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Best Career Advice: FIU Founder and Hospitality Industry Legend Tells It Like It Is
FIU's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management | October 2, 2024
50 years later, Rocco M. Angelo of FIU’s Chaplin School still mentors students and stays connected with the hospitality leaders he has taught over the decades. Learn his tips for professional success. Five decades ago, FIU Hospitality Professor Emeritus and current Associate Dean of Alumni Relations Rocco M. Angelo joined a small program that has morphed into what is today the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management on the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University (FIU). This semester, the hospitality pioneer marks his 50th anniversary at FIU. At 93, he is the oldest faculty member still coming to work, and ...
Hospitality Alumni Honor Mentor, Support Students, Through Rocco Angelo Legacy in Leadership Campaign
the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management | June 27, 2017
MIAMI (June 27, 2017) — Alumni of the FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management have donated more than half a million dollars to a fund that honors their beloved professor Rocco Angelo, an associate dean who has mentored generations of hospitality students and helped them succeed. Three alumni are leading the way: Burt Cabañas, founder and chairman of BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company; Regynald G. Washington, CEO and member of the board of directors of Hojeij Branded Foods; and Eric Pfeffer, founder and president of The Pfeffer Group. Washington and Pfeffer donated $100,000 each to the Rocco Ange...
