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Building research excellence: Thapa’s vision for Spears Business

Dr. Brij Thapa, the newly appointed vice dean of Spears Business, is leading strategic initiatives aimed at elevating the college’s research enterprise. His forward-thinking approach is dedicated to fostering research excellence, enhancing collaborative scholarship, attracting top faculty and students and elevating the school’s national and global standing as a leader in research and innovation.
Dr. Brij Thapa poses in a business suit in the courtyard of the Business Building on the OSU campus.
Carl and Marilynn Thoma Distinguished Chair in Hospitality and Tourism Management Awarded to Dr. Brij Thapa

Thu, Jul 06, 2023

A new chair has been established in the Spears School of Business thanks to the generosity of two alumni and long-time supporters of Oklahoma State University.

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OSU's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and OSUIT's Culinary Arts Program prepare future restaurateurs

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

At Taylor’s Restaurant in the Nancy Randolph Davis Building, a hustle and bustle of professionally dressed students run the business — from the kitchen all the way to the host stand. It’s a restaurant on the surface, serving different international cuisines each week, but it’s also a business. And at the heart of it is a business class — restaurant operations — one that every student in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) is required to take because food will be involved anywhere an HTM grad goes to work in their field.

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Dr. So recognized on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for second straight year

Tue, Nov 29, 2022

For the second consecutive year, associate professor Dr. Kevin So of the Spears School of Business Hospitality and Tourism Management program was named to Clarivate’s worldwide list of Highly Cited Researchers.

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