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HospitaBull benefit for USF’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management set for March 28 at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota
The elegant dining event is organized, prepared, and served by students to support scholarships and other programs. Created in the spring of 2011, the event allows students to connect traditional classroom theory with real-life food and beverage operations.
March 14, 2023Business News, Events
Valspar Championship Grows Into Must-See Event On Tampa Bay Sporting Calendar - Forbes
Tournament director Tracy West and her staff endeavor to make the Valspar Championship the place to be in Tampa Bay in the middle of March.
March 9, 2023Business News
McKibbon Hospitality CEO Randy Hassen talks humble beginnings and hospitality trends at Conversation with a CEO
Hassen offered students career advice, touched on weathering the COVID pandemic, and shared how the company uses real-time data analytics to manage its nearly 100 hotel properties.
March 1, 2023Business News, Events
Serbian students, professors visit Sarasota-Manatee campus as part of tourism research grant
Nine professors and students from the University of Novi Sad in Serbia traveled to the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus in November as part of a U.S. Embassy Partnership grant designed to foster a long-term relationship between the hospitality and tourism programs at the two schools.
December 2, 2022Business News
USF partners with Brazilian university to brew better beer, engage in virtual global exchange
Joe Askren’s “hands-on” course introduces USF students — all of whom are over the age of 21 — to the science of beer, the brewing process, pairings with food, and brew pub operations.
October 31, 2022Business News
Hospitality major begins on USF's St. Petersburg campus
Students can earn a bachelor's degree in hospitality management from the USF Muma College of Business. The new offering will create a talent pipeline to fill jobs in the local tourism industry.
September 1, 2022Business News
USF Sarasota-Manatee campus publishes new Research Magazine highlighting faculty’s exceptional work
The recently published fourth edition of “Research: USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus,” highlights faculty research that arose from challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for the hospitality and tourism industry, and heightened awareness of racial tensions and disparities in the United States during the past two years.
August 3, 2022Research and Innovation
Cultivating resilience
Hospitality and tourism experts research solutions and offer hope for a Covid-wracked industry
August 2, 2022Research and Innovation
"We can't breathe"
HBCU think tank outlines the first steps to remove race barriers in the hospitality industry.
August 2, 2022Research and Innovation
Faculty Spotlight: Angad Singh Dang
Born in New Delhi, India, Angad Singh Dang is an assistant professor of instruction in the school of hospitality and tourism management at the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus. This summer, he is graduating with a doctorate in education with an emphasis in adult education curriculum and instruction.
August 1, 2022Business News, Spotlights
USF faculty awarded grant for tourism research exchange in Florida and Serbia
A group of faculty and students from the University of South Florida’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management will travel to Serbia this fall as part of a U.S. Embassy University Partnership grant.
August 1, 2022Business News, Research and Innovation
USF expands hospitality and tourism program to meet booming industry demand - ABC Action News WFTS
“Tourism is the number one industry in Florida,” said Cihan Cobanoglu, dean of USF’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.
July 14, 2022Business News