IUP Hospitality Management Department News

Help the Homeless: Spaghetti Dinner

Mr. Bruce V. Dries bvdries — 2009-09-08T14:54:00Z

A small group of women are working together to help needy and homeless people in Indiana County. All proceeds for an “All You Can Eat” spaghetti dinner will be donated to Pathway Homeless Shelter and the Alice Paul House.

The students and staff of the Department of Hospitality Management at IUP have graciously offered to sponsor the dinner as a major fundraiser for this important cause. The menu will include garden salad, all-you-can-eat spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread, tiramisu, and choice of beverage.

Tickets are $7 in advance or at the door. Dinner will be served at the Allenwood Restaurant, located on the lower level of Ackerman Hall, on Sunday, September 20, 2009. Take-out orders are also available between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

For information and tickets, call 724-357-2626 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m. M-F).

IUP Hospitality Management Students Volunteer at the National Tourism Association Convention

Mrs. Elaine Smith ejacobs — 2008-11-19T14:54:00Z

On November 15 to November 19, 2008, the city of Pittsburgh is hosting the National Tourism Association (NTA) convention, featuring a gathering of tour operators from around the world. Students from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Hospitality Management will be volunteering their time to help make this event a great success.

The students from instructor Jeremy Shearer's Tourism class will be donating a combined 120 hours of their time to help with the organization of guests to the Pittsburgh region and with a variety of social events centered around the tourism industry and Pittsburgh's growth as a tourist hot spot for the mid-Atlantic region.

For more information...

IUP Department of Hospitality Management

National Tourism Association

Pittsburgh Tourism Council

History of IUP Department of Hospitality Management Published

Mrs. Elaine Smith ejacobs — 2008-11-18T14:54:00Z

The Hospitality Management Department recently published a history of the department.

The IUP Hospitality Management program can trace its roots back to 1916, when a Household Arts and Science course in cooking was first offered at what was then the Indiana Normal School. This course of study proved so popular, that by 1930, cooking courses were being conducted out of two food production laboratories located in what is now McElhaney Hall. In addition to the two laboratories, this building also featured a dining room utilized by students enrolled in the food production courses to sample and evaluate their prepared products.

Continue reading the History of IUP Hospitality Management.

Hospitality Management Professor to attend Culinary School Advisory Meeting

Mr. Bruce V. Dries bvdries — 2008-11-14T14:54:00Z

Stephen B. Shiring, a member of the Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School's Culinary Arts Occupational Advirory Committee, will attend the 2008–2009 meeting on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Dr. Shiring has served as a member of this advisory committee since 1987.

Shiring to evaluate Hospitality Management Program at University of Maryland

Mr. Bruce V. Dries bvdries — 2008-09-24T14:54:00Z

As a member of a site evaluation team for the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration, Stephen Shiring will evaluate the Hospitality Management Program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, October 20-22, 2008.

Help the Homeless: Eat Spaghetti

Mrs. Regan P. Houser rphouser — 2008-02-27T14:54:00Z

Hospitality Management students in the Housing the Homeless and Feeding the Hungry (Senior Syntheses) course will host a spaghetti dinner to raise money for the Pathways Homeless Shelter, a program run by the Indiana County Community Action Program.

The dinner will be held April 9 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Allenwood Restaurant, located in the lower level of Ackerman Hall. For $7.00 per person, the meal includes a salad, spaghetti with meatballs, bread, tiramisu, and choice of drink. Take out is available. Limited delivery service to on campus locations will be available as well. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. For more information contact Mike Sidorovich at pmfm@iup.edu.