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21andover classes let students drink and gamble
Erin Zaranec | Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 7:44 pm
There are many reasons to look forward to turning 21:
your first legal drink, a horizontal driver’s license and
gambling. A bonus perk? The ability to register for
three Kent State courses for students 21 years of age
and older.
If you’re looking for a way to embrace your adult
status for an entire semester, Kent State offers three
courses that have a distinguished prerequisite: You
must be 21 to register.
Wines of Northeast Ohio

Offered since 1991, Wines of Northeast Ohio is taught
as a special topics class in the geography sequence.
According to data from Kent State’s Institutional
Research Department, more than 1,700 students have
enrolled in the course since its creation.
Originally held as a lecture class called Geography of
Wine, the course has since developed into four field
experience classes (Wines of Northeast Ohio) with
Geography of Wine still being offered as a lecture
option available to students looking for a smaller course fee.
The two credit hour class is offered twice per semester. Students meet three times a semester, leaving
campus on a charter bus at 8:00 a.m. and spending their Fridays or Saturdays visiting wineries,
talking to vineyard owners and sampling wine. Wine sampling, transportation and meals are included
in the $285 course fee.
Notable wineries visited include Ferrante Winery, Wolf Creek Winery and Sarah’s Vineyards.
“It was my favorite class that I took as an undergrad,” Samantha Lingenfelter, graduate public health
major, said. “It was really fun and interactive. What’s really awesome is that you get a chance to see
people who are really passionate about what they do. So, even if you think you are just taking the
class for fun and aren’t really interested, their passion makes you passionate about it as well.”
Wine and Food Pairing
Developed in 2006, Wine and Food Pairing is taught as a special topics course in the College of Arts
21 Classes
Jenna Watson, senior photojournalism
major, inspects her wine for oxidation for
the Wineries of Northeast Ohio class at
Silver Run Vineyard and Winery in Norton,
Ohio during fall semester 2015.

and Sciences. According to data from Kent State’s Institutional Research Department, 205 students
have enrolled in the course.
The twocredit hour class has satisfactory grading and mandatory attendance for four Friday evening
classes, two of which involve travel. A $365 course free includes dinners each evening, two days of
travel, wine and cheese and winery tours.
Enologist Anthony Carlucci, who has been with the university since 1998, teaches both wine tasting
courses. A collegetrained vintner, Carlucci has 20 years of experience in the field, including work in
California, New Jersey and Ohio.
“(The wine tasting courses) offer skills that students will have and are using after they graduate. For
dating, for careers, sales, whatever they are in, they are certainly going to be making food and
presenting wine with their dinners,” Carlucci said. “The classes teach them what to do with a glass of
wine, everything from sight, smell and taste.”
Casino Management and Gaming Operations

Professor Robin Heiman developed the Casino Management and Gaming Operations class in 2007,
two years prior to Issue 3 being passed in Ohio. After Issue 3 was passed, the course was introduced
in 2009 as a general elective and is now classified as an experiential learning course. According to
data from Kent State’s Institutional Research Department, 96 students have completed the course.
A fourday trip to Vegas worth three college credits? For some, it may seem too good to be true.
“We have seven or eight behindthescenes trips to casinos that we visit. We see everything from food
and beverage operations, general casino management, sports bookings, security rooms … it really is
amazing. Even I learn something new every year,” Heiman said.
With Kent State being home to Ohio’s only accredited fouryear hospitality management program
accredited by Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration, Heiman said he
believes this class gives Kent State students an advantage in a competitive job market.
“I can’t verify this, but professionals in the casinos in Vegas tell us time and time again that we are
the only university in the nation that reaches out to them in this way and gives our students this
behindthescenes access. It’s incredible,” Heiman said.
Senior hospitality management major Francesca Hardoby participated in the class during Spring 2015
and will be serving as the teaching assistant for the course this upcoming semester.
“This course allowed me to learn skills needed in the professional world,” Hardoby said. “Not only
did I learn about the industry that I hope to work in, but we also learned how to behave in a
professional setting.”
Interested in spending some time in Sin City? You’ll have to wait until Spring 2017. Next semester's

trip is already completely filled.
Contact Erin Zaranec at .ezaranec@kent.edu

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