Michigan State University School of Hospitality Business

The School of Hospitality Business
Motto The First, the Original, and Still the Leader
Type Public
Established 1927
Director Dr. Ronald F. Cichy
Academic staff
 13[1]
Undergraduates 402[1]
Postgraduates 34[1]
Location East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Website HospitalityBusiness.broad.msu.edu


The School of Hospitality Business is an industry-specific school within the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, commonly referred to as "The School." Founded in 1927 as the nation's first business-based hotel training course, The School of Hospitality Business now has 802 undergraduate students, 22 graduate students, and 13 faculty members.

Students in The School earn more than $300,000 each academic year in merit-based scholarships.[2]

History

MSU's School of Hospitality Business was founded in 1927 when the Education Committee of the Michigan Hotel Association met to discuss development of a college-level hotel management school, after which Michigan State approved a hotel training course. When classes started, there were 18 students majoring in the hotel training course.[3]

In 1947, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation granted $1.4 million for construction of the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. That year, the program was also divided into three major areas of concentration: hotel management, restaurant management, and institutional management.

In 1951, Kellogg Center for Continuing Education was opened. The first general manager was Weldon Garrison, a 1946 graduate of The School of Hospitality Business. The school's offices were moved to the Kellogg Center, enrollment increased to approximately 300, and the Les Gourmets dinner-dance was founded as annual event.

In the 1960s, the Eppley Foundation granted the university $1.5 million to build the Eugene C. Eppley Center for Graduate Studies in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. The school is still housed in this building. The School became the first program in the country to offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in hotel, restaurant and institutional management, and enrollment reached 550.

In the 1980s, CAREER EXPO, the nation's leading hospitality career fair, was founded. Enrollment eclipsed 1,000. Dr. Ronald F. Cichy, an alumnus of the school, was appointed director of the school. The Visiting Distinguished Chefs Series was founded.

In the 1990s, the Hilton Lecture Series was founded, the school’s internship office was renamed the Student and Industry Resource Center (SIRC) and was endowed for $1 million, the First Annual Hospitality Association/Alumni Association Auction was held in the Kellogg Center, the Michael L. Minor Master of Science in Food Service Management was launched as a complement to the school’s MBA in hospitality business, and the Hospitality Association offered its first Vegas Night.

In the 2000s, the school became independent within the Eli Broad College of Business, the school's Alumni Association published 75th anniversary history book The Legacy of the Leader, the master's degree in hospitality business and the graduate specialization in hospitality business were launched, and faculty developed and launched the Hospitality Business Real Estate and Development Specialization for undergraduates.

In 2014, the school launched 12 mini-courses that will be only available online, such as "Introduction to Hospitality and Information Systems," "Private Club and Gaming Operations," and "Foodservice and Lodging Operations." "These mini-courses feature the same content found in the three full 8-week courses, enabling students to complete the same Management Certificate in the Business of Hospitality credential in smaller segments.[4]

Programs

The School of Hospitality Business offers the following programs on both undergraduate and graduate levels:

Faculty

Among universities specifically with degree-granting hospitality programs, MSU was ranked ninth (or seventh among such universities in the United States), in terms of weighted-publication-count (2002-2006) in English-language research journals specific to the hospitality industry.[5] The School’s faculty was ranked number one by the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research in “mean productivity” from 1992–2001, and in having "the most intensely" contributing authors amongst the Top 20 universities. In another study, reported on by the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, a half dozen faculty members of The School of Hospitality Business were named among “Hospitality’s Most Influential Scholars.” The faculty also received the 2006 Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence Award for outstanding leadership.[6]

Notable faculty include:

Students

Students team with faculty and the alumni association to produce several major events each year:[2]

Undergraduate students have the opportunity to join the Spartan Sponsors Mentor Program, which pairs each student with an alumnus/a who shares the student's career interest to provide advice, knowledge, support and shared connections. The relationship is maintained throughout the student's undergraduate education.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Broad College Fast Facts". Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Leader Fast Facts" (PDF). Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Historic Milestones of the School of Hospitality Business" (PDF). Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Michigan State University Announces New Hospitality Courses Available 100% Online HospitalityNet, 31 January 2014
  5. ↑ Denver E. Severt, Dana V. Tesone, Timothy J. Bottorff, and Monica L. Carpenter (November 2009). "A World Ranking of the Top 100 Hospitality and Tourism Programs". Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. p. 459. doi:10.1177/1096348009344210.
  6. ↑ Faculty of The School of Hospitality Business

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