{"id":97153,"date":"2015-10-05T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T19:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=97153"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:57:04","slug":"purposeful-work-unplugged-to-present-dining-services-schwartz-lacey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/05\/purposeful-work-unplugged-to-present-dining-services-schwartz-lacey\/","title":{"rendered":"Purposeful Work Unplugged to present Dining Services’ Schwartz, Lacey"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Director<\/a>

Director of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Dining Services Cheryl Lacey (left) and Assistant Vice President for Dining, Conferences and Campus Events Christine Schwartz. Known for bringing a sense of fun to the nationally recognized ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ dining operation, the duo donned lobster-claw boppers for a recent photo shoot. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College)<\/p><\/div>\n

Leading a team of more than 100 that serves more than a million meals a year, the two executives in charge of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College dining operation will share lessons from their lives and careers in a Q&A at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the Fireplace Lounge in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commons, 136 Central Ave.<\/p>\n

In the hourlong Purposeful Work Unplugged discussion, titled Behind the Napkin Board: Big Business, Right Here on Campus<\/em>, Darby Ray, director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, will interview Christine Schwartz, assistant vice president for dining, conferences and events, and Cheryl Lacey, director of dining services.<\/p>\n

The discussion will explore work, career paths and finding purpose at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.<\/p>\n

The Purposeful Work Unplugged series is open to the public at no cost. Sponsored by the Purposeful Work initiative<\/a> at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, the series presents notable alumni, staff, faculty and guests in reflection about careers and traits that support meaningful work. For more information, please call 207-786-6128.<\/p>\n

A native of New York, Schwartz came to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in 1997 as associate director of dining services, became dining director in 2002 and in 2012 took the helm of the Dining, Conferences and Campus Events office. Her ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ achievements include overseeing the creation of the college’s dining Commons, which opened in 2008, and playing a central role in making ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ a nationally recognized leader in sustainable food service practices<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Schwartz earned a bachelor’s degree in social science at Lynchburg College, in Virginia, where she started her food service career, first as a student worker and then as catering manager. She has also held collegiate dining positions at Sweet Briar College, in Virginia, and at St. Mary\u2019s College in Maryland.<\/p>\n

Lacey grew up in rural Maine. The first member of her immediate family to attend college, she graduated from Middlebury with a double major in psychology and literary studies. Though Lacey had intended to pursue a career in psychology, working in dining services as a student gave her a passion for collegiate dining.<\/p>\n

After graduation, she worked in Middlebury Dining Services for 14 years before trading in the glorious Green Mountains for the dramatic coast of Maine. She joined ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ Dining Services in 1998 and became director in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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