David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research

Glenn Wu, a 2009 Marketing graduate from the University of Florida recently Skyped Cecilia Schulz, Director of Student Programs of the Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research. Glenn is currently in Dongguan, China with the Brown Shoe Company working on the sourcing side of retailing. This conversation is a reunion of friends discussing the progression of Glenn's career and how his daily life is different from his life in the States.

It was a night of glamour, fun and fashion at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on January 10, 2012. Five winners of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund from the University of Florida attended the 75th annual awards ceremony. The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund is a national nonprofit association consisting of influential members of the fashion community. The organization is dedicated to promoting education of the fashion arts and business by granting scholarships to talented students and facilitating internships, mentorships and career programs. The YMA FSF partners with 35 schools across the country and 125 $5,000 scholarships were won with five from UF. Students were given a project about a problem in the fashion industry during September, and then students that moved onto the second round of selection were interviewed in November. Students were notified during December about the scholarship. This year UF had the most winners it has ever had in school history. The night was a once in a lifetime opportunity for the UF students as they mingled with fashion leaders and executives. (Pictured from left to right, Betsy Trobaugh, Jennie Clark, Shelby Connors, Melissa Hebin, Jocelyn Turcotte and Rebecca Wilkinson.)