SJSU News Archive
Date: 02/09/2009
Headed to the 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am February 9-15? Then you're bound to meet members of a San José State student team hired to manage all tournament food concessions and corporate hospitality areas. That means they'll be directing the employees serving guests of Yahoo, Intel, Coca-Cola, Bank of America and, of course, AT&T. This is the fourth year SJSU's on the job at the tournament. More than 130 students total have participated in the program, and more than 20 alumni now work at Pebble Beach. The students spent nearly two weeks training during winter break. Rich Larson, a lecturer in SJSU's Department of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Management, spearheads the effort.
Read more on the SJSU/Pebble Beach Special Event Management Team.