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Graduate Mailbox

The following are excerpts from a letter submitted by a graduate who wrote to tell us how he is doing. All grads are welcome to submit a letter to TECH NEWS. If possible, please include a photo. Letters should be sent to Cathy Kennedy, VP for Career Development, NEIT 2500 Post Rd. Warwick, RI 02886 or ckennedy@neit.edu.

Doug Jensen

Hi Cathy
I haven't spoken to you in a while and thought I would send you a note. I'm sure you're aware of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care closing the Southern New England facilities. Well I managed to find a job four days after I was laid off. I'm working for the Acushnet Company out in Fairhaven, MA now and loving it. The Acushnet Company owns Titleist, Foot-Joy and Cobra. Titleist is the largest supplier of golf balls in the world. We produce close to1,000,000 golf balls a day. Foot-Joy is one of the largest suppliers of golf apparel in the world and Cobra produces the finest golf clubs money can buy. The Acushnet Company is owned by Fortune Brands which owns Moen, Jim Beam, DeKyper, Geyser Peak and many other smaller

companies. I deal mostly with Titleist, Foot-Joy, and Cobra. We support offices all over the Massachusetts area plus California, Hawaii, Thailand, Ireland and the UK. I just got back from providing technical support for the UK sales meeting which was held in Atlanta.
I've received my MCP and I'm working toward my MCSE with plans of completing that by Christmas. I often remember the day you called me up and sent me to my first interview with Mike Taylor at IBM. I remember that phone call because it changed my life. The fact of the matter is that if I hadn't gotten that call, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to prove myself to IBM. That job looked very good on my resume. So thank you and have a nice holiday season. I'll be in touch from time to time...

Doug Jensen (Electronics Technology, 6/93)

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S MANAGER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS SPEAKS TO CBM STUDENTS

Mr. Dave Jordon, Manager of Consumer Affairs for the Southeastern New England District of the U. S. Postal Service, recently spoke to both the day and evening students of Computerized Business Management Technology. Mr. Jordon presented an overview of postal products and services needed and used in all business organizations throughout the United States. He stressed that basic knowledge of these services is needed by management to maintain business growth and to keep postal service costs down to a minimum.
The students learned that the post office

CBM student, Danilda Fernandez; Dave Jordon, Manager of the
U.S. Post Office in Consumer Affairs; and CBM student Alvin Pena.

employs almost 800,000 people, which makes them the number one employer in the country. They deliver over 200 billion pieces of mail per year, or 65 million pieces of mail each day. They own over 200,000 vehicleswhich is more than all the U.S. Armed Forces combined! He informed the students that most people believe the post office is funded by tax dollars; that is not true.
The post office is funded from the proceeds of its goods and servicesspecial mailings, stamps, etc. The only federal funds they receive are for congressional mailings from our congressmen and senators in Washington and for mail sent to and from the blind.
Mr. Jordon discussed mail fraud and concluded by supplying updated information on products and services including different classes of mail, special services such as priority, express, certified, insured, and registered mail, to name a few.