Category Archives: Hospitality and Restaurant Administration

Faculty promotes closer working ties between food service industry, food producers

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

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‘Connect and Sustain’ conference will highlight progress, growth

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

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Hospitality student wins prestigious national scholarship

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

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HRA receives gift from Drury Hotels

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

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Hospitality, restaurant administration faculty present at international conference

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

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Hospitality Faculty at MSU Earn Certified Hospitality Educator Distinctions

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

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Restaurant industry showing growth in revenue, healthy menus

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

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HRA Assistant Department Head elected to Board

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

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Student wins prestigious Arthur J. Packard Memorial Scholarship

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

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