Charting the Course

This episode we sit down with Paul Bonnette, current Katherine Griffin Boatwright Endowed Chair for the Hospitality Management and Tourism program at Gulf Coast State College. One of thirteen Associate of Science Degree offerings in the Business & Technology Pathway option, The Hilton Hospitality Management and Tourism Program prides itself on cultivating the next generation of service leaders.

Mr. Paul goes on to share a bit about his time education students through hands-on experiences, that bridge the gap between life inside and outside of the classroom. A must-listen episode for anyone considering starting, or furthering, their education in Hospitality, Management or Tourism.
Hospitality: Hilton Hospitality Management and Tourism Program, A.S.

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Daniela Oestreich

What is Charting the Course?

Charting the Course is a faculty-focused podcast that highlights the people, programs, and pathways shaping our college. Each episode features engaging conversations with professors who share insights about their courses, degree plans, and the opportunities awaiting students—helping listeners navigate their own academic journey. Go Commodores!

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Unknown
Hey there, and welcome to Charting the Course, a podcast all about the people and programs that make Gulf Coast College such a unique place to learn. In each episode, we'll sit down with faculty to hear their stories, their passions, and the pathways they're helping students explore. Whether you're a current student, future Commodore, or just curious about what's happening on campus, you're in the right place.

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Unknown
I want to go ahead and just thank you so much for joining us for charting the course today. I'm your host in yellow, and I was just bringing you back for another episode on all things Gulf Coast faculty. Seeing some of our different spreads of departments and divisions here at Gulf Coast. In the studio today, I have Paul Barnett with me.

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Unknown
Our very endearing representative for all things hospitality on campus. Your title is a little more complex is it is simply just the Catherine Griffin Vote Right Endowed chair for Hospitality Management and Tourism program. Look, try saying that three times fast. Yes, I wish I could very much so. Thank you so much again for joining us in the studio.

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Unknown
I love and I'm happy to be here. Thank you so much. Like I mentioned, you're kind of our representative. All things hospitality. What does that look like here at Gulf Coast? I know we offer it as a degree path, but really, what does that look like degree wise? So hospitality is kind of one of those. I like to refer to it almost like a rabbit hole because there's so you see it, but there's so many offshoots, there's so many different things.

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Unknown
And hospitality is one of the key. The key, businesses, here in Bay County, but also hospitality and tourism is the number one economic driver in Florida. And so it's essential for Florida survival. And it is what so many people have. You know they go to work and do. But when you see hospitality you may not realize what all it entails because there's so much that goes with it.

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Unknown
And that's why I call it the rabbit hole is because you go into hospitality and perhaps you want to go perhaps into restaurants or hotels, but then again, you may want to go work and theme parks, cruise ships, attractions. Hospitality has a wide variety of different career paths, and so I love meeting with the students and talking about what is it that interests you?

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Unknown
Because there's so many different things you can do with it, and you can kind of tailor it to that student. And that's what I love doing, is because not every student wants to go into hotels. Sometimes they want to eventually work for Universal or Disney, where they may want to work for a cruise line. And so we love being able to meet with that student and go, you've seen hospitality.

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Unknown
Now let's talk about your future career and the goals you want to achieve. Sure, absolutely. Now, is that a because it is a degree, and I believe you all may also have certificate programs. So we are working on, having certificate programs as well. We are always looking at breaking down barriers for students. And so currently right now it is an Ace program associate of science.

00;02;56;14 - 00;03;27;19
Unknown
And it's in hospitality management and tourism. But we will be offering these certificate programs for the future because we understand that sometimes students may be coming back in and just want to expand on their skills. We get a lot of students who are already in the hospitality world that just want to go. I would love to know more because I'm in this one little section, but I would love to know what else there is in hospitality and what it can do for me, and what I can do for, you know, my, my company that I work for and my future career.

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Unknown
Sure. Yeah. That you bring up a great point about, like, expanding into certificates. I think a lot of people look at Gulf Coast State College and think, oh, it has to be a two year or a four year degree. Not realizing that certificate programs are very much like the unsung heroes of a lot of our support in our industry.

