Students show off Champion-brand sweatshirts designed by students studying textile and apparel management.
Published on Show Me Mizzou Sept. 17, 2025
Story by Mara Reinstein, BJ ’01
Photos by Abbie Lankitus
If you happen to be in The Mizzou Store at the University of Missouri this season, be on the lookout for Textile & Apparel Management assistant professor Kerri McBee-Black. She’ll be in a special section scooping up the Champion-brand sweatshirts, hoodies and T-shirts that feature retro-looking Mizzou graphic designs and patchwork.
“I have to buy it all,” she says. “And I have an inside line because my son works there, and he can tell me when they all arrive.”
She’s not just speaking as a proud longtime faculty member. Students in her fall 2024 Textile & Apparel Management (TAM) 3480 Technical Design class in the College of Arts and Science created all the Champion graphics for the apparel. The project was part of Mizzou’s partnership with the popular sportswear brand.
This story originally appeared on Show Me Mizzou.
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