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NONWOVENS INSTITUTE AT NC STATE IS APPROVED |
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On Thursday, February 15th, the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted for the approval to create the Nonwovens Institute. This is a major milestone for the Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center, the College, and the University and a tribute to the years of hard work by Professors Subhash Batra, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, and many others. This is a significant step in solidifying the college's world leadership position in nonwovens research,
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THE COLLEGE OF TEXTILES FEATURED IN OUR STATE MAGAZINE |
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In the January issue of Our State magazine the College of Textiles had two articles, "A Stitch in Time" and "A Friend Indeed." "A Stitch in Time" discusses the new world of textiles that the college is creating and all the exciting education, research and extension that we are fostering. While " A Friend Indeed" is about William Ivey Long, a Tony award winning costume designer, that we have partnered with to help the people in the town of Seaboard, NC. Click the article names to view the pdfs. |
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COLLEGE OF TEXTILES RECEIVES SOFTWARE DONATION VALUED AT $1 MILLION |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University's College of Textiles have received a software donation valued at more than $1 million from Alignent Software that could help shape the future of the nonwoven textiles industry and enhance the common, everyday products associated with it. > |
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MOTORING INTO THE FUTURE |
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Chances are, the car you will drive tomorrow is already taking shape today at North Carolina State University. Researchers from a variety of disciplines - including design, engineering and textiles – are engaged in an array of vehicle initiatives. > |
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Roger Milliken, Chairman of Milliken & Company headquartered in Spartanburg, SC received a honorary doctorate at the December graduation ceremony held at the RBC Center. Milliken & Company is the largest privately held textile and chemical manufacturer in the world, and was recently named the 28th Best Company to Work For by Fortune magazine. Mr. Milliken served as president of the company for more than 35 years before assuming chairman and CEO titles in 1983. An advocate for the environment, his company was named one the only 21 “Environmental Champions” in the nation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and McGraw Hill Publishing. The College of Textiles is proud that his high honor was bestowed upon Mr. Milliken. |
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ECONOMIST AT THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES DISCUSSES TEXTILES IN RADIO SHOW |
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Mike Walden, an economist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
is featured every weekday on radio stations throughout North Carolina and on the web giving an “economic prespective” on various subjects. On February 9, 2007 he discussed the textile industry today. To listen please visit:
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BILL FRIDAY, COLLEGE OF TEXTILES GRADUATE AND HOST OF NC PEOPLE INTERVIEWS DEAN GODFREY > |
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LAAMSCIENCE FEATURED IN READER'S DIGEST AS A TOP MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH > |
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"TEXTILES GENERATE MEDICAL MARVELS FOR FUTURE MEDS" FEATURED IN THE TECHNICIAN >
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RESEARCH OPEN HOUSE TO BE HELD IN APRIL |
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The College of Textiles at NC State University would like to invite you to the 5th Annual Research Open House, to be held from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. > |
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Please reserve the date for Collection: Art to Wear 2007 fashion show set for Thursday, April 26 (April 27 as a rain date), 8 p.m. in a new location, The Court of North Carolina, on the main campus of North Carolina State University. This is the sixth consecutive year of the show and showcases the talents of design students at both the College of Textiles and College of Design |
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On Saturday, February 10, 2007, we had one of the largest crowds to ever attend the annual College of Textiles Open House. The following numbers reflect those parents, secondary school students (high school & middle school students), college students (prospective transfers), educational professionals, COT faculty and staff, and friends of the College of Textiles who registered during the day. High School Students...................................402 College of Textiles Students, Faculty & Staff..173 Grand Total..............................................1084 Terry Brasier, Associate Director of Student Services says, “These attendance figures from both prospective students and parents, and COT students, faculty, and staff shows that all the positive PR, proactive program changes, high school outreach efforts, and the hard work that our faculty and staff do on a day-to-day basis to support our students is making a difference.” |
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The Fiber Society invites you to visit their website (www.thefibersociety.org), where you can access the tentative program and registration form for our 2007 Spring Conference. The conference is scheduled for May 23–25 at the Westin Poinsett Hotel, Greenville, South Carolina. The theme focuses on Advanced Polymer Fiber Materials Science and Its Applications in Novel Engineered Products. Please take a few minutes to review the program. We’re confident that you’ll find much that is topical and of professional interest. So much so that you’ll make plans to attend the conference. We look forward to seeing many of you at the Westin Poinsett in late May. Regards, |
