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School of
Hotel and Restaurant Management Strives for ‘No Vacancies’ With Record
Enrollment as USF Sarasota-Manatee Students Return for Fall Classes
SARASOTA, FL, (August 29, 2005) – As 2,000 students returned to classes
today, the University of South Florida School of Hotel and Restaurant
Management (SHRM) had extra cause to celebrate. Beginning its third
year, the SHRM currently has more than 160 students enrolled. The
interest in the USF SHRM reflects national trends of growth in the
hospitality industry.
“Two years ago, we had only three students. The growth in our program
can be attributed to the quality of our faculty and strong community
partners in Sarasota-Manatee,” said Dr. Jay Schrock founding director of
the USF SHRM. “Florida and Texas are growing faster than any other
states in the country and the hospitality industry is benefiting from
that growth.”
According to the Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, five million
tourists visited the state in 2003-2004. The state expects those figures
to reach nearly eight million this year, and many come to the
Sarasota-Manatee area. USF Sarasota-Manatee offers a bachelor's degree
in Hotel and Restaurant Management; an Associate of Science to Bachelor
of Applied Science with a concentration in Hospitality Management; and
has certificate programs in Hotel Management Restaurant Management. The
SHRM is the first School located outside the main USF Tampa campus and
the first hospitality school on the central west coast of Florida.
USF Sarasota-Manatee is an upper-level campus for those with an
associate’s or bachelor’s degree interested in pursuing a baccalaureate
or master’s degree, professional certification, or continuing education
credit. The campus offers the prestige of a nationally ranked research
university with the convenience of a hometown campus, including classes
in south Sarasota County at Manatee Community College Venice.
The new Campus Center, scheduled to open in fall 2006, will be a
100,000-square-foot facility with 24 classrooms; a 190-seat
lecture/exhibition hall; seminar and video-conferencing rooms; computer
labs; a daycare center; student gathering places; faculty and staff
offices; a technology and learning center; dining facilities; and
training facilities for the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management.
Once completed, the Center will offer some 800 courses annually in 39
academic programs.
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