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Career Bites: How to Nourish Your Network: A Dining Etiquette Experience

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Date/Time: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: Stamp Student Union - Colony Ballroom (2nd floor)

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Networking over food doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Career Bites: How to Nourish Your Network offers UMD international students a fresh approach to building professional connections in real-world, food-focused settings.

Networking over food doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Career Bites: How to Nourish Your Network offers UMD international students a fresh approach to building professional connections in real-world, food-focused settings.

In this interactive experience, you’ll explore two distinct networking styles:

  • Happy Hour-Style Networking – Stand, mingle, and enjoy small bites while practicing meaningful small talk in a relaxed high-top setting.
  • Table-Style Networking –Learn to balance enjoying a plated course and table etiquette while engaging in meaningful, professional conversations.

This isn’t just about mealtime manners—it’s about discovering practical strategies to spark authentic professional connections, maintain them over time, and turn opportunities into outcomes. By the end of the evening, you’ll leave with the confidence to network like a pro, whether you’re balancing a plate at a reception or seated at a formal dinner table.

Spaces are limited—reserve your seat and get ready to feed your future!

IMPORTANT:

It is extremely important that those who RSVP for this dinner plan to attend the entire event.  Although this event is FREE for you to attend, if you fail to check in before the start of the event (5:00 p.m.), you will incur a $35.00 charge to your student account to pay for the cost of the meal.

Please note that the last day to cancel without incurring a charge is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

This special event is co-sponsored by the University Career Center (UCC), the Office of International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS), Robert H. Smith School of Business Office of Career Services, and the Engineering Career Services (ECS), School of Public Policy Career Services.

Register