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Unknown
Immediately in the community, right. Where maybe you don't have the time if you're working full time or maintaining a business to pursue, you know, a full on degree. But looking at a certificate with a couple of course offerings that give you that more like well-rounded niche interest. Yeah, it really works out for a lot of people schedule, but it's one that is like lesser talked about.

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Unknown
I think that's great that you guys are looking to expand them because there's some really good potential there. It really is. And, you know, I have meetings with, Department of Education for the hospitality curriculum. And we always are looking at how we can make this the best it possibly can be. And, you know, our program and the state of Florida and things like that.

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Unknown
And so certificates are a great way to dip your toes in the water. Let's see if I really like this, you know. And then once you're into it you know what? I wouldn't mind getting my degree. And. Yes. And then I can look at doing, you know, perhaps I want to get a bachelor's degree. And, you know, perhaps I want to expand my career and all these different areas, and it really kind of.

00;04;42;05 - 00;05;09;10
Unknown
You open one door to Gulf Coast, and you go in and you realize there's so many more doors that you can open up and go. You really can start here and go anywhere. Right. Absolutely. Definitely making use of the, I don't want to call it transient, but it's very much that like transfer ish mentality, right? Yes. Getting your foundation with a good quality education that is local, home grown and then going out into the industry or into other, you know, markets and being able to apply those same concepts.

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Unknown
Yeah, definitely. Well, and so I love stealing this from Gulf Coast. I regret nothing. And I'll do it again. Is the pathways now? Gulf coast has 120 different programs, narrowed down into six academic pathways, such as business and technology. Hospitality has different pathways as well. And that's what we really focus on for the student is what pathway do you want to take that?

00;05;35;03 - 00;05;51;09
Unknown
Because you may say, well, I want to go in hotels. Why is that? Well, just because that's all I know. Well, would you like to know more? Would you like to learn more about cruise ships, or learn more about theme parks and how they go? And if you, you know, expand on this and you go, you know what?

00;05;51;09 - 00;06;12;12
Unknown
I still want to do hotels. Great. You have this wealth of knowledge about how other things operate. And you can put that to use for hotels. And in fact, actually in many of our classes, we actually teach psychology. We teach the, psychological neuroscience behind some consumer behavior. I've got a person who I'm a huge fan of.

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Unknown
Her name is Doctor Melissa used, and she teaches psychological neuroscience of consumer behavior. And so we actually incorporate that. Even the most mundane thing that you never realize is that people do or that, business does. It's very intentional to give you a certain experience that they want you to enjoy. Curious. It's so it's interesting to consider how many layers deep this goes, right?

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Unknown
Yes. We see the outer expression of things that are, very much cater to the people, right? Whether it's food, it's a service, an entertainment park or a theme park. We see the outer result, the inner result, right, is the overall consumer experience. But there's so many layers to everything working on the back end, and that's why they're so successful or why they do so well.

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Unknown
That's one of the things I love teaching, and the students really enjoy it, especially in our hospitality marketing class now is talk about how it's using this knowledge as a superpower. Oh yeah, because the fact that you are using distraction and you're using things like this so that you can create a magical experience for people, an incredible experience, because this may be you may be helping a family who this is their one vacation of the year.

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Unknown
The the dad has been driving for 16 hours. Kids are screaming in the backseat. You know, they're tired of being in the car and all they want is to start their vacation either here or, you know, in the mountains or wherever it is that you are and you are, you directly are responsible for helping them create that.

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Unknown
And so using distraction, like for example, if maybe if there's an issue that they have experienced, you want to distract them away from that. Here. Come over here while we fix this right, right. And so while all these things are happening behind the curtain, you're fixing things and you're, you know, making things work. You are with them going, hey, let's enjoy.

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Unknown
Let's have a drink at the bar. Let's enjoy this, you know, activity here. And so it's all about using, your hospitality marketing superpowers for good. Well, I love that. I love that you very much take on a very practical approach to some of that coursework. You mentioned when we started talking a little bit about your more experimental approaches to teaching.

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Unknown
Tell me a little bit of what that looks like in, like a specific course or just in general. It's in general and I tailor the course to, these, experience experimental and experiential, aspects of each individual course. So what I mean by that is, for example, we have a lodging operations class, and instead of a, midterm test, we have a project, and it's one of my favorite projects.

