EDUCATE. DISCOVER. INNOVATE.I am proud and privileged to serve as the Dean of the Wilson College of Textiles. We are a unique, diverse and interdisciplinary college with a vision to be the recognized global leader in textile innovation through education, discovery of new knowledge, and service to the textile industry and beyond. Our more than 130 faculty and staff members strive every day to empower our students and partners to succeed and to inspire action to make the world a better place through new innovative textile products, processes, and service. I welcome you to learn more by visiting our new website: textiles.ncsu.edu.We are deliberate in our focus in developing a passion for life-long learning, service and innovation in all who engage with our College family, whether full- or part-time student, industry, government or academic partner, or one of our more than 9,000 remarkable living alumni. This commitment extends to those physically on campus as well as those engaging with us virtually through our growing global online presence.We are proud to mentor an increasingly diverse group of more than 1,000 undergraduate students, and 200 master’s and Ph.D. students from North Carolina and around the world. We also help drive economic prosperity in North Carolina and nationally through our partnerships with hundreds of industry partners who contract with us each year for research, technical service and professional training. Our students and partners have access to the remarkable assets of NC State University, the largest university in the great state of North Carolina and ranked top ten nationally in technology licenses, start-up companies and industry research. As one of the smallest colleges at NC State we are proud of our strong record, tight-knit family community and our ability to serve the entire textiles value chain from design through production and marketing. We #ThinkandDo textiles every day.