FIU’s
Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
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Hires New Faculty
to Strengthen Academics
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in Three Key Hospitality
Sectors
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Miami,
FL – September 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / Florida International University’s
Chaplin
School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, recognized by BestColleges.com
as one of the nation’s
top hospitality programs, has welcomed three new faculty members this
fall.
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The
new faculty members bring extensive industry and teaching experience in
real estate acquisition, new restaurant concepts, and trade show, convention
and event management.
George
Macropulos brings decades of experience as an executive in the hospitality
industry with expertise in revenue management and real estate development.
Brian
Connors will join FIU after 15 years of successfully designing and
executing new restaurant concepts. Dan
Cormany will return to FIU from Silicon Valley, where he has specialized
in special events, trade shows and convention management.
“Like
many of our existing faculty members, professors Macropulos, Connors and
Cormany possess invaluable industry knowledge and experience, and they
have proven track records as educators,” said Michael
Cheng, interim dean of the Chaplin School. “They come to us with a
wide network of industry connections. That’s the foundation for student
success.”
About
the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Florida
International University’s Chaplin
School of Hospitality & Tourism Management has been distinguished
as one of the top hospitality programs in the U.S. More than 2,000 undergraduate
and graduate students from across the United States and around the world
choose FIU for its outstanding reputation, advantageous campus locations,
expert faculty, rich curriculum, and fast-track career opportunities in
the international hotel, foodservice, and tourism industries. In August
2006, FIU unveiled the first US School of Hospitality and Tourism in Tianjin,
China. The Marriott Tianjin China Program is FIU’s largest international
program, with a capacity for 1,000 students. For more information about
Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism
Management, visit hospitality.fiu.edu.
About
FIU
Florida
International University is classified by Carnegie as a “R1: Doctoral
Universities - Highest Research Activity” and recognized as a Carnegie
Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges
and schools that offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields
such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations,
architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida’s anchor institutions,
FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy. The university
received honors in all categories of The Chronicle of Higher Education’s
“2017 Great Colleges to work for.” FIU graduates are consistently among
the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders
of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds
Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time.
FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple
state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research
and Testing Facility, FIU’s Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials
Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees
and enrolls more than 56,000 students in two campuses and centers including
FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and
Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through
its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU,
and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA
and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more
information about FIU, visit www.fiu.edu.
Media
Contact:
Lazaro
Gonzalez
305-919-4139
Florida
International University |