Dinner for Eight

Launched in February 2009, Dinner for Eight creates a forum in which Concordia alumni share their professional experiences and outlook with students over a meal in a casual and relaxed setting, either a restaurant or the host's home.

Dinner for Eight complements the Concordia Mentor Program, whose primary goal is to match students with experienced alumni for career guidance and advice.

Objectives

• Foster interaction between alumni and students
• Improve student life by creating valuable opportunities in which students can obtain career guidance and advice, as well as job-market information, from experienced professionals and one another
• Promote the Mentor Program to alumni and students

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Students: Reserve your seat

The Dinner for Eight program is free and open to current students (valid Concordia ID required) on a first-come, first-served basis.

1. Browse the list of hosts for a dinner that matches your career interests. Choose ONE DINNER ONLY.
2. Click on the host name to launch the registration page. Priority will be given to students whose education background is most closely aligned to the host's job responsibilities or industry.
3. An email confirming your registration will be sent to you.
4. All registered students must attend a briefing session prior to the dinner. An invitation to the briefing sessions will be sent to you shortly after the confirmation email.

Alumni: Host a dinner

• As a dinner host, you choose the date to spend an evening with pre-selected students.
• Your dinner can be a simple or gourmet meal in your home or a three-course meal at Ristorante Otto in downtown Montreal's W Hotel. Dinners hosted in a restaurant MUST be held at the Otto restaurant.
• You pick the number of students you wish to host. We suggest four to six students per host and a maximum of eight students per couple.
• You will be matched with students based on career interest and/or area of study.
• Hosts will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis, but priority will be given to alumni who wish to host a dinner in their homes.
• Hosts are requested to provide a brief bio to be shared with the students attending the dinner.
• Hosts are encouraged to come up with ice-breakers to be emailed to the students prior to the meal. Tips on how to make the event more enjoyable will also be provided.
• Your meal as well as the students' meals will be covered. Meals of spouses or guests of hosts are excluded, as well as alcoholic drinks during dinners.
• If you prefer to host the dinner at home, we'll reimburse you up to $20 for each student hosted.