March/April 2002
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TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER—
The Textile Innovation Center is projected to open in Spring 2003. It will be adjacent to the College of Textiles at the intersection of Main Campus Drive and Research Drive. So just what is the Textile Innovation Center? It is a building that will bring the textile industry to the College of Textiles back door.
To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/textile_innovations.html
| 2002 TEXTILE LEADER OF THE YEAR — | |
| Andy Warlick, President and CEO of Parkdale, Inc.,
was named the 2002 Leader of the Year for the College of Textiles
on Tuesday, April 16th. Andy is a 1979 graduate of The Citadel as
well as a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Program for
Management Development and the National Cotton Council's Leadership
Program. Before joining Parkdale in 1984 he spent five years with
Milliken and Company. He currently serves on the boards of J.G.
Boswell Cotton Company, Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, the Citadel
Development Foundation, Parkdale, Inc, Magnolia, Inc., and Kent
Manufacturing. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/leader.html |
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COLLEGE OF TEXTILE CO-SPONSORS A CONFERENCE IN NYC
The NC State College of Textiles, Columbia University, and the U.S. Department of Commerce held a conference in New York City on Friday, April 12th. The topic for the conference was "Shaping a Strategy for Reindustrialization: Prospects for the Fashion Industry." Columbia invited to the conference leading retailers such as Liz Claiborne, Nicole Miller, Lafayette 148, and Dress Barn. While the College of Textiles invited people from the manufacturing side such as Stewart Little of Unifi, Tom O'Connor of Springs Industries, Bob Coppage of VF Corporation and Mike Fralix of Textile Clothing Technology Corporation. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/nyc_conference.html
GOVERNORS URGE FEDERAL ACTION
The governors of three states that have lost thousands of textile manufacturing jobs, along with fellow sympathizers of the industry's plight, recently came together to cajole, console and try to gain better control of the industry's destiny.
The event, dubbed the "Multi-State Textile Summit," was convened by North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges, Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes and Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and included participation by panels of former and current industry executives and employees, educators, politicians, analysts and economic leaders. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/governors.html
MEDICAL TEXTILES RESEARCH AT NC STATE UNIVERSITY CRITICAL FOR IMPROVING SUTURE PROCEDURES
"The life of the patient hangs by a thread." With this phrase, Dr. Bhupender S. Gupta, professor of textile engineering, chemistry and science at NC State University, explained the importance of his work designing more secure sutures for surgical procedures.
Closing wounds by placing a knot in a suture loop is a tedious process. The surgeon must make sure the knot won't come undone before the tissues are healed. In critical surgeries such as open heart procedures, a slipped suture can be life threatening and could mean a dangerous emergency surgery for a patient. Surgeons typically tie sutures with four to five "throws," or knot loops, to ensure security. For an open heart procedure that involves very many sutures, this is a time-consuming process. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/medical_sutures.html
On Friday, April 19th ten medical textiles companies took part in a focus group here at the College of Textiles. The focus group was centered around a new concentration in Medical Textiles that the college is going to start offering in the fall. The faculty steering committee has been developing the curriculum for this concentration and it was time to receive feedback on they courses that we would potentially be offering.
To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/medical_focusgroup.html
Nancy Boiter Powell has held Design Director positions at major textile companies in the US including Milliken & Company and Collins & Aikman over the past 25 years. Since earning her M.F.A. in Fabric Design at University of Georgia, she has worked in the home furnishings upholstery market in design and sales and marketing. Also, Nancy most recently worked in the transportation upholstery field including automotive, aviation, and bus and rail products.
Nancy brings to the College of Textiles experience in designing knits, prints, and wovens, plat and pile upholstery fabrics. Teaching in England at an international college contributed to Nancy's preparation for her business activities in Asia, Latin America and Europe.
The management of design and the development process in the global market is her field of interest. She is currently teaching in the Anni Albers Scholars Program at the College of Textiles. To learn more about the Anni Albers Scholars Program please visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/departments/tatm/anni_albers.html
Kappa Tau Beta leadership fraternity held there spring inductions on Monday, April 15th. Gina (Miller) Keller (TXM 1986), pictured to the left, was the industry speaker that joined in the ceremony. She currently works for Springs Industries in Human Resources at a home fashions facility. Her speech was enlighting to all that attended. She spoke to the students about her career and how the industry is changing. She stated, "Springs has taken a hit, but I feel good about the state of the industry." She says her company realizes that they must change how they do things. "We can't keep doing the things the way we have in the past." She encouraged the students to believe in themselves and she left them with the following quote from Barbara Bush, "The only regrets I have are the things I didn't do."
