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March 10, 2005
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY TO HOLD ANNUAL
SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT EXPO ON FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Members of the business community are invited to attend William
Paterson University’s Annual Small Business Procurement Expo
on Friday, April 15 in the Rec Center on the campus in Wayne.
The event is part of William Paterson’s continuing effort
to encourage members of the University and other organizations in
New Jersey to increase their use of the services offered by small
businesses. The Expo is sponsored by the University’s Division
of Administration and Finance and supported by the Small Business
Development Center.
The event will include two seminars of interest to the small business
community. Nat Bender, director of e-business services for the New
Jersey Small Business Development Center, will discuss “Building
Traffic to Your Web Site: Get Online Now!” at 8:30 a.m. Tony
Carter, a chair of the Center for Sales Management in the University’s
Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales, will speak on “Competitive
Practices Affecting Small Businesses Today” at 9:30 a.m.
The exhibit hall opens at 10:30 a.m. and continues until 1 p.m.
More than 60 small business representatives will display their services.
Buyers will have an opportunity to interact with the vendors and
discuss their services, which include: advertising services, audiovisual
equipment, computer products, computer security, computer hardware
and software supplies and service, computer training, commercial
printing, extermination and pest control, employment services, floor
covering, industrial and electrical equipment, marketing, janitorial
supplies, office equipment and furnishings, and signs, among others.
There is no admission charge to walk through the exhibit hall.
Businesses interested in exhibiting can contact Rachel DeJesus,
Division of Administration and Finance, via e-mail at dejesusr@wpunj.edu
for a registration form. For additional information, please call
William Paterson University’s Department of Purchasing at
973-720-2864 or Rachel DeJesus at 973-720-2233.
For directions to the campus, visit the University’s Web site
at www.wpunj.edu/aboutus/directions.cfm.
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