Event Management

Do you like serving others? Are you your family’s go-to chef or party planner? Maybe you’re looking for a career that allows you to be both creative and technical.

If so, the Hospitality Administration program could be the educational pathway for you!  Ivy Tech Hospitality Administration students receive world-class education on state-of-the-art equipment to prepare for the workforce. 

While the skills taught vary across our associate degrees and certificate programs, here’s a peek into what you might do as a Hospitality Administration student: 

• Practice working effectively in teams.

• Gain industry-specific knowledge and skills to achieve operational efficiency and productivity in hospitality and/or commercial kitchen operations.

• Strengthen your written and oral communication skills.

• Adhere to the professional dress and grooming standards expected in hospitality operations.

• Grow your customer service skill set.

• Develop advanced knife, tool, and equipment handling skills. 

• Draw upon food preparation and baking science principles to create food products.

• Use classic, contemporary, and global cooking techniques in a state-of-the-art kitchen. 

• Learn the skills needed to work as a professional pastry culinarian.

• Master decorating and complex preparation techniques of pastries, confections, cakes, specialty cakes, wedding cakes, and dessert composition.

• Study bakery merchandising techniques and strategies to successfully run a bakery operation

The Event Management Certificate (CT) leads to the following certifications:

Event Management Technology, ServSafe Food Managers, ServSafe Alcohol, and NRAEF ManageFirst Customer Service. Students take courses on food theory, sanitation, meeting planning, special event management, and other relevant topics.