Executive Hospitality Management

UW-Stout alum Samantha Ziwicki is working as a special events associate with the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.

Skol: May hospitality graduate works for Minnesota Vikings planning special events

University of Wisconsin-Stout alum Samantha Ziwicki is living her dream working for her favorite NFL team as a special events associate.

November 17, 2021

Alum in restaurant, hotel industries persist in their passion despite pandemic challenges

Hospitality is at the heart of all they do

November 4, 2021

Nilu Umarova in 2018 at an International Education Week event showing traditional Tajikistan dress.

Seven students garner $5,750 in Wisconsin Restaurant Association scholarships

Seven University of Wisconsin-Stout students recently received $5,750 in scholarships from the Wisconsin Restaurant Association Education Foundation.

October 25, 2021

Parker Griffin, a UW-Stout golf enterprise management major, is on a co-op with the PGA of America for the Ryder Cup golf matches at Whistling Straits.

Golf management alum, students adding Ryder Cup to their resumes

When the biennial Ryder Cup begins this week in Wisconsin, UW-Stout and its golf management program will be well represented.

September 22, 2021

Cindy Pawlcyn, a 1977 graduate, founded the iconic Mustards Grill in California’s Napa Valley. / Photo courtesy of Mustards Grill

Resilient alum chef bouncing back from ‘horrible year’ with pandemic, Napa Valley wildfire

Cindy Pawlcyn has grit. When she was young, she was told she was too small to be a chef, and she was rejected by a culinary institute.

June 22, 2021

Indy Thompson, 23, is the new owner of Pine Crest Golf Course near Dallas, in southern Barron County about 50 miles north of Eau Claire.

With experience and golf management degree, age no barrier for 23-year-old new course owner

If Indiana “Indy” Thompson was like most new college graduates, he’d be dipping his toes into the “real world” a little at a time.

June 4, 2021

Derek Holmes, a 2010 UW-Stout graduate and former Blue Devil golfer, qualified for this week’s PGA Championship in South Carolina, one of golf four major events.

Alum passes qualifying test to earn spot in prestigious PGA Championship

A 34-year-old UW-Stout alumni and former Blue Devil golfer realized a lifelong dream recently.

May 18, 2021

The Joint Finance Committee held a state budget hearing April 22 at UW-Stout.

Chancellor, deans ask Joint Finance Committee to support funding for Heritage Hall planning and design

University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Katherine Frank urged state leaders Thursday, April 22, to support $5.6 million to allow the university to begin planni

April 23, 2021

Faculty member selected for national advertisers’ Visiting Professor Program

A UW-Stout professor said his selection to a prestigious national program will benefit students in university hospitality, business and management classes.

March 10, 2021

Derek Turner III, front, is an intern with At the Turn and captain of the Accelerate Hospitality program.

Hospitality programs form alliance with Twin Cities nonprofit to support youth

An alliance between UW-Stout’s hospitality programs and a nonprofit organization could open the door to a college education for historically underserved youth.

March 1, 2021

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