Seminar Teaches Smeal College Students Dining Etiquette
Seminar Teaches Smeal College Students Dining Etiquette
More than 80 undergraduate and graduate students in Penn State's Smeal
College of Business Administration will learn the dos and don'ts of dining
etiquette at the upcoming "Dining Etiquette Seminar."
The seminar, which is sponsored by PNC, takes place on Thursday, February
22, in the Nittany Lion Inn's Ballroom C. The four-course dinner starts
at 6:30 p.m.
"The idea is to give students the opportunity to interact with business
leaders and to learn the proper etiquette dining etiquette. This is a
very popular program for the students," explains Sean Cook, Coordinator
of Student Organizations in Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration.
The event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. where students check in,
pick up nametags, and find their location on a seating chart. There will
be a cheeseboard with mustards and crackers in the lobby, and servers
will bring around appetizers, including "buttered vegetarian egg
rolls."
"The reception proves to be an aptitude test of sorts, as students
attempt to balance small appetizer plates in one hand, while shaking hands
and mingling, without spreading butter residue from the egg rolls to those
they greet along the way," says Cook.
The dinner features prepared instructions on each course by Michael Conti,
associate general manager of Penn State Hospitality Services, as well
as an open forum for questions and answers throughout the evening. Tables
are set with a full set of cutlery, so student can learn which piece is
used for each course.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
