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NC State received a $28 million gift from alumnus Fred Wilson Jr. and his family to fund an endowment to support and name NC State’s College of Textiles.
Faculty and administration of the College of Textiles voted unanimously against moving to Centennial Campus.
Gary Mock wrote A Century of Progress: The Textile Program, North Carolina State University, 1899-1999. A print edition exists in the library.
The new College of Textiles building on Centennial Campus opened its doors in 1991. The new building included computer facilities, heavy machinery processing laboratories, classrooms, meeting spaces, administrative offices, and the Burlington Textiles Library.
Robert A. Barnhardt became Dean of the College of Textiles and served in the position until 1999. Barnhardt was influential in developing plans for the College of Textiles to move to new facilities on Centennial Campus.
Cynthia Istook became the first woman appointed full professor in the College of Textiles.
David Hinks was named dean of the College of Textiles after serving as interim dean since 2014.
The university announced a partnership between the College of Textiles, the Poole College of Management, and the VF Corporation to support student development and advance apparel and textiles innovation.
A. Blanton Godfrey became Dean of the College of Textiles in 2000 and served in the position until 2014.
In conjunction with the move of the College of Textiles, the Burlington Textile Library moved to Centennial Campus and became the first library unit on the new campus. The library remained in the College of Textiles complex until December 2012 when the collections were moved into the Hunt Library.
The African American Textile Society (AATS) was formed in 1992 to support African American students in the College of Textiles.
The Art2Wear student-organized runway show debuted in 2001. The event presented fashion, costume and wearable sculpture created by the students of the College of Design and the College of Textiles at NC State. This annual event was organized and hosted by the Department of Art + Design in partnership with the College of Textiles to display examples of student work each spring.
The first African American student in the College of Textiles, James "Jim" Rucker, graduated with a BS in textile chemistry in 1971.
Joel L. Williams was awarded a PhD in fiber and polymer science. This was the first PhD awarded in NC State's College of Textiles.
The Textile Protection and Comfort Center, within the College of Textiles on Centennial Campus, provided a facility for testing the performance of various textile materials.
Professor Harold Freeman was the first African American "named professor" in the College of Textiles. He was named the Ciba-Geigy Professor of Dyestuff Chemistry.
After graduating from the NC State College of Textiles where she studied fashion and textile design, Lisbeth Arias launched her own Latinx-inspired clothing line, fusing traditional Latin American textiles with modern fashion.
Solomon "Sol" Hersh joined the faculty of the Department of Textile Technology. Previously, he received his BS from NC State in 1949. In 1995, he became the first faculty member from the College of Textiles to receive the Alexander Holladay Medal for Excellence.
A Runway of Dreams Fashion Show was held in collaboration with Duke University and students at the College of Textiles. The event, "Coming Together, Creating Change," was a virtual adaptive runway show organized to showcase people with disabilities and educate about the need for adaptive clothing and disability representation in the fashion industry.