Contact:
Contact: Pauline Barfield,
Barfield Public Relations, Inc.
212-736-0404
pb736@aol.com
CUNY & CUCF + M/WBE: “PARTNERS in SUCCESS”
Announce their Annual M/WBE Conference
Friday, January 28, 2011
Two Court Square
Conference Center
8:00AM – 3:00PM
New York, NY- December 9, 2010 – The City University of New York (CUNY) and The City University Construction Fund (CUCF) will co-sponsor the 2011 Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Partners in Success Conference on Friday, January 28, 2011 at Two Court Square Conference Center, 23-14 44th Road, Long Island City, NY. The Conference will be held from 8:00AM – 3:00PM. The Conference is free. To register, please visit www.cunybiz.com or call (212) 726-2211.
The 2011 CUNY & CUCF+ M/WBE Conference will hold workshops on How to do business with CUNY and CUCF; How to Become M/WBE Certified; Life After MWBE Certification; Green Purchasing; Green Design; and Prime and Subcontracting Opportunities. There will be a Marketplace of 23 CUNY Colleges, CUCF and affiliated programs, resource centers, public agencies, prime contractors in construction and professional organizations, with representatives to provide participants with information on procurement and partnering opportunities. In addition, successful M/WBE business owners will address the audience at the Plenary Session.
The Conference will also offer one-on-one networking sessions with college purchasing offices, CUNY and CUCF representatives.
All M/WBEs from across New York State are encouraged to participate and learn the tools that are necessary to grow your business.
For further information please call Barfield Public Relations, Inc. at (212) 736-0404.
Participants may register at www.cunybiz.com.
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The City University of New York is the nation’s leading urban public university. Founded in New York City in 1847 as the Free Academy, the University’s 23 institutions include 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Law, the CUNY School of Professional Studies and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. The University serves 243,000 degree-credit students and more than 240,000 adult, continuing and professional education students. College Now, the University’s academic enrichment program for 32,500 high school students, is offered at CUNY campuses and more than 300 high schools throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The University offers online baccalaureate degrees through the School of Professional Studies and an individualized baccalaureate through the CUNY Baccalaureate Degree. More than one million unique visitors and two million page views are served each month by www.cuny.edu, the University’s website.
