Two local college students have the opportunity to spend the summer honing their skills at fashion companies in California and Paris.Lauren Turner of Jackson County and Lanie Hoke of Forsyth County will represent North Georgia College & State University’s Mike Cottrell School of Business both internationally and stateside.“My upcoming assignment will be to promote DOGNIN through various fashion blogs and social media outlets to sell products through their e-boutique,” Turner said. “If successfully marketed, I will have the opportunity to become the company’s American distributor and future leader of their U.S.-based flagship and future boutiques.”DOGNIN is a Parisian luxury-handbag company with which Turner became acquainted during her two-month summer internship in Paris with La Mode-Le Club — a fashion consulting and luxury travel services company.“I primarily helped transform La Mode-Le Club’s programs and publications into forms more appealing to the American market,” Turner said. “I was responsible for translation and creation of programs as well as updating the design elements — graphic design and photography.”“Internships such as these enrich the learning experience by allowing students to apply and expand the disciplines they have learned in the classroom to a dynamic business world, and are an important component of the learning experience at the Mike Cottrell School of Business,” said Donna Mayo, dean.Turner was also in charge of reconstructing the company’s Facebook page and marketing social events of the season.