Bon Voyage! RPTS Event Management students will soon be on their way to Switzerland!

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Howdy!

Welcome to our class blog for RPTS 489/689 Special Topics: International Event Management. We are so excited for you to join us on this journey and see all we see in Leysin, Lausanne, Geneva, and Zurich over the next couple weeks. We have been meeting each Monday this spring semester to learn more about event management in Switzerland and will soon be taking part in an event ourselves!



Feel free to comment or ask questions below each day's posts!

See you soon!

Dr. Donna Lee Sullins

Instructional Assistant Professor

RPTS

Texas A&M University

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