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 Post subject: GIA Terminates License Agreement with School in Florence
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:44 am 
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GIA has terminated its agreement with the owners of the licensee school in Florence, Italy. The outside party that owns the school provided GIA educational programs through its license agreement with GIA. The Institute has been informed that the owners of the licensee school intend to file for bankruptcy.

Students enrolled at GIA Florence will be offered options to continue their education:

* Transitional assistance to another GIA campus, such as in London, which is in close proximity to Florence, or to Distance Education
* Full refund for fees paid for those electing not to continue their GIA education

GIA is stepping in to offer alternatives to all enrolled students who contact them.

If you have any information regarding students currently enrolled at GIA Florence, please email GIAFlorenceHelp@gia.edu or call (760) 603-4001.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:47 am 
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Thanks, I just got this too and was going to post it. Wouldn't they have the student's records already to contact them?

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:20 am 
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amommj wrote:
Wouldn't they have the student's records already to contact them?


I wondered that myself... :|

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:06 am 
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ehy Farshid, where did you find that info?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:37 am 
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Alberto wrote:
ehy Farshid, where did you find that info?
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hey alberto, GIA sent me this email, apparently they've sent this email to all graduates as amommj says.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:23 am 
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Hello everyone, I am a GIA student and I attend GIA in Florence as a distance student. From this morning GIA Florence is unreachable by phone; in fact they entered an answering machine. I’ve received the mail Farshid told about, too. Until yesterday everything seemed normal. I paid the ultimate course of Gems Identification a few days ago. I'm going to call GIA in Carlsbad this evening to hear from them what’s going on.
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Too bad..... Let's hope GIA will do everything possible to avoid problems to their students...........i really hope so. :(
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:48 am 
Farshid... my nephew just enrolled at the Florence campus about 2 weeks ago, can you please forward me the mail you got as I don't want to give him any information which I don't have a proof of. Or if anyone else can send me via PM
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 Post subject: Re: GIA Terminates License Agreement with School in Florence
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:12 am 
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@ paolocerruti
maybe the story about School in Florence is more than bankruptcy, anyway we should wait for a formal statement from GIA themselves, so far the news i have posted is what GIA announced

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Farshid... my nephew just enrolled at the Florence campus about 2 weeks ago, can you please forward me the mail you got as I don't want to give him any information which I don't have a proof of. Or if anyone else can send me via PM
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just contact GIA yourself use following email or phone number regarding this issue:

GIAFlorenceHelp@gia.edu or call (760) 603-4001.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:48 am 
Alrighty ! :roll:


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