Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, April 12, 2019 Everett resident participates in mock business negotiation for location of 2032 Olympics N EWTON – Everett resident Kimberly Calaj, a Marketing major at Lasell College, was one of 25 students to participate in a mock business negotiation for the 2032 Olympics as part of the Lasell College Fall Connected Learning Symposium. Calaj played the role of Anita DeFrantz, vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to represent the IOC in a mock negotiation for the location of the 2032 Olympics. The mock negotiation took place over the course of three days, with the second day coinciding with the Connected Learning Symposium. Each student’s team presented their city’s issues, interests and concerns regarding the negotiation process, according to Assistant Professor Janet Huetteman, who teaches the course on business negotiation at the College’s School of Business. Throughout the exercise, groups asked questions of the exercise’s mock IOC and made direct pitches. Huetteman facilitated the three-day process, at the end 2032 OLYMPICS | SEE PAGE 17 Award-Winning Landscaping Servicing the North Shore for over 38 Years NOW BOOKING NEW CUSTOMERS! DON’T WAIT! Call 781-321-2074 Pavers * Walkways * Patios * Driveways * Pool Decks Planting * Perennials * Shrubs * Trees New Lawns * Sod * Hydroseed Flowers/Annuals/Mums * Conventional Seeding * Synthetic Complete Maintenance * Cleanups (Spring & Fall) * Lawn Cutting, Edging & Weeding * Lawn Fertilizer Programs * Trim & Prune Shrubs * Mulching, Thatching Interlock Block * Fire Pits * Sitting Walls * Pillers Landscape Lighting * Design * Install * Repair * Night Illumination
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