Grand opening ceremonies were held Wednesday, August 15, for the new Georgia State University Hospitality Learning Center located at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).
The partnership between Georgia State's Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality and the GWCC is the first of its kind between a major university and a major convention facility involving an actual on-site classroom. Opening ceremonies took place in the new Phil Noyes classroom in Building A of the Center. Georgia State President Carl Patton and Robinson College Dean H. Fenwick Huss provided remarks as did Noyes, who is head of the city's largest catering operation, Proof of the Pudding, and formerly the founding president of MGR, Inc.
The Center is the site for School of Hospitality classes as well as professional development programs involving a variety of hospitality sectors. The state-of-the-art classroom features multi-media instructional support including cameras that allow viewing of activities taking place in exhibit halls and throughout the GWCC campus. This technology provides real-time learning for students and participants enhancing the School's tradeshow, meeting and event management courses.
The Robinson College's Cecil B. Day School is the oldest, largest and only accredited hospitality program in Georgia. It is designed to prepare students to enter the hospitality industry as a manager. Graduates earn a Bachelor of Business Administration in hospitality. The diversified curriculum has a strong business component as well as specific hospitality courses that expose students to a variety of career opportunities.
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For more information, contact:
Debby Cannon
Director
Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality
404-413-7617
dfcannon@gsu.edu
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the top-ranked business schools. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past twelve consecutive years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. Robinson's Executive MBA program is listed among the world's best by The Financial Times. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of approximately 7000 students and has classroom facilities in downtown Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven and Henry County. www.robinson.gsu.edu
