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School of Hospitality and Tourism Management ranks in top 25 on global list

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Oklahoma State University placed highly on the 2021 edition of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, specifically the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

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Hospitality and Tourism Management program and faculty recognized among the world’s best

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The Oklahoma State University School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) has been recognized for its high-quality program and faculty research, according to recent rankings and a global database of most-cited scientists, including researchers at HTM.

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Ties that bind

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Dr. Bill Ryan of Oklahoma State University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management has spent his entire academic life at OSU, from earning his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees here to spending a career as an administrator and professor. Ryan has chaired or served on 81 Ph.D. and master’s degree committees.

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New head of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management brings energy, vision to the role

Fri, Oct 09, 2020

For Dr. Brij Thapa, moving to Oklahoma with his family in September to take over as the head of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) at Oklahoma State University was a major life change. He had never been to the state before and even interviewed for the position virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. And he bought his Stillwater home without seeing it in person. Despite a lack of time spent on the ground in Oklahoma, Thapa said the opportunity was too great to pass up.

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OSU alum leads NYC hotel through COVID-19

Thu, May 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed hundreds of thousands of American health care workers on the frontlines of the crisis, and joining them are scores of lesser-recognized people supporting those nurses, doctors and others. One of those is an Oklahoma State University graduate who found himself working and living in the middle of what became the nation’s worst coronavirus hotspot of New York City.

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The language of food 9,500 miles away

Tue, Feb 18, 2020

The language of food is not difficult to learn but can take years, even decades, to master. For Kai-Sean Lee, a Ph.D. student and instructor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Oklahoma State University, the language of food spans more than 9,500 miles from Malaysia to Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Connecting Spears Business graduate communities

Mon, Feb 17, 2020

The Watson Graduate School of Management at Oklahoma State University is launching the Graduate Leadership Association of Spears (GLAS), a student-led organization for the school’s graduate programs.

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HTM students power success of Craft Beer Forum

Wed, Feb 12, 2020

The second Craft Beer Forum of Oklahoma will again bring together the state’s best craft breweries and lovers of all things beer and food in an educational event April 3-4 that is organized and run by students of Oklahoma State University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM).

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Deciphering incivility

Wed, Oct 23, 2019

When the Oklahoma State University School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) became part of the Spears School of Business in July 2019 the school’s world-class researchers, who study the business complexities of restaurant, hotel and tourism organizations, made the move, too.

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OSU Spears School of Business to honor alums with induction into Hall of Fame

Mon, Oct 07, 2019

Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business will honor four distinguished alumni – Brian Callahan, Roger Lumley, Jeff McIntyre and Jill Sharp – with their induction into the school’s Hall of Fame on Nov. 1 at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center.

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