{"id":29640,"date":"2019-05-28T10:51:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=29640"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:11:30","slug":"textile-bedding-and-soft-goods-company-leighdeux-awards-scholarships-to-entrepreneurship-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=29640","title":{"rendered":"Textile, Bedding and Soft Goods Company LeighDeux Awards Scholarships to Entrepreneurship Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two enterprising women entrepreneurs in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship are the 2019 recipients of the LeighDeux Women in Entrepreneurship Excellence Scholarship: Krishna Patel \u201920 and Anastasia Soule \u201919.<\/p>\n

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Krishna Patel \u201920, left, and Anastasia Soule \u201919, right, were awarded the LeighDeux Women in Entrepreneurship Excellence Scholarship for their innovative product designs. Leigh Goodwyn \u201988, co-founder of LeighDeux, created the scholarship to inspire women in entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patel is a psychology major and an entrepreneurship and chemistry double minor from Kernersville, North Carolina. She is a Buckley Public Service Scholar and is involved with Best Buddies through the Campus Y, Health Occupations Students of America and FAAST, a club that facilitates service opportunities, social events and academic encouragement. Patel is passionate about entrepreneurship and affordable healthcare and plans to open a sliding scale hospital in the future.<\/p>\n

She received the LeighDeux Scholarship to launch a new product called Travanity, a travel hygiene kit for students and travelers. Patel intends to use the award to pay the costs associated with filing a patent for the product.<\/p>\n

\u201cTravanity holds all of the user\u2019s oral hygiene products in a clean and mobile container that is easy to organize and move about,\u201d Patel said. \u201cTravanity is now patent-pending, and the LeighDeux Women in Entrepreneurship Excellence Award will not only help me pay for the costs associated with filing the patent but also give me guidance on how to become a successful entrepreneur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soule, from Asheville, North Carolina, graduated in May 2019 with an economics and public policy double major and history and entrepreneurship double minor. Throughout her time at Carolina, Soule has been an active member of the community, volunteering with the Campus Y, the Community Empowerment Fund and the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History. Her passions include economic justice and access to capital.<\/p>\n

These interests inspired her to pursue her own venture, Phoenyx, which upcycles used billboard vinyl into trendy accessories, aiming to provide fair and supported employment to the Chapel Hill community. After graduation, Soule will serve as a Venture for America Fellow, where she will continue to use entrepreneurial skillsets to build community and economic empowerment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe LeighDeux Scholarship is allowing my company, Phoenyx, to grow its team,\u201d Soule said. \u201cThis funding will provide a student with a professional opportunity to create and lead the organization\u2019s marketing content, and without it, we would be unable to meet our goals for launching our online market and social media campaign this summer. We are incredibly grateful for LeighDeux\u2019s generosity and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leigh Goodwyn \u201988 founded LeighDeux in 2012. Her business, a textile design and manufacturing company producing fabrics, bedding and interior d\u00e9cor designed for students living on campus, created the scholarship program as a key component of the company\u2019s mission to inspire women to pursue entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

The LeighDeux Scholarship is given to female students enrolled in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship. The scholarship awards provide support for research, travel, internship opportunities or initial start-up funding. Recipients receive advice from Goodwyn and will have the opportunity to meet with LeighDeux executives for regular mentoring.<\/p>\n

LeighDeux decided that it was not enough to launch a dorm collection; they wanted to build a brand that stood for something more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make more than beautiful dorm d\u00e9cor. We want to make a difference,\u201d said Goodwyn.<\/p>\n

The core component of the company\u2019s mission is to encourage young women to start their own businesses and promote female entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goals are really very simplistic,\u201d said Goodwyn. \u201cOur d\u00e9cor is pretty with a purpose. We want to help reinvigorate the textile industry in the Carolinas, create jobs and give back.\u201d<\/p>\n

With those goals in mind, LeighDeux decided that a portion of their proceeds would go to fund scholarships for deserving students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you shop LeighDeux, you are helping to further a young woman\u2019s education,\u201d Goodwyn said.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

By Mary Moorefield<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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