VGCC Schedules Etiquette Course

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a six-hour course entitled “Business Success: Etiquette Do’s and Don’ts” in March at the college’s main campus in Vance County.

Constance Lue, the course’s instructor, noted that “to be well-rounded, a successful person needs to know the basics of etiquette and dining manners.” Lue said that students — particularly those interested in a business or culinary career — would take away practical information that could be useful in various business or social settings. She also suggested that knowledge of table manners can give a candidate an edge in a lunchtime job interview, and similar training can help anyone compete in the global economy.

“This course will be a lot of fun, and we allow for mistakes,” Lue said. “The point is to make you more comfortable, so you can put on your best ‘you’ while dining.”

The class will meet four times on Tuesdays and Thursdays (March 4, March 6, March 11 and March 13) from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The final class will be an actual business lunch at an area restaurant, which will allow students to demonstrate what they have learned.

The cost of the course is $31, plus the cost of the business lunch and $5 for a copy of “The Little Book of Etiquette” by etiquette expert Dorothea Johnson — founder of The Protocol School of Washington and a friend of Lue.

For more information and to register, call Donna Dodson at (252) 738-3316.