doing than the other teachers," she said. "He breaks it down so you understand it and he spends his time tutoring after school."

Even Sheena's mother, Shirley Eggerson, noticed Maddox's enthusiasm for the job.

"Sheena feels more relaxed in his class and she isn't afraid to ask questions. I think he can relate to the students and he is dedicated, " she said.

Maddox, who teaches algebra and geometry, grew up in the Baltimore area and graduated from Moorage State University with a degree in philosophy.

His work ethic has inspired his students to see him, a black teacher, as a role model.

"In general, there is a lack of role models here. There is nobody for them to point to and say, "if you do that , you can become this," he said.

Today, Cadwallader's students are reason enough for her to stay in the Delta.

She holds up one student's neatly penned French essay. "She wrote that in just 10 minutes," Cadwallader said, "I don't think I could have don that my second year in French."

WE'RE A PACK ON THE PROWL! JOIN US!
New dues-paying members who join before June 30 will receive a free embroidered garment bag. They'll also have the satisfaction of supporting their alma mater and Alumni Association in their quest to be the best.

NC State needs a better showing in Alumni Association membership. Our Wolfpack athletes have trounced UNC-Chapel Hill on the gridiron and the hardwood in the past year. But when it comes to Alumni Association membership, we're not in the game. UNC-Chapel Hill has seven times more alumni members than NC State! Help us take the lead. Join today.

For a complete list of benefits or to join online, visit http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu/join/

NC STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ALUMNI CLUBS
NC State alumni groups are a great way to meet new NC State alumni or keep in touch with old friends. Whether you're moving to a new area or just want to revisit "the old days," we've got a group for you. Inclusion in a club or constituency group is one of many membership benefits.
Visit http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu/clubs/ and click on Alumni Clubs to see how is the representative in your county or city. And get involved!!

http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume3issue1/annie_albers_fashion.htm

INDUSTRY NEWS

NATIONAL TEXTILE CENTER NAMES MARTIN JACOBS AS DIRECTOR
Wilmington, DE. June 4, 2003. The National Textile Center (NTC) has named Dr. Martin Jacobs as Executive Director. Jacobs brings more than 30 years of experience in research and development, including 25 years of management experience.

Jacobs fills the position as the previous director, Joe Cunning, steps down to pursue other interests. Cunning had been director of the NTC since its inception in 1990 and will stay on in a consulting role. “We had a number of terrific candidates,” Cunning said. “He’s got the right credentials, the right attitude and the spirit we need to lead an organization with such a big job to do.”

The NTC is a research consortium of eight universities: Auburn, Clemson, Cornell, Georgia Tech, Philadelphia, North Carolina State, California-Davis and Massachusetts-Dartmouth.( http://www.ntcresearch.org/MartinJacobsPR2.htm ) The NTC is the partnership by which these universities collaborate to conduct academic research programs in support of the U.S. fiber/textile/fiber products/retail (FTFPR) industrial complex. The NTC is funded by a grant from the US Department of Commerce. To date, over $100 million has been invested in this collaborative research program.

Jacobs brings a wealth of experience to the NTC, including nine years as technical director for the Velcro Group Corporation and 21 years with Uniroyal, Inc., including eight years as vice president for R&D for Naugahyde® coated fabrics. Jacobs is past chairman of the Board of Trustees of TRI/Princeton and remains a member of their board and executive committee. In addition to a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from Princeton University, he also has a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has 18 patents.

Jacobs is enthusiastic about his new position, but knows he faces a daunting challenge as the U.S. textile industry struggles to remain competitive. “My focus will be on delivering what the NTC promises in its mission statement: To enhance the knowledge base that keeps the U.S. textile industry competitive,” Jacobs says. “The NTC is a vital organization and I’ll do everything I can to maintain that vitality. Joe Cunning leaves some very big shoes to be filled, but I’ll do my best to maintain the rate of progress that Joe has achieved.”

NEW COURSES IN NONWOVENS FROM INDA AND NCRC
Cary, NC . . .
INDA and NCRC (Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center at North Carolina State University) are pleased to announce a new joint venture. A series of unique courses will be offered for the first time.

The courses to be offered are:

Bonding Fundamentals - August 25-29
Product Development - October 6-10
Advanced Nonwoven Processes - October 20-24
Characterization Methods - December 8-12
Spunbonding/Meltblowing Fundamentals - January 5-9

Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Director/Professor, NCRC, said, “NCRC, INDA and their members will continue to work together to define these and other much needed programs. This has been overdue and is now only possible because of the partnership that has been established among NCRC, INDA and the industry.”

