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FSC hosts international trade seminar

LAKELAND, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2002) - Florida Southern College will sponsor an eight-week international trade seminar in the Carlisle Rogers Business and Economics Building on campus. The seminar takes place on Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 26 through April 16.

The seminar's topic, Building an Import/Export Business, focuses on licensing and legal issues, governmental services available, financial arrangements, and transportation of goods. Course leaders include Jack Marshall, International Strategic Advisors, Orlando; Wayne Kline, Central Florida Development Council, Bartow; Graham Martinez, U.S. Department of Commerce, Clearwater; Fred Reilly, Andrew R. Reilly, P.A., Haines City; Tom McKeeby, Kuehne & Nagel, Orlando; Donna Lovre, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Tampa; Edie Bretz, Priority One Brokers, Inc., Orlando; and Carlos Gonzalez, Enterprise Florida, Orlando.

Certificates of completion will be awarded at the close of the seminar. Cost is $89. Registration should be received by Feb. 19. For further information, please contact FSC's business and economics department at (863) 680-4280.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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