On December 21st, DTU and Pennsylvania State University held a Certificate Awards Ceremony for 150 students graduating from the joint DTU-PSU programs in Tourism & Hospitality. The certificates of completion were awarded for five courses: Advanced Hotel Management, Information Systems in Hospitality, Hospitality Management Accounting, and Restaurant Management. and the Foundations of Hospitality Management.
PSU lecturers award certificates to DTU students
In 2010, DTU started to collaborate with PSU, one of five largest public universities in America, to develop the very first advanced programs in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance and Banking and Tourism and Hospitality. Under the agreement, PSU transfers from 18 to 24 academic subjects to DTU. Students graduating from these programs are granted internationally recognized PSU certificates. PSU sends lecturers to teach the core subjects and DTU sends lecturers to the US to attend train-the-trainer sessions.
Professor Peter D. Nyheim, a senior PSU lecturer, said: “I am one of the PSU lecturers who have taught several core subjects at DTU and have found that DTU students are quite good at English. Certificates granted by PSU are globally recognized, which helps secure good job offers from local and international businesses on graduation. Hopefully, what you have learned at DTU will enable you to realize your career aspirations.”
Certificates are awarded by PSU
Nguyen Thi Thuy Vi, of K20 DLK2, said: “I am delighted to receive the international certificate from PSU, a well-known American university. The joint DTU-PSU program is taught entirely in English using a student-centered, proactive approach, improving both my English and other soft skills.”
Recently, a paper entitled: “The Impact of Advertising and Public Relations on Tourism Development in Danang, Vietnam”, was written by Associate Professor Tran Van Xuan and Mr. Tran Cong Minh of the DTU Faculty of Tourism and five students, Luu Tan Kieu Ha, Ngo Thi Duong Tieu Ni, Tran Le Khanh My, Nguyen Bich Ngoc and Tran Thi Chau Hai. The paper was then published in a reference book entitled: “Tourism and Opportunities for Economic Development in Asia” by IGI Global, a leading international academic publisher of 3,400 reference books, 160 journals, encyclopedias, teaching programs, proceedings, and databases, focusing on the areas of Business and Management, IT, Social Sciences, Tourism and others.
Mr. Nguyen Cong Minh, Dean of the DTU Faculty of Tourism, said: “DTU students graduating from these programs are highly respected by local and foreign tourism businesses. They have been employed on graduation by 5-Star resorts, hotels and travel agencies, including the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, the Four Seasons, the Nam Hai, the Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa, Saigontourist, Vitours and others.
Other students have been offered salaried internships at the Crowne Plaza Bangkok and at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort in Thailand. The international certificates granted by American universities will broaden the opportunity for well-paid jobs for DTU students worldwide, as the demand for well-qualified graduates increases in these times of integration.”
(Media Center)