Intercultural Orientation and Exchange Among Global Tourism Students in TESM T208 Tourism GeographyAmy M Johnson, TESMBy participating in Indiana University-Indianapolis’ Office of International Affairs Virtual Global Learning Fellowship, I began working with my international partner and co-instructor, Lilian Velásquez. Lilian teaches tourism students at DuocUC in Concepcion, Chile. Together, we worked for several months to… Read more »
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Students Learn Live Event Industry and City Pride Thru Taylor Swift
The Tourism, Event, and Sport Management faculty are all believers in the power of hands-on and experiential learning. We are always collectively looking for opportunities to bring our classroom content to life with our students in real world experiences. We were already gearing up for 2024 to be a year of incredible opportunity in Indianapolis… Read more »
IUI unveils Teaching Kitchen
When course curriculum changed for the TESM H305 Food and Beverage Operations class, it left me thinking how I could manage the changes and still meet course learning objectives. There was also a new teaching kitchen in a newly renovated space in the Health Sciences building. After several meetings, it was decided that the Food… Read more »
Grad student Will Emhardt conducts data research with Dearborn County CVB
by Will Emhardt, Sports Analytics graduate student This summer, I had the unique opportunity as an applied data science graduate student at IU Indianapolis to work with faculty in the Department of Tourism, Event, and Sport Management. I worked on a data analytics project with Dearborn County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), a county located… Read more »
IU Indianapolis Active Downtown as 97th National FFA Convention Descends on Indianapolis
by The ETI Team Since 2006, the annual National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention and Expo has taken place in downtown Indianapolis. On October 23-26, the 97th edition of the convention will return to the Indiana Convention Center, and the IU Indianapolis department of tourism, event, and sport management will be in the thick… Read more »
TTRA CenStates Conference: Intentions vs. Actions: Understanding Sustainable Travel Behavior in Gen Y and Z Travelers – A Mixed-Methods Study
by Kyungjun Roh, Department of Tourism, Event, and Sport Management undergraduate student In the first week of October of 2024, I had the opportunity to attend the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) CenStates Chapter Conference in Sioux City, Iowa. While I was nervous about representing our research team through a poster presentation, it was… Read more »