Department of International Trade and Marketing (ITM)

 

SPRING 2007

 

   

Nicole Martin-Lewis

Nicole Martin-Lewis                                                                                      Posted: May 14, 2007

NEW SECRETARY JOINS ITM

After eight years as Recess Coordinator at FIT's Residential Life, Nicole Martin-Lewis has become ITM's new full-time department secretary. Nicole has extensive experience in office management and working with FIT dorm residents. Faculty and students are invited to stop by her office in room B-429 and greet her.


Laura Makla, Yao Li-Mazzeo, Fin’es Scott,Wei-Jear "Josephine" Chiang, and judges.

ITM Majors Win $14,000 in Scholarships                                             Posted: May 14, 2007

STUDENT TEAMS PROMOTE COTTON WORLWIDE

Four semi-finalist student teams presented their international marketing plans on May 10th to a panel of three judges appointed by Cotton Incorporated. The judges, Ric Hendee of Cotton Incorporated, Abby Posner of DDB Communications Worldwide, and Mark Ryan of the Ryan Group, evaluated the teams' work and presentations based on the research quality and marketing strategy viability.

 

The first prize, a $10,000 scholarship, was awarded to team China, composed of Laura Makla, Yao Li-Mazzeo, Fin’es Scott, and Wei-Jear "Josephine" Chiang, which selected Shanghai as a market to increase cotton consumption in China, targeting 18-34 year-old female consumers.  The Second Prize, a $4,000 scholarship, went to team Thailand, composed of Bridget Connolly, Denise Steidel, Jenny Park, Margaret Dahlin.  The judges cited both teams for the quality of their research, presentation skills, and innovative ideas.

Team Thailand: Bridget Connolly, Denise Steidel, Jenny Park, and Margaret Dahlin

Professors Pamela Ellsworth, Christine Pomeranz, Pat Yanez, Jeanne Golly

Christine Pomeranz                                                                                       Posted: May 7, 2007

ITM ELECTS NEW CHAIR

After serving two three-year terms as ITM Chair , Patrick Yanez has decided not to seek a third term. Professor Christine Pomeranz was unanimously elected for the position at a meeting on May 7. Pomeranz joined the ITM faculty in 2003 and has done an outstanding job as coordinator of the ITM Advisory Board. Yanez will resume full-time teaching duties starting next Fall. In the picture: Pamela Ellsworth, Christine Pomeranz, Pat Yanez, and Jeanne Golly.


Warnaco

WARNACO SCHOLARSHIPS                                                  Posted: April 24, 2007
APPLY NOW BEFORE MAY 15 DEADLINE

Two $4,350 tuition scholarships are available now to ITM majors for the 2007-08 academic year. These scholarships were endowed by Joe Gromek, President & Chief Executive Officer, and ITM’s 2006 Executive of the Year honoree. The scholarships are for full-time ITM students with a strong scholastic record and a record of volunteer work at ITM, FIT, the industry and/or the community. Complete application must be hand delivered in both hard copy and CD forms to the ITM Department Secretary at room B-429 no later than 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15 , 2007. The winners will be announced in this website by Wednesday, May 31, 2007. For additional information contact professor Christine Pomeranz. in room B453.  Application (PDF)


China's Exports

A Conciliatory Gesture                                                         Posted: April 20, 2007

CHINA TO REDUCE EXPORT TAX REBATE ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS
Chinese media sources are reporting that the central government is planning to soon reduce the rebates of valued-added export taxes that are granted to textile and apparel products. While no final decisions have apparently yet been made, reports indicate that the industry could see cuts from eleven percent to nine percent for cotton and manmade fiber textile products, thirteen percent to nine percent for apparel and nine percent to five percent for chemical fiber products.

The rebate reductions are reportedly designed to help reduce China's ballooning trade surplus with the U.S., which has become an extremely sensitive issue between the two countries. Although it makes up a relatively small percentage of China's total exports to the U.S., textiles and apparel is a high-profile, politically significant industry, and it is therefore unsurprising that China would offer a conciliatory gesture in this sector at a time when pressure for punitive action is mounting in the U.S. Congress.

The move is also likely an attempt to head off potentially damaging trade disputes with the U.S. Earlier this year the Bush administration filed a WTO complaint alleging that China offers a number of tax refunds, reductions and exemptions to subsidize exports and promote purchases of domestic equipment and inputs. While the two sides have not yet held the formal consultations that are the first step in the WTO dispute settlement process, China has already begun to take measures to address U.S. concerns. In addition to lowering the textile and apparel export tax rebate, it announced in early March that it would eliminate a central bank regulation that allows large exporters to take advantage of discounted loans not available to other companies.

