By Brittany Bates

Singing around a campfire, going on field trips all over Wisconsin, serving and preparing food for over eighty people, what does this sound like to you? Camp Brosius, sign me up! Students in the four year degree of Tourism, Convention and Event Management at IUPUI have the mandatory opportunity to travel and live in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for ten days. During their stay, students complete two required courses: Event Catering Management (391) and Destination Planning (306).

Students are required to find their own transportation to Wisconsin; most opting to car pool with friends for the six hour trip from Indianapolis. Also, getting to know your cabin mates and classmates is important from the start, because you will live with these people for a week and a half.

Upon arrival, students are immediately pulled into classes; each class is five days long. The purpose of the Event Catering Management class is to familiarize yourself with the Camp kitchen, dining hall and to prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner for the entire camp during your five day shift. Students get hands on learning from start to finish of every meal. This class is taught by Senior Lecturer, Jim Bennett. Mr. Bennett is a jack of all trades in the kitchen and offers much needed help and advice throughout the course. Students are teamed up with another classmate and a required to prepare a menu plan for two different meals and are "in charge" during that meal time.

Destination Planning is taught by Associate Professor Sotiris Avgoustis.

This class provides students with the opportunity to learn about the history of Camp Brosius and Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dr. Avgoustis also takes students on several field trips around Wisconsin including, Kohler, the American Club, Green Bay, Lake Winnebago and more. The purpose of the class is to present a marketing plan to entice visitors to come to Camp Brosius year round and to visit other Wisconsin attractions. "I think camp is important to TCEM majors because of the unique course content offered there. I also think camp is a place where students can learn teamwork, leadership and communication skills", said Dean Kellum of the importance of going to Camp Brosius.

During valuable free time, students have the opportunity to do a variety of activities. Typical activities include hanging out with friends, playing basketball or volleyball, sleeping, canoeing or taking a speed boat ride with Dean Kellum. "The best part about camp was going on a speed boat ride in sixty degree weather and having a blanket and scarf wrapped around my head and still freezing!", said TCEM student Jamie Bourquin. Students also join in on the evening camp activities lead by camp staff and physical education students. Evening activity examples include Casino Night, relay races, Capture the Flag and many more. There is always a lot to do at Camp Brosius!

Camp is not just a time to fulfill class requirements. The best part of camp is meeting new people and getting to know professors better. It has been nice to see people that you met at camp when walking down the hallway at school. Camp will be something that you will remember for the rest of your life about your time at IUPUI. Life is all about relationships and this is another opportunity to develop them.

TCEM Scholarship Opportunities Make Possibilities Become Reality
By Stephanie Haston

Scholarship opportunities pave the way for students like Melissa Gausmann, recipient of the 2003-2004 Elias and Fofo Stergiopoulos Scholarship to complete additional coursework that otherwise would not have been possible. Many TCEM students like Melissa, are "working students", students who strive to complete their academic goals and contribute to the Tourism, Convention and Event Management Industry meanwhile working full or part time, holding down family and community commitments or other outside obligations. "This scholarship allowed me to increase my classload without incurring additional tuition expenses," according to Melissa.

The Elias and Fofo Stergiopoulos Scholarship recognizes a student with a degree G.P.A. of 2.0 or greater who demonstrates service to the department through committee work and/or student organization participation, and works 20 hours or more per week. Melissa’s ability to achieve this delicate balance coupled with her strong sense of community and volunteer service distinguished her among fellow applicants.

Scholarship opportunities would not be possible without the support of key industry figures, "friends" of the TCEM department and alumni contributions.

According to Gretchen Hueni, Development Director of The IU School of Physical Education and Tourism Management, "Scholarship development through alumni contributions demonstrates support for current students and reflects appreciation for the opportunities afforded them by completion of TCEM program. Development of such scholarships and awards builds program recognition and recruits "Top" quality students to educate and give back to the industry by becoming future industry leaders themselves."

Michael Searle, recipient of three scholarships this year said it best when he described the importance of giving to scholarship development. "Someone who contributes to scholarship programs at the school is not only helping to further the cause of hospitality and hospitality education, he or she is also helping to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities of another human being. I think this is one of the most beneficial things that anyone can do for another person."

Tamara Pennington, this year’s recipient of the Raymond A. Dault "Care, Pride and Skill" Scholarship for Outstanding Freshman academic achievement was surprised and honored to be acknowledged for her hard work and efforts. This was especially important to her because she is representative of a non-traditional student, a 47 year-old woman entering an environment typically focused on a more traditional high school graduate, younger student population. According to Tamara, "The TCEM program’s environment created by traditional live, web-based and accelerated classes in addition to top notch instructors energized my outlook about coming back to school, I was excited to be attending classes and challenging tradition and myself".

The continued scholarship development joined by TCEM Department’s efforts to acknowledge and accommodate their "working student" population moves TCEM students one giant step closer to making possibilities a reality.

For more information on how you can invest in future scholarship developments contact the Gretchen Hueni, Development Director at 317.274.1484 or at ghueni@iupui.edu.

CONGRATULATIONS!
by Dr. Sotiris Avgoustis

Three TCEM students, Megan Leek, Mark Firestone, and James Elliott, have been selected to participate as a Show Ambassador in the IAAPA Orlando 2003 Annual Convention and Trade Show Convention Internship Program, in Orlando, Florida. As participants in the Convention Internship Program, they will be representing the largest amusement industry convention in the world. Their Internship experience will begin on Saturday, November 15, 2003 and will conclude on Sunday, November 23, 2003. For one week they will have the opportunity to enjoy the latest and greatest amusement rides, eat hot dogs, cotton candy, and popcorn, see cutting edge entertainment technology, play video games, meet people from more than 100 countries, and build their resume with real-work experience in convention and event management and even try to land a job!

Megan Leek has also been selected by the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) as its 2003 Student Planner of the Year Award winner! Congratulations to both students!

IUPUI Takwondo
by Chris Jackson

The IUPUI Taekwondo Program will be conducting its first black belt test on December 12, 2003. Three students will be testing for a black belt. Jackson
began instructing taekwondo for IUPUI in August 2000. The program has grown
significantly and she hopes to eventually develop a competition team for the National Collegiate Championships. Last year, IUPUI had several students who competed at AAU State competition and are Indiana State Champions! In addition, the taekwondo team competed at DePauw University's Horangi Cup last Fall and won the Team competition. If you are interested more information, please contact Chris Jackson at cjackson@iupui.edu.

TCEM Seniors Securing Positions in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

· Scott Kerr –Indianapolis Bar Association
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· Kim Freidersdorf –University Place Hotel and Conference Center

· Angie Kappel –Crowne Plaza Hotel

· Erin Cassidy – Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association

· Gina Beasley, The Moreland Group, LLC

· Jaime Griffin, Clear Channel Communications

· Sable Stewart, ATA

· Liz Bellman, Sysco

· Marie Blackett – Rock Bottom Brewery

WHAT’S UP WITH TEACHER EDUCATION?
By Dr. Ed Shilling

As the new school arrived, so too did the usual experiences of our Teacher Education students. The experiences about which we will write today are the student teachers and a few of the most recent job placements.

This school year we have 13 students involved in the student teaching component of our program. The students participating in the first semester will student teach for 12 weeks at one site. Those involved in the second semester will be our first on the new plan. That plan is for them to have an 8 week experience at the high school level and a second 8 week experience at either a middle school/junior high or elementary school level. The students involved this year are:

We hope that after graduation all of the above student teachers interested in teaching jobs will find them. Those who graduated last year or before and who have recently secured jobs are as follows: