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Below are [[Scholarship]] ideas related to food tasting and cooking.
 
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== Career Panel Discussions ==
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== Food Tasting ==
===Interviewing and Resume Writing ===
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===Ethic Food Sampling===
  
'''Event Type:''' Career Panel Discussions
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'''Event Type:''' eating
  
 
'''Contributors:''' several
 
'''Contributors:''' several
  
'''Planning required:''' arranging panels and speakers, room reservations, PR promotion
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'''Planning required:''' food preparation, background knowledge about the food preparation and presentation
  
'''Event Summary:''' Hold an event with your Alumni or career service departments on your campus focusing on professional or career development.  
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'''Event Summary:''' If your chapter has someone who enjoys cooking or has some delicious family ethnic food recipes have them prepare some traditional meals that may not be common to most Brothers.  Have them host a dinner where they explain the background of the food in their culture and you expose Brothers to various ethnic foods they may not have otherwise been brave enough to try.  You can expand this event to present nutritional information, cultural significance and history of various ethnic and/or cultural foods.  You can also easily broaden the scope of the event and Brothers participating by having an "around the world" meal where there are several food presentations.
* Resume writing class
 
* Mock interviews
 
  
 
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===Delta Alpha - Career Planning===
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==Classes===
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===Cooking Classes===
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'''Event Type:''' cooking
  
'''Event Type:''' Career Planning Discussions
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'''Contributors:''' several
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'''Planning required:''' finding a kitchen and supplies
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'''Event Summary:''' Explore the world beyond ramen noodles. If your chapter has someone who is known for their cooking have them host informal cooking classes.  The classes can be as basic or advanced as the audience needs.  Add a twist by selling tickets for a simple fund raiser or have someone discuss the science behind what is going and taste test various differences in ingredients/methods.
  
'''Contributors:''' [[Delta Alpha]]
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===Etiquette Classes===
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'''Event Type:''' etiquette lunch/dinner
  
'''Planning required:''' arranging panels and speakers, room reservations, PR promotion
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'''Contributors:''' several
  
'''Event Summary:''' The chapter was looking for an event to involve their Alumni when the chapter was young with few Alumni.  The asked all of their Alumni to either come back to speak to graduating seniors in the chapter in their respective major.  They talked about lessons they learned after graduation and provided advice on how best to succeed.  For Alumni who could not return they asked them to write up their suggestions on everything from where to look or job listings, to whether Brothers should consider graduate school for their major to basic intro job 101 lessons.  The event also provided a new way for undergraduates and Alumni to network.
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'''Planning required:''' finding an etiquette instructor and location
  
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'''Event Summary:''' At a past [[National Convention]] we brought in an etiquette instructor to discuss proper etiquette to use during a lunch meeting/interview.  This can be replicated on a smaller level and combined with other [[Career Related Events]] as senior preparation events.
  
 
'''For more ideas see:''' [[Teaching Parliamentary Procedure|Parliamentary Dinners]]
 
'''For more ideas see:''' [[Teaching Parliamentary Procedure|Parliamentary Dinners]]

Revision as of 20:25, 9 February 2010

Below are Scholarship ideas related to food tasting and cooking.

Food Tasting

Ethic Food Sampling

Event Type: eating

Contributors: several

Planning required: food preparation, background knowledge about the food preparation and presentation

Event Summary: If your chapter has someone who enjoys cooking or has some delicious family ethnic food recipes have them prepare some traditional meals that may not be common to most Brothers. Have them host a dinner where they explain the background of the food in their culture and you expose Brothers to various ethnic foods they may not have otherwise been brave enough to try. You can expand this event to present nutritional information, cultural significance and history of various ethnic and/or cultural foods. You can also easily broaden the scope of the event and Brothers participating by having an "around the world" meal where there are several food presentations.


Classes=

Cooking Classes

Event Type: cooking

Contributors: several

Planning required: finding a kitchen and supplies

Event Summary: Explore the world beyond ramen noodles. If your chapter has someone who is known for their cooking have them host informal cooking classes. The classes can be as basic or advanced as the audience needs. Add a twist by selling tickets for a simple fund raiser or have someone discuss the science behind what is going and taste test various differences in ingredients/methods.


Etiquette Classes

Event Type: etiquette lunch/dinner

Contributors: several

Planning required: finding an etiquette instructor and location

Event Summary: At a past National Convention we brought in an etiquette instructor to discuss proper etiquette to use during a lunch meeting/interview. This can be replicated on a smaller level and combined with other Career Related Events as senior preparation events.

For more ideas see: Parliamentary Dinners

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