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TTU students claimed five awards at a Fashion Group International of Dallas style symposium.

April 24, 2009 | Written by Cory Chandler

Texas Tech University Apparel Design and Manufacturing students claimed five awards at the Fashion Group International of Dallas Career Day 2009 Style Symposium.

Career Day, the longest running and largest fashion career event of its kind in the U.S., is hosted by Fashion Group International, a global nonprofit association of more than 6,000 fashion and lifestyle professionals. The Apparel Design and Manufacturing Program is located in the College of Human Sciences.

Some 20 schools from across the U.S. participated in the event, entering a total 437 garments.

Texas Tech students entered 31 garments as well as fashion-trend boards into various competition categories.

Erin Bunge, of Springfield, Mo., won first place in the Theatre/Costume/Wearable Art category while Christina Jackson, of Christoval, won second place in the mohair category on the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Food and Fiber Research Program.

Texas Department of Agriculture’s Food and Fiber Research Program Trend Board Competition:

• Trend Board/Cotton Category: first place Jovita Lektzian, from Vilnius, Lithuania
• Trend Board/Wool Category: first place Charlotte Moreland, of Spring
• Trend Board/Mohair Category: first place Laci Weikert, of Lubbock

Fashion Group International is a global, non-profit professional organization with more than 6,000 members in the fashion industry.

Technique Could Improve Accuracy of Child Testimony

October 22, 2009 | Written by Cory Chandler

An interview technique that relies on open-ended questions to jog memory may improve the accuracy of testimony given by child witnesses, a Texas Tech University researcher has found.

Sarah Kulkofsky, an assistant professor in Texas Tech’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies, presented preliminary findings at the biennial conference of the Cognitive Development Society in San Antonio.

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