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Thursday, 09 November 2023

TXA Student Wins CFDA Award

Each year, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) bestows a select number of highly competitive scholarships upon students across the United States. These coveted scholarships are granted to aspiring fashion enthusiasts based on a holistic criteria of creativity, innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and sustai...

Friday, 07 April 2023

Current Student Spotlight: Priscilla Olivarez

What is NRF and how did you get involved?My name is Priscilla Olivarez, sophomore TXA Merchandising major, and I originally got involved in 2021 by receiving a scholarship from the NRF Foundation, the Rising Star scholarship, in which I received a stipend to attend the 2022 NRF Foundation Student Program in NYC. Due to COVID, the Student Program wa...

Wednesday, 08 March 2023

TXA Alumni Spotlight: Maddy Ailes

Class of 2022Product Development Specialist Maddy Ailes at Kendra ScottCan you discuss your experience within the TXA program and what resources you utilized?I came into the Textiles and Apparel program as a transfer from Biology after freshman year. I majored in design, however, I came in knowing nothing, other than that I loved clothes ...

Friday, 21 January 2022

TXA Faculty Spotlight: Deborah Sztejnberg

Deborah Sztejnberg, Assistant Professor of Practice, has been a faculty member of the Division of Textiles and Apparel for two years. Deborah was inspired to enter the academic arena to help students, particularly fashion students, create pathways to explore the fashion industry and help them with th...

Friday, 16 July 2021

TXA Faculty Spotlight: Luisa Gil Fandino

​Assistant Professor Luisa Gil Fandino has been on the TXA Faculty for over 5-1/2 years teaching TXA 305-Intro to Textiles and TXA 360L-Advanced Textiles Lab. She's also passionate about researching how textiles techniques could be applied to technology and how we can make the supply chain of textiles more sustainable. Along with a t...