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Unknown
And the students, I always explain why I'm doing things I never do. Do this because I say so. Sure. No, I want you to understand what you're benefiting from this and why I'm asking you to do this. So the student gets assigned a hotel, and they have to pretend to be the sales and marketing director, and they receive a request for a proposal.

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Unknown
We as the audience are pretending to be a group that are interested in booking their hotel. And so they have to do a PowerPoint and a sales presentation to us to get us to book that hotel. Now the monkey wrench I throw into it, the curveball is, they have already gone to these hotels. They've taken pictures, they've met with managers.

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Unknown
And so, in addition to me grading it, the hotel managers are they're grading it as well, like actual hotel managers from our immediate community, like, literally the people at all of the hotels that are they are doing their presentations on are there as guests and helping me grade it. Wow. That must be like nerve wracking for some of the students.

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Unknown
Yes, it definitely can be. And so they go, why are you doing this? Well, I'm going to give you some tools that are going to help you. I never throw them, you know, into the deep end. And so the reason I explain why I'm doing this one is because the hotel managers typically grade much easier than I do.

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Unknown
They don't want to be up there any more than you do. So they're going, oh, poor, poor thing. He yeah, he was great. They were great. They you know what? They're awesome. And so, you know, they're they're being able to do that. And then afterwards there is, there may be ten different managers there. And those students now get to network with all of those hotels for their future career.

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Unknown
So next time when they need a job and they want to stay, they want to work at a certain hotel. They can now go to that hotel manager and go, remember me? I did this project. Now they have an inn with that hotel, right? Which is good. Now, before they have to do this project, this is where I give them the help.

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Unknown
Not only do we talk in class about what a sales and marketing marketing presentation includes what is expected, but I even bring in a friend of mine who is a, instructor here at Gulf Coast who teaches Intro to Public Speaking, and she comes in and gives a, special guest presentation and helps them to get their presentation ready.

00;11;23;12 - 00;11;43;11
Unknown
It helps them with body language icon. It teaches them what goes into public speaking and then they get to practice it. We even do a dress rehearsal. So and we as a class help them, you know, to go, oh you might want to add more pictures here or this would be great if you had this. Or maybe you should say it like this way.

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Unknown
So they're never on their own. They're never just like, oh, okay, now I've got to do this. They actually get help with doing this presentation and help with public speaking. And I explain to them, I said, this is very important and a very important project. And I'll tell you why, because in hospitality and in your career, you're going to have to talk to people.

00;12;05;06 - 00;12;29;08
Unknown
You're going to have to present, you're going to be out of your comfort zone and you're going to be nervous. This gives you a safe space to start that to try out some new stuff. I said, as long as you know the material, you know the hotel, you're going to do fine. You're not being overly graded on if you say, too many times or if you stand in one place and don't move, you know, you're not overly graded on that.

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Unknown
You're graded on, do you know your hotel and can you sell it? Right, right. Yes. But it's the added bonus, right, of being able to maintain that social element. It's like the little soft skills about like being able to, speak eloquently or be able to be confident in that, that I can see where they're not too much graded on that.

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Unknown
But it's an added bonus that they develop those kind of exactly those kind of skills. Those soft skills are it's I don't want to say it's a hidden bonus because I explain to them this is what you're developing. So it's not hidden at all, but it's something that they get to practice on. And so the next time they have to do a presentation or they have to talk to people, they go, I can a presentation in front of hotel managers.

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Unknown
This is nothing, right? Right. Because they've seen it before. There's something that I'm learning, as a new instructor, right. Is the power of giving the students as much of a hands on exposure to your content or your discipline, so that when they, you know, graduate through the program, they've attained their degree, and now they're looking at the industry or the community that they're going to be stepping into for the first time, they're not left with that.

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Unknown
Like, I have the paper and now what do I do? Right. Exactly that they're outside the door and it's raining and all they have is a paper and no idea what to do with the end. Yes, exactly. But you get to do that like in class. I can imagine very much. We're in the moment again. It's nerve wracking, but the lasting impact of that kind of an experience is a very tangible thing that they can say, well, I've done that before or done that in class.

