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Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you…not because they are nice, but because you are nice.
Never confuse etiquette and manners. Bad etiquette is using your dinner fork on your salad. Bad manners is pointing out that someone used their dinner fork on their salad. Manners will always trump etiquette. – Mama's Rules
"Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, the other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of our civilization."
- Daniel Webster
"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners."
- Lawrence Sterne
"Good manners and kindness are always in fashion."
- Dr. Patricia Tice
"The meaning of good manners is 'enforcing the unenforceable"
- Dr. Patricia Tice

2017 Iowa State Fair Queens Inducted into Agri Manners Table Team

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Ready, Set... Time to Say Please and Thank You Again.

Representing every county in the state of Iowa, these young women are representative of the best Iowa has to offer: young people with
Integrity, Honor, Trust & Love.

Welcome to the Table Team, Ladies.

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August 2017

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April 2017

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April 2017

New Members of the Table Team: Alpha Tau Omega, Iowa State University
March 2017

Table Team: Sgt. R. Doty
February 2017

Table Team: New Members!
January 2017

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Navigating Wedding Planning During a Pandemic: Dr. Tice made an appearance on WHO TV13 on 13 October 2020 to talk about Wedding Planning... Read More...
6 Tips for Restaurant Mask-Wearing Etiquette: Eating out and brown-bagging really do have much in common with mask-wearing during this pandemic.... Read More...
2020 President’s Leadership Class (PLC) Inducted into Table Team.: The 2020 President’s Leadership Class, headed by President Wendy Wintersteen of Iowa State... Read More...
How to be well-mannered and stay the distance during the epidemic.: Here are “Tips from a Professional Social Distancer” printed in the April 10, 2020 Des Moines... Read More...
Featured in Factor Analysis Podcast: In 2018, Dr. Tice was invited by Dr. Shan Jiang, Professor of Engineering, to become part of the... Read More...

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