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
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.
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/
