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On March 18, students learned the essentials of gracious
dining at an “Etiquette Dinner” sponsored by
Filene’s and the College’s Career Planning Center.
Jodi Smith, owner of Mannersmith, an etiquette consulting
firm, presented a “soup to nuts” guide to proper
dining behavior. “This is a skill like any other,” explains
John Winters, director of the Career Planning Center. “Very
often, job interviews happen over lunch or dinner. Through
a generous gift from Filene’s we have been able to
provide these wonderful opportunities (etiquette dinners)
for students to prepare for these occasions.” Smith,
author of The Guy’s Guide to Social Savvy and The
Girl’s
Guide to Social Savvy, says that while undergraduate manners
have been on the decline since the 1960s, interest in etiquette
has begun to resurface recently.
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