Hospitality Management
The Academic Program
In the 1890s, Ohio State was the first domestic science program in the United States to include reference to commercial food preparation. From 1900 to 1945, the Hospitality Management program established a reputation as one of the leading institutional food service management programs in the country. In 1946, Ohio State opened the Restaurant Management program, and then in 1983 the program’s name changed to Hospitality Management: Lodging and Food Service. In 1990, the program’s enrollment peaked at 325 students. Hospitality Management went through a crisis from 1992 through 1994 as the College nearly abolished it. Since 1995, the program is recovering and building again. With 176 students enrolled currently, the professors in this area are reviewing what it would take to be one of the top five hospitality management programs in the country. The hospitality industry is one of the largest employers in the United States and the State of Ohio and the City of Columbus are home to a number of food and restaurant company headquarters. In an effort to utilize industry leaders, the Hospitality Management program has engaged an advisory board.The Goals
The Hospitality Management Program is committed to developing future leaders and managers with an outstanding ability to solve problems, make sound decisions, and effectively manage people and other resources. The undergraduate program requires work experience and internships. It is our intention to establish a very strong graduate program to serve the needs of industry and the academy by providing future faculty for hospitality education and conduct research that serves as the foundation for a growing and maturing industry/profession. The fund raising goals for this program are to renovate the View Point Bistro, a laboratory restaurant in Drake Union, to establish a seminar series for distinguished visitors, to endow a chair and a professorship and to establish endowed graduate scholarships and fellowships.
Fund Raising Goals
Renovation of the View Point:
$250,000
Seminar Series:
$20,000 annually
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