Food, Dining, RHIT March 14, 1997

'Griffin Corps' offers food service internships

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new internship program is recruiting Purdue students in the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management to be food servers at functions for alumni and VIPs.

A call-out for the Griffin Corps will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20, in the Stone Hall Cafeteria.

The program was developed by RHIT and the Purdue Memorial Union food service.

"We want to establish an elite group of servers from the students enrolled in the department," said Steve Chambers, PMU food service director. "The selection of the students will be a prestige and honor. They will be a highly visible, in-training team that will work at various functions for alumni and friends of the university."

Members of the Griffin Corps will enroll in RHIT 390S, Advanced Foodservice Techniques. Students will work at least 300 hours during the semester and will be paid $6.75 an hour in addition to earning academic credit. Credit earned may be used to fulfill the work/internship experience requirement for RHIT students.

CONTACT: Chambers, (765) 494-8931.

jmw/Chambers.corps/no

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu


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