Amber Strait

Majoring in Event Management
Iowa State University, Class of 2017
From Ames, Iowa

I will be a Food and Beverage Corporate Manager in Training after graduation

Education

Iowa State University
Mount Pleasant High School

Amber in the News

Amber Strait wins first place in the Best of Show Consulting Project for an Existing Business category at Iowa State University Entrepreneurship Showcase

Amber Strait of Ames, IA, was honored with an award at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hosted by the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences. Strait, a senior in event management at Iowa Sta...

May, 15 2017 - Iowa State University

Iowa State University College of Human Sciences announces Dean's List

The Iowa State University College of Human Sciences Dean's List honors students who have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Students who made the list in the fall of 2015 include: Ambe...

January, 29 2016 - Iowa State University

Amber Strait inducted into Eta Sigma Delta honor society

Amber Strait, from Mt Pleasant, Iowa, will be inducted into Eta Sigma Delta, an honor society for top students studying event and hospitality management. Strait is a junior studying event manageme...

October, 15 2015 - Iowa State University

Amber Strait receives scholarship from the Iowa State University Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Amber Strait, of Ames, Iowa will receive the Ernest 'Tommy' Hayden and Harriet 'Rusty' Jean Thomas Scholarship from the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the Iowa State Universi...

June, 25 2015 - Iowa State University

Work Experience

Banquet Server at Tan-Tar-A Resort

May 2015 - Present

Server at Old Chicago Restaurants

Educate guests by expressing tastes in detail of new foods and drinks Serve over 50 guests per shift in high paced environment Communicate with departments and management for guests’ requests Oversee co-workers by checking individuals’ side-work in detail before clock out Generate over $300 worth of sales daily by performing “suggestive selling”

August 2014 - Present

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