The rebate reduction may also be designed to lower the chances for successful U.S. trade remedy cases against Chinese textiles and apparel, which could be filed once temporary U.S. quotas on such products expire at the end of 2008. The low prices and government support associated with these goods make them appealing targets for antidumping and countervailing duty cases, and a preliminary policy change announced recently by the Department of Commerce indicates that both will likely be available to the domestic industry in the near future.


Jae Young "Jenny" Park

Jae Young "Jenny" Park

Gemini Shippers Association Scholarships Awarded                 Posted: April 18, 2007
FOUR ITM MAJORS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS

We are pleased to announce that the Scholarship Selection Committee comprised of Sara Mayes, President of Gemini Shippers Association & scholarship donor, and two ITM alumni, Nick Barratt, Associate Editor & Manager of the Foreign Policy Association, and Amanda Barlow, Carnet Issuing Representative of the U.S. Council for International Business, has chosen Jae Young (Jenny) Park as the recipient of the 2007-08 Gemini Shippers Association Scholarship.

Jenny has an impressive experience in the international fashion industry, currently working as a USA correspondent of the W Korea Magazine and as an intern at Bulgari Corporation of America. She started her fashion-related career in the Events Planning and Management group of Model Line Entertainment, Incorporated in South Korea.

Jenny has also been involved in leadership roles such as the direction of the Christmas Fashion Show, a charitable benefit for the Philippines Rural Education Program and designed the school uniform of International School in Manila, Philippines. Together with her family, Jenny is involved in many charities, periodically visiting orphanages and nursing homes. She also volunteered to assist in the success of the ITM scholarship breakfast and the USA-ITA conference.

In her selection as the scholarship recipient, the committee recognized Jenny primarily for the clarity of her future goals and potential to contribute immensely to the global fashion industry as well as ITM. In her application for the Gemini Shippers Scholarship, Jenny expressed her desire to inspire students and professionals with her eventual expertise in international marketing.

The same committee also selected Fin’es De’Tres Scott, Wei-Jear (Josephine) Chiang, and Mary Micallef to receive the Gemini Shippers ITM 2008 Practicum Scholarship (Panama).

We hope that you will all join us in congratulating Jenny, Fin’es, Josephine, and Mary for their achievements.


Summer 07

Fall 07

Winter 08

 

It's Time for Planning                                                                  Posted: April 17, 2007

ITM Courses for ITM Majors

Start planning your Summer 2007, Fall 2007, and Winter 08 semesters with these latest updates (pdf files):

 

- ITM Courses for ITM Majors (Summer/Fall 07, Winter 08)

- FIT's Fall 2007 Semester Calendar

 

A Mandatory Orientation Session and Fall 2007 Registration for New Students admitted to start ITM program in Fall 07 will take place in room D-211 on Monday, August 20, 2007 at 4pm (sharp).


USA-Korea FTA

USA-Korea FTA

Largest Pact Since NAFTA                                                             Posted: April 4, 2007

US and S. Korea Finalize Bilateral Free Trade Agreement
Beating a critical weekend deadline by just hours, the US has concluded a free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, making it the latest such agreement reached under the president's trade-promotion authority (TPA).

The agreement was concluded on Sunday (April 1, 2007), the last day that Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), or “fast track,” allows the president to submit free-trade agreements to Congress for an up or down vote, without amendments.

Congress now has 90 days to consider the agreement before the president’s TPA expires on June 30.

Originally, the US had said a deal needed to be wrapped by March 31, but on Saturday US officials said the deadline was April 1 in the US.

With the pending expiration of TPA, the US doesn’t plan to launch any new FTA negotiations, said US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.

Also in question late last week was a proposed US free trade agreement with Malaysia, which was eventually put on indefinite hold when it became obvious that certain hurdles keeping the pact from becoming a reality couldn’t be surmounted before the weekend deadline.

Fast-track authority was granted to President Bush in 2001, when the House of Representatives was controlled by Republicans. With Democrats now in control in Congress, renewal of TPA is uncertain.

The Korea FTA is the "most commercially significant" free-trade agreement the US has reached in more than 10 years, or since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), according to a media release distributed by the Office of the US Trade Representative.

The new trade agreement will eventually eliminate nearly all tariffs on the two-way trade in manufactured goods and “offer substantial new market access for US services exports and agricultural products,” it said.

