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Chamber Business After Hours to be Held on November 5th at UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Preforming Arts
NEW BEDFORD, MA – The New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding its next Business After Hours on Thursday, November 5, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth College of Visual and Preforming Arts at 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA. The November edition of the Chamber’s popular business networking event is sponsored by the UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Preforming Arts and co-sponsored by Bristol County Precast, Chartwell’s Creative Catering, Crush Fine Wine, Not Your Average Joe’s, and Tia Maria’s European Café. The Business After Hours is free for members of the Chamber and non-members can attend for a fee of $25. The event includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and the chance to win a door prize.
The Chamber’s Business After Hours provide an opportunity for members and non-members to mingle and build business relationships in an informal, relaxed business setting. These mixers are held on a monthly basis in partnership with member businesses and attract business professionals from many industries.
For more information or to register for the event, please contact the Chamber at (508) 999-5231 or visithttp://www.newbedfordchamber.com/.
The New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce is a private, non-profit business association based in the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Chartered in 1885, the Chamber serves nearly 1000 member businesses of all sizes from virtually all industries in the ten communities of New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, Wareham, and Westport. The Chamber supports and promotes the local business community through leadership in public advocacy, education, networking, information, and community development.
New England Institute of Technology to Host “Tech Nite” Open House
EAST GREENWICH, RI – New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) will hold its “Tech Nite” Open House at the East Greenwich Campus on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Visitors should report to the East Greenwich, RI, campus located at One New England Tech Blvd. where tours of this campus, as well as the Post Road and Access Road campuses, will depart. “Tech Nite” follows an open house format allowing individuals interested in studying at the college the opportunity to tour any of its three campuses as well as to speak with faculty, Admissions, and Financial Aid personnel.
New England Tech offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s and online degree programs in more than 50 technical and professional fields. All programs emphasize hands-on training courses combined with an integrated liberal arts core.
Programs of study consist of health sciences including nursing, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapist assistant, surgical technology, medical laboratory technology, respiratory care, paramedic technology and electronic health records; information technology including software engineering, network engineering and cybersecurity; electronics; architectural building and mechanical engineering technologies; video game design and development; interior design; criminal justice; transportation including automotive, automotive collision and marine; graphic, multimedia and web design; digital media production; business management; veterinary technology, veterinary practice management technology, as well as the trades including electrical; plumbing, heating and gas; refrigeration/air conditioning, and building construction/cabinet making. NEIT also offers a fully online RN to BSN degree program for registered nurses. Master of Science degree programs include Occupational Therapy, Information Technology and Construction Management.
For more information regarding “Tech Nite” or any of NEIT’s programs, contact the Admissions office at 800-736-7744, 401-467-7744, email NEITAdmissions@neit.edu or visit the college’s website at www.neit.edu.
Under the leadership of President Richard I. Gouse, New England Institute of Technology is a private, non-profit technical college with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students. Founded in 1940, the college continues to offer its students hands-on, employer driven education. NEIT is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. For more information, please visit www.neit.edu or follow news of the college on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Instagram, Tumblr and the New England Tech Blog.
Exploration Center and Aquarium celebrates the Halloween Season with Spooky Aquarium
PROVIDENCE, RI – Families looking for some fun this Halloween season don’t need to look any further than Save The Bay’s “Spooky Aquarium” at the Exploration Center and Aquarium at Easton’s Beach Rotunda, 175 Memorial Boulevard in Newport RI. Spooky Aquarium runs 10 a.m.–4 p.m. on October 23–25 and October 30–November 1.
“This is a great time of the year to visit the aquarium, the beach is far less crowded than in the summer, probably because our spooky aquarium has scared away all the tourists,” jokes Adam Kovarsky, Save The Bay’s exploration center manager.
The only mildly terrifying, decorated aquarium is suitable for visitors of all ages, who’ll encounter such “ancient sea monsters” as ominous octopus, ghoulish sharks, scary skates, and many new animals just in from Save The Bay’s fall collection trips. Kids can also enjoy a scavenger hunt, story time and daily critter feedings.
Kids wearing their Halloween costumes will receive $1 off of the $8 general aquarium admission. For more information, visit https://www.savebay.org/aquarium or call 401-324-6020.
2015 SOUTHCOAST BUSINESS EXPO
NEW BEDFORD, MA – The largest business-to-business trade show in the SouthCoast region is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at White’s of Westport. This unique event, co-sponsored by the New Bedford Area and Fall River Area Chambers of Commerce, showcases the wide variety of companies, services and products available locally. The Expo features nearly 100 exhibitors. Admission to the expo is free with a business card.
This year’s Expo will encourage team spirit with our football themed event. Exhibitors will be decorating their booth with prizes awarded to the top rated booths.
The event will kick off with a breakfast program at 8:30 a.m. featuring keynote speaker, Benji Borowski on the need for lower energy costs in Massachusetts on behalf of the Coalition to Lower Energy Costs. Robert “Benji” Borowski is a member of the Preti Flaherty’s Energy & Telecommunications, Cleantech and Renewable Energy Law, along with a member of Climate Strategy groups, which is dedicated to helping clients achieve their legal, policy, and regulatory goals across those sectors. His work has included advising private equity on the acquisition of industrial and electric generation assets, assisting large-scale consumers with financing for efficiency projects and helping consumer-generator clients navigate the evolving energy markets through regulatory and policy advocacy. Benji places particular emphasis on efficiency and the abundant renewable forms of energy. His work in these fields includes legislative and administrative representation of solar power producers opposing an unfavorable rate design and assisting an innovative off-shore wind project receives regulatory approval.
Benji graduated magna cum laude from Vermont Law School where he earned a Juris Doctors Degree with a Certificate in Energy Law and a Masters of Science of Environmental Law and Policy. During law school, he served as an articles editor and production coordinator of the Vermont Law Review leading him to earned various American Jurisprudence Awards, including in Torts, Environmental Issues in Business Transactions and Climate Change and the Law. The cost to attend the breakfast is $25 for members and $45 for non-members. Registration is required online athttp://www.newbedfordchamber.com/ or by calling 508-999-5231.
At 11:30 a.m. the Business Expo will feature a lunch with speaker Bill Lee. Bill is an American former major league baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1969 through 1978, as well as playing for the Montreal Expos in 1979-1982. In 2008 he was inducted in the Red Sox hall of fame. At the age of 65 he signed with the San Rafael Pacifics of the independent North American League.
Lee has co-written four books and in 2006 a documentary film by Brett Rapkin Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey that featured Lee. In addition to his baseball experience, Lee is known for his counterculture behavior, his antics both on and off the field, and his use of the Leephus pitch, a personalized variation of the “eephus pitch”. The cost to attend the lunch is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Registration is required online at http://www.newbedfordchamber.com/ or by calling 508-999-5231.
Exhibitor space is still available. For more information on exhibiting or to reserve your booth call, Deven Tillman at 508-999-5231 ext. 26 or email events@newbedfordchamber.com.
This year’s event is sponsored by Clean Right Cleaning Solutions and SouthCoast Media Group.
For more information on the SouthCoast Business Expo or for a complete schedule of the day’s events, visit http://www.newbedfordchamber.com/.
