NEWS RELEASE

Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2005

Contact: Marisa Ramirez
713.743.8152 (office)
713.204.9798 (cell)
mrcannon@uh.edu

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FIND RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
AT UH HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT SUMMER CAMPS

The University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management is cooking up an educational summer experience for high school students interested in hospitality industry careers.

Two instructional summer camps for high school seniors will give students hands on experience with cooking, event planning and hospitality management.

The first summer camp session is for Houston area seniors, June 27-29. The second is for those who live outside the Houston area and is set for July 19-23.

Students will meet with industry executives, receive training with the college’s instructors and prepare gourmet meals under the guidance of the Hilton College’s Executive Chef Abbas Jaffari. In addition, students will tour Houston hotels and sports stadiums, including Minute Maid Park.

Director of Enrollment Danny Arocha says an added goal is to recruit students to the college. Arocha says about
15 percent of the college’s students are from outside the Houston area. As a recruiter, Arocha says he has goals of increasing that number to 50 percent. The college attracts about 900 students each year.

“We would really like to increase diversity at the college,” he said, “not just ethnically, but regionally as well.”

The second camp in July will be one of the steps toward achieving that diversity, Arocha said, with students from as far away as New Jersey, Las Vegas and California in attendance. Arocha expects about 15 students for each camp, and, while he looks forward to the camps’ growth in future years, he says the camp sizes likely will not exceed 25 students each.

For more information or to register, call Danny Arocha at 713.743.2446 or visit http://www.hrm.uh.edu/generalscripts/2005_hrm_camp.html

WHO: UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
WHAT: Summer Camp 2005
WHEN: June 27-29 for Houston students
July 19-23 for out of town students
WHERE: UH-Hilton Hotel. For directions and parking information please visit http://www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/CHC.html

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