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Unknown
And it is exactly that. It's like small controlled environment that then makes the larger pond that they're stepping into not nearly as scary. Exactly. It's a cool way to do that. It's a fun way. And again, this is just something, you know, I, I am always kind of of the mindset and I always talk about it as a joke that, look, I'm not a teacher.

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Unknown
I'm not I'm not good at just getting up there. And this is what's on the slides. And this is the material. No, I want you to experience the material. Right. And so, it's always whenever I've done, I've done this project twice. And every time, knock on wood, we're going to knock on wood here just to be safe.

00;14;33;07 - 00;14;53;00
Unknown
Every time. The students all have the same, viewpoint. Afterwards, they all come to me and go. I was so nervous, but that was fun. It was like fun. Like, do you remember how much you hated me before this? Like, this was. And they go, now I see what you were trying to teach us, right? That, like light bulb goes off, you're like, oh, it all makes sense.

00;14;53;03 - 00;15;22;02
Unknown
There's a method to the madness. Exactly. Because you can tell the method of the madness. You can tell what they're learning. But until that light bulb goes off and they go, can you teach us something else? Oh, that must feel so good, though it is, in fact, actually the students who did, who did that, for the lodging operations, I do a project for our food and beverage class, too, and they have to create a restaurant concept, their own food, their own menu, their own business plan, their own marketing plan.

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Unknown
They've kind of done they've already been swimming in the two foot. The three foot. Now let's go into the four foot. Now let's go into the five foot. And so they have a group project where they have to create a restaurant concept. And the same students then come to me and go, can we up the ante a little bit?

00;15;39;16 - 00;16;08;15
Unknown
Can you invite more people to watch us? And I go, you want me to invite more people to help? Great. It help. Watch when you, you know, hated me for inviting the people I did for lodging. They're like, no, but we see what you did there. And this was great. And so our food and beverage, we actually moved it up to the third floor conference room, and we had about 30 people from the community of restaurant owners of hotel, food and beverage people.

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Unknown
And you know, just different business owners come and watch and help with, you know, help with the feedback of it, because then I give the feedback to the students and I go, first off, how do you think you did? And pretty much always they say, oh, we did terrible. It is absolutely because you always think your own worst critic.

00;16;28;12 - 00;16;53;02
Unknown
Yes, you're your own worst critic. And I go, why don't we see how you actually did according to other people? And I take all that positive feedback that I've received going. They were such an eloquent speaker. This was such a great concept. And I start reading it off and I will go, okay, Jimmy, you said that you thought you were, you know, that you stumbled and didn't talk much and you know that you were.

00;16;53;05 - 00;17;19;22
Unknown
Let's let's look at what your your feedback was. Jimmy was such a eloquent speaker. Jimmy captivated the entire time Jimmy did this. And so then they're going, wait, me and I go, this is not my feedback. This is feedback from business. Yeah, from the business owners. This is restaurant owners who are looking at you going, boy, I wish I same.

00;17;19;29 - 00;17;44;18
Unknown
I wish I could hire them today. I literally will have hotel you know, owner general managers and go can I hire that student today and these things I would love to like I had hotels fighting over who they wanted for all who they could get from the students because they wanted them so badly. Wow. Well, that actually that I mean, that's my next follow up question to that.

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Unknown
Is the Gulf Coast or Gulf Coast State College were seated very, very nicely, at the foot of the Hathaway Bridge between Panama City, Florida, and then Panama City Beach. And we see two very different styles of touristic industries on both ends of that bridge. Right? Both, I think, are absolutely essential. Both. Jerry, gently play off of each other.

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Unknown
But I think it's one of those where you see a very good spread. Can you think of any like in the you have the name, the name of a student, but any specific examples or stories that you'd like to share of a student who, you know, went through the track and then immediately found that work, and maybe where they ended up and what they were like as a student.

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Unknown
Sure. So, for example, during the first time we have a student who has gone through this track, they intern at a hotel, and they're now currently the front desk manager of that hotel. Wow. This was keep in mind I've only been teaching two years. So that same student. So in that two year track, they have graduated intern and now are the front desk manager of a hotel.

