Meeting & Agendas

Hello Advisory Committee members, Happy holidays month! Thank you for continuing to be my sounding board for the Hospitality programs at ACC. I appreciate your voice and perspective as we work to bring students into the workforce with as much knowledge and enthusiasm as we can instill! There are a few new members to the group included on this thread. In addition to Jan Allen with Jan Allen Enterprises, Delores Crum with Premiere Events, Jennifer Currier with Hyatt Place, Rob Gillette with Renaissance Austin, Cindy Lo with Red Velvet Events, Susan Richardson with Visit Austin, Britt Udemi with Hilton Austin Airport, and Molly Waterman with the Hotel Van Zandt, I am also including Joe Bolash from the Hilton Austin, Ashley Sansalone from Whim Hospitality, Mercedes Feris with Method 3 Events, and Tabatha Shaw with ABIA. (soon to be called AUS, I hear) Again, thank you for participating! Before I get too far, I wanted to mention to you that we are saying goodbye to one of our long-time adjuncts, Latonia Booth, a planner with RTI Surgical and our instructor for the Introduction to Conventions & Meetings class and the Expo & Trade Show class. If you have colleagues that are experienced in this planning area and might want to try their hand at teaching at the college level, please let me know and I'll reach out to them. Here is some general information for those not familiar with the degree/certificate offerings: Degrees in the Hospitality Department programs: (All AAS degrees are 60 hours for completion) Baccalaureate Prep AAS - This two-year degree allows students to take basic classes and a selection of 11 specialty classes in the hospitality and culinary curriculum. Targeted to students transferring to 4-year hospitality schools. Culinary and Hospitality Entrepreneurship Specialization AAS - This 2-year degree is targeting students that want to have small businesses in our industry. Coffee shops, food trailers, small catering companies, travel agencies, third-party planners, etc. It allows for a choice of five elective choices to target the small business interest. Includes a licensing / permits class and business plan creation class as well as HR, Mgmt/Leadership,Legal Issues, Financial Mgmt and others. Requires an Internship of 240 hours. Hotel and Restaurant Specialization AAS - This two-year degree targets students entering the various operational management and sales positions for hotels and restaurants. All classes transfer to 4-year hospitality schools and we have a direct articulation with University of Houston Hilton School. Courses include Front Office Mgmt, Purchasing, Computers, Marketing/Sales, Legal Issues, Financial Mgmt and others. Requires an Internship of 240 hours. Meeting and Event Planning Specialization AAS - This two-year degree targets students entering either the social / events side of planning or the corporate/association side of planning. Courses include Special Event Design, Expo/Trade Shows, Concert Promotions, Conventions & Meetings and Applied Meeting Management in addition to core HR, Mgmt/Leadership, Technology in Hospitality, Legal Issues and others. Requires an Internship of 240 hours. Travel and Tourism AAS - This two-year degree targets students entering the areas of outbound travel planning or in-bound group sales or travel planning. Courses include Western Hemispheres, Travel Management, Sabre Training, Group Tours and Sustainable Tourism as well as core HR, Mgmt/Leadership, Technology in Hospitality, Financial Mgmt and others. Requires an Internship of 240 hours. Certificates in the Hospitality Department programs: (All Certificates include nine-3 hour credit classes - 27 hours for completion) These certificates target students that are changing careers or those wanting to enter the workforce quickly Hospitality Management Certificate Meeting Planning Certificate Travel and Tourism Certificate Overview of Student Demographics: Number of students in classes for fall 2019: 250 students, broken down to about 48% in hotel/restaurant, 37% Meeting/Events Planning and 15% Travel/ Tourism. Average Age: Between 25-40 (but there are definitely outliers) *Generally the students are working and often have families. Many students take a class or two a semester with no class in the summer, some students take 2-3 classes per semester. Upcoming: We will be moving our department to the Highland Learning Center (The old Highland Mall location at 2222 and IH 35) for the fall 2020 semester. This will be the completion of Phase 2 of 3 - Phase 1 has been operating for about 3 years. We are excited to have a purpose-built location which will include a special events classroom that has a floral cooler, cabinetry and hanging bars for tablescape linens and settings as well as an AV storage area for rounds/high boys for event designs. Additionally we will have a mock hotel room for examining wall and floor coverings, cleaning product usage, room inspection, and housekeeping equipment. And we will have an operating travel planning office to give students the chance to interact with clients and plan travel options. Students will be available for (mostly ACC) staff to come by and get help with their upcoming travel. I look forward to inviting you all out to see our new facilities. Request to Consider: Adding options for restrictive electives The real reason for this note is to ask your approval for the addition of class options in the restrictive electives category. Each of the degrees and certificates have an option(s) for the student to choose a restrictive elective of their interest. I want to add a couple more classes to their list of choices for the Meeting Planning Certificate and the Travel & Tourism Certificate. We already run the classes listed, but the students in those certificates can't take them if they are not specifically in the restrictive elective list. This change is to broaden the choices for those two programs, and we offer them already as part of other degrees and certificates. All of the classes are under the Hospitality umbrella. With your approval, here are the changes that I would like to propose to the ACC Curriculum Council: For the Meeting Planning Certificate: Add Restricted Electives: HAMG 1313 (Front Office Mgmt) and HAMG 1324 (Human Resources Mgmt) These classes can help planners with rooming lists, housing and registration and HR understanding. For the Travel Management Certificate: Add Restricted Elective: HAMG 1324 (Human Resources Mgmt) This may interest students wanting to start a business in travel management as well as gaining knowledge around all HR issues. I know this was a long email, but I wanted to be sure the newer members had a bit more understanding of the program offerings. If you are still with me, thank you, and let me know if you approve the proposed changes to the restrictive electives for the two certificates. Happy holidays! Best, Liz Liz Hundley, CMP Interim Department Chair, Programs of Hospitality Mgmt, Meeting & Event Planning, Travel & Tourism Austin Community College, Eastview Campus 3401 Webberville Road, Austin, TX 78702 stacy.hundley@austincc.edu (512) 223-5181 www.austincc.edu/hospmgmt The Hospitality department is moving to the Highland Learning Center campus for fall semester, 2020!

6 advisory board members responded to the email. 6 out of 6 voted in favor of adding the additional restricted electives.