Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management

We were excited to join our friends at Visit Knoxville to celebrate the grand opening of the Sunsphere Welcome Center. The Sunsphere is an iconic symbol for our city to rally around and use to represent us - this addition to the Sunsphere will continue to drive tourism in our beautiful city. Greater Knoxville Hospitality Association City of Knoxville

We are so grateful for Dr. Sejin Ha’s strong leadership and partnership with Tractor Supply Company to help our students professional growth.

Our department had a fantastic time at the 2024 DECA EAST TN District Competition engaging with brilliant students who will make a big impact in their chosen fields in the future. Our department leadership, staff, ambassadors and advisory board members all assisted as judges for the event and we set up a table to talk more about our majors in Retail and Merchandising Management and Hospitality and Tourism Management.

We are so grateful for our partnership with UT College of Communication & Information and LEO Events to provide meaningful learning experiences and opportunities to our students interested in corporate event planning. We have 4 Hospitality and Tourism students participating in the inaguaral LEO Fellows cohort and we could not be more proud of them.

Thank you Ron Thurston for taking the time to visit with students in Retail and Merchandising Management in the National Retail Federation Student Association. We appreciate industry leaders engaging with the next generation. Huge kudos to Reanna Biester for organizing!

Check out this article recapping our students experience at the Governor’s Conference.

We are excited to share about our recent trip to the Tennessee Hospitality & Tourism Association’s annual Governor’s Conference on Hospitality and Tourism in Chattanooga, TN. Our department was proud to send six students and three faculty/staff to network, engage, and participate in a successful conference. Our students were able to hear from Commissioner of Tourist Development Mark Ezell about all the exciting initiatives and results from the work in the industry across our state. As well as make networking connections and attend educational breakout sessions. Three of the students were chosen as official GovCon Ambassadors and served in a variety of roles throughout the conference joining students studying hospitality in programs across our state. Check out some of the highlights below ??

The Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management is devoted to helping our students find direction and meet their career goals. Today, students in HTM 150 Career Planning and HTM Majors were invited to a Virtual Career Panel with alumni of the program who are in successful hospitality and tourism careers. They shared helpful career advice to students regarding various career planning topics within the industry. Thank you Katherine Pearson, Sam Teegarden, and Catherine La Haie! We appreciate you for taking the time to support the future of the industry.

We're hiring! RHTM is searching for a Clinical Instructor to join our Retail and Merchandising Management program! The successful candidate will teach up to four undergraduate courses per semester and collaborate with RHTM faculty to achieve department and college goals of providing excellent instruction. In addition, faculty may have service responsibilities totaling up to 10% of their time Required qualifications include a Master's degree in retail, fashion merchandising and/or marketing, or a closely related discipline, evidence of quality teaching in face-to-face and online classes at an accredited post-secondary institution, a proven record of teaching a variety of topics in retail, merchandising, and/or fashion management, and effective communication and interpersonal skills. An additional desirable qualification is progressive managerial experience in the retail or fashion industry. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://lnkd.in/ekgGqQiB If you have questions about the position, please contact Dr. Jason Carpenter, Search Committee Chair, at [email protected].

Great teamwork between RHTM and VolShop!