The Hospitality Gross sales & Advertising and marketing Affiliation Worldwide Basis is proud to announce this yr’s Mike Dimond Scholar Profession Success Grant recipients, Daniel Ruppenicker, Grace Rucker, Bailey Jacque, and Tre Wilke, and the International Collegiate Business Technique Case Competitors winner, Brigham Younger College, Hawaii, with honors additionally to Republic Polytechnic and College of Macau.
“We’re honored to acknowledge each the recipients of this yr’s Mike Dimond Scholar Profession Success Grant and the International Collegiate Business Technique Case Competitors winner,” stated Lori Kiel, CHDM, HSMAI Basis Chair and Chief Business Officer, The Boca Raton. “It’s the HSMAI Basis’s mission to foster skilled growth and drive innovation within the subsequent era of economic leaders. These excellent recipients exemplify the excellence that defines the way forward for the hospitality {industry}.”
In regards to the Mike Dimond Scholar Profession Success Grant:
Established by his household, the HSMAI Basis Mike Dimond Scholar Profession Success Grant honors Mike Dimond, a distinguished resort advertising government and HSMAI Corridor of Fame member, to assist degree-seeking college students aiming for careers in hospitality. Awardees are chosen by a aggressive course of evaluating {industry} work expertise, private essays, skilled suggestions, and tutorial consistency and every advantages from a specifically chosen mentor for a yr, protection of utility charges for HSMAI Certifications, a one-year Premium LinkedIn subscription, and complimentary registration plus a journey honorarium as much as $1000 for an HSMAI Regional Technique Convention.
The Mike Dimond Scholar Profession Success Grant Recipients are:
- Daniel Ruppenicker expects to graduate from Virginia Tech within the spring of 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in enterprise, hospitality, and tourism administration and advertising administration. He has interned as a banquet captain and gross sales intern at Water’s Edge Resort and Spa in Connecticut. At Virginia Tech, he directed operations for hospitality profession gala’s and led occasion operations for the advisory board dinner. He serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of College students and the Scholar Senate, and he’s working to begin an HSMAI scholar chapter. Daniel, an Eagle Scout, has been employed as a media intern at Hilton Company. His long-term objectives embrace regulation college and changing into a hospitality lawyer.
- Grace Rucker expects to graduate from the College of Wisconsin Stout in December with a double main in resort, restaurant, and tourism administration and actual property property administration. She is co-president of the HSMAI UW Stout scholar chapter. Grace has labored at Disney’s Magic Kingdom, within the dean’s workplace on the college, and at Catering By Design. She is an authorized American Pink Cross lifeguard and water security teacher. She volunteered at HSMAI’s Adrian Awards in New York in 2024, gaining insights into profitable promoting campaigns and networking with {industry} leaders. She appears to be like ahead to an extended and profitable profession in hospitality.
- Bailey Jacque expects to graduate from the College of Wisconsin Stout in Could 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in actual property property administration and resort, restaurant, and tourism administration. She has been on the dean’s listing yearly since 2021 and received the Excellent Scholar Chief of the 12 months award. Bailey has interned at Weidner House Houses and IDeaS Income Options and labored as a entrance desk attendant at Fairbridge Inn & Suites. She is co-president of the HSMAI UW Stout scholar chapter, a scholar ambassador, and a scholar board consultant.
- Tre Wilke expects to obtain his affiliate of science diploma from San Diego Mesa School in Could 2025. He works full time as a gross sales supervisor at Evans Lodges in San Diego and has expertise as a gross sales coordinator, conferences concierge, and entrance desk supervisor. Tre aspires to turn out to be a director of gross sales and ultimately personal a resort and resort. He’s a board member of HSMAI’s San Diego chapter and a member of HSMAI’s Rising Gross sales Leaders Council.
HSMAI Basis Board Members rated submissions primarily based on the candidates’ demonstrated curiosity in hospitality gross sales, advertising, income administration, or distribution. For extra info, go to the Mike Dimond Scholar Profession Success Grant web page.
In regards to the International Collegiate Advertising and marketing Case Competitors
The purpose of the HSMAI Basis International Collegiate Case Competitors is to determine a cross-institution platform for future hospitality leaders to showcase skilled excellence, empower hospitality training by experiential studying, and allow industry-academia collaborations to champion future hospitality leaders.
The 2023-24 competitors was case primarily based, with a broader give attention to total industrial technique. Entered groups throughout elite universities had the chance to work on real-world {industry} instances to resolve sensible challenges and ideate higher industrial methods at their chosen strategic degree of firm, model, or property. To find out the competitors’s winners, a panel evaluated the submissions and chosen the highest three groups from the undergraduate observe. The finalist groups then offered their work just about to the HSMAI Basis Board. For extra info, go to the International Collegiate Advertising and marketing Case Competitors web page.
The Undergraduate Finalists are:
- 1st Place: Brigham Younger College, Hawaii
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- College students: Eimeo Lee Cip Sao, Ether Portugal, Taakentemwanoku Betaia, Teaitara Baraka
- School Advisor: Jeff Christensen
- 2nd Place: Republic Polytechnic
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- College students: Chong Ting Ting Nicole, Jordan Lee Kah Yang, Joseph Yim Zhi Yong
- School Advisors: Celine Quek & Aston Chan
- third Place: College of Macau
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- College students: Yuting Lang, Yuqi Guo, Zihan Huang
- School Advisor: Huiling Huang
