Saunders College of Business News
Hospitality and Tourism Management BS

Hospitality and tourism management students at RIT were given an assignment in their restaurant and event management class: create a pop-up lunch for 200, and come up with the theme, menu, pricing, even marketing. Nika Pikulik decided to honor her homeland with a Ukraine-themed meal.

Saunders College of Business teaches students how to be effective leaders, communicators, and decision-makers in the global business world.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology has been ranked by College Factual for several of its programs.

Saunders College of Business prepares students to be expert problem solvers and leaders in their fields. Students in the management information systems (MIS), marketing, hospitality and tourism management (HTM), and accounting degree programs learn to manage and utilize data to maximize efficiency in their organizations.

Saunders College of Business at RIT has again been recognized by Poets&Quants—a leading resource for business education coverage—as one of the top undergraduate business schools in the nation. Saunders ranked 53rd overall in the nation, moving up two spots from last year.

The undergraduate business program at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business is nationally ranked and recognized.

Mark Zettl ’96 (hotel and resort management), a contributor to Forbes, talks with Edwin Torres, department chair and associate professor, Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation, about RIT's hospitality program.

College courses are intended to be a bit brainy and thought provoking. But there’s nothing that says they can’t be fun, too.

A hospitality workforce training program run by Saunders College of Business is responding both to the needs of underserved immigrants and refugees seeking meaningful work and an industry that has been devastated by staff shortages wrought by the pandemic.

RIT business students can expect major changes to Max Lowenthal Hall, home of Saunders College of Business, after the completion of a more than $20 million expansion and renovation project in fall 2023.

Students from RIT's Industrial Design (BFA and MFA) and Master of Architecture programs constructed a large-scale sculpture on the Woodstock music festival grounds for a Hello Wood event. 

Ryan Brooks ’96 (food management) is the third-generation owner of the business that began as a poultry farm, providing fresh eggs and packaged meats to nearby stores. His grandparents dreamed of opening a restaurant, and in 1961, they adapted their catering business into what would become a recognized family-owned business—Brooks’ House of Bar-B-Q.