Textile Design As Capital Campaign Celebration

Student Rebecca "Becky" Flax was honored to have her jacquard design presented as a gift to Dr. D. Walter Cohen, a member of the PhilaU Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Capital Campaign.  This was the most successful fundraising campaign that Philadelphia University has ever had, with much due to the leadership of Dr. Cohen.  Here Dr. Spinelli is presenting the framed textile to Dr. Cohen. 

Visit to PhilaU by Donghua University Professor

Professor Yiping Qiu and alumna Lan Ge (Textile Design M.S. '14) visited the Textile Design department on October 7.  The visit further strengthened the connections between PhilaU and Donghua University, the largest textile program in China. 

Textile Design Work Presented

Textile Design student Stephanie Bilotti (B.S. '14) created a unique jacquard textile for Mary Smith of the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust.  Mrs. Smith is a long-standing supporter of Philadelphia University and the Textile Design program.  Stephanie presented the framed, ship themed, jacquard at a reception in Mrs. Smith's honor. 

Sunbrella Anniversary Celebration

Textile Design M.S. students Kailey Smith and Xue "Susan" Sun attended a celebration at the New York offices of Sunbury Textile Mills.  Sunbury and Glen Raven, Inc. sponsored a Spring 2014 competition to envision the "next 20 years" of the Sunbrella brand.  Kailey and Susan were two of the award-winning students.  Their textile designs were featured in the Sunbury showroom for this major industry event.  Congratulations to Kailey and Susan, as well as to Mary Armacost (TD M.S.'14) and Emily Weiss (TD B.S.'14) for their outstanding work!