October 6, 2006

In This Issue:

• ProStart Students Work with Newest Food Network Star
• Oregon Opportunity Grant for Low-Income Students
• BizBash Magazine
• Hungry and Have Money to Burn?
  

ProStart Students Work with Newest Food Network Star Guy Fieri at the Portland Fall Home and Garden Show

Seven ProStart students found themselves front and center with the Food Network's newest star at his cooking demo at the recent Portland Fall Home and Garden Show last weekend.

Students worked alongside Guy Fieri, who provided cooking demonstrations at the show, while giving a running commentary of techniques, occasionally giving guidance to the students as they prepped, cooked and helped clean up during the demo.

Thanks to the following students who stepped up to the plate and volunteered for this awesome resume- building opportunity!

Miles W. Martin, Pendleton High School
Crystal Nguyen, David Douglas High School
Nick Gilpin, David Douglas High School
Ana Rusnac, David Douglas High School
Daniel Cotter, South Salem High School
David Champion, South Salem High School
William Flores, Tillamook County Schools Hospitality Program

Oregon Opportunity Grant for Low-Income Students

Newspaper report: not enough students apply for this grant!

The Oregonian newspaper reported earlier this week that the Oregon Opportunity Grant, which was developed to help low-income students pay for college, had too few applicants.

Qualifications:

Be an Oregon resident and US citizen, or an eligible non-citizen
Be attending college at least 1/2 time or taking 6 credit hours
Be income-eligible (example: family of 4 with income of less than $33,100 or less than $9,390 for a student paying on their own
To apply: fill out a FAFSA form at any campus financial aid office or go online to: www.fafsa.ed.gov/

For more information, please visit www.getcollegefunds.org/ong.html or contact the financial aid office at any Oregon post-secondary campus.

BizBash Magazine

Good source of special events ideas

For ProStart instructors looking for a source of industry news and good ideas for school-based catering programs, BizBash is a great special events resource.

This magazine was pointed out as an excellent example of one of the best and most creative trade magazines for creative ideas. To subscribe, please visit: https://www.cambeywest.com/biz/biznew.asp

If you know of any other hospitality publications that you'd like to let folks know about, please email us at dawn@orefoundation.org

Hungry and have money to burn?

Forbes Magazine lists world's most expensive restaurants

Forbes Magazine recently came out with their list of the world's most expensive restaurants. Topping the list out is Aragawa, a restaurant in Japan that starts out about $370 per person. To read the entire article, please visit...