The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the renaming of Oak Building on the University Park campus in recognition of a $4 million gift by the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.
Phil Jolly, assistant professor of hospitality management, focuses his teaching and research on better understanding why people do what they do at work and how to leverage that knowledge to improve organizational performance and employee well-being. Support from a new professorship will help him to invest in technology that will push the boundaries of traditional hospitality and organizational research.
The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Hospitality Executive of the Year event will be held on April 3 at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. The event will include the presentation of the Hospitality Executive of the Year Award, to be presented to Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association.
As part of their class curriculum, students in the School of Hospitality Management (SHM) hosted “Raise a Glass for Good” last semester, an event to benefit the Centre County United Way. Each year, students enrolled in the course, Advanced Meeting and Event Management, collaborate with a local organization to plan, promote, implement and evaluate a special event. The idea is to provide future event-management professionals the opportunity to gain hands-on experience.
Kevin Carey, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), has joined the Penn State School of Hospitality Management (SHM) Industry Advisory Board.
A cooking demonstration and wine-tasting event, to benefit the Centre County United Way, will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2 at Café Laura, located in Mateer Building at Penn State University Park.
The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society, an affiliate program group for alumni of the Penn State School of Hospitality Management and predecessor programs, will celebrate the third annual National PSHRS Day on June 21 across the country.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officers Program has gained five additional Fellows from the Penn State ranks. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities. Through its leadership program, participants who have demonstrated leadership ability through University administrative assignments or through other significant leadership positions in public, private or professional organizations, are aided in further developing their leadership and managerial skills.
Café Laura, the educational “living lab” that operates in a partnership between Penn State’s School of Hospitality Management and the Department of Housing and Food Services, is under new management. Kevin Johnston is the café's new general manager, replacing Scott King, who retired in March after 21 years serving in that position.
Emily Sheetz, assistant vice president of strategy at Sheetz, has joined the Penn State School of Hospitality Management Industry Advisory Board.
The College of Health and Human Development recognizes the 2017-18 Teaching Excellence Award recipients.
The Penn State School of Hospitality Management in the College of Health and Human Development and the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society have named Arne Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International, as the 2018 Hospitality Executive of the Year. The University will honor Sorenson at a reception at the Nittany Lion Inn on April 12, 2018.
"Hafa Adai" -- pronounced "half a day" -- means "hello" in Guam's native Chamorro language. This is just one of the phrases that Penn State Berks student Sasha De Bellis learned when she completed an internship at the the Outrigger Guam Beach Resort as part of the Penn State Berks Hospitality Management baccalaureate degree program. The internship ran from May 16 to Aug. 11.
Two new historical markers recently added to the University Park campus celebrate pioneering achievements in student broadcasting and hospitality management.
Dave Montrose, senior vice president operations with White Lodging, a hotel ownership, development and management company, has joined the Penn State School of Hospitality Management (SHM) Industry Advisory Board.