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS |
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The 85th Textile Institute World Conference was held in Sri Lanka March 1-3, 2007. William Oxenham, George Hodge and Christy Cagle represented the College of Textiles, presenting three papers that were accepted for oral presentation and one poster. They also met with executives from the apparel companies MAS Holdings and Brandix Lanka Limited, and the apparel/textile training institute, CITI/TT&SC, to follow-up on discussions involving a potential collaboration between the College of Textiles and the Sri Lankan government. |
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March 4-10th a group of students from the College of Textiles along with Dr. Nancy Cassill and Bill Harazin, an attorney who guest teaches at the College went to Mexico during spring break. The students learned about the culture, global textile business opportunities and analyses in Mexico. They traveled with a business delegation from North Carolina. Students attended the Exintex Expo Textile Trade Show and met with North Carolina Department of Commerce International Trade Specialists, United State Embassy personnel, the US/Mexico Chamber of Commerce, and other business and government leaders. To learn more about this program please visit: http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/international/doing_business_in_mexico.cfm and to view the blog visit: http://mexicotextiles.blogspot.com/ |
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STUDENT NEWS AND HONORS |
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At the International Forum on Textile Science and Technology for Doctoral Students held at Donghua University in Shanghai, China in November three College of Textiles graduate students won awards for their written papers and oral presentations. Kathryn C. Dutton: "Nonwoven" vs. "Engineered Fabric." The impact these |
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A group of students from North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles loaded a truck with books, school supplies, clothing and toys to be donated to a school in Madagascar on Saturday, March 17. In addition, an ongoing part of this outreach is to show the "going green" component. A group of 20 students is taking previously worn clothing that have been collected and refashioning the items into new and exciting creations including apparel, but not limited to apparel. The students are completely immersed in this project. They are enjoying taking the skills that they have, what they have learned here at the College of Textiles, and learning how those skills can go to help others in need. The students are having a tea to show their initial items that they have made. The reception will be here at the College of Textiles on April 14, 2007. The money from this "go green" refashioning project will go to Uganda to help a baby cottage for abandoned babies. |
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The College of Textiles has won yet another Outstanding College Performance Award. This is the fourth such award the College of Textiles has received. The College receives the award when we have 50% or more of minority freshman who have a 3.0 or better. |
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TEXTILE ENGINEERING, CHEMISTRY AND SCIENCE STUDENT NEWS |
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Please visit www.tx.ncsu.edu/departments/tecs/student-research.cfm to see the most recent student awards and honors in the TECS department. |
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Adrienne Fehr was honored at the December graduation ceremonies taking place in the RBC Center, by being mentioned in a portion of Chancellor’s Oblingers speech where he talks about interesting graduates. Chancellor Oblinger said "Adrienne Fehr, a double major in Textile and Apparel Management and Interdisciplinary Studies, with a concentration in Spanish, is also an avid traveler. Adrienne worked as a Sales Intern for Liz Claiborne in New York City and studied Latin American culture while living in Peru. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, served as a class council representative for the College of Textiles, and is an Eli Whitney Scholar. After graduation, she will begin work at the Abercrombie and Fitch headquarters in Ohio.” |
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Mai Yamazaki was chosen by College of Textiles students and faculty to represent the College at the annual NTC Forum's Speaking Competition. |
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FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS |
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Dean A. Blanton Godfrey has been appointed by Governor Michael F. Easley to serve as a member of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NC IOM) for a five year term. |
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Dr. Russell E. Gorga has been named an Outstanding Teacher for 2006-2007 at NC State University. Therefore, he has become a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers as a result of being selected by students, alumni and colleagues. Congratulations Dr. Gorga. |
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KEITH BECK RECEIVES OLNEY MEDAL > |
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Dr. Peter Hauser, professor and director of graduate programs for the Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science Department presented papers at the FLAQT (Latin American Federation of Textile Chemists) conference in Buenos Aires in November 2006. Presenting with him was, Juan P. Hinestroza. Dr. Hinestroza is an assistant professor in the department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. |
