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Hospitality Management

Brooklyn Fockler Leshon assists the bride and groom in staging the cutting of the wedding cake.

Everything BUT the Wedding

Students in Kent State's Wedding and Special Events Protocol class worked with each other and with vendors to plan and coordinate all the elements of a (mock) rooftop wedding with a real, engaged couple at the Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Hotel and Conference Center. 

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HEM Design Challenge 2025

‘We Create Magic for a Living – and We Get Paid for It’

In a fast-paced, reality TV-style competition, students in the Club Management class in Kent State’s Hospitality and Event Management Program worked in teams alongside industry professionals to create styled table settings themed around specific holidays. 

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Hospitality Career Fair 2025

IN A FLASH: Connecting With Careers in Hospitality

An on-campus career fair brought professionals from the hospitality industry to Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡to meet with students interested in networking, internships and career opportunities.  

Tags: Student Life , Hospitality Management , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , In a Flash

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Hospitality students in the DI Hub.

Supporting Hospitality’s Next Generation

A scholarship funded through the Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Hotel and Conference Center benefits students in Kent State's Hospitality Management program. 

Tags: Community Impact , Hospitality Management , DI Hub , Community & Society , Internships , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Financial Aid

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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ hospitality management senior Ashley Foster (right) spent a week working with Food Network celebrity chef Cat Cora (left). (Photo provided by Ashley Foster)

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Student Realizes Dream of Working With Celebrity Chef

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ senior Ashley Foster has known since third grade that she wanted a career as a chef.

The 20-year-old hospitality management major got a little closer to her dream over the summer when she spent a week training with celebrity chef Cat Cora at the chef’s headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.

Tags: Success Story , Hospitality Management , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Student Success

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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡public relations major Sarah Matthews stands near the Cleveland script sign at North Coast Harbor’s Voinovich Park with the city in the background. She is one of several Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡students involved in the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Students Gain Valuable Experience During RNC in Cleveland

As politicians, delegates, media and communications professionals from across the country descend upon Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention, so too will students from Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, using the skills they’ve learned to gain valuable work experience. Public relations major …

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