{"id":13956,"date":"2010-11-30T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T21:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=13956"},"modified":"2013-03-06T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T21:47:34","slug":"nau-gets-classroom-upgrade-from-drury-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-gets-classroom-upgrade-from-drury-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU gets classroom upgrade from Drury Hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hotel and Restaurant Management students at Northern Arizona University will be checking in to a new classroom thanks to a $50,000 pledge from Drury Hotels.<\/p>\n

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An artist’s rendering of a new classroom in the renovated HRM building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The updated classroom, which will be named for the hotel in recognition of its gift, is part of a $6 million\u00a0renovation<\/a>\u00a0and expansion of the existing HRM facility.<\/p>\n

The new structure, designed under the U.S. Green Building Council\u2019s LEED green building guidelines, is expected to enhance student learning through hands-on exercises and skills training. The school\u2019s\u00a0new offerings<\/a>\u00a0will include a demonstration kitchen with 32 work stations, flexible use space, a housekeeping lab and larger classrooms to meet the needs of the growing program.<\/p>\n

Dennis Vollink, president of Drury Hotels, said the hotel\u2019s close relationship with the university benefits both entities.<\/p>\n

\u201cNAU has one of the best programs for hotel and restaurant management in the country,\u201d Vollink said. \u201cOur partnership directly affects the performance of the hotel and the university, and that relationship just gets stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Drury Inn and Suites in Flagstaff has hired more than 20 team members from the university to fill various roles. It also is the state\u2019s first silver LEED-certified hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very impressed with the quality and caliber of NAU students who graduate from this program,\u201d Vollink said.<\/p>\n

NAU\u2019s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management was named among the top hospitality and tourism programs in the world for industry research earlier this year by the\u00a0Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Richard Howey<\/strong>, executive director of the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, said the gift clearly demonstrates the hotel\u2019s commitment to the university and students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout these partnerships, it would be very difficult for us to provide students with the quality education they deserve,\u201d Howey said. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see companies actively invest in our future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hotel and Restaurant Management students at Northern Arizona University will be checking in to a new classroom thanks to a $50,000 pledge from Drury Hotels. The updated classroom, which will be named for the hotel in recognition of its gift, is part of a $6 million\u00a0renovation\u00a0and expansion of the existing HRM facility. The new structure,…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":13981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}