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Professor Alan Tonelli was recently cited as one of the top 40 most prolific authors in Macromolecules, a journal published by the American Chemical Society. The list was compiled as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of Macromolecules, a recognized leader in the field of polymer science. Dr. Tonelli, INVISTA Professor of Fiber and Polymer Chemistry, commented wryly that he was able to achieve this accomplishment, because he has been submitting papers since the inception of Marcromolecules. |
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Dean Blanton Godfrey is please to announce that Mr. Michael Walker has accepted the position of Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration for the College of Textiles. Michael’s was Director for Finance & Business in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Prior to this assignment Michael served as Internal Auditor at UNC-Chapel Hill for three years. Before going to Chapel Hill, Mike spent three years as Assistant Director in Contracts and Grants here at NC State. He also has experience in internal audits here at NCSU and as a Business Analyst at Carolina Power & Light. Mike has a Bachelors of Business Administration – Accounting Information Systems from James Madison University and received his license as a Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina in 1997. |
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Wade Carter began working at the College of Textiles in 1980, 11 years after receiving his B.S. in Mathematics/Secondary Education from Appalachian State University. After stints in teaching and working at Knit-Away Inc. and Fieldcrest-Canon he came to the College of Textiles and upon his retirement was the Director of In-Plant Programs for the Zeis Textile Extension Education for Economic Development Center here at the college. He received the NC State Outstanding Extension Award in 1985. |
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ALUMNI NEWS |
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A 1962 graduate of the College of Textiles from Istanbul was the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year for the College of Textiles. Mr. Steve Zeis was honored with the other colleges of NC State at the Evening of Stars Gala on January 26th at the Park Alumni Center on Centennial Campus. Steve and his wife Frosene from Asheville, NC have both been very supportive of the work being done at the College of Textiles. Steve’s background includes textile research and development, technical services, textile machinery sales, and in 1983 the couple decided to establish their own business – ZTM Sales & Service Inc. Steve represented a diverse mix of European textile-machine companies, while Frosene, managed the business side of ZTM. When Steve reconnected to the College of Textiles a few years back he wanted to give students of all backgrounds the opportunity to pursue their life dreams, so the Zeises established two Centennial Scholarships with a $500,000 bequest and provided an additional $1 million life income gift for another important educational aspect of the College of Textiles – The Frosene and Steve Zeis Textile Extension Education for Economic Development Center. The Centennial Scholarship is one of the largest college based scholarship programs at NC State covering the majority of college-related expenses plus an enrichment fund. And the center in their name conducts a wide variety of training courses for industry professionals ranging from Basic Textiles to Six Sigma. Steve and Frosene Zeis demonstrate that given the opportunity anyone with a dream can make it happen through good education and the drive to succeed. |
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On Sunday, April 29, what has been known as the Gallery of Art & Design (GAD) will officially be renamed the John N. and Nancy C. Gregg Museum of Art & Design. The naming is in honor of the late John N. Gregg and his wife Nancy. The event will be marked with a ribbon-cutting and brunch to honor the Gregg family for their years of leadership and dedication to the GAD and the university. Dr. Charlotte Vestal Brown, Director of the once Gallery, now the Gregg Musuem of Art & Design, notes, “It is wonderful to honor the Greggs and, in turn, we are honored by the generosity of the Gregg family and the many friends of the GAD. There is no family more fitting to be associated with the Museum, than the Gregg family.” ARTS NC STATE honored John and Nancy Gregg through the establishment of a $750,000 privately supported endowment, which was fully realized in 2006. The endowment is housed in the NC Textile Foundation and earnings will support the Museum’s Textile Collection, the largest and most significant of the eight collections in the Museum. The Gregg Museum has a permanent collection of over 26,000 objects and presents a series of changing exhibitions of the finest regional, national and international visual arts, beautifully displayed at the Gregg Museum in the Talley Student Center. Since 1978, the GAD has collected, interpreted and exhibited exemplary hand and machine made objects to foster learning and understanding of the vast cultures of NC and the world. And in the world of art, the change of name from gallery to museum is significant. “ ‘[M]useum’ recognizes what the program is and does on behalf of the university: we collect in order to teach, provide resources for research and present an innovative and far reaching educational program of exhibitions, lectures and other events to enrich the lives of the students and citizens of the state and the region,” says Brown. John Gregg was a distinguished graduate of the College of Textiles (B.S. ’55) and served the university in a variety of leadership roles, including membership on the Board of Trustees (1989-90). He served as President of the NC Textiles Foundation