Sabon shugaban makarantar Chaplin na karbar baki & Gudanar da yawon bude ido a jami'ar kasa da kasa ta Florida

Jami'ar kasa da kasa ta Florida ta nada Michael Cheng shugaban jami'ar Makarantar Chaplin na Baƙi & Gudanar da Yawon shakatawa. Provost kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa Kenneth G. Furton ne ya bayyana hakan.

“A cikin sama da shekaru biyu a matsayin shugaban rikon kwarya, Michael ya nuna kwazon jagoranci don ayyana makarantar Chaplin na Baƙi da Gudanar da yawon buɗe ido ta ainihi, hangen nesa da dabarunsa; gwaninta don ginawa da haɓaka dangantaka tare da abokan aikinmu na masana'antu; da kuma sha'awar da kerawa don haɓaka sabbin hanyoyin koyo da hanyoyin da za su amfanar ɗalibanmu," in ji Ken Furton. "Dean Cheng yana haɓaka Makarantar Chaplin don yin rikodin matakan aiki ga ɗalibanmu, otal da abokan masana'antar baƙi, a gida da waje."

"Na yi farin ciki da samun damar jagoranci da haɗin gwiwa tare da mafi kyawun rukunin ƙwararrun malamai, ma'aikata, tsofaffin ɗalibai, otal, abinci da abin sha da abokan masana'antar baƙi kamar Marriott da Kamfanin Carnival don taimakawa haɓaka ƙarni na gaba na shugabannin baƙi na Amurka, " in ji Cheng. "Haɗin ajujuwa na Makarantar Chaplin na ajujuwa, kan layi da shirye-shiryen ƙware na ƙwarewa suna ba da mafi kyawun tsarin karatu da tasiri da ake da su-ba da damar ɗalibanmu su shiga cikin shahararrun mashahuran baƙi na duniya, irin su Bikin Abinci na Kudancin Teku."

Cheng ya kawo sabon matsayinsa fiye da shekaru 20 na babban gwanin jagoranci a fannin abinci, otal da kula da baƙi. A baya ya kasance shugaban wucin gadi na Makarantar Chaplin, matsayin da ya samu gagarumar nasara kuma ya rike tun a shekarar 2017. A baya ya rike mukamin mataimakin farfesa da darekta, shirin abinci da sha a makarantar Chaplin ta FIU.

Makarantar Baƙi da Kula da Yawon Buga na FIU ta Chaplin ta sami babban nasara a yankuna da yawa ƙarƙashin jagorancin Cheng. Adadin yaye daliban na shekaru hudu ya tashi zuwa kashi 52 bisa matsakaicin kashi 30-40 na kasa. Albashi ga wadanda suka kammala karatun Chaplin su ma ya karu a lokacin, yayin da matsakaicin kudin halartar daliban ya ragu daga $13,000 zuwa $8,000. A cikin shekaru biyun da suka gabata, Cheng ya kawo sabbin azuzuwan kwarewa da ake kira PODS (Shirin kan Bukatu) zuwa makarantar ba da baki da kuma karuwar tsofaffin ɗalibai a duniya. Ya taimaka wajen daukaka martaba da martabar Makarantar Chaplin, inda a yanzu Makarantar Chaplin ta zama daya daga cikin manyan shirye-shiryen Gudanar da Baƙi & Yawon shakatawa na 50 a cikin QS World Rankings 2019. Hakanan yana matsayi na 1 don Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism. Digiri na gudanarwa a cikin kudu maso gabashin Amurka kuma ya kiyaye matsayi na 1 don shirye-shiryen sa na kan layi. Yayin da yake matsayin shugaban rikon kwarya, Cheng ya kuma kasance mai nasara wajen tara kudade ga makarantar Chaplin, inda ya zarce dala miliyan 4 a cikin watanni shida na farko, dala miliyan 5.6 a shekara ta biyu kuma yana kan hanyar cimma burin dala miliyan tara na bana.

Har ila yau, Cheng yana da alhakin haɓaka kasancewar makarantar a cibiyar sadarwar abinci ta duniya da kuma tashar dafa abinci ta Kudu Beach Wine and Food Festival (SOBEWFF®), yana taimakawa wajen haɓaka haɗin gwiwar dalibai na jami'a. Ya ƙulla dangantaka da baƙi da abokan masana'antar yawon shakatawa, gami da Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Marriott da Kamfanin Carnival, da sauransu.

A cikin 1991, Cheng ya zo Amurka a matsayin dalibi na duniya daga ƙasarsa ta Malaysia kuma ya sami digirinsa na farko a fannin sarrafa abinci da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar abinci da abinci a Jami'ar Nebraska-Lincoln. Ya samu Ph.D. digiri a cikin kula da baƙi daga Jami'ar Jihar Iowa. A cikin 2001, Cheng ya ƙirƙiri tsarin karatun kawai wanda ya haɗu da fasahar dafa abinci da kimiyyar abinci, Culinology®, kuma tun daga lokacin ya ƙaddamar da shirye-shiryen Culinology® guda uku a duk duniya kuma yana ci gaba da taka rawar gani wajen jagorantar kwamitin ilimi mafi girma na Ƙungiyar Masu Bincike.

Cheng ya fara ne a FIU a matsayin mataimakin farfesa na Makarantar Chaplin kuma darektan shirye-shiryen abinci da abin sha. Ya kuma taka rawar gani wajen kafa na'urar shigar da abinci ta FIU, wato StartUP FIU FOOD. Kafin shiga FIU, Cheng ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara kuma tun da farko a matsayin mai jarrabawar waje na Makarantar Koyarwar Culinary da Nazarin Abinci a Jami'ar Taylor ta Malaysia. Kafin wannan shine ya kafa shugaban sashen kuma darekta na Sashen Kula da Abinci da Baƙi na Jami'ar Jihar Minnesota ta Kudu maso Yamma. Cheng da iyalinsa suna zaune a Arewacin Miami, Florida.