ECU students attend 2017 Retail’s BIG Show in NYC
Semi-finalist for the Next Generation Scholarship. (contributed photo)
National Retail Federation (NRF) provided $6000 in travel scholarships for seven students from the Interior Design and Merchandising department to attend the 2017 Retail’s BIG Show Student Program in New York City, NY January 13-15, 2017. One of the students who attended the Retail Big Show (Matthew Talbot) was among the 25 semi-finalists nationwide for the Next Generation Scholarship https://nrf.com/career-center/scholarships/next-generation-scholarship/next-generation-class-of-2017. Other students who attended the show are Morgan Price (Next Generation Scholarship), Lindsay Grimmett (NRF Student Ambassador), Sydney Warren (Rising Star), Grace Gemberling, Caroline Pearson, and Rebecca Olsen.
Students from ECU at the 2017 Retail’s BIG show. (contributed photo)
Over 500 students from 70 universities nationwide attended this event. Students got the opportunity to hear industry professionals such as Rebecca Minkoff (Designer), Simon Sinek (Leadership speaker from TED Talks), Karen Katz (CEO of Neiman Marcus), in addition to top industry professionals from Dillard’s, Belk, Disney, Kohl’s, HSN, Walmart, etc. Caroline Pearson received an internship with Belk after the interview and was also contacted by Ross Stores, Inc. for a phone interview, Lindsay Grimmett got an internship offer from HSN and Grace Gemberling is interviewing with Macy’s and Nordstrom for a summer internship. Faculty advisor for the NRF Student chapter is Marina Alexander.
-by Marina Alexander, Department of Interior Design and Merchandising