board in 1985, was the recipient of the Textiles Distinguished Service Award in 1983 and a Watauga Medal Recipient in 1985. He was the CEO and Chairman of Avtex Fibers from 1976-1990. Both John and Nancy were Founding Friends of the Gallery of Art & Design, and Nancy currently serves on the FRIENDS of ARTS NC STATE Board of Advisors. John Gregg was one of the first and most important individuals who supported the concept and then the realization of a museum for the university. During his tenure as the Chair of NC State Board of Trustees, Gregg played a critical role in raising funds to build the Gallery of Art & Design. He understood from the outset that a museum focused on the university’s curricula could accomplish two major institutional goals: provide resources to enable faculty and students to create unique educational experiences and the opportunity to develop a national institutional presence. For more information on the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, contact Dr. Charlotte Upcoming Gregg Musuem of Art & Design Exhibitions: Natural World January 24-May 13 Exquisite Entomology (the Beauty of Bugs) March 15-May 13 |
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NC STATE CELEBRATING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN UNDERGRADS |
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To learn more about events taking place please visit http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/2006/oct/168.html and http://www.ncsu.edu/msa/goldenanniversary.php |
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Please continue to check our website www.tx.ncsu.edu for the date of the Textile Alumni Tailgate this fall. You will be able to register online and pay with credit card. We look forward to a new season with Coach O’Brien and we hope you will join the College of Textiles tailgate and come see old friends and enjoy the game in our block seating. |
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Daina (Rice) Hill (BSTXM 98) and her husband Jon announce the birth of a daughter, Caroline Brooke born May 20, 2005. Daina and Jon are both Pharmaceutical Representatives in Hickory, NC for Abbott Labs and Sanofi Aventis respectively. Keri (Yahnker) Strickland (BSTT 2000) and her husband Preston announce the birth of their daughter, Lori Anne, on December 19, 2005. Lori weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces and was 18 ¼ inches long. Keri is employed with Technimark, Inc. The Strickland’s reside in Asheboro, NC. Melanie (Cremeans) Bartkow (BSTAM 1999) and her husband Brett welcomed their first baby girl, Presley Reese, on July 17, 2006. Presley weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 ½ inches long. The Bartkows live in Norcross, GA. Johnna (Williams) Phillips (BSTT 1994) and her husband Mike are proud parents of a baby girl, Delaney Elizabeth Phillips, born on August 2, 2006. She weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 ½ inches long. Johnna is employed as a Project Manager with ImagePoint in Knoxville, TN. The Phillips reside in Knoxville, TN. Richie (BSTXM 1996) and Magda (Prado) Holloway (BSTXM 1999) along with big brother Micah announce the birth of, Emalynn Todd Hollway, born September 25, 2006 at 7:42 pm. Emmie weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces. Richie is a Project Manager with Static Control and Magda is the Street Superintendent for the City of Sanford. The Holloways reside in Sanford, NC. Sara (Shropshire) Bartley (BSTE 1997) and her husband Paul are pleased to announce the arrival of Andrew Josiah Bartley. Andrew was born on December 13, 2006 and weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces. Sara is currently employed with Glen Raven Custom Fabrics in Anderson, SC as a development engineer. The couple lives in Greer, SC. Dr. Renzo Shamey, Assistant Professor in Polymer and Color Chemistry, and his wife Laleh announce the birth of Sean Araz Luka Shamey, born on December 19, 2006 at 5:56 am. Sean weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. Wes Bolton (BSTXM 1996) and his wife Cara announce the birth of their first child, Grace Ann Bolton born February 26, 2007 at 6:13 am. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 ½ inches long. Wes is an IT Project Manager at GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park. The Boltons live in Durham, NC. |
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ALUMNI UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION |
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Delta Kappa Phi textile fraternity is selling the "Without Us You'd Be Naked" T-Shirts. All you alumni that have had the shirts in the past are sure to be faded. It's time to get a new one! We have short sleeve shirts in M, L, XL, XXL. They are $10 a piece. We will even ship them to you for free! To place an order contact Stacie Horton at sehorton@ncsu.edu or (336) 688-7000. You may also call Textile Student Services at 919-515-3780 to order. Please make checks payable to Delta Kappa Phi. |
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TEXTILES OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS (TOP) |
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Does your career need a jumpstart? Do you think continuing your education is impossible? NC State is a dream? With Textiles Off-Campus Programs (TOP), basic and advanced courses are within your reach from the finest textile college in the world. The goal of our program is to create classes that are attractive to a rapidly changing industry and to audiences outside of "traditional textiles". TOP is designed to deliver courses to the student by a variety of mediums including CDs,DVD & online. To learn more visit www.tx.ncsu.edu/top |
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Photos provided by Roger Winstead, Director of Photography for NC State, Emily Parker, Director of College Relations and Kent Hester, Director of Student and Career Services.
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