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Dining with the Bobcats

NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2016

GATHER - DEVELOP - REWARD

SAFETY BINGO

BOBCAT DEN UGLY SWEATER CONTEST

Congratulations YouFirst Associates of the Month!

November December

Café Q Michelle Lee Youssra Almtit

York Hill Café Maria Addona Kris Dubois

Bobcat Den Kim Mallard Melissa Fragola

North Haven Café Jamaal Gethers Fallon Haynes

TD Bank Sportscenter Alissa Rocco Paul Panaroni

The Quinnipiac Team finished the semester strong with 68 days and counting without an accident! There were 4 associates who won safety bingo: Dominique Perkins, David Solis, Youssra Almtit and Iesha Blake.

Our Social Stars:

The associates enjoyed bringing a little holiday cheer to the students by participating in the Ugly Holiday Sweater contest. The winners for the Café Q were Kenya Taylor, Loray Elliott and Qwanisha Taylor, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

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LISTEN

BROOKE VAN ALLEN

WINNER OF FUJI CAMERA PEPSI RAFFLE

FRESHMEN THANK YOU

Campus Dining Services Supports the QU community!

“A Celebration of Life Dedicated to Jackie Gray” Showcase – Sponsored refreshments for dance show in memory of Jackie Gray, QU student.

Pi Pheta Phi Scholarship Breakfast Perlroth Residential Life Community Builder Cookie Decorating Event Dance Company Event – Refreshments Commons Residential Cupcake Party Hill- Complex Area Council Football Event – Refreshments Ledges Residential Life Cookie Decorating Event Dana English Dessert Social Psi Chi (psychology honor society) Meditation and Mindfulness Tea York Hill Council Cookie Decorating Event Founders Free Beer and Cookies – Root Beer Floats and Cookies Mountain View Area Council Coffee Social Crescent Resident Hall – Candy Gift Bags for the Minute To Win It Event Hill – Village Cupcake Decorating Party American Marketing Association Meeting Refreshments

We Heard You! The student interns created the Dare to Compare price comparison to inform the Quinnipiac community about the campus dining pricing versus the local restaurants. The Dare to Compare information was shared with the campus via social media and lcd screens located in the dining facilities.

Tell Us What You Think! Biannual survey was conducted in November. A plan will be created to address any concerns that result from this survey. Thank You! The Student Government Freshmen Cabinet and Class of 2020 passed along these kind words at Thanksgiving, “We want to say thank you. We sincerely appreciate all that you put in to accommodate our dining needs. Best wishes and happy holidays!”

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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER CULINARY EVENTS

RECIPE FROM HOME JUDGES

HOLIDAY DINNER

Food Lovers Recipe from Home Contest: Holiday

Global Eats: Haute Southern

Balance U Super Food: Sweet Potato Luncheon

Student Choice Dinner

Hot Coco Bar: York Hill Cafe

Game Night: Bobcat Den

International Education Week

International Education Week

International Education Week

International Education Week

Home for the Holidays Pie Sale

Culinary Literary – Turkey Carving: York Hill Café

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The Holiday Dinner Celebrates 32nd Anniversary! Over 1500 students and staff enjoyed themselves at the QU Holiday Dinner with a traditional holiday meal of roast beef, roast turkey, pasta and all the trimmings in the Café Q. “Thank you all another amazing Holiday Dinner! We served 1563 students and gave them holiday cheer before finals.” Holiday Dinner Committee.

CATERING AND CULINARY

The catering team received these remarks from Jason Burke, Director of Military and Veteran Affairs regarding their annual BBQ, “Please thank your team again for me. The best event thus far in the four years we’ve held it. Great service, food and quantity.”

CATERING EVENTS Campus Dining made history in November when our parent company Compass Group became the first food service provider to partner with @Global Animal Partnership to commit to raising and serving 100% healthier chickens by 2024! Read more about this historic partnership here: http://bit.ly/2fiTp1m.

COMPASS IN THE COMMUNITY

The North Haven students and Campus Dining hosted a pasta dinner fundraiser for the QU Foot clinic.

Campus Dining donated dinner for 50 VISION volunteers. This dinner was a thank you for the volunteers. The VISION clinic provides pro – bono occupational therapy services.

Campus Dining Services provided an ice cream social (100 guests) for the Qthon Frozen viewing party fundraising event. Qthon fundraises for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of Connecticut. Dining services also donated breakfast for the Qthon 5k run which had 200 participants. There were two more pasta dinner fundraisers the North Haven Campus. They were for the Guatemala and the Dominican Republic service trips. The money raised from these dinners will fund medical supplies for their trip during winter break. There was also a Breakfast at Night dinner fundraiser cosponsored with the QU 301 class. Campus Dining hosted breakfast for 800 participants in the Best Buddies Fall Fest and Walk.

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Campus Dining donated cider for the Alpha Epsilon Pi Pie Throwing which raised money for Innovation Africa. Innovation Africa is a team of dedicated problem solvers with a mission to bring Israeli solutions and know-how to those in need living in rural African villages. They are using solar energy to pump clean water and provide schools, orphanages and medical clinics with light and refrigeration to store vaccines and medicines.

Campus Dining continued to feed the homeless of Agape House, New Haven and the Meriden Soup Kitchen. Soup was donated to Agape House while breakfast was donated to the Meriden Soup Kitchen.