By Kenna Jenkins, September 9, 2025The Collins College of Hospitality Management received a $3 million gift from the Larry and Jo Shupnick Family Foundation to go toward an innovation center, where students will be able to create products and services. Larry Shupnick, who donated the money alongside his wife Jo Shupnick, has been on Collin’s Dean Advisory Board since 1990. Jo Shupnick is an entrepreneur and interior designer who founded Interiors by Jo Frank in 1991. “They’re looking to add more gathering areas, which I think is really important because we have a lot of events at Collins,” said Kailey Subia, ASI’s Collins College Hospitality Management senator and a sophomore hospitality management major. Subia said while she’s mostly spoken with freshmen who are excited at the of experiencing the updates, upperclassmen have also expressed excitement for future Collins students.