Future chefs and hotel managers just had a choice added to their educational menu.
Under a new articulation agreement between Eastern Michigan University's College of Technology and Monroe County Community College, MCCC students will be able to transfer all of the required courses in the Culinary Skills and Management associate's degree program to EMU's Hotel and Restaurant Management Program. The agreement was signed March 24.
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IN AGREEMENT: Eastern Michigan University's
College of Technology recently signed an articulation
agreement with Monroe County Community College.
The agreement will allow students there to be able to
transfer all of the required courses in the Culinary
Skills and Management associate's degree program to
EMU's Hotel and Restaurant Management program.
Pictured are (front row, from left) Morell Boone,
dean of EMU's College of Technology's Don
Loppnow, EMU's provost and executive vice
president; MCCC President David Nixon, and MCCC
Vice President of Instruction Grace Yackee. (back
row, from left) John Boyless, director, EMU's School
of Technology Studies; Pat Cygnar, EMU's director of
community college relations; Paul Knollman, dean of
business, MCCC; and Kevin Thomas, chef of the MCCC
Culinary Arts Program. |
"We are extremely excited about continuing this wonderful relationship with MCCC, with the focus on students," said Morell Boone, dean of EMU's College of Technology. "It is through partnerships with excellent institutions like MCCC that we are able to provide the type of educational opportunities that help prepare young people to be successful in their field of study."
Paul Knollman, MCCC's dean of business, has indicated that two to four MCCC students are already interested in transferring to EMU through this agreement.
If they do, MCCC students will be able to transfer courses to satisfy the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) requirements, which substitute courses in EMU's general education program requirements, said Pat Cygnar, EMU's director of community college relations.
"That makes a maximum of 79 credit hours that can be transferred to EMU and will count toward graduation," Cygnar said. "They (MCCC transfers) will receive credit for five courses in the Hotel and Restaurant Management major, plus six credits of restricted Hotel and Restaurant Management electives."
The transfer students will have to complete 45 hours at EMU to finish the program and earn a degree.
"Collaborating with MCCC to help meet the needs of students has proven to be very beneficial for both institutions. We are pleased to be a partner in the process," said John Boyless, interim director of the School of Technology Studies."EMU has a long and successful tradition of working with MCCC and we will continue to explore additional opportunities to enter into formalized agreements that will benefit students at both institutions."
This is the eighth articulation agreement EMU has with MCCC, Cygnar said.
