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Congratulations to the winners of the Senior Send-Off awards!

OUTSTANDING SENIOR
Michele Sink

HTM 271 STUDENTS' FAVORITE MANAGER
Amanda Culicerto

HTM PROFESSORS' OUTSTANDING MANAGERS
Rebecca O'Dell
Sarah Magee
Matt Metzbower
Katie Boyd
Bonnie Young
Kathleen O’Grady

INNOVATION IN FOOD
Reverie of a Ringmaster

EXCELLENCE IN EXECUTION
Atlantis

TREMENDOUS THEME
A Black and Pink Affair

OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER CARE
Arabian Nights

HTM 271 STUDENTS' FAVORITE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Atlantis

EXCEPTIONAL ENTERTAINMENT
Murder at Spotswood Mansion

FABULOUS FOOD
Centennial Celebration

ORIGINALITY
A Night in the Rainforest

DAZZLING DECOR
JMU Airways

BEST CLEAN UP
Luck O' the Irish

GREENBRIER AWARD
Centennial Celebration
Murder at Spotswood Mansion



All Hospitality & Tourism Management students are required to participate in the planning and execution of a Senior Project. The project management teams, made up of five to seven seniors, affectionately refer to the events as "Theme Dinners". These productions serve 100-200 guests with a several thousand dollar budget and employ a staff of 40-50 HTM underclassmen and other volunteers.

In addition, each management team completes an actual profit/loss report as well as an income statement based on the results of their production. The final deliverable is an electronic portfolio of their production that will appear on their website.

As always, parents, grandparents and family members are in attendance. Over the last several years 96% of our senior parent(s) attended their daughter or son’s production. In addition, at least one member of the HTM Advisory Council attends each production. At the end of each production, the Advisory Council member participates in a lively debrief with the management team. It is very powerful to have industry leaders sharing their perceptions of the event and “talking the business” with the students.

It is clear; the skills that students have gained in their internships and COB 300 are reinforced and expanded.

-Prof. Reginald Foucar-Szocki





Save The Dates as this year's collection of Theme Dinners are sure to excite!


Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Derby Day Brunch
www.geocities.com/derbydaybrunch




Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Seven Deadly Sins
www.geocities.com/rsvp7sinsations




Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Reverie of a Ringmaster
reverieofaringmaster.googlepages.com




Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Arabian Nights
arabiannights2008.googlepages.com/mainpage




Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Centennial Celebration
www.freewebs.com/centennialcelebration/




Saturday, January 26th, 2008
A Night in the Rainforest
jmurainforest.googlepages.com/




Saturday, January 26th, 2008
A Black & Pink Affair
www.freewebs.com/ablackandpinkaffair/




Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
JMU Airways
jmuairways.googlepages.com/




Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Tsiknopempti of the Apokreas
t.apokreas.googlepages.com/




Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Atlantis
jmuatlantis.googlepages.com/




Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Murder at Spotswood Mansion
www.murderatspotswood.com-a.googlepages.com/home




Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Luck O' The Irish
luckoirishhtm08.googlepages.com/




Saturday, February 16th, 2008
So You Think You Can Dance
eshobson.googlepages.com/







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