Cos Camelio, Technical Director, INDA agreed stating, “This is an exciting time to be in the industry. There has been a void with regards to the education of nonwovens and INDA & NCRC have been working hard to prepare a top-notch program. We are very pleased with the results so far.”

If you would like more information regarding these courses, please contact INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, P.O. Box 1288, Cary, NC 27512-1288, Phone: (919) 233-1210 Fax: (919) 233-1282. Or visit our website at www.inda.org. Email: info@inda.org

AFTER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE LYNELL WILLIAMSON RETIRES
The following article was written based on the words that Dr. Keith Beck spoke at Lynell Williamson's Retirement Party at the College of the Textiles on May 28, 2003. All of us here at the College of Textiles and our alumni wish Lynell well in his retirement.

Lynell Williamson started work on July 31, 1961 in the Physical Plant at NC State University. At that time the following were the events of 1961:

• Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space
• The East German border was sealed and the Berlin wall built
• Integrated circuits became commercially available
• Weight Watchers was founded
• Bob Dylan played his first gig in NYC
• TWA introduced inflight movies
• Eddie Murphy was born
• John F. Kennedy was President
• Dow Jones Industrial Average went from 610 to 731.

In 1962 Lynell moved to the Textile Chemistry Department. At that time, Hank Rutherford was Department Head in Textile Chemistry. In the ensuing four decades, Lynell has endured and survived five deans, five department heads, 26 textile chemistry faculty, dozens of staff members and served more than 6500 undergraduate and graduate students.

For the past 43 years, Lynell has been the heart of the textile chemistry labs. Over the past five years, we have worked hard to modernize the TC labs. Four years ago, we spent about $120,000 on new equipment in the dyeing and finishing lab. In all of my discussions with Lynell about those upgrades and other improvements, he has never said that I am too busy or I can’t do that now. His normal response to a suggestion or a request is that’s a good idea and then he does whatever is necessary to make it happen.

His focus has always been support for students, both in formal laboratory sessions and in special projects.

Lynell prepares materials for chemistry labs and is actively involved in teaching the labs. He takes pride in the appearance of the lab and is always polishing the bench tops, painting the ovens, or displaying neat color triangles that are generated in the labs. He is always willing to try new things if they will improve the lab experience for the students.

In these days of job mobility, it is extraordinary for one person to spend 42 years working for the same organization.

The trait I will remember most about Lynell is his positive attitude. I believe he has really enjoyed coming to work and helping students and faculty. Over a period of time, we can help his replacement gain some of the experience that Lynell has acquired over the past 42 years, but it will be hard to find someone with Lynell’s dedication to his job and his service oriented attitude.

Mr. Dail has been a part of the staff here at the College of Textiles since 1996. He is the advisor to all of the incoming freshmen. Those students who have had the pleaseure of having Mr. Dail as their advisor know how dedicated he is to the students and for their well-belling while they are here at NC State.

FACULTY AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Tim Clapp, professor and coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, has been named an Outstanding Extension Service Award recipient for the College of Textiles. This award is given in recognition of Dr. Clapp's dedication and demonstrated achievement in serving the people of North Carolina. Dr. Clapp was nominated by his colleagues for this honor. One of the letter's of nomination by his peers stated, "Tim's work has provided outstanding value to our industrial parts in both textiles and a wide range of other industries across the state. His work exemplifies our land-grant university service mission."

Rory Holmes, Associate Director of Technology Transfer, has been named an Outstanding Extension Service Award recipient for the College of Textiles. This award is given in recognition of Mr. Holmes dedication and demonstrated achievement in serving the people of North Carolina. Mr. Holmes as nominated by his colleagues for this honor and one of his letters of nomination stated, "his industrial experience has been invaluable and he has taught many of us ow to deal with industry, how to deliver and how to manage projects."

Dr. Bhupender Gupta, professor in the Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science Department, at the NC State College of Textiles, recently published a book titled, "Absorbent Technology" along with Dr. Pronoy Chatterjee, of Nutech International Company. The publisher is Elsevier.

Dr. Moon Suh, professor in theTextile & Apparel Technology & Management Department, has been awarded honorary membership in the Fiber Society. To learn more about the Fiber Society please visit http://fs.tx.ncsu.edu/.

Ashru Shah, formerly of the Business Office at the College of Textiles is now Adminstrative Officer for the North Carolina Textile Foundation.

Linda Petty, of the Business Office, graduated from the Equal Opportunity Institute at NC State on May 8, 2003.

