FSU Panama City event management certificate earns industry designation

Erica Martin

The International Special Events Society (ISES) has designated Florida State University Panama City’s online graduate certificate in event management program as an ISES Approved content provider. Developed to recognize specific content that has significance for the global creative events industry, ISES Approved is the international education standard based on the ISES Core Curriculum which reflects the education required for today’s events professionals.

The graduate certificate in event management program provides distance-learning advanced education to professionals responsible for managing events in a variety of settings. The program requires 12 credit hours of course work consisting of four online classes addressing event topics of planning and management, marketing, sponsorships, ethics and risk management. Courses can be taken as part of a graduate program or through enrollment as a part-time, non-degree seeking student.

Applications are being accepted to begin the program in the summer 2016 semester. Application deadline for admission to the university is May 1.

For more information about the graduate certificate in event management, call Rosemary Prince at (850) 645-9773, email rprince@fsu.edu.

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