The sometimes acrimonious, 11-month negotiations that led to the pact “demonstrate that two countries with large, complex and dynamic economies, and a tradition of robust public involvement can work through challenges and craft a high-quality free trade agreement," it said.

Major differences over the trade in automobiles, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture – particularly US access to the Korean beef and rice markets – and other issues, including the status of South Korean goods manufactured at a small economic enterprise zone in North Korea, continually threw up obstacles to the rapid crafting of a comprehensive deal.  Source: http://www.caltradereport.com  
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2007

 

National Trade

 

Estimate Report

 

on Foreign

 

Trade Barriers

USTR Submits Annual Trade Report to Congress                      Posted: April 4, 2007

2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on April 2the release of its 2007 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE), which details significant barriers to U.S. trade and investment and the broad array of U.S. actions to reduce and eliminate those barriers. “This report reflects the success of the Administration’s pro-growth, market-opening trade agenda. However, a significant amount of work remains to knock down trade barriers and ensure that American exporters have new economic opportunities across the globe,” said U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab. The annual report, delivered to Congress on March 30, as required by statute, lays out successes and ongoing efforts to eliminate trade barriers and unfair trade practices U.S. exporters of industrial goods, agricultural products, and services face in 63 major trading partners. Some notable successes in these efforts in 2006 include:

- Bilateral agreements signed in connection with World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations with Russia and Ukraine that provide access for U.S. exporters of products ranging from frozen pork to leased aircraft.

- China removed anti-dumping duties on kraft linerboard as the United States prepared to seek WTO dispute resolution consultations on the issue.

- At the April 2006 Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, the government of China agreed to increase intellectual property rights (IPR) protection for software by requiring the pre-loading of operating system software on all computers produced or imported into China, as well as to require government agencies to purchase computers with pre-loaded software.

- Japan introduced a new leniency system to encourage companies to report illegal cartels and construction bid rigging schemes that effectively impede market access for U.S. companies.

- The United States resolved a number of long-standing sanitary and phytosanitary and technical standards issues with Peru, Colombia, Panama, and CAFTA-DR countries through agreements reached in 2006 covering trade in meat, poultry, rice, dairy, and other processed foods.

- The European Union agreed on a package of bilateral market-opening actions for U.S. exports of fish, chemicals, agricultural products, and other items designed to offset tariff increases that U.S. products faced when ten new countries joined the European Union in March 2006. A similar agreement was reached with the European Union providing market-opening actions regarding services.

- Conclusion of bilateral WTO market access agreements with Vietnam, Ukraine and Russia, which will result in substantial new market access for goods and services, when these countries join the WTO. Vietnam became a WTO member in January 2007, and work continues with Ukraine and Russia.
The NTE report also details areas where the Administration will continue to seek reductions in trade barriers and fight for the fair application of global trading rules. Some priority areas for improvement include:

- Enforcing IPR in China: The United States has made it clear that formal WTO consultations will be necessary without concrete actions by China in this area. Sales of infringing goods displace legitimate goods and reduce U.S. access to China’s market and other markets affected by China’s infringing exports. Inadequate IPR enforcement affects a wide range of products, including films, music, published materials, software, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, information technology, consumer goods, industrial goods, food products, medical devices, electrical equipment, automotive parts, clothing and footwear.

- Eliminating trade-distorting subsidies to Airbus: The United States will continue to press its WTO case against Europe’s trade-distorting subsidies to aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus.

- Addressing China’s Prohibited Subsidy Practices: The United States requested WTO dispute resolution consultations with China on that country’s apparent use of prohibited export and import substitution subsidies that hurt small and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers and their workers and a WTO panel on its discriminatory treatment of imported auto parts. In 2007, the Administration will vigorously continue to pursue resolution of these issues.

- Providing fair treatment for wine and distilled spirits: The United States requested WTO consultations on India’s discriminatory taxes on wine and distilled spirits and will push for fair treatment for U.S. vintners and distillers in this large and growing market.

