Across six categories tiered by institution size, semifinalist winners of the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) Loyal E. Horton Awards were named in May. The winning entries will be on display at the organization’s annual national conference, held in July in Baltimore, where NACUFS will announce the grand-prize winners of each category.
One judge with at least five years of foodservice experience will be chosen from each of the six NACUFS regions to determine the grand-prize winners. Using a point system, the top-scoring entry from each of the institution size sub-categories will be deemed the grand-prize winner.
The 2014 winners are:
Category: Residential Dining Concepts
Small School
Gold: Concordia College
Silver: Hendrix College
Bronze: Manhattan College
Medium School
Gold: Azusa Pacific University
Large School
Gold: University of Michigan
Silver: University of Massachusetts
Bronze: Harvard University
Honorable Mention: Michigan State University
Category: Residential Dining – Special Event
Small School
Gold: Hendrix College
Silver: Brigham Young University – Hawaii
Bronze: Washington College
Honorable Mention: California Institute of Technology
Medium School
Gold: University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Silver: Northern Michigan University
Bronze: University of Dayton
Honorable Mention: SUNY at Geneseo (Texas Rodeo Night)
Large School
Gold: Montana State University – Bozeman
Gold: University of California – Berkeley (For the Love of Chocolate)
Gold: Virginia Tech
Silver: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Bronze: University of Georgia
Honorable Mention: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Category: Retail Sales – Single Concept
Small School
Gold: Hendrix College
Silver: United States Military Academy
Bronze: Concordia College
Medium School
Gold: University of San Diego
Silver: Johnson County Community College
Bronze: Azusa Pacific University
Large School
Gold: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation
Silver: Carleton University
Bronze: Stanford University
Honorable Mention: University of California – San Diego
Category: Retail Sales – Multiple Concepts/Marketplace
Small School
Gold: California State University – Channel Islands
Medium School
Gold: University of San Diego
Silver: University of Dayton
Bronze: Azusa Pacific University
Large School
Gold: University of Kansas
Silver: Vanderbilt University
Bronze: Binghamton University
Honorable Mention: Miami University
Category: Catering – Special Event
Small School
Gold: United States Military Academy
Silver: Concordia College
Bronze: Marist College
Honorable Mention: California Institute of Technology
Medium School
Gold: Buffalo State College
Silver: University of San Diego
Bronze: College of the Holy Cross (President’s Council)
Honorable Mention: College of the Holy Cross (Slow Food Gala)
Large School
Gold: Yale University
Silver: Texas Tech University
Bronze: Kennesaw State University
Honorable Mention: University of California – Riverside
Category: Catering – Online Menu
Small School
Gold: College of Saint Benedict
Silver: Ashland University
Bronze: Hendrix College
Honorable Mention: Concordia College
Medium School
Gold: Millersville University
Silver: Johnson County Community College
Large School
Gold: Cal Ploy Corporation
Silver: West Virginia University
Bronze: Oklahoma State University
Honorable Mention: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards are named for a NACUFS founder, past president and highly regarded innovator. The purpose of the award is to celebrate exemplary menus, presentations, special event planning and new dining concepts and act as a vehicle for sharing ideas and creative presentations in campus dining services.