Program Facts

Certified majors – 168
Pre-certified students – 360
Certified minors – 36

Faculty and staff

• Terry Umbreit, Director and Taco Bell Distinguished Professor in Hospitality Business Management
• Dennis Reynolds, Ivar B. Haglund Chair in Hospitality Business Management
• Ken Kendall, Associate Professor
• Chris Paxson, Associate Professor
• Nancy Swanger, Associate Professor
• Jenny Kim, Assistant Professor
• Dogan Gursoy, Associate Professor
• Kevin Bennett, Academic Advisor
• Anita Young, Principal Assistant
• Jo Mark, Secretary

Financial Information
Cost of tuition at WSU—2005–06
Undergraduate Resident $5,056
Minimum endowment to cover cost (at 4%) $137,650
Undergraduate Non-resident $14,514
Minimum endowment to cover cost (at 4%) $352,850

Full annual cost
(including room and board)
Undergraduate Resident $17,210
Minimum endowment to cover cost (at 4%) $430,250
Undergraduate Non-resident $26,218
Minimum endowment to cover cost (at 4%) $655,450

Annual giving to SHBM
$150,000 (9% of donations received by the College of Business)

Scholarships distributed by SHBM
$100,000 (1/3 of the scholarship dollars
distributed by the College of Business)

Total endowment value (FY05)
SHBM $7,937,681.08
Percent of CB total 32.5%

Endowment income (FY05)
SHBM $286,993
Percent of CB total 31.9%

Distinctions

• Founded in 1932, the School of Hospitality Business Management is one of the country’s premiere hospitality programs
• Ranked 6th in overall quality and 1st in career services for its students (Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education 2002)
• Home of the Burtenshaw Lecture Series, one of the industry’s oldest and most distinguished speaker series
• 85% career placement rate at graduation
• In 2005, the SHBM had three Dean’s Excellence Fellows, one Outstanding Faculty in Research award winner, and one International Business Research award winner
• Innovative exchange programs send students around the world for academic and career development

List of Partners and Recruiters
Corporate Partners

• ARAMARK
• Boyd’s Coffee
• NAMA-National Automatic Merchandising Association
• Society of Food Service Managemen

Principal Recruiting Partners

• ARAMARK
• Compass Group
• Darden Restaurants
• Fairmont Hotels
• Hilton Hotels
• Hyatt Hotels
• Marriott
• Old Spaghetti Factory
• Starwood Hotels
• Walt Disney World