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FIU students collected a record 47,100 pounds of food during this year’s food rescue effort at the 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. As a result, 31,000 meals were delivered to social welfare institutions in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties such as Love Thy Neighbor, Cooperative [...]
The FIU Alumni Association’s first Wine Country Weekend brought together alumni from around the country for a spectacular three-day tour of Napa and Sonoma during harvest season. During the October trip, travelers visited alumni-owned vineyards and wineries and enjoyed a lecture by Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management professor [...]
Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his 2011 visit to China. The president is sharing commentary and photos from his trip, so be sure to check back in the days ahead to learn more about FIU’s Marriott Tianjin China Program and the students, faculty and administrators who make [...]
Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his 2011 visit to China. The president is sharing commentary and photos from his trip, so be sure to check back in the days ahead to learn more about FIU’s Marriott Tianjin China Program and the students, faculty and administrators who make [...]
This year’s Student Employee of the Year Award was presented on April 15 to Mihaela Plugarasu, a graduate assistant and public relations liaison for the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. “This is like winning the Oscars, thank you so much,” said Plugarasu. “I would like to say thank you [...]
Students learn from acclaimed chef Thirty-five FIU School of Hospitality and Tourism Management graduate students received a world-class lesson in the culinary arts as acclaimed Chef Allen Susser guest lectured on Florida cuisine as part of their International Food Production Management course. Susser, owner of Chef Allen’s restaurant and an [...]
Chef and food activist Jamie Oliver visited Booker T. Washington Senior High School Feb. 25 to meet with students and the creators of the Overtown Cookbook, a collaborative project between the high school and FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Robert Stempel College of [...]
If you’re growing tired of the same sandwich for lunch every day, maybe it’s time to add a little variety to your routine. For a small price, students at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management will give you all the variety you can handle with a three-course gourmet lunch [...]
This was a proud week for approximately 3,600 FIU students. Joined by family and friends, the fall graduating class of 2010 received their degrees from President Mark B. Rosenberg in six ceremonies Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. For highlights of the first ceremony (which [...]
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