ExpoMarketing, a pioneer in rental of trade show exhibits, has three 2012 BSU graduates on its team. The connection is a matter of design, not happenstance.<\/p>\n
Jorge Navarro<\/b> of Elk River and Patrick Trepanier<\/b> of St. Paul head up the company’s exhibit design department, where they translate client brands and visions into exhibits. Kimberly Hacker<\/b>, who lives in Newport Beach, Calif., meets with customers as an account executive.<\/p>\n
ExpoMarketing, based in Tustin, Calif., recently celebrated its 25th anniversary in the $80 billion a year trade show industry, which doesn’t get a lot of attention from colleges and universities.<\/p>\n
BSU’s School of Technology, Art & Design is a notable exception. Students in BSU’s acclaimed exhibit design program immerse themselves through field trips, expert speakers, relevant internships and professional gatherings.<\/p>\n
“The unique exhibit design program at Bemidji State lays a strong foundation for its graduates and in fact gives them a head start,” said Randal T. Acker, president and chief operating officer of EXHIBITOR Media Group, a firm that promotes the best practices in trade shows and events.<\/p>\n
Navarro, who like Trepanier works from his home in Minnesota, said joining ExpoMarketing was a smart move.<\/p>\n
“It’s a small company that’s expanding rapidly,” he said. “We are very passionate about what we do, and the teamwork is spot on.”<\/p>\n
Now the company seeks to further cultivate its BSU connection through an internship program.<\/p>\n
“ExpoMarketing is giving back by offering these talented students the opportunity to gain real experience in their field of study,” said CEO Laurie Pennacchi. <\/span>“We can provide them the unique advantage of learning to create exceptional rental exhibits through smarter designs.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ExpoMarketing, a pioneer in rental of trade show exhibits, has three 2012 BSU graduates on its team. The connection is a matter of design, not happenstance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[958],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26859,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614\/revisions\/26859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}