Matthew Evans and Catherine Blankenship,Missouri State seniors majoring in hospitality and restaurant administration, each recently received $1,000 scholarships from the Missouri Travel Council.
Melanie Grand, assistant professor of hospitality and restaurant administration at Missouri State University, was a featured speaker at both the Nutrition Educators Conference and the Missouri Livestock Symposium. Both were held the first weekend of December in Kirksville, Mo. and … Continue reading
3rd annual sustainability conference to feature exhibits, panels, guest speakers “Connect and Sustain,” this year’s theme for Missouri State University’s sustainability conference on Oct. 19, promises to educate the campus and the community about sustainability advancements made on campus. Most … Continue reading
Senior receives Arthur J. Packard Memorial Scholarship Missouri State University student Matthew Evans, a senior hospitality and restaurant administration (HRA) major, won the 2011 Arthur J. Packard Memorial Scholarship, one of the top scholarships offered by the hospitality industry. As … Continue reading
Drury Hotel Company recently donated $25,000 to the Hospitality and Restaurant Administration department at Missouri State University. The gift will be used to support the department’s growth initiatives. “For many years, the Drury Hotel Company has hired Missouri State hospitality … Continue reading
Several faculty members from the hospitality and restaurant administration department will represent Missouri State University through their refereed papers and symposia at the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (CHRIE) conference in Denver this summer. The submissions were selected through … Continue reading
Recently, all six full-time faculty members from the Hospitality and Restaurant Administration Department at Missouri State University earned the Certified Hospitality Educator distinction awarded by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association. This rigorous program is designed … Continue reading
The restaurant industry ebbs and flows with the economy, and for the first time in two years, the National Restaurant Association projects 2 percent growth in the industry for 2010. Abbe Ehlers, instructor of hospitality and restaurant administration at Missouri … Continue reading
Congratulations to Stephanie Hein, HRA Assistant Department Head, for being recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators (AHFME), a premier academic organization devoted to the study and promotion of knowledge about finance, financial economics, … Continue reading
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation honors the best of the best Missouri State University student Alexander Schaeffer, a hospitality and restaurant administration major, received a scholarship from the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF), the not-for-profit affiliate of … Continue reading