Meeting & Agendas

Heather Biagas, Interim Dept Chair of Hospitality Mgmt; Charles Quinn, Dean of Business Studies; Amy Dodenhoff, Event Coordinator; Don Morris, IA/ Pt. Instructor, Karen Duncan, Pt. Instructor, Liz Alexander, Pt. Instructor, Dan Eichler, Pt. Instructor,

Meeting was called to order at 1:49 p.m.

Heather talked about the programs purpose and provided a handout that presented the board with a full scope of what the vision consist of. • Prepare students to successfully enter a four-year institution offering Hospitality Management instruction • Prepare students to enter the workforce as potential managers within the hospitality industry.

Heather Biagas, Interim Dept Chair of Hospitality Mgmt and Charles Quinn the Dean of Business Studies introduced the program staff, allowed the members to introduce themselves, gave a brief overview of the program and welcomed everyone to the 2010 Advisory Board Meeting.

Programs mission •To educate in the fields of Hospitality Management, Meeting & Event Planning, and Travel & Tourism •To actively seek out those who may benefit from a community college education •To revitalize the relationship with the community at large •To grow selectively to achieve distinction

Heather provided the board with a brief update of the programs enrollment and graduates, potential growth, and curriculum changes. Enrollment and Graduates: ACC enrolled 40,248 students for the fall 2009 semester ACC enrolled 41,050 students for the spring 2010 semester Enrollment : Hospitality Mgmt AY2007 173 AY2008 170 AY2009 206 Meeting & Event AY2007 47 AY2008 36 AY2009 41 Travel & Tourism AY2007 16 AY2008 25 AY2009 31 Declared as Fall 09: Hospitality Mgmt Associates 51 Certificate 28 Total 79 Meeting & Event Planning Associates 34 Certificate 14 Total 48 Travel and Tourism Associates 15 Certificate 38 Total 53 The statistics presented do not take into account that many students are double majors. Fall 2009 Graduates: Hospitality Mgmt Associates 1 Certificate 0 Total 1 Meeting & Event Planning Associates 2 Certificate 0 Total 2 Travel & Tourism Associates 0 Certificate 1 Total 1 Baccalaureate 0 Future Sp 2010 Graduates: Hospitality Mgmt Associates 3 Certificate 3 Total 6 Meeting & Event Planning Associates 3 Certificate 3 Total 6 Travel & Tourism Associates 0 Certificate 0 Total 0 Baccalaureate 3 In fall 2010 ACC will be open its newest campus in Round Rock on FM 1431 Course offerings at Round Rock Campus •HAMG 1319 - Computers in Hospitality •HAMG 1321 - Introduction to Hospitality •HAMG 1324 - Hospitality Human Resources Mgmt •TRVM 2301 - Intro to Meeting and Convention Services •TRVM 1327 - Special Event Design •TRVM 2305 - Travel Industry Management Effective fall 2010, the department has received approval from the ACC Curriculum Committee to change to the minimal grade for passing a course from a “D” to a “C”. This is in effect for hospitality management, meeting & event planning, travel & tourism and culinary arts.

Heather talked about the challenges that the program currently faces and the possible challenges the program could face in the immediate future: •Providing enough qualified instructors to fulfill the courses being offered at the Round Rock campus •Having enough students enrolled to fill all course offerings at the EASTVIEW campus and the Round Rock campus •Potential to add course offerings on the weekend •Communities in Austin and surrounding areas do not know that the programs exist and even after 10 years, the obstacles would include a lack of money and staff to spread the word •Locating non-completing students and inviting them to complete their degree •Strengthening the Travel & Tourism Program •The ability to receive enough funding to provide computer aided instructional and real-time computer simulations. One example, front office reservations, point of sale training, cloud computing The department is currently working on a grant that will assist with a web-based simulated training. Hopefully the grant will award the program with $20,000 to $25,000 to help with student training.

Heather talked about the needs and support of the members. She provided them with degree plans and requested feedback from them in regards to the courses we currently offer. She also provided the members with a list of events that we have provided assistance in the past. What is needed: 1. Identify the skills and qualifications needed to obtain gainful employment 2. Identify the instructional material that is and is not provided in courses Each members packet included the current degree plans and course descriptions. Heather invited the members to review the information and to consider visiting our classes in the upcoming academic year. She also stressed the importance of receiving feed back from the industry members. The support and assistance will provide the programs with guidance and feedback on how we are doing.

Next proposed advisory board meeting is for Wednesday, August 11th at 11:30 a.m.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m.