Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management

Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management

Service and innovation in the hospitality industry.

Be a part of the largest and fastest-growing industry in the world! The hospitality/tourism industry is considered the world's largest industry and is expected to grow by double digits in the near future. With this growth comes great opportunities to enter this fast-paced, exciting field at a management level. The Statler Department of Hospitality Management provides a strong leadership foundation in hotel management, event management, and food and beverage management. With near 100 percent career placement, global internships, study abroad opportunities, and one of the largest, most active alumni networks in the hospitality industry, the Statler Department of Hospitality Management is your perfect choice!

Fast Facts

• Hospitality Management majors have access to more than 300 possible internships across the U.S. and around the world.
• The program boasts accreditation by the prestigious Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Admiration.
• Mercyhurst’s Statler Department of Hospitality Management is one of the oldest in the country.
• The extensive global network of Hospitality Management alumni is an excellent resource for Hospitality Management majors looking for internships and careers.
• Every year, more than 90 percent of Hospitality Management grads begin careers in the industry. In recent years, the career placement rate is close to 100 percent.

Clubs and Organizations

Hospitality Management Association

The Hospitality Management Association (HMA) is a service organization that assists the department in its various endeavors. Students participate in educational enrichment opportunities (sales blitz activities with nationally recognized chains, speakers, and field trips) which aid in the enhancement of their knowledge of the hospitality industry. Working closely with the faculty and staff, fundraising events are scheduled throughout the year to benefit a variety of club and department activities. This student organization sponsors the annual senior dinner where graduate certificates and faculty awards are given.

Professional Convention Management Association

The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) student chapter was formed to increase management awareness of meetings and conventions, to broaden their scope of activity, refine their educational pursuits, and expand the training base for students interested in the meeting and convention field.

Memberships and Affiliations

• ACPHA
• Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education
• National Restaurant Association
• American Hotel and Lodging Association
• Professional Convention Management Association
• Foodservice Consultants Society International
• Hotel Sales and Marketing Association International

Accreditation

The Statler Department of Hospitality Management at Mercyhurst University is fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA). ACPHA standards set a national benchmark for the effective instructions of programs throughout the United States and are necessary to ensure that these programs are professionally administered.

The Statler Department of Hospitality Management fosters and promotes the spirit of hospitality consistent with Mercyhurst's mission of service to others and the community. In keeping with the founding vision of Mercyhurst, hospitality students are prepared for industry leadership through a balance of liberal studies, business, and hospitality industry-specific coursework. This balanced approach to higher education nurtures scholarship, creativity, and responsible stewardship for the global hospitality community. Hospitality industry coursework and world-class internships, supported by the Walker College of Business core, business curriculum, provides the student with a strong foundation in accounting, finance, and management skills while building leadership, critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills required for success at the national and international levels.

Value and Affordability

Mercyhurst University offers a flexible education designed to address a diverse range of disciplines leading to careers in cutting-edge fields. Mercyhurst offers:

• A customizable Core Curriculum with a range of courses helps keep you on track for timely graduation.
• The highest four-year graduation rate in Erie County. Graduating on time means not paying for a fifth year of tuition!
• Opportunities for employment or further education directly after college. Ninety-five percent of our graduates' secured jobs or enrolled in graduate school within a year of graduation.
• Hands-on experience working within your intended field helps prepare you for a career immediately upon graduating.
• The Best Value education in the North Region, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Café Diem

The student-run Café Diem is located in the Center for Academic Engagement. The café attempts to provide first-hand experience to Hospitality Management students by providing them with a management opportunity. Since the facility is completely student-run, they continually come up with ideas to interest students in the Café, including an expanded range of food items offered. Café Diem is currently open Monday through Friday.

About

Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, on a hill overlooking Lake Erie, our 75-acre campus is known as one of the most beautiful in the region. Elements of English Gothic architecture are carried throughout our Old Main, academic buildings and student residence halls.

Carpe Diem.

Grounded in the ideals of service, hospitality, and entrepreneurship that inspired our founders, a Mercyhurst education encourages the development of lifelong passions and engagement with the larger world. Inspired by our motto, "Carpe Diem," our faculty and students embrace innovation and leadership in service, as they make a difference within our gates and around the world.

Mission

Faith and Service in a Mercy University

"The joy and the hope, the grief and the anguish of the women and men of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are the joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well. Nothing genuinely human fails to find an echo in their hearts…That is why Christians cherish a feeling of deep solidarity with the human race and its history." (Gaudium et Spes, Preface 1)

Such dreams and realities engage every Catholic university. They make a particular appeal to Mercy universities founded by the Sisters of Mercy, who have committed their lives and works to serve those who are poor, sick and uneducated. The inspiration expressed in Gaudium et Spes, therefore, lies at the heart of our identity and mission. A Mercyhurst education aims at engaging students for life and at creating leaders in justice and service. In a time of much social change and challenge, this inspiration clarifies our vision of the specific character of our Catholic Mercy University.

Our inspiration leads us to topics of study and engages our perspectives in learning, research, and scholarly endeavors. Such inspiration provides the basis of the social-justice dimension of many of our academic and service programs. Indeed, such inspiration directs the goals of our university. We desire to share this inspiration with those who come through our gates, seeking academic excellence, professional expertise, and a future full of hope.

Our Vision

Mercyhurst University seeks to be a leading higher educational institution that integrates excellence in the liberal arts, professional and career-path programs, and service to regional and world communities.

Our Mission Statement

Consistent with its Catholic identity and Mercy heritage, Mercyhurst University educates women and men in a culture where faith and reason flourish together, where the beauty and power of the liberal arts combine with an appreciation for the dignity of work and a commitment to serving others. Confident in the strength of its student-faculty bonds, the university community is inspired by the image of students whose choices, in life and work, will enable them to realize the human and spiritual values embedded in everyday realities and to exercise leadership in service toward a just world.

Our Core Values

We are:

• Socially merciful,
  • Mercy restores human dignity, expands our social relations, and empowers us to reach out in compassion to others.
• Globally responsible,
  • Globalization challenges us to learn how to steward the resources of the Earth wisely and to act in solidarity with its diverse peoples.
• Compassionately hospitable,
  • Mercy hospitality begins with self-acceptance, welcomes peoples of different faith, ethnic, and cultural traditions, and thus builds communities that transcend mere tolerance.
• Intellectually creative,
  • Generous, inquiring, and critical habits of mind, which support the aspirations for excellence manifested within the academic community, encourage us in our lifelong search for what is true, good, and beautiful.
• Reflectively aware,
  • Our Christian environment encourages self-reflection and contemplation of human behavior, promotes the balance of mind, body, and spirit, and ultimately offers the opportunity to develop a moral compass for a life of integrity.
• Ambassadors of service.

Contact

The Office for Mission Integration, established in 2008, assists the President of Mercyhurst University in promoting and integrating the university’s educational mission, and the beliefs and values of the Catholic identity and legacy of the Sisters of Mercy, as represented in the mission statement and core values of the institution. The work of the office is many faceted but essentially directed to educating and encouraging all members of the university community from students to trustees to advance the mission of Mercyhurst. As such, it has particular care for the Catholic and sponsoring Sisters of Mercy traditions and service.