This Spring, seven Chaplin students will begin management training programs at some of the top hotel chains in the world. Ashley Yenkiah, Kasner Myrie, Ana Ramos, Saul Darias, Luis Galindez, Phillip Spottswood and Corey Shield each beat out hundreds of candidates from hospitality management schools across the country to become one of the few selected for these highly-coveted positions. Six of these seniors will be joining Marriott International, while Saul Darias will join Hilton.   Along with hard work and determination, they all credit their success to the guidance and mentoring of the team at the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Career Development Program. Kasner Myrie will be joining the Marriott Voyage Global Leadership Development Program this Spring as a Rooms Operations Voyager for the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway. After applying for the program in his senior year, he turned to the career services office for help. “Kathy was a mentor to me,” Myrie said. Kathy Martin works directly with students as a Career Development Coordinator at the Chaplin School.“She provided great feedback and practiced with me on questions that I was not familiar with. She really pushed for me to pursue this goal and not quit when there were times I felt discouraged.” Management training programs like the Marriott Voyage program are a great way for students to  jump-start their careers, and they give hotels a way to nurture and develop individuals who are driven and passionate about hospitality. These seven students will join a growing force of elite Chaplin graduates who will go on to become leaders at some of the most prestigious hotel and resort brands around the world. “We’re developing our future leaders,” said Betty Ann Phillips, a university relations manager for Marriott [...]