The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management will soon have a state-of-the-art facility worthy of its top-ranked programs. Marriott Hall, named in honor of the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation which made the lead gift, will provide world-class facilities for hospitality and tourism teaching and research, and will ensure the department’s programs remain competitive.
The $12 million Marriott Hall will be located at the northwest corner of State and University streets, just across from Matthews Hall. The department and its restaurants currently are located in Stone Hall. Groundbreaking is scheduled for October 2007.
“Marriott Hall will give our department a home on campus that will improve the learning environment for our students and upgrade research facilities for our faculty,” says Ray Kavanaugh, head, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. “It also will give us a better front door to the world for recruiters, the local community, and visiting clientele of our teaching restaurants.”
Plans for the new facility include a demonstration classroom that will seat approximately 100 students, several other classrooms and labs, a career center, and a student services area. In addition, there will be larger venues, as well as a central campus location, more parking, and expanded areas for quantity food production to service the John Purdue Room and HTM Café.
“These department-run restaurants serve as training facilities for students and eating and gathering places for the campus and community,” Dennis Savaiano, dean, College of Consumer and Family Sciences.
The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management has an enrollment of 620 undergraduates, 48 master's degree students, and 14 doctoral students. Within hospitality and tourism management, students can choose an emphasis in tourism, lodging, or foodservice.
The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education has twice ranked the department’s undergraduate program No.1 nationally. One study surveyed 121 four-year hospitality institutions in order to rank programs quantitatively based on five criteria: curriculum, faculty, student body, resources, and fund-raising. The second study was from survey data collected from corporate recruiters for major hotel and restaurant companies.
Purdue President Martin C. Jischke says the quality of the department’s programs, as well as student demand, make a new home for the department a priority for the University.
“We equip Purdue students with a wide range of skills that the industry values very highly,” he says. “Graduates of the program go to work in Indiana and all over the world. This new facility can only make Purdue’s outstanding program even stronger, and we are very grateful to the Marriott Foundation for its vision and support.”
Read about those who are supporting Marriott Hall:
For information on how you also can support Marriott Hall,
please contact Lora Adams, CFS director of development, at (800) 535-7303,
(765) 494-7890, or lmadams@purdue.edu.
CFS Development and Alumni Relations
Matthews Hall, Room 101
812 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2060
Phone: (800) 535-7303 or (765) 494-7890
E-mail: cfsalums@purdue.edu
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