Event Management Workshop

July 26-30, 2027 Rose Hill

Non-Credit Course

This Event Management Workshop is a five-day, hands-on introduction to event planning and hospitality for high school students. Students learn how to shape an event around its audience, select an appropriate venue, plan guest flow, and coordinate staffing, communications, and basic budgets. Three Midtown site visits expose students to hotel and convention operations and the many careers behind successful events. In teams, students develop and present a research-based concept for a 50-person first-year welcome event.

Skills/Learning Outcomes

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• Describe the event-planning cycle, from purpose and audience research through delivery and evaluation.
• Identify career pathways in hotel operations, event sales, guest services, catering, audiovisual production, marketing, and venue management.
• Use credible sources and a short poll or interview to understand an audience and support a venue recommendation.
• Develop a basic event plan with a run of show, guest journey, floor-plan sketch, accessibility consideration, and estimated budget.
• Explain how hotels and convention venues coordinate space, staffing, food service, technology, and guest experience.
• Collaborate with a team, incorporate feedback, and present a concise recommendation supported by research.

Overall Takeaways

Students gain a realistic introduction to event and hospitality careers, build college-connected confidence through learning on a university campus, and practice transferable skills in research, communication, teamwork, budgeting, and public speaking. They finish with a concrete event proposal they can discuss in a portfolio, interview, or future college and career application.

Instructor Bio

Crystal C. Blackmon is an educator and event professional whose work connects hospitality, event management, and career readiness. She has taught Hospitality and Tourism and supported students in developing workplace skills through work-based learning. She also teaches graduate-level hospitality courses in Event Management and Revenue Management at Fordham University. Her instruction emphasizes practical planning, professional communication, guest experience, and the many career paths available across hospitality and events.

Course Schedule

 

Day 1 Hotel Operations and Event Planning	Day 2 Convention and Large-Event Operations	Day 3  Hotel guest experience and event careers	Day 4 Research and proposal studio	Day 5 Presentations and reflection
Welcome at Rose Hill; goals, travel expectations, and observation roles. Proposed site visit: New York Marriott Marquis. Observe arrival and guest flow; request a meeting/event-space overview and Q&A with an event or hotel professional. Event lifecycle: purpose, audience, objectives, venue, operations, delivery, and follow-up. Team formation and project launch: define audience and draft research questions.	Depart Rose Hill and travel to Midtown West. Proposed site visit: Javits Center tour. Explore convention operations, event scale, guest circulation, production logistics, and sustainability.	Proposed site visit: New York Hilton Midtown. Request an overview of guest services and event spaces, with discussion of staffing, catering, audiovisual teams, and event careers. Debrief and workshop: guest journey, run of show, staffing, accessible communication, and contingency planning. Team project work: audience, venue rationale, and preliminary budget.	Research skills: credible sources, short audience polls/interviews, note-taking, and citations Mini-lesson: invitations, registration, event marketing, and day-of communications. Office: Personal & Professional Development (GSB) Create the one-page event brief, run of show, simple budget, and floor-plan sketch.	Rehearsal and final revisions; submit source list and proposal. Five team presentations: five minutes per team plus questions and transitions .Feedback, recognition, and individual reflection on skills and career interests.

Course Details

Event Management Workshop

July 26–30, 2027
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Rose Hill campus
Instructor: Crystal C. Blackmon

Course Number: SULA-0132-RN3
CRN: TBA

This non-credit course is open to high school students only.

Immersion 3 Resident Move-In/Move-Out

Date	Resident Information
June 26	All medical forms and consents due
Sunday, July 25	Move-in between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday, July 30	Move-out between 6 and 9 p.m.

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