News

16 Aug 2010    

Dr. Shubha Bennur Joins the TCD Faculty

TCD is happy to welcome Dr. Shubha Bennur, Assistant Professor of Merchandising, who joins our faculty this semester. Dr. Bennur received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University earlier this summer, with a specialization in Apparel Merchandising. Her dissertation topic, From Apparel Product Attributes to Brand Loyalty: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of U.S. and Indian Consumers Attribute Choices Applying Kano’s Theory, explores and contrasts product preferences and related buying behaviors of American and South Asian consumers.

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27 Apr 2010    

TCD Students and Faculty Attend Annual Dallas Career Day

TCD students at Dallas Career Day, from left: Caitlin Ratzlaff, Ambriana Mckissick, Jaclyn Geist, Bridgett O’Leary, Amanda Hodson, Staney Rostad, and Molly Wheeler; right photo: view of vendor space at World Market Center

On April 9^th, 7 TCD students attended Dallas Career Day at the World Market Center in Dallas, Texas.  They were led by Senior Lecturer Carol Easley and Assistant Professor Dr. Harriet McLeod. The annual event is hosted by The Fashion Group International and presented by Paris American Academy and Brighton.  The event featured many guest speakers and seminars. Among these was Shirin Askari from Season 6 of Project Runway , and the keynote speaker, fashion designer and Texas native Jodi Arnold.  Jodi has had great success in the fashion industry and just recently collaborated on a line with The Limited.  She shared lots of great tips with students on how to achieve success in the field.  

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26 Apr 2010    

TCD Faculty and Staff Receive College Awards

Dean Marjorie Kostelnik with IQSC&M Curator of Collections Carolyn Ducey

TCD was well represented in this year's annual CEHS Faculty and Staff Awards event, held on Friday April 16 at Nebraska Union. Dean Marjorie Kostelnik presented the CEHS Staff Award for meritorious service to the Curator of Collections of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Carolyn Ducey. Carolyn has been involved with the IQSC&M since its inception, and has worked tirelessly to grow and to exhibit the Center's collections, the largest public collection of quilts in the world. She was cited for her upbeat, positive outlook, her good humor and her commitment to developing and maintaining the highest professional standards for the IQSC&M.

Dr. Barbara Trout received the CEHS Faculty Student Mentoring Award.

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14 Apr 2010    

French artist William Wilson visits UNL for Hillestad Gallery exhibition

From April 5 through 30, the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted the exhibition “The Black Ocean: Europe - Africa - America” featuring appliquéd banner narratives documenting the complicated history of the infamous “triangle trade,” created by French artist William Wilson. The Paris-based multi-media artist was on campus from April 7 through 15, giving talks and offering exhibition walk-throughs with student, faculty and public groups including Lincoln Public School students.

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