Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) pledged $500,000 to Florida State University Dedman College of Hospitality. This donation establishes the RNDC Certificate of Beverage Management.
The RNDC Certificate in Beverage Management is designed for individuals interested in pursuing careers involving beverage management, with a primary emphasis on sales and service within the hospitality and tourism industries.
RNDC’s gift will create an endowment to maintain comprehensive, high-level programming with an emphasis on lagers, ales, wines, distilled spirits and coffees and teas. Additionally, it will provide much-needed support to the recruitment and retention of excellent faculty, international education opportunities (including study aboard programs), internships focused on the beverage sector and additional scholarly activities such as guest lecture series, conference travel and much more.