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2nd Annual Diversity Career Panel at Portland State
Author: Angela D. Abel, Office of Marketing and Communications (503-725-3773)
Posted: February 21, 2006

What: The Food Industry Leadership Center (FILC) at Portland State is hosting the 2nd annual Diversity Career Panel. The Panel is designed to increase awareness among students of diverse ethnic or racial backgrounds about career opportunities in the food and consumer packaged goods industry. Companies whose aim is to recruit and hire a diverse workforce including Pepsi, Nestle, Wal-Mart, Target, Fred Meyer, Safeway, Piper Foods and Nike will be in attendance to answer questions and give information about diversity as it relates to the students and the companies. Information will also be available about upcoming career opportunities and internships for students. Food and drinks will be served.  


When: Thursday, February 23, 2006, 6 – 8 p.m.  


Where: Portland State Smith Memorial Student Union, room 228 (1825 S.W. Broadway)
Contact: For more information, contact Rahel Yared, FILC's Manager of Student Programs & Diversity at 503-725-8184.

Background: The Food Industry Leadership Center (FILC) at Portland State University is housed in the School of Business Administration and is one of only six programs in the nation providing educational and research programs for the food industry — the largest employment industry in the state of Oregon. Since the FILC’s founding in 1994, more than 500 processors, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers have participated in various programs.

In October 2005, the PepsiCo Foundation gave a gift of $350,000 to create a new program, Pathways to the Future, a diversity-focused program housed in Portland State’s Food Industry Leadership Center whose main goal is to attract and prepare minority high school and college students for careers within the retail, food, beverage and consumer products industry. The Diversity Career Panel is supported in part by PepsiCo’s gift. The Pathways program mirrors PepsiCo’s corporate commitment to diversity and will use a multi-tiered approach focused on building industry and community partnerships and creating opportunities for students.

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