As we close out our 2013-2014 academic year, it's time to reflect on the results of our efforts to align our operations to make a difference in the industry around three core facets at the foundation of our operations: engagement, education, and experiential learning...see more.
Entrepreneurship Course Visitors
The Pillsbury Institute offers a broad range of channels for alumni and industry leaders to engage with students through. One popular area is through the entrepreneurship courses by either sitting in on courses or being a guest speaker...see more.
Business Consultations
Longtime adjunct professor and SHA Senior Lecturer Adam Klausner will be offering assistance to entrepreneurship students on Thursday afternoons in the Pillsbury Institute starting in the fall semester...see more.
Sweet Street's Sandy Solmon to receive Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award
Sandy Solmon, founder,
president, and CEO of Sweet Street Desserts, has been named the
recipient of the 2014 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award, an honor
given annually by the Pillsbury Institute. Solmon will receive the award at the sixth annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City...see more.
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
The
residency phase of EBV-Cornell will be Saturday, September 27, through
Saturday, October 4, 2014. This will be the third year the Pillsbury
Institute and SHA will host the EBV-Cornell program...see more.
Entrepreneurs In Residence
Every academic
year, the Pillsbury Institute hosts several successful entrepreneurs who
teach classes and provide personal direction to students to help them
learn to conceive, launch and manage their own businesses. Entrepreneurs visit campus at least twice a semester and hold office hours in the Institute which enables students to extend their learning through the ongoing personal interactions and guidance they receive...see more.
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Student Entrepreneurs Gain Planning Experience (and Seed Money) in Cornell Competition
Summer 2014 will be a busy time for Harsha Chanrai (MMH ’14) and Felix Tabary ’14, as they finalize their business plan to create an enterprise that is aimed at fulfilling two critical needs in developing economies...see more.
Networking Events
The 12th Edition of the Innovation Network
In
January, the twelfth edition of the Innovation Network took place at
HUB LA in arts district of Los Angeles. This intimate event brought
together SHA students with forty of the hotel industry’s senior
executives to discuss innovation...see more.
Meet the Benefactor/Slice of Insight Socials
This spring semester saw the
beginning of a new engagement opportunity for Pillsbury Institute
advisory board members and students. Several times during the semester,
board members came to the Institute to share their stories and
experience in the industry as well as answer questions during a casual
pizza social setting...see more.
Conference Education
Celebration '14
Entrepreneurship
at Cornell organizes an annual two-day conference on Cornell’s Ithaca
campus that brings together more than 1,000 students, alumni, staff and
community participants...see more.
Cornell Hospitality Research Summit
“The Future of Service Innovation: The New Science of People, Organizations, Data, and Technology”. The 3rd Cornell Hospitality Research Summit (CHRS) promises to be something new. The School of Hotel Administration invites representatives of industry and academe to the CHRS, in Ithaca, New York, October 12-14, 2014 for open discussions, interactive presentation and the sharing of research on the future of service innovation. Nominations for the Exemplary Practice Award to be awarded at CHRS are now being accepted…see more.
Pillsbury Internships
Summer internships provide
students with opportunities to gain practical experience in the
hospitality industry. This spring we received over ten inquiries from
companies owned by advisory board members as well as outside companies
interested in hiring Cornell students for internships...see more.
Research
During the spring semester,
Assistant Academic Director Mona Anita K. Olsen oversaw two case studies. The
first, "Hotel Ezra Cornell: Incorporating Technology into Tradition," by
Mona Anita K. Olsen, Elizabeth Houston, and Reneta McCarthy...see more.
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About the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship |
An operating unit of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the Pillsbury Institute supports the academic entrepreneurial curriculum through three core facets: education, experience, and engagement. Our student-focused, practical entrepreneurship course offerings link the academic and the practical at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Our business-plan centric programs help students obtain experience to reinforce learning. Lastly, we engage with entrepreneurs at all stages of ideation. To learn more about the institute, visit www.pihe.cornell.edu, or contact Kristen Ciferri, Program Manager, at 607.255.0179 or at pihe@cornell.edu.
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