The school will be dedicated by its director, Robert Bosselman, and President Sandy D'Alemberte and College of Business Dean Melvin Stith on the steps of University Center, Building B, on Sept. 15 at 11 a.m.  The school is named for Robert Dedman, the founder and chairman of the board of ClubCorp, the world's most successful company in the golf, resort and private club industry.  The Dedman Endowment in Hospitality is already providing the financial support needed to ensure quality instruction is given to FSU hospitality and professional golf management students.

Robert H. Dedman, Founder and Chairman of the Board of ClubCorp.

"Given the size and diversity of the hospitality industry, the Dedman School of Hospitality recognizes that students may want to focus their study in a particular specialty area," Bosselman said. "In addition to the traditional career paths offered in hospitality management, students can concentrate in management information systems, professional golf management, senior services management or resort and condominium management." 

According to Bosselman, the goal of the school's concentration in professional golf management is to achieve and maintain a level of excellence that will distinguish both the hospitality and professional golf development programs as among the best in the nation.  In addition to classrooms and a computer laboratory, the school, housed in University Center, gives students the use of its Hospitality Education Resource Center and a teaching kitchen. 
There also is ClubCorp's University Center Club, a private dining club that provides students with a real world laboratory in which to learn food, beverage, banquet and club management. Club managers and faculty work hand-in-hand to give students the best of hospitality education.  

To earn their degrees, students are required to complete 1,000 hours of approved hospitality industry work. While students are expected to obtain their own part-time and full-time industry positions, the school provides guidance and assistance through its extensive industry network.  Students also have the option of completing the required work experience through the school's formal internship program. 

The school's curriculum combines courses from the College of Business with hospitality management principles. It emphasizes analytical tools, processes, systems and problem solving approaches to the industry. The school operates on the principle that the key to success in hospitality management is centered on the "human" element, a high quality service and financial success. 

The school is accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the most recognized and prestigious accreditation organization for business schools in the world.