CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
ABOUT YOUR RECENTLY
OPENED COLLEGE OF
HOSPITALITY?
Hospitality Hall is a $60 M dollar
facility with over 98,000 square
feet of experiential learning spaces.
We have a café, a 10-station
executive kitchen, convertible
classrooms, and a golf center
complete with a 3-D biometrics lab
and golf simulator. Not only is this
facility beautiful, Hospitality Hall
is user-friendly, with ample study
and research space for students and
meeting space for guests.
HOW DOES ITS RESORT-
LIKE SETTING PREPARE
HOSPITALITY STUDENTS
FOR A CAREER IN THE
HOSPITALITY FIELD?
Hospitality is not a job, but both a
lifestyle and a mindset. In order to
prepare students for this life-style
and mind-set it is critical that they
are exposed to what it means to be
in hospitality; and, there is no better
way to be exposed to hospitality
than to be in a “hospitality space.”
A hospitality space is a place where
people love to come to and hang
out; it is a place that has lots of
nooks and crannies that allow for
impromptu meetings. Students will
very quickly decide if this is the
environment they want to be in.
If they hate coming to Hospitality
Hall, then they will know this is
not the field for them and they
will change majors. Of course, we
hope the opposite will be true. All
this means is that when a student
graduates from the College of
Hospitality employers will know
that this student is committed to
hospitality and should be looked at
not as a recent college graduate,
but as an investment
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