Real-world experiences helping prepare JWU, URI marketing majors

Emily Gowdey-Backus

06/16/2017

LASTING SUPPORT: Oscar Chilabato, associate professor of marketing and Ad Team co-adviser at Johnson & Wales University, has been supporting JWU students at the National Student Advertising Competition for 19 years. For the first time in the program’s history, the team took first place at this year’s competition in New Orleans. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

Michael Gotera, a Nevada native, wasn’t sure what to study when he began as a freshman at Johnson & Wales University in Providence but decided to pursue a major in marketing. “I didn’t know anything about the industry, but I bit the bullet and found my niche,” said the senior who participated in the school’s

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