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Tourism Education
Brochure - Certificate in Tourism & the Hospitality IndustryUniversity of Maine Hutchinson Center
For immediate release University of Maine Hutchinson Center Announces New Tourism Certificate for Fall 2006
Dr. George Criner, who will serve as the instructor for REP 254, is chair of the Resource Economics and Policy Department at the University of Maine. Professor Donna Fichtner, who will teach BUA 490, is currently the Executive Director of the Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau and is a Certified Hospitality Educator. In George Criner’s words, “I am putting together a fantastic course focused upon the small business as an entrepreneurial enterprise for the fall semester. My goal is to create a course that will be of real benefit to the students—one that will knock their socks off.” According to Donna Fitchner, “Students find internship experiences of real personal and professional value. I have developed an exciting set of activities, have a great syllabus prepared and ready, and am looking forward to working with adult working students.” The introduction of a tourism program here in the mid-coast is designed to increase students’ knowledge, skills and options for participating in the growing tourism industry. Students working in small businesses or those who aspire to own or contribute to the growth of a small business may be particularly interested in enrolling in courses offered as a part of the new tourism program. Faculty teaching in the program are particularly adept at demonstrating the relationship between course outcomes and employee skills and talents associated with success in small business ventures. All courses associated with the 22-hour certificate in tourism will be offered at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Students may also take tourism course offerings on the Orono campus. All twenty-two credits in the tourism certificate may be applied to the pursuit of a bachelor’s program in business at the University of Maine. Individual tourism courses or sets of tourism courses may enhance preparation for current employment or future employment opportunities in the tourism industry. The tourism certificate is composed of seven courses which will be offered across the fall, spring, and summer sessions at the Hutchinson Center. Among these offerings are courses which focus upon the economics of tourism, resource business management, principles of sustainable tourism, and internet marketing for small businesses. A wide range of electives is available to meet individual needs. To earn the certificate, all students participate in a tourism internship and service management experience. The School of Business, Public Policy and Health, the College of Natural Science, Forestry and Agriculture and The Center for Tourism Research and Outreach (CenTRO) at the University of Maine have been instrumental in creating and supporting the new tourism certificate program. “Helping Maine citizens take advantage of the resources we have at The Center for Tourism Research and Outreach (CenTRO) will be a key to our success” says Harold Daniel, CenTRO Director. “We help folks make connections”. The University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center is currently enrolling students for fall 2006 semester. For further information, please call the Hutchinson Center 1-207-338-8000. Registration materials are on line at http://www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu/. Registration may be done via telephone at 1-207-338-8000, in person between 7:00 a.m. and 9:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, or through personal appointment with a staff member for student advising during business hours. University of Maine Presque Isle
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Beginning in the fall 2006 semester, the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast, Maine will offer the first two courses in a series of courses that will lead to a University of Maine Certificate in Tourism. Both courses, REP 254, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in the Hospitality Industry (Friday evening, Saturday morning), and BUA 490, Hospitality Guest Service Internship (Monday evening), will be taught by University of Maine faculty who have current experience and strong credentials in the hospitality industry. Both courses will be offered in the evening to accommodate the schedules of working adults.