Professor Boorady
The Buffalo State Loves Cotton Project is a collaborative Fashion Technology Program educational research grant sponsored by Cotton Incorporated and awarded to Professor Lynn Boorady [booradlm@buffalostate.edu]. It represents a collaboration of multiple program faculty working together to integrate cotton research projects into a variety of fashion classes. Some of the class projects are synchronized to shift from one class of students to another. It starts officially 1/1/11 to 12/31/11 but has “soft started in the fall of 2010 with multiple design product development class assignments.
According to Professor Boorady’s grant proposal:
The overall purpose of the Buffalo State Loves Cotton Project is to further the awareness and understanding of cotton fiber and cotton textiles among Fashion Textile Technology students at Buffalo State College preparing for apparel and textile-related careers.
A unique array of projects related to increasing knowledge of cotton fibers and the use of cotton fabrics in apparel. Elevating an awareness of cotton will be incorporated into a range of required and specialized fashion textile technology classes as well as independent study courses.
This objective will be accomplished by implementing projects into our curriculum which highlight cotton from different aspects such as textile testing, textile prints, apparel design, historic/economic, and consumer behavior.
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