Trey Sheldon, has joined the College of Textiles in the Textile Computer Operations area providing software support for all of the College's computing labs.

TEXTILE ALUMNI NEWS

Jim Hopkins (BSTT-1980), formerly with Chiquola Fabrics, LLC in Honea Path, SC has taken a position with Hamrick Mills in Gaffney, SC effective April 28, 2003. Jim graduated from NC State College of Textiles in 1980 with a degree in Textile Technology. After a 2 year stint as a recruiter for the College of Textiles working under Dr. Lennie Barton, Jim started his career in textile sales with J.P. Stevens. Jim stayed with J.P. Stevens, and affliated companies, for the next 21 years until this recent move.

TEXTILE MERGERS

Brian George (BSTXS-1994; PhD - FPS-1999) and Erin Sherwood were married on May 24th. Brian is employed with Philadelphia University as an Assistant Professor, Textile Engineering. The couple resides in Pottstown, PA.

Josie (Watson) Thomas (BSTC-2002) and Todd R. Thomas were married on May 31st. Josie and Todd will be moving to the Tampa area in Florida where Josie will attend the Stetson University College of Law, and Todd will continue his employment with Progress Energy.

Torri Evans (BSTAM - 1992) and Matt Trexler were married on June 7th. Torri is the National Sales Manager for Funtees, and recently earned her real estate license. Torri and Matt will reside in Cornelius, NC.

Carlos Farrington (PhD Textile Engineering-1995) and Tracy Plant de Farrington (MSM-College of Management-1995) announce the birth of their second child, Jacqueline Marie Farrington Plant, born on January 14, 2003 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Carolos continues working in his own consulting company in Guatemala.

Nicole (Wayne) Mears (BSTXD-1996) and husband, Christopher, announce the birth of Morgan Elizabeth, born March 7, 2003. The Mears family resides in Raleigh, NC.

Dr. Lennie Barton (BSTT-1977, Masters in Business-1981, PhD Education Administration-1986) and J.J. (Respess) Barton (BSTXM-1992), announce the birth of Jessalyn Diana, born on June 18, 2003. Jessalyn weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. Lennie is the Associate Vice Chancellor of Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the Alumni Association at NC State University. The Bartons reside in Raleigh, NC.

TEXTILE DEATHS

Mr. Jeffrey Robert Sills (BSTXM-1988), 38, passed away on Thursday June 12, 2003 at Edgewood Place following a lengthy illness. Mr. Sills was born in Burlington, NC. He was a 1988 graduate of North Carolina State University in Raleigh with a BS degree in Textile Management. Prior to his retirement with disability, he was employed by Burlington Industries in Clarksville, VA. Survivors include his daughter, Morgan Elizabeth Sills; parents, Judy and Robert Sills of Burlington; grandmother, Mrs. Lucille Sills of Shelby, NC; aunt and uncle Joan and Jerry McClellan of Shelby and cousins Tami and Phil McClellan of Shelby. The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at Lowe Funeral Home in Burlington. A private graveside service will be held at a later date. The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the staff at The Brian Tumor Center at Duke for seven years of excellent medical support. The family also expresses sincere appreciation to the entire staff of Edgewood Place and Hospice f Alamance-Caswell for providing loving and caring support to Jeff and family during his final months. In lieu of flowers and food, the family request memorials be made in Jeff's memory to the The Brain Tumor Center at Duke University; Att: David Selman, DUMC, DUMC 3624, Durham, NC. 27710.

TOP
TOP (Textiles Off-Campus Programs) is our distance education program that was formerly known as TOTE (Textile Off-Campus Televised Education). So you might say that TOTE has moved to the TOP! Our name change reflects how the program is evolving. We aren’t just VHS tapes anymore. The College of Textiles distance education is moving forward to make it easier for you to take courses from the finest textile college in the world. We pride ourselves on providing you top professors and instruction, while having all the same advantages as on-campus students.

If you want to move to the TOP, join our program. A program specifically designed to provide textile graduate and undergraduate courses to any individual seeking an improved textiles education or background.

TOP class registration is available by FAX, US mail, or online. Courses are only offered spring and fall semesters. Registration deadlines: fall August 14th and spring January 15th. For course listings, additional information, or questions please use the contact information below or visit our website:

http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/academic/distance/

Teresa M. Langley, Director
Off-Campus Programs
NCSU - College of Textiles
Box 8301
Raleigh, NC 27695-83019
(919) 515-1532
FAX: (919) 515-8578

COLLEGE OF TEXTILES ALUMNI

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