Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management

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!

Lieutenant Matthew Lawson and Detective Brian Cole of Knox County Sheriff’s Office’s Organized Retail Crime Unit spoke with RMM 346 (Retail Operations Management) students today about the impacts of organized retail crime on our businesses and communities. Students will work on an in-store loss prevention project at Mast General Star during the next class session. Thank you, Lieutenant Lawson and Detective Cole!

RMM 346 (Retail Operations Management) students were at Mast General Store today for an experiential learning activity on inventory management. Students will continue through a series of store visits this semester to engage in additional hands-on learning related to retail operations.

Retail & Merchandising Management alumna and Mast General Store Manager, Natalea Cummings, is team teaching RMM 346 (Retail Operations Management) during the Spring 2024 semester with Jason Carpenter. ?? Thank you, Natalea and Mast General, for helping us bring the retail industry into our classroom! ??