At 5:30 p.m. on November 13, 2009, students from Penn State York convened to participate in the eighth annual Professional Dining Etiquette Program.

Lynne Briel, President, The Professional Edge, Inc. and Certified Business Etiquette Trainer, conducted the hands-on Business Dining Etiquette session.

Topics included:

• knowing the difference between business and social dining
• handling difficult to eat foods
• refusing or accepting foods you don’t like
• using napkins properly
• maneuvering around utensils, china, glassware
• knowing the difference between American and European dining styles
• communicating with servers

The Student Activity Fee and Friends/Alumni of Penn State York sponsored this event.

If you are interested in

• additional information about this event
• sponsoring this event

please contact Larry Newcomer, IST Internship Coordinator (lxn@psu.edu).