In This Issue

When Fashion is More Than Clothes.

How a simple sketch led Xavier Jones to shoe design’s inner circle.

Julie Becker, professor of Fashion Marketing Innovation and director of the Textiles Research and Training Institute.

Parting thoughts from recently retired faculty. Plus campus and alumni notables.

How Jawan M. Jackson went from EMU to Broadway to The Temptations.

Tom Saylor is no stranger to setting records.

We bet you’ll find something surprising.