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Thanksgiving at Sea
MU Hospitality Management students adopt a Navy ship
Six CAFNR students will be spending their Thanksgiving holiday aboard the U.S.S. Boxer, a Navy amphibious assault ship, preparing the holiday meal for the ship’s crew.
TripAdvisor Honor
CAFNR's Bed and Breakfast awarded the Certificate of Excellence
TripAdvisor has awarded The Gathering Place Bed & Breakfast with the Certificate of Excellence: A Testimonial to Your High Standards. The online service offers travel and hotel reviews based on traveler feedback. The Gathering Place received 48 visitor reviews – 47 rated the B&B excellent and one rated it as very good. The latest review [...]
Happy 10,000th
Gathering Place celebrates milestone as an educational laboratory
The Gathering Place, a historic Columba bed and breakfast, will celebrate its 10,000th breakfast served since becoming a student hospitality management laboratory. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. on June 5.
A Tasty Homecoming
CAFNR and Top Chef Alum Brings Her "Farm-to-Table" Cooking Style to Gala
On her fourth birthday, Heather Terhune told her parents she wanted to be a chef. And, judging by the dinner she requested that night, before even starting kindergarten – artichokes and spareribs – they couldn’t have been too surprised that she never wavered from that dream. “I never changed my mind,” she said. Although she [...]
Meet the Chefs
Hospitality Management holds Benefit Gala
The Hospitality Management program at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources will be hosting its Benefit Gala Friday, May 4. The gala will feature the talents of the program’s current students while celebrating and welcoming back its talented alumni, including a recent finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef Texas. The event will begin with [...]


