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MAY 14: Final Exams! Professor Joe Barth Explains the Importance
Students hate writing final exams and professors hate marking them, so why do universities still use exams to evaluate students?
MAY 14: HTM Director meets with Estonia Officials
Dr. Kerry Godfrey and CME's Associate Dean (Academic), Sylvain Charlebois met with the Rector and other representatives from Laane-Viru College in Estonia recently.
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MAY 4: Reg Link Now Open! Join us for the Annual Golf Tournament
8th Annual HAFA/HTM Alumni Association Golf Tournament
Royal Woodbine Golf Club
Monday, June 25th, 2012
Registration: 7 a.m.
Start: 7:45 a.m.
EARLY BIRD RATE UNTIL: May
22nd
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MAY 3: Students: Volunteer Opportunity with Two Major Conferences
Volunteers are needed for TWO conferences in Toronto, the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference (May 29-30, 2012) & the Canadian Restaurant Investment Summit (May 30-31, 2012).
Big Picture Conferences, Canada’s leader in the production of annual conferences for the Canadian hospitality industry, has announced a combo pack of education and networking events for those involved in the hotel/ tourism sector.
The two conferences will be held at the Hilton Toronto Hotel on May 29-31,2012. We are expecting 650+ hospitality restaurant professionals attending over the 3 days, including Starwood Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Delta Hotels, CARA Operations, SIR Corp and Boston Pizza. Speakers Highlights: Isadore Sharp from Four Seasons, Paul Hollands, CEO of A&W, Moxie’s Grill, Expedia, PKF Consulting and many more!
You can’t afford to miss this event! Please contact Duncan Chiu before FRIDAY MAY 4TH, 2012 or MONDAY MAY 7TH 2012 the latest. We anticipate the shifts to fill up fast. To sign up to volunteer, please contact Duncan.
dchiu02@uoguelph.ca.
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MAY 3: Getting Ready for June Convocation
Convocation will take place on Tuesday, June 12th in War Memorial Hall with the 11:30 a.m. ceremony designated for HTM. There will be 102 students graduating (65 HAFA, 24 HAFA Co-op and 13 Tourism Management) and among these grads 14 will graduate "With Distinction" having earned a cumulative average of 80% or higher.
MAY 2: Professor Statia Elliot Wins an Award at Conference in Turkey 
The 2nd Interdisciplinary Tourism Research Conference organized under the leadership of the journal ANATOLIA, was recently completed with great success in Fethiye, Turkey.
Winner of this year's John Urry Research Recognition Award is Statia Elliot, University of Guelph, Canada; Nicolas Papadopoulos, Carleton University, Canada ; Leslie Szamosi, University of Sheffield, Greece for their paper: An Integrative, Holistic Approach to the Study of Place Image.
The conference attracted highly diversified and interesting topics, and a multi-cultural group of researchers (272 altogether) at different stages of their academic career, affiliated with over 200 institutions, and representing 50 countries. The 2nd Interdisciplinary Tourism Research Conference will be remembered as a landmark in advancing the field of tourism studies in the future.
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APR 27: HTM's Drew Cumpson...Going Back to School is His Goal!
An accident that paralyzed Drew last year is not stopping him from continuing his studies. He plans to take one or two courses on-line this fall.
Please take a moment to read his story.
At Guelph article by Susan Bubak
Drew's Facebook Page
APR 18: Geoff Smith Retiring on May 1st!
Congratulations to Geoff Smith who has contributed 14 years to the University! A celebration will take place on Thursday, April 26th in PJ's.
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APR 13: Congrats to all HTM Club Executive Members for 2012-2013!
MPI, HAC, HFTP and PCMA have announced the upcoming executive line-up for 2012/13.
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APR 13: Record-Breaking Year for "Think Pink"!
In October, student fundraiser "Think Pink" (for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation) raised $800, and were recognized as an official CBCF event for the first time!
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APR 9: Final Examinations Commence Today
Good luck everyone!
APR 5: A Chance to Win a Kobo Reader!
The 25th Annual Teaching & Learning Innovations Conference Announces: A Call for Student Posters, taking place on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 in Rozanski Hall.
The TLI Students Poster Session showcases research-in-progress created by students.
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WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR, KERRY GODFREY
A very warm welcome to our School.
In 2009, the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph celebrates 40 years of educational service to the Canadian hotel, food service and tourism industries. As Canada's most long-standing and arguably most prestigious university hospitality programme we are immensely proud of both our contribution and our heritage. As we progress through our 5th decade of operation, we also look forward to our future impact on the management and development of what is now a truly global industry.
The 'Guelph School' has gone through many changes over the past 40 years, and no doubt more change is yet to come. However, at the root of all we do is an innate desire to ensure that all of .....
The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) is part of the College of Management and Economics (CME), which is one of the seven colleges of the University of Guelph. The School offers 2 of the 8 majors in the Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) Program - Hotel and Food Administration (HAFA) which also has a Co-op option (HAFA:C) and Tourism Management (TMGT). The acronym HAFA refers to one of the majors offered by the School and until May of 2002 was also the name of the School.