By: Megan Furtado
Posted In: News
Photo credit: Chelse Melina
This invitation was sent to members of the class of 2005 in December.
You thought that college would last forever. You’ve studied, you’ve done your thesis, you’ve taken hundreds of credits and worked your fingers to the bone at work study.
But alas, these years are coming to an end, and now you’re being forced into the “real world,” where knowing how to dress for an interview luncheon is much more important than reading Thomas Hobbes’ “Leviathan” or writing a term paper on the sinking of the Lusitania. Fear not, worldly seniors – here is your chance to learn the important stuff before you pick up the wrong fork for your salad. The Office of Alumni Affairs will be hosting its third annual Senior Etiquette Dinner on Thursday, February 3, at 6 p.m. The event will be held in the Ochre Court State dining room and will feature a pre-dinner social hour until approximately 6:30 p.m and a formal, instructional dinner. The Master of Ceremonies for the event is Thomas Flanagan, Associate Professor in the Business Studies Department, as well as a graduate of Salve Regina. Michelle Menard, Associate Director of Alumni, is excited for the event. “Tom Flanagan makes it really fun,” she said of the MC. She said he makes jokes throughout the evening and faculty and staff members attending the dinner share their own business experiences to the students. The 90 students attending the dinner will have the opportunity to sit with members of the university community, including professors from departments including Foreign Language, Administration of Justice, English and Business Administration, as well as sucessful alumni of Salve Regina. For the past few years, Career Development has even featured a business-attire fashion show, to educate seniors on appropriate attire for the workplace and employee social functions. Seniors attending the Etiquette Dinner must wear business attire. Leann Alessandro, a senior and employee of Career Development, has attended the past two Senior Etiquette Dinners as staff and plans on attending her third this year- this time as a real senior. “I think the dinner is really helpful,” Alessandro says, “You learn a lot of subtleties that at first you don’t think will be that important before you are actually out in the workforce, but will end up being so once you get there.” “Why not?” senior Elizabeth Rossi says, when asked if she will attend, “It can’t hurt. You can only benefit, really. It sounds really helpful.” Space is limited and seniors were required to make reservations by January 31.