View Report


Internships

Apply Early                                                                                Posted: March 23, 2007

Winterim 2008 and Spring 2008 Internships

ITM majors interested in applying early for Internship Center courses during the Winterim and/or Spring ‘08 semesters.  This includes bachelor’s-degree candidates electing to take IC391 during the Winterim ’08 semester, or wanting to take IC491, their graduation-required internship, during the Spring ’08 semester. To be accepted into the Internship Center program for the Winterim and/or Spring ‘08 semesters, interested students must do the following two things:

 

First, they must attend an Internship Center orientation; this is the required first step in the application process and attendance is mandatory.  Special April ’07 orientations have been scheduled for students interested in applying early for their Winterim and/or Spring ’08 internships.  The dates, times, and locations of each of the four April orientations are listed below.  When students attend an orientation, they are given application documents and detailed information critical to their acceptance into the Winterim and/or Spring ’08 Internship Center courses.  And they will be meeting with their Internship Center counselors as quickly as possible during the April – June period. A number of other orientations for Winterim and/or Spring ’08 will be held during the September 1 – October 15 period.  The April orientations are simply for students interested in starting their internship counseling and placing processes early.

 

Second, they must apply to the Internship Center by the application deadlines for the respective semesters.  The winterim ’08 deadline is October 2, ’07.  The spring ’08 deadline  is October 15, ’07.

 

Early applicants—those students attending one of the April orientations— are strongly encouraged to submit their application documents to the Internship Center as soon as they have attended an April orientation so that they can start working with their counselors right away.    Announcement  (PDF)       Internship Center


Production Development

Position Available in NYC                                                    Posted: March 23, 2007

PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

Peking Handicraft, Inc. is an international manufacturer and wholesaler specializing in home textiles, decorative accessories and giftware. The owners of the company, Annie & Dicky Lo, both grew up in Hong Kong and are extremely well versed in sourcing goods in China in addition to owning and partially owning various factories. Major offices and showroom in Shanghai and a brand new showroom, fabric and design department and factory in Pudong. At this time, NYC showroom displays window, bath and pillow Dec designs .
Job Description: Entry-level part-time position available– about 20 hours per week, $12.00 per hour, working in our NY showroom office at 295 Fifth Avenue NY (5th Ave between 30th & 31st). All facets of product development for window fashions, shower curtains and dec pillows, including
-Learning product specifications  - Writing sample and new fabric requests - Maintaining all log sheets - Organizing fabric library, files, swatches and finished samples - Logging in and inspecting new samples - -Sourcing fabrics and trims in NYC -Shipping and tracking packages
-Reviewing account specific trend directions and development requirements --Dressing the showroom for account presentations
Skills required: Microsoft Office, Knowledge of design repeats Additional skills preferred: Photoshop, Illustrator
To apply contact: Ms. Marie DiBenedetto- Product Manager Window, Bath/Director of Design Dec Pillows at mdibenedetto@pkhc.com  or call her at # 212 683 3820.


Embroideries

Two Positions Available in NYC                                                Posted: March 18, 2007

Global Embroideries Business

Naoual Chouraifi FIT-ITM '04, an ITM alumnus who works in France for Milaaya Embroideries is looking for two professionals to work in the New York Office:

Milaaya NYC - Merchandising Executive:
- Research and suggested embellishment trims for the season
- Target and reach out to new beading and embroidery clients each season
- Connect with designers to get swatch appointments set up each season with new and current clients
- Assist with all client requirements for swatch developments and create detail packages to send overseas for the same
- Assist client with and oversee development of swatches to actual samples, again create detail packages to send overseas
- Price sample and production pieces to maximize profit between client and Milaaya
- Work out pricing and development issues for sampling with both client and factory
- Follow up with client on any requirements for pre production
- Follow up with client on production orders and keep factory aware of the same
- Process production orders and insure all details, prices and deliveries flow smoothly
- Be able to prioritize work to maximize efficiency and profit for company
- Multi task is very important
Gayatri Khanna House of Fashion - Design/Sales Director:
- Assist with concept development for Gayatri design line
- Assist with fabric and trims and findings research and sourcing
- Set up times and meet with Fabric vendors at the beginning each season
- Follow up with fabric vendors on sampling orders, pricing, minimums, deliveries.
- Place orders with fabric vendors for sampling
- Provide ideas and sketches for style and silhouette ideas and concepts
- Process lab dips or strike offs as needed
- Process fabric production orders with vendors
- Present and sell design line to targeted stores/buyers/showroom
- Follow up with buyers/stores/showroom for orders
- Oversee and process sample and production orders from stores/buyers/showrooms

 

For additonal information or, to submit resume, contact:

