WHEREAS, the Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management has expressed the intent to change the name of the Master’s Program from Master of Science in Hospitality Information Management to Master of Science in Hospitality Business Management, and

Whereas, HRIM has received many inquiries over the last several years from individuals who are interested in a business-oriented hospitality Master’s degree focused on analytical careers in the hospitality industry, but not in Hospitality Information Management, and

Whereas, HRIM has proposed an MS-Hospitality Business Management, which will offer students a path towards pursuing careers in the hospitality industry with strong decision-making capabilities and analytical skills pertinent to the information age, and

Whereas, the existing graduate program in HRIM already provides a majority of all the courses and administrative framework for such a degree, and

Resolved, that the Faculty Senate recommends the name of the program be changed from Master of Science in Hospitality Information Management to Master of Science in Hospitality Business Management.