Date

Speaker

Affiliation 

Topic

Jan. 25

Introduction

Career services

Feb. 1

Two-credit registrants

Topic for presentation

Feb. 8

Mimi Keefe

 Librarian, URI

Library sources
Two-credit registrants
MEET IN LOBBY OF LIBRARY

Feb. 15

Dr. Tim George

History, URI

China transformed: The past 30 years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/asia_pacific/2004/china/default.stm

Feb. 22

Dr. Art Mead

Economics, URI

Demographics and Economy
http://www.iie.com/research/topics/hottopic.cfm?HotTopicID=3

Mar. 1

Dr. Linda Welters, 
Dr. Margaret Ordonez

TMD, URI

Heritage of Chinese Textiles
 http://www.asianart.com/textiles/textile.html

Mar. 8

Paul Zheng

PDK Worldwide Enterprises 

 Cultural differences/ Business behavior/ Running a business in China
http://executiveplanet.com/  His powerpoint is available

Mar. 22

Dr. Juanjuan Wu

SUNY Oneonta

Mar. 29

George Shuster

CEO, 
Cranston Print Works

April 5

 Gen Barrett

Buyer/sourcing specialist, TJX

 International Trade-Import from China
http://www.fairtextiletrade.org/,  http://www.ncto.org/

April 12

 Dr. Maury Klein

History, URI

 Current Fashion Industry in China (China Fashion Forum)
http://www.cnga.org.cn/en/index.asp

April 19

Student Presentations

April 26

Student Presentations

May 8