Conference Proceedings

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2011 Great Lakes Hospitality and Tourism Educators Conference

April 15-16, 2011 at Grand Rapids, Michigan


2011 Conference Proceedings
Click here to find research and teaching abstracts that were presented during the 2011 conference


Keynote Speaker

Terry Doyle was the 2011 keynote speaker.
He is an author, educational consultant and  professor of reading at Ferris State University where he has worked for the past 34 years.  The title of his presentation was Follow Where the Research Leads Us: What Brain Research Can Tell Us About Students' Learning.

Here is a web link to his web site http://learnercenteredteaching.wordpress.com/
Slides from his presentation are available on his web site under Hospitality Educators Conference



2012 Great Lakes Hospitality and Tourism Educators Conference
March 24-25, 2012 at Grand Rapids, Michigan


2012 Conference Proceedings
Click here to find research and teaching abstracts that were presented during the 2012 conference



Keynote Speakers

Kelly Victor-Burke gave a presentation on Embracing Geotourism: Pure Michigan.  She is a lecturer and co-coordinator of Geography Geotourism Program at Eastern Michigan University.

Here is a web link to her home page http://www.emich.edu/geo/faculty/victor/index.html

Terry Doyle was invited back to be a 2012 keynote speaker. 
He is an author, educational consultant and  professor of reading at Ferris State University where he has worked for the past 34 years.  The title of his presentation was Learning in Harmony with your Brain

Here is a web link to his web site http://learnercenteredteaching.wordpress.com/
Slides from his presentation are available on his web site under Hospitality Educators Conference