Category Archives: Colleges & Universities

Jan26

Students’ (and a Retailer’s) Impressions of NRF’s BIG Show

By Elisabeth Greenberg, Student Blogger, Fashion Institute of Technology | Published: January 26, 2012
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While waiting for a session to begin, I took the opportunity to interview Elizabeth Gurtowski and Alicia Crasto, fellow NFSA members of mine from Fashion Institute of Technology. They were happy to share their first experience of the Big Show. What is your best experience at the Big Show? Elizabeth: “I enjoyed the networking lunch. [...]

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Jan16

The first annual NRFSA Business Meeting takes place at NRF’s BIG Show

By Kimberly Steinberg, Student Blogger, Fashion Institute of Technology | Published: January 16, 2012
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During our first annual NRF Student Association meeting, fellow NRFSA student members and professors from 13 universities across the nation gathered to share their experiences and inform each other on what their chapters have been up to since joining the association. After a brief overview of a progress report on a 2011 student faculty survey consisting of statistics of [...]

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Jan16

Speaking Candidly: Lessons Learned from Internship Challenges and Triumphs

By John Tylko, Student Blogger, Santa Clara University | Published: January 16, 2012
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For any student, the greatest reward for academic study is to apply knowledge from the classroom to the hustle and bustle of the real world. At NRF’s BIG Show, students and employers engaged in a conversation about retail internships, in the “Lessons Learned from Internship Challenges and Triumphs” session. Looking back on their summer internships, NRFSA members [...]

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Jan15

Introducing our Collegiate Blogging Team at NRF’s BIG Show

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: January 15, 2012
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There are nearly 100 college students in attendance at NRF’s Annual Convention in New York City. We’ve enlisted a few of them to help us recap the educational sessions, share convention experiences, and provide a glimpse of the conference from a student’s (and future retailer’s!) perspective. We’re thrilled to introduce the following students, who you’ll [...]

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Dec02

Kelli Hollinger, of Texas A&M’s Center for Retail Studies, on internship advice and role of industry partners in education

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: December 2, 2011
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The Center for Retail Studies at Texas A&M University was started in the early 1980′s, and has since prepared thousands of students for professional careers in retailing. The Center recently joined NRF Foundation’s community of College Partners, so we connected with Kelli Hollinger, the center’s assistant director, to discuss retailing as a career, share advice [...]

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