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Scheduling a counseling appointment

TO SCHEDULE A COUNSELING APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR ASSOCIATES DEGREE, PLEASE CONTACT:

The Continuing Student Counseling Department starting  Tuesday, January 24th to request an appointment with either Sheryl Blumenthal or Patty Chong Delon.  The first appointments will be scheduled for Jan. 30th.

The phone number to call is 452-5235. Please tell the receptionist that you need a one hour appointment with for Educational Planning. You may also go directly to one of the counseling offices (MUB 39, Arts 201, Cloud 207) to make the appointment.

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Asian Coalition Scholarship 2012

The Asian Coalition will be offering fifteen (15) $500 and three (3) $1.000 scholarships. These will be awarded at the Annual Scholarship Dinner on May 4, 2012. both Credit and Non-credit and International students are eligible to apply. the three $1,000 Grand Scholarships target a Nursing student, a Transfer student and a general student.

Deadline is Friday, March 2, 2012, at 12:00 p.m.

Applications can be obtained at www.ccsf.edu/ac, The Scholarship Office and Campus Counseling Offices. Click here to view application.

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2012 Scholarship Awards - Bay District &
                                           Marguerite Fenner

The California Association of Family and Consumer Sciences are offering Scholarships for majors in apparel, child/family, nutrition/dietetics, interior design.

Click here for instructions and here to download application.

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FGFSF Scholarship Award

The Fashion Group Foundation of San Francisco is pleased to offer an annual Scholarship Award in the amount of up to $4,500 to be given to a student(s) currently enrolled in fashion or interior design curriculum in an accredited Northern California area two-year or four-year college. In addition the winner(s) will also receive a one-year student membership and admission to meetings of the Fashion Group of San Francisco. Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate program or graduate program with a minimum of 6 units per quarter or semester. The criteria for the scholarship include G.P.A., career goals, commitment and contribution to the industry or their fashion/interior design program.

One of the purposes of the Fashion Group Foundation is to inspire a keener interest in the fashion industries by providing scholarships in the subjects and courses in the field of fashion/interior design. They are providing this scholarship to a student who has shown continual interest and competence in fashion and fashion related fields. Students in merchandising, illustration, fashion marketing, design, visual merchandising, textiles, image consulting, fashion journalism, interior design or production may apply.

You can download the Application and Reference Form from here. The applications must be postmarked by Friday, October 7, 2011. The semi-finalists will be notified by the beginning of November and invited to an interview.

Please feel free to call Ann Malouf at 650-347-1345 or email at annmalouf@mac.com She will be happy to answer any questions or email applications to interested students and faculty.

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Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue is looking for Sales Associates for its San Francisco store. They are looking for people with a minimum of  2 years of retail sales experience in a department store or upscale retailer.

Position Overview

Under the leadership and guidance of the Selling Manager, the Sales Associate is responsible for providing outstanding customer service, establishing and developing strong customer relationships, building individual sales volume and establishing new accounts. They will demonstrate an entrepreneurial approach to growing their customer base & client spend, and partner effectively with other team members.

A successful Saks Fifth Avenue Selling Associate is:

Professional, Knowledgeable, and Authoritative

All Saks Fifth Avenue associates are professionals and strive for continuous improvement through hard work, practice, and ongoing learning.  They posses great expertise about the product in their ‘home’ department and they have a solid depth of knowledge of products throughout the store.  They understand fashion and style, and know the difference between the two.

Successful, Renowned, and Preeminent

At Saks every sales associate must aspire to sell a minimum of $1M per year. That level of sales is indicative of an individual’s ability to engage customers and develop professional intimate relationships with them. 

Warm and Friendly with a Passion for Service

Saks Fifth Avenue associates like people. They are outgoing and optimistic. They are relationship builders.  They look for opportunities to exceed their customers’ expectations, to surprise and delight by going ’above and beyond’ what is the norm.  Exceptional service is expected, recognized and celebrated. 

Entrepreneurial, Resourceful and Agile

At Saks Fifth Avenue we provide an incredible amount of support to the selling process and our sales associates.  In addition to our great store environments and top in the market assortments we have:

• World-class alterations departments to ensure the customer’s purchases are finished perfectly
• Inspired Visual Merchandising teams and sales support teams to provide an exciting and well maintained environment
• Captivating national marketing campaigns including catalogs, advertising and direct mail to drive customers into our stores
• Saks.com, for shopping on the web, because we know multi-channel customers spend more in every channel.
• We offer our customers credit along with the most rewarding affinity program in the world: SaksFirst.
• A state of the art electronic clienteling system, a tool for building stronger customer relationships and serving each customer better. 
• Access to our entire inventory in all 53 stores: no matter what your location, the rest of the company is your warehouse. And we combine that with an automated locator system to ship it directly to the customer.

Position Requirements:

• High school graduate or equivalent
• 2+ years of sales experience preferably in a customer focused environment. Consistent sales performance with demonstrated results in achieving and exceeding sales quota required.
• Effective interpersonal, verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively using available technology such as electronic register and clienteling systems, CBT terminals, etc
• Energy, attention to detail, initiative, and enthusiasm are required.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, team oriented environment that requires a high degree of multi-tasking with minimal supervision.
• Required to work a flexible schedule based on business needs that includes, evenings, weekends and holidays.

Send Resume to suzi_tasca@s5a.com with ‘CCSF posting’ in the subject line.

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Fashion Incubator SF

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American Association of Museums

The membership fee for students is $50 per year. For more information please click here to visit their site.

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I. Magnin Scholarship

Hi All,

This scholarship fund has been established to honor the memory of I. Magnin & Co., a pioneer in fashion retailing from 1876 to 1995, and to further the education of students who are pursuing careers in the retail industry. This scholarship fund also recognizes the original charter of the Magnin Aid Foundation in assisting students who are facing financial challenges in meeting their educational goals. Scholarships will range from $200 up to $2000 as determined by the Scholarship Committee.

Deadline to apply:
For Fall scholarship, March 1
For Spring scholarship, October 1

We encourage you to apply for the scholarship. You can download the scholarship package for complete information.

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Fashion Feud Returns to San Francisco - Fashion and Wardrobe Designers Call

I'm looking for fashion designers that can create an outfit within an hour using their own sewing machine in front of an audience. Imagine "Project Runway" but a live show. The first competition is going to be the second week of January (then, February, March then finals) but I would need names of contestants in a week or so.

FASHION FEUD is a live "Project Runway" like competition on stage. This event is sponsored by "SCION". Winner wins cash prize!

Designers are given an hour to create a design to prepare for a runway show on stage. Then, a walk-off between fashion models donning each designers' pieces will top off the night with the audience's cheers supporting their favorite designer of the evening.

For more information, please visit the event site here:
http://www.fashionfeud.net/
SFFAMA's info can be found here: http://www.sffama.com/

Thank you so much for your time.

Sincerely
Owen Geronimo
SFFAMA Founder
http://sffama.ning.com/
http://www.sffama.com/

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One Month Free Trial Subscription to WWD

To get your one month free trial subscription, please follow the link below to sign up.
http://www.subnow.com/wo/mthoffer

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Fashion Group International Student Membership

Download the membership application.

For more information about FGI, check out the following links

• Visit our site at www.fgisf.org
• Visit the www.fgi.org international site
• View this brief multi-media presentation http://fgi.org/media/index.html