Peter Oliver, one of Toronto’s most successful owner-operators of upscale restaurants, has been named executive-in-residence at the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) for the winter semester. Oliver will share his experiences with students Feb. 7-8.
Congratulations to CME Dean Julia Christensen Hughes who will be the recipient of the Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI) 2012 Gold Award in the Educator Category. Dean Christensen Hughes will be celebrated and presented with this Award at the 22nd annual gala Gold Awards Dinner that will be held on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012.
CME HR students competed at the OBC (the Ryerson Organizational Behaviour case competition) on the weekend and came in second place. Comprised of Erin Campbell, Cristina Ricciardi, Brittney Hoving, and Andrea Cormack, the Guelph team came in second out of seven teams behind Concordia with McMaster in third place.
Congratulations to the team and their coach Dr. Agnes Zdaniuk, Department of Business.
CME student and President of the HRMSA Conner MacLeod will be one of the panelists tomorrow for Live Chat Thursday - Bridging the gap: Getting the most out of Gen Y for the Financial Post. The discussion will centre around the question: How can the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers who make up today’s middle and upper management get the most out of their young staff and inspire the new generation to take their organizations to the top?
Over the weekend in Ottawa, CME sent its first team to JDC Central (Jeux du Commerce). JDC Central is an annual business case competition featuring top business schools and students from across Ontario and the Maritimes. JDC is now the biggest business case competition in the country (with East, Central and West). Each university sends one team of more than 45 representative students to participate respectively in one of 10 Academic Competitions. Points are awarded and accumulated towards a team being declared "School of the Year".
The 2011-2012 Hospitality and Tourism Managment Student Association (HTMSA) has pulled together to support their fellow student, Drew Cumpson, who was injured last summer on a volunteer mission in Peru. The fundraising dinner, which has just sold out, hopes to raise more than $10,000 to help cover the cost for a wheelchair.
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CME Dean (Acting), Sylvain Charlebois participated as a panelist for a public discussion around the need for a national approach to emerging food challenges. Focusing his comments around food safety and security, he saw an emerging era of food safety accountability, but called for more government openness on food safety issues and a regulatory environment better adapted to the smaller players in agriculture.
For more information, read this Guelph Mercury article.
Acting CME Dean, Sylvain Charlebois and Prof. Francis Tapon's study entitled Food Index 2012, predicts an average increase of 2 percent in food prices for 2012. Quoted in the Yahoo!Finance article Will food, electronics weight heavily on your wallet in 2012?, the study projects a 3 percent price increase for items such as meat, vegetables and baked goods and a zero increase for other staples, creating a 2 percent average increase.
Three CME University of Guelph students are profiled in the Guelph Mercury for turning their homework into a business; a website that connects students with the club scene. Sev Bailey, Mike Hillcoat and Adam Estrela were given a class assignment to create a business and soon realized the real-world potential of their assignment. Read full story in the Guelph Mercury
A University of Guelph economics professor belongs to a winning team in a prestigious humanities and social sciences research competition.
Kris Inwood’s project in mining information from one of the largest population databases in the world was named one of the victors of the 2012 Digging Into Data Challenge today. Sponsored by Canada, the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the competition promotes innovative research using digital resources to learn about people and cultures and to develop multidisciplinary partnerships.