A Shadow

This last week or so has been filled with lots of job shadowing, I've had the opportunity to shadow student management and management at various dining halls on campus. I really enjoyed this because it gave me a chance to see how the different managers manage and interact with their staff. Today I was given the opportunity to shadow the executive director of food service at UGA and that was very interesting. He has a great presence about him and was able to share some useful information with us about the importance of being different and how that can impact ones success. I also went on a mock health inspection with one of the managers earlier this week, He totally kept me involved and explained what everything meant when we filled out the sheet and gave them a score. I can definitely say that after this past week and a half I have learned a lot about how food service is ran from a management stand point, as well as a worker . I spent sometime serving and also working with the cooks and chef in production, i actually enjoyed it because it showed me how important their jobs are and helps me understand how they feel and what their days consist of.
I also shadowed the freshman orientation team this week showing me how they interact with parents and sell the meal plan. Since freshman( and any other students) are not required to have a meal plan they speak with the parents and even let them eat in the cafe to help with decision making. I enjoyed listening to the executive director and chef give presentations to the parents and students. They are very into what they are saying no matter how many times they've done it and really grab the audiences attention especially when they mention their 24hr dining hall on campus and encourage school spirit.
I've been working out on campus and had so much fun this weekend when I climbed the rock wall at their workout facility!! I took a class and can now climb it whenever i want!! This weekend I look forward to going downtown and experiencing Athfest (a live music concert downtown) and going to Helen to go tubing down the river.
Cia

LeT tHe BIG DaWg eAt!!!

Hey! So much has happened since our last post. We have experienced so much in only a week in a half. Last week we got the opportunity to shadow the managers from the different dining halls. We also shadowed the student management, which I think is a wonderful program for the students here at UGA. It gives them an opportunity while they are still in school to experience management positions. It was also a great way for us to get to know some of the students and people that are around our age. I think my highlight of last week was when one of the managers let me walk around with him while he did a mock health inspection. He was so informative on what to check and the proper procedures for everything. It was very interesting and I was able to learn a lot. This week, so far, we have been working with the orientation team. We have learned a lot about the meal plan and the marketing strategies of the meal plan and the services that the foodservices here at UGA have to offer.

This weekend has some exciting things to offer. Athfest is this weekend, which is a local music festival in Athens. I think we are going to check that out, and on Sunday a group of us are going to Helen, Georgia to go tubing!!!