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Jerrie Hsieh

Saunders College of Business recognizes the accomplishments of its outstanding employees throughout the 2023-24 academic year.

Spectrum News talks to Jerrie Hsieh, professor, and Muhammet Kesgin, associate professor, both in the Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation at Saunders College of Business, about a new workforce training program aimed at refugees.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology will begin offering two new master’s degree programs, exclusively online, beginning in the fall of 2023.

A hospitality workforce training program run by Saunders College of Business is responding both to the needs of underserved immigrants and refugees seeking meaningful work and an industry that has been devastated by staff shortages wrought by the pandemic.

Saunders College of Business recognizes the accomplishments of its outstanding employees.

Three Saunders programs prepare students to pioneer innovation using technology and leadership.

Third-year hospitality and tourism management major Maddie Reim worked with Saunders College of Business Associate Professor Jerrie Hsieh on research pertaining to the return of consumers to restaurant dining. Reim will present her findings during RIT’s Undergraduate Research Symposium.

The hospitality and tourism management (HTM) degree at Saunders College of Business offers students the opportunity to gain a range of applicable skill sets in both business and hospitality operations.

When students in RIT’s hospitality and tourism management clubs realized COVID-19 restrictions would prevent them from executing their annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser dinner, they decided to redirect their efforts to give back to the community instead.

The international honorary chapter Eta Sigma Delta (ESD) recognized the hard work of five Saunders Hospitality students this week