, /PRNewswire/ -- on Thursday announced a new scholarship pledge from the Miami Chaîne as student enrollment rockets in STU's Culinary, Tourism & Hospitality Management major and the program offers new culinary education certificates. The Miami Chaîne, the local chapter of the elite Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, the world's oldest international gastronomic society, plans to provide in scholarship funding to eight STU students during the 2024-25 academic year. The chapter already donated in scholarships to four STU culinary students for the 2023-24 academic year.
The Miami Chaîne's latest scholarship pledge comes as STU administrators project the Culinary, Tourism & Hospitality Management program's enrollment will climb to more than 50 students in the fall 2024 semester, which begins in August. That enrollment total represents a 16-fold increase compared with when STU started the program three and a half years ago with just three students. STU also just launched a 15-credit Culinary Arts Certificate.
The new certificate includes courses in managing food and beverage offerings and cooking fundamentals. Plus, among other new certificates, STU plans to launch a Culinary Medicine Certificate as soon as to teach students about food's healing properties. Last spring, STU's inaugural 2024 Chefs Leadership Summit in the Gus Machado College of Business attracted nationally renowned culinary experts and a diversity of eager seminar participants, who benefited from many educational wo.
