EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN – The 2020 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, awarded by the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS), have been announced.
The awards, named after a NACUFS founder, past president, and highly regarded innovator, celebrates members for their innovative ideas and implementation of programs.
Fifty-eight member institutions across North America submitted entries in six categories, including Residential Dining Concepts, Residential Dining Facility, Residential Dining—Special Event, Retail Sales—Single Concept/Multiple
Concepts/Marketplace, Catering—Special Event, and Catering—Online Menu.
A team of six judges and a committee chair safely gathered in East Lansing in June 2021 to examine each entry and selected top candidates in each category. The winners for the 2020 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards are:
Residential Dining Concepts
Gold:
Hope College
Rider University University of Ottawa
Silver:
University of North Texas
Residential Dining Facility
Gold:
Hendrix College Michigan State University
Silver:
North Dakota State University Rollins College
Bronze:
Savannah College of Art & Design
University of Arizona
Residential Dining – Special Event
Gold:
Hendrix College
SUNY Cortland Virginia Tech
Silver:
University at Buffalo
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
University of Richmond
Bronze:
Dartmouth College
Kennesaw State University Michigan State University
The College of New Jersey
Retail Sales – Single Concept/Multiple Concepts/Marketplace
Gold:
SUNY Brockport
United States Naval Academy
Washington University in St. Louis
Silver:
Dartmouth College
University of California, Riverside
Bronze:
New Mexico State University
SUNY Cortland
University of Arkansas
Catering – Special Event
Gold:
Boston College
Hendrix College
Salisbury University
Silver:
McMaster University
Oklahoma State University Virginia Tech
Bronze:
University of California, Riverside
University of North Texas
Catering – Online Menu
Gold:
California Polytechnic State University Johnson County Community College United States Naval Academy
The Grand Prize winners will be announced at a later date.
Competing for one of these prestigious awards helps market one’s dining program as a winning program and builds a sense of pride and team spirit among dining staff. Sharing creativity and knowledge with other foodservice professionals is a key component of NACUFS membership.
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About NACUFS
The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) was founded in 1958 by a group of college and university foodservice professionals from across the United States. Since its inception, NACUFS has focused on its mission to support and promote excellence in collegiate dining by providing members with the programs and resources they need to excel, from benchmarking and best practices to educational programming and professional networking.
NACUFS institutional members include private colleges to large public universities, and two-year colleges to four-year universities and span the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and beyond. Industry members include food and equipment manufacturers, distributors, brokers, foodservice support companies, councils, boards, trade associations, advisory commissions, and other professional groups. For more information, visit NACUFS.org.
