Champion Thread Company* (CTC), a leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial sewing threads, yarns and other sewn products supplies, announced the Poovey Family Scholarship. The grant is established in honor of its late CTC founder, Robert “Bob” Lee Poovey III, who dedicated more than half a century to the textile industry. The need-based undergraduate scholarship will benefit students pursuing a degree at the Wilson College of Textiles* at North Carolina State University, the globally recognized leader in textile education, research and industry innovation.