More than 70 companies are expected at the career and internship fair being held Friday at the NCSU's Poole College of Management.

The event is open to all NCSU students and alumni.  Business professional attire is required.

It is being held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the McKimmon Center on the corner of Gorman Street and Western Boulevard.

Officials at N.C. State University's business school have spent the past year testing a new type of executive education program with local companies such as IBM, BASF and Eisai.

This morning in Raleigh, the university's Poole College of Management will unveil the new name for its executive education programs: Business Collaboratories. The clinics are designed to help business leaders solve challenging problems using a cross-disciplinary group of faculty.

"After three years of downsizing and with the rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC nations) as major players in the business landscape, companies are feeling the pressure to refocus their business models and re-invest in their key people," said Paul Mugge, executive director of the program.

For N.C. State's Poole College, the program is an effort to attract more corporate executives amid increasing competition from a wide range of traditional and online business schools, including at local rivals UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University.