Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Eilish Rising, a junior from Snohomish, Wash. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Apparel Merchandising. Favorite Show/Movie: WALL-E Favorite Cougar Tradition: Being an […]
Thanks to new technology and support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, scientists at Washington State University are helping keep millions of tons of cotton and cellulose waste out of the landfill, spinning it into valuable fibers for new clothing. Fabric going to waste Fiber consumption is on the rise as a growing world population demands […]
Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Bridgette Bacon, a junior from Eureka, Nevada. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Apparel Merchandising. Favorite Show/Movie: New Girl Favorite Cougar Tradition: My […]
For Chanmi Hwang, learning begins in the classroom—but moves to the laser-cutting workshop, the digital textile printing lab, a student blog, or the maternity ward of the local hospital. “I challenge my students to go beyond their expectations, and to take their learning beyond class to the real and the digital world,” says Hwang, […]
Textiles are everywhere: In the clothing we wear, on our furniture, in our cars. They give us shelter from the elements, protect our crops, prevent erosion, and help us heal after surgery. With so much more to textiles than meets the eye, it’s important for students to understand the science behind them—how and why textiles […]
Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Megan Russell, a sophomore from Renton, Wash. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Apparel Merchandising. Why did you choose WSU? I wanted to come […]
International tour helps students understand global apparel powerhouse
PULLMAN, Wash.—This fiber makes up 75 percent of American paper currency. Thomas Edison used a piece for the filament of his first light bulb. It is in the average American’s seven pairs of blue jeans. And on Oct. 15, students and professors of Washington State University’s Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles will showcase […]