Pennsylvania State University School of Hospitality Management
| Type | • Public • State-related • Land-grant |
|---|---|
| Established | 1937 |
| Dean | Donna Quadri-Felitti |
| Location | University Park, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Campus | University Park |
| Website | www |
The Pennsylvania State University School of Hospitality Management (also known as SHM) is located at the main campus of The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania and serves over 700 students. SHM is one of the three oldest continually-operating hospitality management programs in the United States and offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Hospitality Management.
SHM houses a Career Center under the direction of Mr. Brian Black, a Center for Food Innovation under the direction of Dr. Peter Bordi, a Center for Hospitality Real Estate Strategy under the direction of Dr. John O'Neill and a Hospitality Leadership Institute under the direction of Ms. Ruth Ann Jackson. The school hosts under the direction of Dr. Amit Sharma, the ICHRIE Penn State Research Reports, translational research studies designed for hospitality industry executives. SHM also has an Industry Advisory Board composed of leading hospitality industry executives who provide the school with strategic advice and strengthen SHM's industry links for such things as career placement, education, and research, as well as help faculty remain current about industry trends. The school's alumni association is known as the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society.
The hospitality management program at Penn State formally began in 1937 as an outgrowth of Institutional Management and was originally known as Hotel Administration.
In 1958, the program became Food Service and Housing Administration (FSHA), dividing the Hotel Administration major into two separate majors – Commercial Food Service and Institutional Resident Management.
In the 1970s, the program became focused on Service Management and Administrative Dietetics.
In 1981, the program name changed again, and the Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM) was formed. The department was upgraded in 1987, and the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management was created. In 2005, the program was renamed the School of Hospitality Management.
The School of Hospitality Management is located in the Mateer Building on the northwest corner of Penn State's University Park campus near the intersection of Atherton Street and Park Avenue. Mateer was completed in 1993 and is named after A. Laura Mateer and her husband M.C. "Matty" Mateer in whose memory she had donated $1.5 million to the School. Mateer is the host to Cafe Laura, the Center for Food Innovation, the Career Center, conference rooms, faculty offices, a computer laboratory and classrooms.
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