News - March 20, 2009

Flavors of Florence: SUF ‘Hospitality Management’ courses take off in fall 2009

Florence is home to one of the world’s great culinary capitals. The SU Florence campus is pleased to launch a new program entitled Hospitality Management, in tandem with the SU Hospitality Human Ecology Department, offering a total of seven new courses for SU HSP majors. This extraordinary new opportunity comes about through an agreement with the Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence, internationally recognized for their specialization in Tuscan cooking, culinary arts, wine expertise, and traditional cuisine.

Apicius teaches the fundamentals of Italian cooking to professionals and amateurs alike and though the curriculum at Apicius is firmly rooted in the traditions of Italian cooking, its chef-instructors, who also work in some of the city’s finest restaurants, aren’t afraid to push the boundaries of their country’s cuisine.

In addition to courses specific to cooking and food preparation, an emphasis is placed on the business aspect of Hospitality Management, thus the curriculum includes courses such as Guest & Employee Relations: Leadership, Guests & Employee Relations: The Client, Food Retailing, Restaurant Management, World Cuisine, Wine Service & Beverage Management, and Baking. Notes Jon Booth, Executive Director of SU Abroad, “This exciting new opportunity reflects a new strategy to create special programs that serve students with majors who previously weren’t represented at SUF.”

A call for excellence: professors submit selected student nominees for Coluccio Salutati Prize spring 2009

Faculty members have submitted their nominees for SUF’s Coluccio Salutati Prize, a merit award for undergraduate and graduate students intended to recognize those who have aspired to the highest level of integration into the Italian culture, as well as those who have demonstrated academic achievement through their performance in class. Nominated students will then be invited to submit an essay by April 6, either in English or Italian, on some aspect of their experience in Italy. Winners will be announced April 14, and the four winning students will be honored at the Student Day celebration on April 22.

Upcoming SUF events

March 25, 2009 - 3:30pm
Civic Space in Scattered Cities
SUF School of Architecture Symposium
Ospedale degli Innocenti, Salone Brunelleschi
Piazza SS. Annuziata, Florence
Simultaneous translation English/Italian provided

March 23-24, 2009
A Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration
NYU’s Villa La Pietra and the Salone de’ Dugento at Palazzo Vecchio
An international two-day conference co-organized by Syracuse University in Florence and New York University with European University Institute and the Facolta’ di Legge and Scienze Politiche of the Universita’ di Firenze.

LibraryTalks
My Life in Sprawltown
Prof. Richard Ingersoll
Monday, March 23rd
12:35 pm, Library
Villino, ground floor
Refreshments will be served