Congratulations goes out to NC State's chapter (Eta) of Phi Psi National Textile Fraternity. The fraternity returned from the national convention in Atlanta, and was the only chapter to receive awards in all three competitions held during the convention. Competitions were held in written report, archives and oral presentation.
Hosted by Theta Chapter and held on the campus of Georgia Tech, the 95th Phi Psi National Convention brought together students and faculty from eight of the nine chapters located across the eastern United States. In addition to meeting and interacting with other students from Textile schools, student participants competed in an unofficial structural design competition icebreaker to kick-off the convention. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/phi_psi.html
The Delta Kappa Phi Golf Tournament was held Saturday, April 20th at Pine Hollow in Clayton, NC. The golf tournament purpose is to raise scholarship money each year. The following are the winners from this year's tournament: 1st place team was Lennie Barton, Lee Barton, Ray Barton and Link Barton, 2nd place team was Cliff Seastrunk, Chad Seastrunk, Mitch Mitchell, and Donald Winbrow, 3rd place team was Mike Ferguson, Mel Godwin, Mickey McCord, and Jeff Joines, 4th place team was Daryl Cohen, Ed Dudek, Tony Mitchell, and Mark Dudek. Longest drives were won by Tony and Mitch Mitchell. Closest to the Pin was won by Mike Ferguson and Steve Dupree. Thanks to all who played and sponsored the tournament!
Jacob Hooker is a senior graduating this May with a double major in Textile Chemistry and Chemistry. Jacob has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship and he will be attending UC Berkley to study Organic Synthesis. That's a long way from Enka High School, near Asheville, where he grew up, but the college has prepared him well for the challenge that awaits him. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/senior_nsf_fellowship.html
On Saturday April 6th approximately fifty College of Textiles students along with another 500 NC State students participated in the annual Service Raleigh beautification project. This year, the students worked diligently for over three hours collecting debris off the greenways lining Raleigh's beltline. Each student was giaven a free T-shirt as well as lunch for contributing their time to this worthy cause.
Josh Cox (left), a junior in Textile Engineering and
Charles Arden, a junior in History, help build a handicap ramp for an
elderly gentleman as a part of Service Raleigh. Photo by Mary Hudson from
the Technician Photo Staff.
COLLEGE
SHOWS CAMPUS LEADERSHIP
Student Government elections were held recently and the
College of Textiles proves that our leadership is strong with the following
students elected: Josh Cox is the new Student Senate President, James
Reed is the new Union President, and Brian Carty and Shayna Sellars will
be our Textile Senators for next year. Anuj "AJ" Dhawan was
also voted Vice President of the University Graduate Student Association.
Furthermore, "congratulations" goes to all of the students who
voted during the elections. The College of Textiles had the largest percentage
of students vote during the elections!
MORE STUDENT
NEWS
Three students work was shown at the College
of Design's Juried Exhibition at the Craft Center Gallery. The exhibition
was exhibited February 22 - April 8th. Orvokki Halme's piece was a Finnish
Landscape Ryijy Weaving and Harriet Hoover had two pieces, one entitled
"Car Quilt." Lindsay High also exhibited her work at the show.
Dr. Jan Pegram and Mr. Jim Fowler were awarded the College of Textiles Award for Excellence at a ceremony on March 26, 2002. Jan works in the Textile Extension Office and Jim works in the TECS department and Textile Protection and Comfort Center, better known as T-PACC. Congratulations goes out to both of them for their hard work and committment to their jobs.
- Linda Earp accepted the position of personnel assistant in the business office on March 18, 2002.
- Dean Blan Godfrey has two new books published, the second edition of Modern Methods of Quality Control and Improvement, and a two-volume Spanish translation of Juran's Quality Handbook.
- Bob Gupta, professor in TECS Department, has a new book entitled Absorbent Technology that he is co-editor of, along with Dr. P.K. Chatterjee.
