Pulaski Tech Gets New Building for Culinary Program
By: Arkansas Today
Updated: January 25, 2013
Pulaski Tech will have a new building in the fall for Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute.
Todd Gold, director of the Pulaski
Technical College Arkansas Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute joins Arkansas Today to talk about the new building and growing program.
The culinary program at this time has an enrollment of 500 students.
With the opening of the Institute, the college can accommodate up to 800 culinary students.
The culinary program at this time has an enrollment of 500 students.
With the opening of the Institute, the college can accommodate up to 800 culinary students.
There are many opportunities for culinary and hospitality management students in Central Arkansas.
Many of our culinary students are already working as chefs at area hotels, restaurants, and have their own catering businesses.
They are learning from faculty who work in the field.
Several of Pulaski Tech's instructors own businesses, and chef at restaurants, and hotels.
Many of our culinary students are already working as chefs at area hotels, restaurants, and have their own catering businesses.
They are learning from faculty who work in the field.
Several of Pulaski Tech's instructors own businesses, and chef at restaurants, and hotels.
Pulaski Tech is the largest two-year college in the state.
The college enrolls nearly 12,000 students this year, and offers more than 70 programs.
Students can earn the two-year associate degree, technical certificates and certificates of proficiency.
About three-quarters of our students are in the university transfer program. They will transfer to a four-year college or university to continue their education. The others are in some kind of technical/occupational training.
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