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HRTM Students – Olympics Bound!

Business Education Graduate Student, Dylan Curtis,
Completes San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon

HRTM Students – Olympics Bound!
In just a month, the world will turn its attention to Beijing and the 2008 Olympics. While most of us will view the pageantry and competition from our living rooms, five talented HRTM students will be there, experiencing first hand a multicultural hospitality experience of Western and Asian influence with the Olympics Games as the backdrop.

These students have been selected by Don Pritchard, CEO of Global Food Service Solutions, to staff the Johnson and Johnson Hospitality Suites, located on the Olympic Green. Guests of the suites will be VIPs who are conducting Global Business programs throughout Asia and the world markets. Pritchard met the students at the Master’s Golf Tournament in Augusta, GA, where they were staffing similar hospitality suites.

“I am very impressed with the quality of the students that I have met over the years (from USC HRTM).” “The staff will work hard! They will average 12 – 14 hour shifts for nearly 20 days straight and will most likely love every minute of it!"

Business Education Graduate Student, Dylan Curtis, Completes San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
Business Education graduate student Dylan Curtis and his wife Karin completed the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday, June 1.   They were participating in the “Team in Training” program to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Team in Training participants raised over $12.9 million. Dylan and Karin finished the 26.2 mile run in 5 hours, 33 minutes, 52 seconds.  Dylan is pursuing his Master of Arts in Teaching degree and expects to graduate in May 2009.  In addition to his graduate work and marathon training, Dylan is a research and teaching assistant for Dr. Tena Crews and a soccer coach with Columbia United FC.  Click here to see photos of Dylan and Karin’s trip to San Diego and click here to see a video of the duo crossing the finish line.

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