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Who’s ready? inside check in School of Hospitality Administration ADVISORY BOARD Edwin Fuller (SMG’68), Chair Former President & Managing Director, 1 FRONT OF Marriott International Lodging From the Dean… President, Laguna Strategic Advisors, LLC Hugh Andrews THE HOUSE President, International Hospitality Enterprises Discover what’s happening at SHA Let me describe something I like to call the “SHA James Apteker (’88) Virtuous Circle,” and offer my thanks to you for CEO, Longwood Events making it happen through your time, generous Dennis Baker 4 DEVELOPMENTS President & CEO, Avendra, LLC donations, and strong support. Hugh Andrews turns around hotels René Beil (’97, MET’04) and cultivates leaders The SHA Virtuous Circle starts here: It is a Managing Partner, Beaufort Global Partners, LLC known fact that the reputation of a great school Marc Bruno in a great university is built on the foundation of President, Sports & Entertainment, ARAMARK 6 ALUM Ian Carter its best assets—our alumni and friends. Remark- President, Global Operations & Development, SPOTLIGHT ably, we now have more than 2,000 SHA alumni Hilton Worldwide Maureen Downey (’94) spots the fakes and thousands more friends. You are the reason David Chag General Manager, The Country Club in rare wine SHA is becoming more prominent every day. Denise Coll Our thanks to you. President, North America, Starwood Hotels and The strength of your accomplishments Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 9 STUDENT Manuel R. Costa (CGS’72, CAS’74) after leaving BU, or the discussions about SHA President and CEO, Costa Fruit & Produce SPOTLIGHT you have with others, have meant that when Eric Danziger Meet the national chair of the National it is time to recruit hospitality management President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group Society of Minorities in Hospitality students, great companies come to visit SHA looking for people just like you. In fact, thanks to Ted Darnall Principal & COO, HEI Hotels & Resorts you, we had more than two dozen company recruiting visits during spring 2012, and our new Robert Earl 10 TIPS FROM graduate placement record was among the highest of any BU school or college. Founder & CEO, Planet Hollywood International The reputation that you, our alumni and friends, enhanced while working as undergraduate Thomas Engel THE TOP President & Founder, T.R. Engel Group, LLC interns or as the people who mentored them, guarantees the success we have in offering more SHA guest lecturers share Sidney Feltenstein (COM’62) insight with Check In readers internship opportunities to our current undergraduates every year. Once again, this past year Senior Operating Partner, Sentinel Capital Partners we had more requests for interns than students to fill them. This happened while our SHA Warren Fields student interns were gaining the skills they need to fast-track their careers when they enter Principal & Chief Investment Officer, 12 THANK YOU, Pyramid Advisors LLC the workforce. And for that, we have you to thank. Tony Hughes DONORS! The more internships leading to better job offers our graduates have, the easier it becomes to Managing Director, Retired, Mitchells & Butlers recruit exceptional entering students from around the world. Once again, thanks to your profes- Tom Kershaw Chairman and CEO, Hampshire House Corporation sional successes, we have started the semester with a stronger core of international students, 13 ALUMNI Irma Mann more transfers from other colleges, and another entering class with exceptional admissions President, IRMA, Inc. NEWS + NOTES statistics. This is all because of the success that you, our alumni and friends, have created. You Joseph McInerney President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association have more than earned SHA’s gratitude. Javier Rosenberg (’94) And, of course, the stronger our incoming freshmen and transfer students are, the stronger our COO & Executive Vice President, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group future SHA alumni and friends circle will become. Great schools attract great students; great students Robert Sage PHASED FAREWELL become great alumni; and great alumni and great friends ensure that our SHA Virtuous Circle grows President, Sage Hotel Corporation larger and more prominent every year. Again, it’s all thanks to your efforts and your engagement. Jeffrey G. Saunders Check In is published by President and CEO, Saunders Hotel Group After 15 years of teaching at SHA, 80-year-old Stanley Buchin has decided Boston University School of Hospitality Administration I know you want to make sure this growing circle of success expands, and your continued Punit Shah (’02) for alumni and friends. support, through gifts to the Annual Fund and participation in local and national alumni events, President & COO, Liberty Group of Companies to enter a phased retirement. Buchin is continuing to teach this academic Jacqueline Sonnabend Dean makes it all possible. On behalf of SHA, our sincerest thanks to you. year, and he is still serving as chair of the faculty. He will take a sabbatical in Executive Vice President, Sonesta International Hotels Christopher Muller, PhD James T. Stamas 2013/2014 to research a new way to do regression analysis. (Buchin had a long Editor Dean Emeritus, BU School of Hospitality Administration career as a market consultant before coming to SHA in 1997.) On July 1, 2014, Patrick L. Kennedy (COM’04) Chris Muller William Taylor Dean Christopher Muller will appoint Buchin professor of the practice Contributing Writers General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Boston Chris Berdik Paul S. Tormey emeritus. Buchin intends to rejoin the faculty on a part-time basis that fall, Tempe Goodhue Regional Vice President & General Manager, Fairmont possibly to teach a course on hospitality as it appears in literature and cinema. Rachel Johnson (MET’11) Copley Plaza Hotel Robb Webb “His years of service,” Muller says of Buchin, “are a testimony to his Graphic Designer Stay Connected to the School of Hospitality Administration Chief Human Resources Officer, Global Hyatt Corporations Matthew Guemple lifetime commitment to higher education, especially in our field of hospitality BOARD MEMBERS EMERITI Produced by Join the SHA online management. His tireless efforts on behalf of our students, his collegiality with Boston University Creative Services community! Post, tag, Michael Athanas Richard Joaquim his faculty and staff colleagues, his partnership with our industry friends, and Milan Bedrosian (CFA’59) In keeping with BU’s commitment to sustainability, tweet, ask questions, and Timothy Kirwan his contributions to the greater University should be models for all of us to this publication is printed on FSC-certified paper. George Berkowitz www.linkedin.com (Group: “BU School of Hospitality ette ette Stuart Meyerson reconnect with alumni C C Robert E. Cumings follow. I personally am grateful for his leadership and commitment to SHA, his and faculty. Administration”) (SMG’59) Burton Miller Cover photo by Annie tritt erudition and considerable wit, and of course, his boundless energy.” www.facebook.com/buhospitality Robert Derba Raymond Murgia J. Alan Hayman (SMG’59) “I’ve loved it,” Buchin says of his time at SHA. “I love the students; I’ve loved 1112 9040029541 http://twitter.com/buhospitality vernon dou vernon dou William Heck working with the faculty. It’s really been a privilege.” —PATRICK L. KENNEDY bu.edu/hospitality/alumni • CHECK IN FALL 2012 | 1 Welcome Aboard! Advisory board bulletins AKILAH: Swahili for Freedom CrAsh shA community rallies in support of rwandan students’ Eric Danziger, president and CEO of Wyndham quest for economic freedom Hotel Group, has joined Course for SHA’s advisory board. “EVERYTHING WE’RE DOING HAS as a convention center for East ment students. (Read more about Wine snobs Danziger on p. 11.) some real element of community,” Africa. Akilah’s curriculum gives “The students loved it,” says says Erinn Tucker. She’s reflecting graduates the skills and confidence Tucker. “They ran with it, and it was This fall, SHA Dean Christopher Muller on a project that connects the needed to start careers in this vastly successful. We ended up hosted a group of alumni and friends at SHA community and a group important industry and contribute with eight boxes of books, and ESD Boston’s elegant Hampshire House for of purposeful women studying to the country’s development. geared up to be a strategic partner “How to Be a Wine Snob in 20 Minutes,” hospitality management almost with Akilah when the institute’s a talk and tasting. Muller demystified the seven thousand miles away at a executive director and two gradu- expert’s swirling, swishing, and use of fledgling school in Kigali, Rwanda. ates came to Boston this fall.” terms like “bouquet” and “retro-olfaction,” When Tucker, an assistant The Akilah Institute is also well No Lack of Concentration while guests had the chance to try some professor of hospitality admin- known to SHA overseer Ed fuller EvENt managemENt AmoNG NEw ArEAS of foCUS delicious wines for themselves. istration, attended a fund-raiser (SmG’68), formerly of Marriott It was all to support the Frederick Longtime advisory in Boston for the Akilah Institute International Lodging. After they board member Rubtchinsky Memorial Scholarship, an for Women, she was inspired by graduated in August with Akilah’s Ed Fuller (SMG’68), WHETHER YOU NEED TO HIRE an event planner The requirements for two 400-hour intern- effort started by the late Rubtchinsky’s the school’s mission: empowering first class, 14 women headed for retired president and or an accountant, look no further than SHA.