Dean Watsopano wa Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management ku Florida International University

Florida International University yasankha Michael Cheng wamkulu wa bungwe la Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. Provost ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kenneth G. Furton adalengeza.

"Pakangodutsa zaka ziwiri monga dipatimenti wanthawi yayitali, Michael wawonetsa utsogoleri wamphamvu kuti afotokoze za Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, masomphenya ndi njira zake; luso lomanga ndi kukulitsa ubale ndi omwe timagwira nawo ntchito mumakampani; ndi chidwi komanso luso lopanga njira zatsopano zophunzirira ndi njira zopindulira ophunzira athu," adatero Ken Furton. "Dean Cheng akukweza Sukulu ya Chaplin kuti ilembetse momwe ophunzira athu amachitira, mahotela ndi ogwira nawo ntchito ochereza alendo, kunyumba ndi kunja."

"Ndili ndi mwayi wokhala ndi mwayi wotsogolera ndikuthandizana ndi gulu labwino kwambiri la akatswiri aluso, ogwira ntchito, omaliza maphunziro, hotelo, chakudya & chakumwa komanso ochereza alendo monga Marriott ndi Carnival Corporation kuti athandizire kukulitsa m'badwo wotsatira wa atsogoleri ochereza alendo aku America, ” adatero Cheng. "Kuphatikiza kwa sukulu ya Chaplin m'kalasi, mapulogalamu ophunzirira pa intaneti komanso odziwa zambiri kumapereka maphunziro amphamvu komanso othandiza kwambiri omwe amapezeka - kulola ophunzira athu kutenga nawo gawo pazochitika zodziwika bwino zapadziko lonse lapansi, monga Chikondwerero cha Wine cha South Beach ndi Chakudya."

Cheng amabweretsa paudindo wake watsopano zaka zopitilira 20 zautsogoleri wapamwamba pazaphikidwe, mahotela komanso kasamalidwe ka alendo. M'mbuyomu anali mkulu wa sukulu ya Chaplin, malo omwe adachita bwino kwambiri ndipo adakhalapo kuyambira 2017. M'mbuyomu adakhala ndi udindo wa pulofesa wothandizira komanso wotsogolera, pulogalamu ya chakudya ndi zakumwa ku FIU's Chaplin School.

FIU's Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management yachita bwino kwambiri m'malo angapo motsogozedwa ndi Cheng. Chiwerengero cha maphunziro a zaka zinayi cha ophunzira chinakwera kufika pa 52 peresenti poyerekeza ndi chiwerengero cha 30-40 peresenti. Malipiro a omaliza maphunziro a Chaplin adakweranso panthawiyi, pomwe mtengo wapakati wa ophunzira udatsika kuchoka pa $13,000 mpaka $8,000. M'zaka ziwiri zapitazi, Cheng adabweretsa makalasi otsogola komanso odziwa zambiri otchedwa PODS (Program on Demand) kusukulu yochereza alendo ndikuwonjezera chidwi cha alumni padziko lonse lapansi. Anathandizira kukweza mbiri ya Sukulu ya Chaplin ndi masanjidwe ake, ndipo Chaplin School tsopano ili pagulu la mapulogalamu 50 apamwamba a Hospitality & Tourism Management mu QS World Rankings 2019. Ilinso pa nambala 1 chifukwa cha Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism. Digiri yoyang'anira kumwera chakum'mawa kwa United States ndipo yasungabe nambala 1 pamapulogalamu ake apa intaneti. Ngakhale kuti anali dean wanthawi yochepa, Cheng wakhalanso wothandizira bwino ndalama ku Sukulu ya Chaplin, kupitirira $ 4 miliyoni zolinga za $ 5.6 miliyoni m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyamba, $ 9 miliyoni m'chaka chake chachiwiri ndipo ali panjira yopita ku cholinga cha $ XNUMX miliyoni chaka chino.

Cheng alinso ndi udindo wowonjezera kupezeka kwa sukulu pa Food Network ndi Cooking Channel South Beach Wine ndi Food Festival (SOBEWFF®), kuthandiza kuonjezera kutenga nawo mbali kwa ophunzira ku yunivesite. Anapanga ubale wolimba ndi ochereza alendo komanso ogwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo, kuphatikizapo Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Marriott ndi Carnival Corporation, pakati pa ena.

Mu 1991, Cheng anabwera ku US monga wophunzira wapadziko lonse wochokera ku dziko lakwawo ku Malaysia ndipo adalandira digiri yake ya bachelor mu kayendetsedwe ka chakudya ndi digiri ya master mu sayansi ya zakudya ndi zakudya ku yunivesite ya Nebraska-Lincoln. Iye analandira Ph.D. digiri ya Hospitality Management kuchokera ku Iowa State University. Mu 2001, Cheng adapanga maphunziro okhawo omwe amaphatikiza zaluso zophikira ndi sayansi yazakudya, Culinology®, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo adayambitsa mapulogalamu atatu a Culinology® padziko lonse lapansi ndipo akupitilizabe kuchita nawo gawo lotsogolera komiti yamaphunziro apamwamba a Research Chefs Association.

Cheng adayambira ku FIU ngati pulofesa wothandizira wa Chaplin School komanso director of food & chakumwa. Anathandiziranso kukhazikitsa chofungatira choyamba cha FIU, StartUP FIU FOOD. Asanalowe nawo FIU, Cheng adagwira ntchito ngati pulofesa woyendera komanso ngati woyesa kunja kwa Sukulu ya Culinary Arts and Food Studies ku Taylor's University of Malaysia. Izi zisanachitike adayambitsa wapampando wa dipatimenti ndi director wa Southwest Minnesota State University's department of Culinary and Hospitality Management. Cheng ndi banja lake amakhala ku North Miami, Florida.