Naoual@MilaayaEmbroideries.com


Vietnam to Require Export Licenses                                     Posted: March 16, 2007

for Apparel Shipments to U.S.    
In an effort to avoid possible U.S. antidumping duty investigations, Vietnam’s ministries of trade and industry have announced that they will impose temporary export licensing requirements to allow them to closely monitor the quantity and price of exports of shirts, trousers, underwear, sweaters and swimwear destined for the U.S. market. According to various reports, the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association recommended that the government institute an export licensing system to better manage export growth, establish new export markets, protect against transshipment and protect the long-term interests of Vietnamese apparel exports.  The announcement came as the Department of Commerce released its first set of monthly statistics on textile and apparel imports from Vietnam. The DOC will review this data every six months to determine if there is sufficient evidence that these goods are being dumped in the U.S. market. If so, the DOC has said it will self-initiate an AD duty investigation of the product or products at issue. The department committed to this process as part of an effort to move legislation granting permanent normal trade relations status to Vietnam in 2006.                                                   View Document


Summer 07 Internships

Paid Summer Internships in Kansas               Posted: March 15, 2007

Payless ShoeSource Wants ITM Majors

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. is inviting ITM majors for a full-time Summer 2007 internship position in International Buying. Minimum qualifications include a 3.2 or higher cumulative GPA. The 11-week position is located at our world headquarters in Topeka, Kansas and begins in May, 2007. During the internship, you will learn how to build a line of shoes by utilizing information from a trade show, working with vendors, interpreting fashion from store trips, and competitive shopping. Additionally you will be placed on an international buying team to plan and execute the Spring 08 line. The position will pay a wage of $14.00/hour. Additionally, the company will pay for relocation, transportation, and a housing stipend to the selected student. Interested candidates should email their resume as soon as possible to: Jamie Hilt, Manager, College Relations, Fax: (785) 295-2028 -

Email: Jamie_Hilt@Payless.com  - Phone:  1-877-444-2501, ext. 6891                 

Announcement


Liberal Arts: Asia Concentration

ITM Majors can now Choose a                     Posted: March 14, 2007

LIBERAL ARTS: ASIA CONCENTRATION

Without adding additional courses TO THEIR PROGRAM, ITM majors can now have a "minor" in Asia Concentration. A Concentration is a group of Liberal Arts courses focused around a particular area of study – a minimum of 15 credits from a selected grid of courses that will also count toward graduation requirements. Currently we are offering one concentration, focused on Asia, with courses in language, literature, philosophy, the history of art, politics, culture. Any bachelors degree student in good standing may sign up. The menu of courses that are currently part of the Asia Concentration is below. Faculty in the School of Liberal Arts will continue to create new courses to add to the list.
Japanese 111, 112, 213, 214, 223
Chinese 111, 112, 122
PL 143 Introduction to Asian Philosophies
HA 221 East Asian Art and Civilization
HA 225 Art and Civilization of India
SS 252 China and Japan
SS 356 Asia in Motion
EN 273 Literature of India
SS 277 Cultural Expressions of non-Western Dress

For additional information and advisement, go to Liberal Arts, room B623      More Information  


Jobs Your Road to Success:                                     Posted: March 5, 2007
Ralph, Tommy, Calvin, Karl, Jay, Mickey….
Do you want to learn their secret? Career Services and the Fashion Service Network invite you to join a panel of industry experts and learn how you can start on your road to success.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 8:30 to 10 am - FIT's John E. Reeves Great Hall
(located between the C and D buildings)

Fashion Service Network is a resource organization of experienced professionals delivering solutions and opportunities to the industry.

Brought to you by Career Services of the Student Affairs Division
www.fitnyc.edu/CareerServices

Susan C. Schwab

Susan C. Schwab

U.S. Trade Representative

USTR Releases 2007 Trade Policy Agenda        Posted: March 3, 2007

ANNUAL TRADE REPORT SHOWS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONCERNS

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative submitted to Congress March 1 its 2007 Trade Policy Agenda and the 2006 Annual Report of the President on the Trade Agreements Program. This document outlines the Bush administration’s trade initiatives for the coming year and reviews its work and accomplishments in 2006. Among the report’s highlights from 2006 are:
• efforts to conclude the Doha Round negotiations;
• completion of bilateral WTO accession agreements with Vietnam, Russia and Ukraine;
• launch of negotiations on free trade agreements with Korea and Malaysia;
• concluding FTAs with Peru and Colombia;
• implementation of DR-CAFTA and Bahrain FTA;
• congressional approval of Oman FTA;
• extension of several trade preference programs, including the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preferences Act;
• settling long-running disputes with Canada over softwood lumber and with Mexico over high-fructose corn syrup;
• initiation of WTO consultations with China over its treatment of imported auto parts and its apparent continued use of prohibited subsidies; and
• completion of top-to-bottom review of U.S.-China trade.

