Hospitality and Tourism Management
Students share problem-solving ideas at CCPS research symposium
From how to combat the effects of climate change on ski resorts, to preventing California wildfires, to eradicating rural poverty in Michigan, more than 100 students presented their research and proposed solutions to pressing problems during a day-long symposium sponsored by the College of Community and Public Service.
Nov 21, 2019
HTM students, professionals clean up Leelanau State Park
About 30 students, majoring in hospitality and tourism management, joined nearly 300 industry professionals to clean up and restore Leelanau State Park and the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum.
Sep 27, 2019
GVSU students coordinating events at Cannes Film Festival
Seventeen students in the hospitality and tourism management (HTM) program at Grand Valley State University are spending two weeks working at the Cannes International Film Festival in France.
May 13, 2019
GVSU, GRPS and industry leaders to establish hospitality academy
Officials with Grand Rapids Public Schools, along with tourism industry leaders and faculty members from the Hospitality and Tourism Management Department at Grand Valley, are preparing to launch a new college-career prep academy.
Oct 16, 2018
GVSU students working at Cannes Film Festival
Fourteen students in the hospitality and tourism management (HTM) program at Grand Valley are spending two weeks in France working at the Cannes International Film Festival.
May 7, 2018
Tourism professionals and students to clean-up three Grand Rapids parks
Tourism industry professionals who are attending the 2018 Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism in Grand Rapids this week will join students from Grand Valley State University to clean-up three area parks on March 27.
Mar 26, 2018
Community engagement courses can get designation
For the first time this semester, faculty members teaching courses with community engagement components can apply to have those courses so listed in Banner, making it easier for students to find them.
Feb 12, 2018
HTM students help restore historic sites in Roscommon
More than 170 students, faculty and tourism industry professionals helped restore the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center and the Civilian Conservation Corps Museum. The effort, at North Higgins Lake State Park in Roscommon, Michigan, was the latest project of Michigan Cares for Tourism.
Oct 18, 2017
GVSU students working at Cannes Film Festival
Thirteen Grand Valley students in the hospitality and tourism management program are spending two weeks in France working at the Cannes International Film Festival.
May 18, 2017
Student 'behind' Louie the Laker revealed
When Jake Kowalski was in high school, he filled in as a dairy company's mascot to attract people to a promotional event. Since then, he has been hooked on the entertaining lifestyle of being a mascot. When he was accepted at Grand Valley four years ago, Kowalski set his sights on moving up in world of mascots; he wanted to be Louie the Laker.
May 17, 2017