00;18;41;06 - 00;19;06;12
Unknown
Wow. That's impressive. Yes, exactly. And so, we have a student who interned at because they wanted to learn more about events to help them in their current career. And so now they intern at Panama City Beach, helping with Pirates of the High Seas Fast and the events that happen there. And so they've been able to take that knowledge and, you know, elevate and at their, you know, current career we have Stuart.

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Unknown
Excuse me. We have students who, through our leadership class and through some of the classes, they develop new skills that now they've gotten a raise and a promotion just because they've elevated themselves with these new skills. And so now they are higher up where they were. I think it can be really refreshing for some students because they come in anticipating one thing from college and to be able to put a gentle spin on that narrative and say, this is more about you than it is about me.

00;19;34;00 - 00;19;51;11
Unknown
As your instructor, I want to see you grow. I want this to be worth your while. And you have that, like, gentle attention to detail with them. I can tell with the way that you're talking about it that I think it must be so refreshing for them by changing everything up and making them understand that, hey, each class is different.

00;19;51;11 - 00;20;18;14
Unknown
Everything. You never know what to expect. Expect the unexpected. So everything I do is a teaching module. The hospitality industry is so unpredictable, you never know who's going to be coming in your door, right? What challenges to expect you have to kind of expect the unexpected. And so being the fact that the classes are so unique and different and each class is different, every day is different.

00;20;18;16 - 00;20;47;12
Unknown
It's a training method so that when they go into hotels or attractions, they know that, oh yeah, every day is different. I never know what to expect. And so I'm prepared for all these eventuality. So everything is, is a teaching method. Even if they don't realize it, everything's very intentional for sure. Now, I know you've you've touched on so many great different skills and aspects that I think with hospitality being very a very practical field.

00;20;47;12 - 00;21;05;01
Unknown
Right. It's something that, requires you to be present day to day. There's not much that you can do to supplement the human element, right? What would you say is one thing outside of earning the degree, of course, or earning the experience in the classes, what would be one thing that you'd hope students would take from the coursework?

00;21;05;03 - 00;21;34;17
Unknown
So from the coursework, I really want them to feel like they've gotten a return on their investment that we've kind of talked about. And so there's certain, key points that we use as a return on that investment. One of the key points that I love is our expanded internship program. So at the end of their degree, whether it is their associate of science or even this college or college credit certificate, they have to do an internship.

00;21;34;19 - 00;21;55;04
Unknown
Now, this internship is I meet with the student after they've taken several of the classes, and I go, now, you've seen hospitality in all its glory. You've seen hotels, you've seen restaurants, you've seen attractions, you've seen all this. What area are you interested in? What really kind of draws you in? And for example, let's say that they say it's hotels.

00;21;55;05 - 00;22;19;25
Unknown
Okay, great. What about hotels? Do you like front of the house? Heart of the house, food and beverage, you know. What is it that you. I really love the people at the front desk, the, you know, day to day, being able to make, you know, these memories, in one of our classes, hospitality marketing, we talk about a, psychology, term called emotional intensification.

00;22;19;28 - 00;22;42;14
Unknown
And that is, if you were to receive a gift on your birthday, as your birthday gets closer, you're getting very excited. You're anticipating the gift. But imagine you come in on a random Tuesday and there's an amazing gift for you. And, you're not expecting it. And it just is because you're awesome at something. You really want it.

00;22;42;17 - 00;23;05;10
Unknown
So these are what I call tools in your Batman tool belt that you can use to create exceptional experiences for guests. Sensationalize the mundane. Yeah, like I'm getting all of this extra for very little effort. Yeah. If it's so easy, if suddenly you're attached, right? It makes a lot of sense. What we're doing is creating anchor points in people's minds.

00;23;05;12 - 00;23;30;00
Unknown
And so they go, for example, when they are, let's say, five years down the line and they're working at a front desk and a family comes in and they're they've been driving all that time. Know again, you know, 16 hours in the car, kids been screaming and all of a sudden, you know, the they come to check in and you have a special gift basket, a special gift bag for that family.