In 2007, the administration plans to continue its multilateral, regional and bilateral efforts to expand trade and to ensure the enforcement of global trade rules. Some of the specific initiatives the administration plans to undertake this year include:
• working with Congress to secure an extension of trade promotion authority;
• strengthening relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and promoting ASEAN integration;
• expanding bilateral cooperation with Japan;
• engaging the Middle East through the Middle East Free Trade Agreement initiative;
• pursuing services liberalization through the WTO and bilateral agreements;
• continuing to expand trade capacity building efforts; and
• ensuring that China and Russia improve their IPR regimes.                         Read Report   


FIT Visiting Panama January 2008 Earn 3 credits in Panama next Winter                                         Posted: Jan. 28, 2007

2008 ITM PRACTICUM: PANAMA                                                             

Would you like to cross the Panama Canal, one of the world's modern wonders of engineering and logistics? The ITM Practicum will be traveling to Panama next Winterim semester, on January 2-22, 2008. Participants will learn about Panama's history, the construction and current enlargement of the canal, and will visit apparel factories, fashion centers, and eco-tourism facilities. To reserve your place early, see Prof. Yanez on February during his office hours. Learn about Panama and the Canal.                                               Visit Practicum Page


Scholarships for ITM Majors

Scholarships for ITM Majors                  Posted: Feb. 9, 2007

FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE AWARDED

Through the fundraising efforts of the ITM Advisory Board, Gemini Shippers Association has endowed, in perpetuity, one scholarship to cover partial tuition expenses for next Fall and Spring semesters. The Association is also funding three $3,500 scholarships for students attending the IN492 Practicum in Panama on January 2-22, 2008.  The scholarships available are:

- 1 Scholarship for Fall 07 & Spring 08 tuition costs. Amount $2,750 Application

- 3 Scholarships for Panama 2008 Practicum (Jan. 2-20). Amount $3,500 each Application

Deadline to submit applications: no later than 3pm of Thursday, March 15, 2007

Winners will be announced in this page by the end of April. 


Asia in Motion

New "Other World Civilization" Course                                   Posted: Feb. 9, 2007

SS356 ASIA IN MOTION

The Department of Social Science has introduced the course "SS356 ASIA IN MOTION" which replaces the course "SS252 China and Japan: Yesterday and Today". The new course is broader in scope and includes India and other Asian countries. This new course qualifies to meet the "Other World Civilization" General Education requirement (G9) in the ITM program.


U.S. Council for International Business (ATA Carnet Department)           

Position Available: Administrative Assistant                                   Posted: Jan 31, 2007

The ATA Carnet Department guarantees and issues, under appointment by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ATA Carnets to U.S. exporters. Carnets are internationally recognized customs documents which allow for the duty-free and tax-free temporary entry of goods into over 60 foreign countries and their customs territories. USCIB is a not-for-profit business service organization located in mid-town Manhattan. The wanted Administrative Assistant will serve as receptionist and general office work, data entry, and provide administrative supports to Carnet department, the Issuing and marketing teams in particular. Candidates should be detail oriented, self motivated, and work well with a team, have a pleasant and patient attitude, possess solid computer skills, including email programs, MS Word, and Excel, excellent command of written and spoken English, act independently while managing multiple tasks, and adapt quickly to various customer-driven scenarios.  Experience with import/export or insurance/surety business is an advantage. College grad is preferred. Salary is in the low-mid 30s depending on experience. Excellent benefits package including company-paid medical and dental. Email resume to: abarlow@uscib.org

Visit U.S. Council for International Business website


Tools for a

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Ready for the Spring 2007 Semester?   

Download these documents:  Calendar      Courses      All Online Courses

Obtain your online degree audit (DARS): Here

First day of classes is Monday, January 29, 2007.

 


Orientation Session for New ITM Majors

New ITM Majors Starting ITM Program in Spring 2007

ORIENTATION SESSION
All new ITM majors admitted to start program in Spring 2007 must attend a mandatory Orientation Session on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 1:45pm in room D-207.
Must bring:
   - If returning FIT student: Letter of Admission and last DARS degree audit
   - If transfer student (from another college): FIT's letter of Admission and

      "Transfer Credits/Waived Course Evaluation" form.

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