| Statement of Purpose: |
Proceeds from the event benefit
MSU Denver’s Hospitality, Tourism
and Events Department and the
Hospitality Learning Center, where
students are prepared for
Colorado’s growing hospitality
industry. MSU Denver’s program
presents opportunity for students
to regularly shadow experts as
part of their education.
Colorado’s emerging wine industry
is creating career opportunities
for students by connecting them
with leading experts to
demonstrate both management acumen
and knowledge of conditions needed
to craft award-winning wines.
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About MSU Denver – Hospitality,
Tourism and Events Department/
Hotel and Hospitality Learning
Center
Located in downtown Denver – a
global destination city –
Metropolitan State University of
Denver’s Department of
Hospitality, Tourism and Events
(HTE) is uniquely positioned in
the heart of Denver’s hospitality
industry to educate students to
become Colorado’s future
hoteliers, restaurateurs, tourism
executives and meeting and event
planners. The HTE Department
offers relevant knowledge and
experience in a new $45 million
Hotel and Hospitality Learning
Center – a combined SpringHill
Suites by Marriott hotel and
hands-on learning
laboratory/academic building. MSU
Denver is one of only 11
universities in the country that
has a teaching hotel on its
campus.
About Metropolitan State
University of Denver
MSU Denver is the leader in
educating undergraduate Coloradans
and enrolls the highest number of
students of color among the
state’s four-year colleges. The
University currently has 23,000
students and offers 55 majors and
master’s degrees in accounting,
teaching and social work. It
boasts more than 73,000 alumni,
the bulk of whom remain in
Colorado after graduation. |