00;23;30;07 - 00;23;50;14
Unknown
It's coloring books for the kids. It's maybe a special mocktail for them, you know, for the parents, you know, and it's just. By the way, we just want you to know you're a special guest for today, and this is for you. And they go, I'm not used to getting anything for free. I have to pay extra for anything.

00;23;50;14 - 00;24;14;07
Unknown
Right? And they go, no, it is just because you are a special guest and we appreciate you. Now that emotional connection has been cemented. You've used emotional intensification to create that emotional connection with that person. And now that person, that family is going to go, no, we only stay at this place because they care about us, right? They take care of us.

00;24;14;07 - 00;24;31;09
Unknown
They value us. You mention we don't have a very large attraction based, tourism area here specifically. But that's not to say that Florida's limited on that by any means, of course. Sure. Yeah. So to get to kind of help them bridge that gap as their instructor, I think is a very, very great effort. And I love that you're doing that for them.

00;24;31;09 - 00;24;53;06
Unknown
Oh, thank you I appreciate that. And you know like we work with a lot of fantastic businesses like we work with Pirate's Voyage. You know, we work with Topgolf. We work with, you know, numerous hotels, the Saint Joe Company by the Sea Resorts, you know, the list goes on and on of all these different wonderful partnerships that we've established and grown, because we really want the student to experience everything.

00;24;53;13 - 00;25;20;26
Unknown
And so if they move away, then okay, great. No problem. You've had experience at Topgolf or you've had experience at, you know, Pirates Voyage or you've had experience at this hotel, you can take that experience and then go when you are interviewing for a job and, you know, let's say that you go and you've done an internship at Pirates Voyage, but you move because you love the mountains and you can't stand the water and the beach and the beauty of it and the white sand, and it's just for any reason.

00;25;20;26 - 00;25;41;12
Unknown
But you decide you want to move to the mountains. Well, then there's a pirate's voyage there. Hey, I did my internship at, Pirates voyage here. I'm looking for a job. I already know your business model. I already know this. I'm ready. And so now they have an exclusive way of getting in for their career that they've gotten just by being a student.

00;25;41;12 - 00;25;59;16
Unknown
The Gulf Coast State College hospitality program. I think it's a beautiful way to to gently plug. And what that in a nutshell. No, I think incredibly well said, Paul. Well thank you. Yeah. It's, you know, I just love talking about it. And, you know, the key to any product that you're selling is you have to know it, and you have to love it.

00;25;59;18 - 00;26;20;11
Unknown
And I and I love the hospitality industry. I got started, on the most random ways I used to do for 11 years. I was watch repair. I did watch repair for that time. And then I got into journalism. I was a journalist here at Gulf Coast, and I. I've worked for numerous different journalists, you know, for newspapers.

00;26;20;13 - 00;26;56;25
Unknown
And so hospitality was never at the forefront of my mind. And so the fact that that's what I want to bring, that, hey, hospitality is a great career choice. And it shouldn't just be a second, you know, career choice. It should be right at the front because it's one of Florida's most important economic drivers. And it's something that you can again, that rabbit hole you can go into, you know, resorts, you can go into attractions, you can go you can start here, even though it's that Gulf Coast and go anywhere but in hospitality, you also can go anywhere because you can you can do the sky's the limit.

00;26;56;25 - 00;27;18;20
Unknown
You're only limited by your imagination. Where can we find out more about hospitality here at Gulf Coast? So, the hospitality start off by going to Gulf Coast at 80. You slash hospitality. That's we also have a Instagram. We have a Facebook page. We always kind of love keeping, you know, potential students and current students and former students up to date on what we're working on.

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Feel free to reach out to me. My email is p Barnett at Gulf Coast Edu which is P is and Paul B's and boy oh and then at Gulf Coast Edu if you have any questions about it shoot me an email. I'm always always happy to talk about hospitality. Absolutely. Well thank you Paul so much for chatting with me today.

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Thank you. Fantastic guest. If you say so. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thanks for joining us on Charting the Course. Big shout out to the talented digital media students who put this episode together. You'll hear their work in every edit. If you want to dive into podcasting or other creative projects yourself, be sure to check out center for Student media.com or if your needs are more educational, please visit Gulf coast.edu/digital media.

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Until next time, go Commodores.