Patricia Rigia          Director of Fashion Merchandising and Retailing     Director of Co-operative Education, Internship,     School to Career Programs for University of     Bridgeport.                 Mandeville Hall, Room: 23    Phone: (203) 576-4098    E-mail: rigia@bridgeport.edu

Professional Experience

Soft-goods Merchandising Manager, Buyer, Associate Buyer Corporate affiliations: Abraham & Strauss, E.J.Korvette, Lord & Taylor.

Professional  Affiliations

American Association of Textile Technologists, Fabricad. Fashion Group, National Retail Federation, Ned Graphics/ Info Design users group, S.I.G. on retailing.

Educational Affiliations

Connecticut Co-Operative Education Association, CES regional School to Career Partnership, Advisory Committee for Retail Training for Career Resources.

Degrees

A.A. Fashion Merchandising, B.S. Marketing, M.S. Business Education, 6th year Professional Certificate Administration.

Additional Training

Computer applications for the Fashion Industry.

Courses taught:

Adviser for Study-Abroad program in Fashion Merchandising and Retailing

Transfer adviser for Fashion Merchandising and Retailing

Adviser to Fashion Merchandising Club

Current Courses

FM 108 Fashion Accessories Lec  T-TH 1:00-2:15 

FM 108 Fashion Accessories Lec  T-TH 11:00-12:15 

RETL 102 Merchandising Math M-W 9:30-10:45

RETL 203 Fashion Buying I  M-W 1:00-2:15PM

RETL 313 T-TH 9:30-10:45AM

Activities Include

Annual Fashion Show, Annual Careers in the Fashion Industry Seminar, Dress for Success programs for students campus wide, Employment network in all areas.