Nolan School
Keep up to date with Hotelies, hospitality education, and industry at large with these stories and updates from the Nolan School.

CREF’s annual WX panel discussion covers corporate culture and career advice
This year’s WX panel discussion, hosted by CREF and Cornell REW, featured an all-female panel of distinguished executives in the real estate industry.

Student takeaways from the 2019 HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas
Taylor Hardy ’19 recaps her experience at the 13th annual HR in Hospitality Conference, hosted by CIHLER.

Cornell’s ‘positive energy’ is just what Myron Spikes ’22 was looking for
The first in his family to attend college directly after high school, Myron has always held onto an unyielding determination to excel and earn a degree.

“Finding Synergy” at the 94th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell
Hotel Ezra Cornell, an annual SHA tradition and entirely student-run event, hosted its 94th gathering in 2019. The Board of Directors shares reflections.

2019 Best & Brightest: Marissa Block, Cornell University
Marissa Block, SHA ’19, has been named one of the Best & Brightest Business Majors by Poets & Quants. After graduation, Block will join ZS Associates as a hospitality insights and strategy consultant.

A wanderer at heart, Andrea Bonds ’20 finds her home as a Hotelie
Andrea Bonds earned money for college by playing her flute as a street performer. Now she’s focused on hospitality entrepreneurship at her dream school.

Getting ready for HEC 94 with a practice Pop-Up Dinner
To practice for their upcoming annual industry conference, Hotel Ezra Cornell hosted a Pop-Up Dinner for the who’s who of SHA.

NSMH’s 30th anniversary: Celebrating the past, treasuring the present, shaping the future
The National Society for Minorities in Hospitality, co-founded by Hotelies in 1989, celebrated its 30th anniversary at the 2019 NSMH National Conference.

Around the world and across the country: 2019 MMH winter externship takeaways
From Ghana to Kentucky, MMH students reflect on their 2019 winter externships, which included research, shadowing, and special projects.