Murfreesboro, TN - Hundreds of garment submissions by MTSU students will be on display during the Spring 2011 Student Design Fashion Show, “Into the Wild: Discover the Undiscovered,” on Friday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the James Union Building’s Tennessee Room.
Dr. Jasmin Kwon, director of the fashion show, created the theme, which has three sub-categories: “tribal style,” “wild wild nature” and “adventures in fantasy wilderness.”
Kwon’s class of 35 students, divided into six committees, has been planning the show for weeks.
“It gives MTSU textile-program students a chance to showcase their skills and creativity,” said Melanie McClure, a senior textile-merchandising and design major from Chattanooga.
“We gather a lot of resources from our department and utilize two departments (merchandising and design),” added Ashley Adkins, a senior from Nashville, who also is a textile-merchandising and design major. “This is our chance to show our skills that we have been learning for the last two years.”
One of the garment submissions is from Taylore Massa, a junior apparel-design major from Smyrna, whose silver garment was made from aluminum foil and paper.
Massa said her “inspiration was the book ‘Rainbow Fish’ for the ‘wild, wild nature’ category. I took a black cocktail dress and attached ‘scales’ made out of magazines and aluminum foil to the dress in an overlapping pattern using hot glue. The finished garment resembles a beautiful, shining fish from the ocean.”
A second submission is from Leslie Stephens, a senior textile-merchandising major from Nashville, who also said her garment is “inspired by ‘wild, wild nature.’ To quote Diane Von Furstenberg on leopard print, “If it looks good on animals, it looks good on us.”
Stephens’ brown- and cream-colored jacket-and-skirt ensemble is made from 100 percent polyester.
The MTSU community and general public are invited. Ticket prices are $7 in advance, $10 at the door and $15 for VIP tickets. For information, contact Kwon at 615-904-8340.
MURFREESBORO, TN - MTSU’s summer enrollment surpassed 9,300 students, said Dr. Deb Sells, vice president for Student Affairs and vice provost for Enrollment Services.
The total of 9,318 is an 8.31 percent increase from summer 2009, when the university’s head count was 8,603.
MTSU officials have made final edits to the data, which have been submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents.
The 2010 summer total for May through August enrollment marks an increase of 715 students from last summer.
Sells said she attributes the increase of students to the availability of the federal Pell Grant during the summer terms and more students taking courses online.
There have been 2,170 students utilizing Pell Grant money this summer compared to 389 in 2009, she said.
Enrollment Services noted a 46 percent increase in the number of online courses, 227 offered this summer compared to 155 offered in 2009, Sells said.
MTSU Enrollment Services and other administration officials anticipate another record enrollment this fall. In 2009, 25,188 students were registered for classes.
