New Partnership Puts Robinson's School of Hospitality Program On Site at GWCC
Grand Opening Ceremonies August 15

August 10, 2007 - (ATLANTA, GA) -  Grand opening ceremonies are being held Wednesday, August 15 for the new Georgia State University Hospitality Learning Center to be 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 will take place in the new Phil Noyes classroom in Building A of the Center beginning at 8:00 a.m. Georgia State President Carl Patton and J. Mack Robinson College Dean H. Fenwick Huss will provide remarks as will 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 will be 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 will allow viewing of activities taking place in exhibit halls and throughout the GWCC campus. This technology will provide real-time learning for students and participants and will enhance 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.

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.