MSU Denver School of Hospitality

to be fair we’ve never had brims on our caps so who really started the trend 🤔

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we late late, but who bodied this?

congratulations to all of our graduates from this year; wishing you all the best wherever you may be! 2026 bout to pop off 🥳🍾🎓

dodge duck dip dive & dodging these ghouls and tools 🔴👻🔧

Congratulations to Abby Sarver and Pawku Ju, our top Dimond Fellows! 🏆🏨 This scholarship is a testament to all the effort they’ve put into their Stonebridge internship, and it’s a step toward even greater things ahead.

Huge thanks to the Dimond family for their incredible donation and support! Their generosity opens doors for our students at Stonebridge properties and beyond, helping shape successful careers in any field.

🍍hospitality taking over🏎️💨 at the soar awards 🏆🏆

🔵 our 13 year veteran, biscuit bake-off (paid-off) judge, director of student services and operations, Jimi Webb, took home the Presidents Distinguished Service Award (2025)

🔴 our fantastic, energetic hotel management professor, Kiyan Shafieizadeh, received the Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Award (2024)

Our first cohort of WorkReady students graduated from the program, and everyone in their lives is so proud of their effort and perseverance! 🔪🍽️🇨🇴

The culinary program in partnership with and empowers Colorado’s restaurant industry by equipping students with skills and certifications to address labor challenges and support local businesses.

we serve more than just food, beer, and wine🧙‍♀️💅

We celebrated our 2024 Dimond Fellow of the Year, Xitlalic Rodriguez, with her besties! We’re so proud of her and can’t wait to see everything she accomplishes in the hotel industry. 🏨💃

As always the chefs be cookin heat🔥🚒

The Dimond Fellowship program is a paid internship at select Stonebridge Companies hotel properties in Denver for one semester, rotating through all major departments while earning three credits over the course of the 15-week semester. Dimond Fellows have the chance to win a $5,000 award for the Top Fellow of the year.

Apply for the fellowship program: https://www.msudenver.edu/hospitality/dimond-fellows-program/?utm_campaign=linkinbio&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio

Meet Elliot Knight, current Brewery Operations student and owner of ! 🍻🦮

“[Elliot] plans to sell beers brewed by fellow students at his facility as an opportunity to give back to the local institution and support the student brewers there.

‘For us, having MSU Denver-student-brewed beers is an absolute no-brainer,’ Knight said. ‘I wouldn’t be buying it if it weren’t darn good beer.’”

Full RED story by Monica Parpal Stockbridge: https://red.msudenver.edu/2024/brewery-owner-taps-msu-denver-for-real-world-experience-and-mentorship/?utm_campaign=linkinbio&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio

📸: .m.photo