- Ben Lambert has joined the College of Textiles from DuPont in Kinston, NC. He will be working with us in the new Nonwoovens Cooperative Research Center Partners Lab.
- Pamela Mikaelian, Assistant to the Dean for Finance, Adminstration and Business Enterprises, has recently been voted in as the chair-elect of the University Business Officers Committee.
GIFTS TO
THE COLLEGE
Centennial Scholarship Support
The following companies or individuals have given or pledged Centennial
Scholarship support:
- Unifi Inc. $200,000
- Glen Raven Inc. $100,000
- McMurray Fabrics $50,000
- Cap Trust $20,000
- North Carolina Textile Foundation Board of Directors $14,000
SUPPORT
THE COLLEGE OF TEXTILES BY JOINING THE NC STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
by Johnny Burleson '95, Textile Management
Director of Business Relations and Marketing, NC State Alumni Association
Johnny_Burleson@ncsu.edu
As an alumnus of the College of Textiles, I am proud of our alma mater. Building on a tradition of initiative and ingenuity, NC State today stands on the verge of becoming one of the nation's elite research universities. The College of Textiles, too, has distinguished itself as the lead institution for textile education, research and outreach. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/alumni_association.html
Please take the time to visit www.alumni.ncsu.edu/update.html to update your information including your email address. There are only a few issues left until the Wolftext is only offered via email. The Wolftext is being expanded to include more information, so we don't want you to miss a single issue. You can also email Emily Parker at emily_parker@ncsu.edu or call her at 919-515-6529 to provide the information.
As a graduate of the best College of Textiles in the world, we want to reengage you into college life! No, I'm sorry, that doesn't mean you reverse time and relive your college days, but it does mean that we want you to feel a part of the college and help us in a special program. To read more visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/mentoring.html
DID
YOU KNOW?
The university recently completed a senior survey. Click
here to see the results:
http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/alumni_visitors/wolftext/may2002/did_you_know.html
- Kevin King (BSTXM-1994)) and Sarah Richardson were married on April 6, 2002 in Murrells Inlet, SC. Kevin is owner of Servpro Cleaning Franchise in Raleigh, NC. The Kings reside in Raleigh, NC.
- Mark Timberlake (BSTXM-1994)) and Amelia Davis were married on April 20, 2002 in Wilson, NC. Mark is currently an Executive Staffing Agent with Key Personnel in Raleigh, NC. The Timberlakes reside in Raleigh, NC.
NEW CUBS IN
THE PACK
- William McPherson (BSTXM-1997) and Kelly (Collette) McPherson
(BSTXM-1995) announce the birth of their son, Tyler Blayne, born on
October 14, 2001. Will is currently working for CSFB Direct, an online
brokage company and Kelly is employeed as a Marketing Manager for Fieldcrest
Cannon. The McPhersons reside in Charlotte.
- Jeremy Freckleton (BSTE-2000) and Jennifer Freckleton announce
the birth of a daughter, Ashley, born on February 24, 2002. Ashley weighed
8 lbs. and was 20 inches long. The Freckletons reside in Fuquary-Varina,
NC.
- George C. McLarty, III (BSTXM-1991) and Susan (Byrd) McLarty (BSTT-1992),
announce the birth of Ellis Christine, born on March 2, 2002. George is
employed with Milliken & Company in Product Development and Susan
is employed Milliken & Company as a Designer. The McLartys reside
in Greenville, SC. Ellis Christine is also the granddaughter of Richard
E. Byrd, Jr. (TSTT-1965).
- Jeff Thomas (BSTE-1996) and Mindy (Lowder) Thomas (BSTXM-1996)
announce the birth of Katie Ann, born on March 11, 2002. Mindy is employed
with Duke Engineering & Services as a Project Control Specialist and
Jeff is employed with Duke Solutions as a Senior Project Engineer. The
Thomases reside in Gastonia, NC.
Charles Hollar (BSTXM-1989) has recently become a partner in a new company, Modular Designs, a commercial floorcovering dealership in Charlotte, NC. Modular Designs has other commericial dealerships and MilliCare franchisees in Asheville, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, and Orlando. Prior to this career move, Charles had been employed by Milliken & Company since his graduation in 1989. Charles resides in Charlotte, NC.
CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES
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from the Lifetime Career Service:
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