May 2011

Volume 1, Issue 1

Spring 2011

18 Grads for Spring 2011!

Thirteen 2010-2011Grads Accept Internships in Spring

The Missouri State Dietetics

Program is very pleased to have

18 graduates from our program

this spring. They are: Julie

Boyer (BMS minor), Megan

Brinker (BMS minor and gradu-

ating cum laude from the Hon-

ors College), Angela Chase

(BMS Minor, Magna cum Laude),

Karah Domenico, Tessa

Eldridge (BMS minor), Jordan

Freeze (BMS and psychology

minors), Sara Ingersoll (BMS

minor), Judith Lucero (BMS

minor), Jade Manczuk (BMS

minor), Fran Moody (BMS

minor), Jessica Ramsey (BMS

minor), Caitlin Shahan, Jenna

Silverthorne (BMS minor, cum

laude, Honors College), Britta-

ny Snyder (BMS minor, Honors

College), Sara Staubach (cum

laude), Danielle Tetrault (BMS

minor), Ruth Thompson (BMS

minor, cum laude) and Kaci

Westrich (BMS minor).

Congratulations, grads and good

luck!

school at KU.

Judith Lucero will begin graduate

school at Mo State in Public Health

next year.

Jordan Freeze is headed to FIN-

LAND where she will attend the University of Helsinki this summer and hopes to begin work with a

foods company there soon.

Caitlin Shahan will be getting married this summer, as will Jessi-ca Ramsey. Jessica and Caitlin

will enter the work force along with Tessa Eldridge. Danielle Tetrault will be work-

ing with a physician in St. Louis.

Good luck, and be sure to keep us posted!

Match day is always stressful but for thirteen of our students, it

worked out well. We are happy to have a new placement this year

with Bradley University in Peoria,

Illinois for three of our graduates: Angela Meyer, Fran Moody, and Kaci Westrich. Four stu-

dents were placed at KU Medical Center in Kansas City: Sarah Camey, Megan Brinker, Ange-la Chase and Jenna Sil-

verthorne. Three students were placed at Cox: Amy Canada, Karah Domenico, and Jade

Manczuk. Ruth Thompson will be at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center internship

in Oklahoma City. Auvia Miller will be at University of Houston in

Houston, Texas. Brittany Snyder will attend the internship

at University of Iowa Hospitals and

Clinics in Iowa City.

Additionally, three of our former

students were pre-selected for internships this year. Teneal Minks (SP10) and Mary Living-

ston Keels (FA95) have been working for WIC and were prese-lected for the Missouri Depart-ment of Health and Senior Services

in Jefferson City. Steven New-man (09) will at the internship at

the University of Memphis.

Several students will be going on to graduate school. Sara Stau-bach, Sara Ingersoll and Julie

Boyer will be attending graduate

The Missouri State Dietetic Program

2010-2011 SDA

Officers

President

Max Walker

Vice President

Sara Ingersoll

Secretary

Julie Husmann

Treasurer

Sara Staubach

Historian

Jenna Silverthorne

Activities Coordinator

Kaci Westrich

Outreach Coordinator

Amber Bozarth

Webmaster

Julie Boyer

Constitution Chair

Renee Gunn

SDA Faculty Advisor

Sarah Murray

26 Grads

for

2010-2011

Congratulations to

senior Emily Newbold

who was awarded the

Crystal Evans Pummill

Scholarship for

Dietetics. The $300

scholarship is awarded

to the senior with the

highest GPA. Way to

go, Emily!

NEWBOLD

AWARDED

SCHOLARSHIP!

Our Spring 2011 Graduating Class

Front L-R: Tessa, Megan, Julie, Caitlin, Angela.

Middle L-R: Danielle, Fran, Ruth, Jessica, Karah, Kaci, Jade.

Back L-R: Brittney, Judith, Sarah I, Sarah S, Jordan, Jenna. Friday, May 13, 5 pm

Ten Food Science Research Projects presented at

the 15th Annual Student Research Symposium Each spring the College of Health and Human Services hosts the Student Research Symposium. This year was

no exception and on March 31, 103 student research projects were presented at the Symposium from a varie-

ty of disciplines. Dr. Kwon directed 10 food science related research projects as a part of fulfillment of BMS

331 Food Science class. We were glad to see various topics for the projects this year. The following projects

were presented:

Lori Sinclair & Kelsey Lomax: A comparison of the texture and flavor of whey protein fortified peanut butter

cookies and control peanut butter cookies

Ashley Cobb & Jennifer Rice: A study evaluating the effects of Splenda and Non-fat yogurt as sugar substi-

tutes for citrus and non-citrus smoothies

Kathryn Metzger & Kayla Easton: Acceptability of reduced-cholesterol muffins made with silken tofu as an

egg substitute

Tabitha Farr & Micah Nesselrodt: An evaluation of interchangeability among starch thickeners in vanilla

pudding related to viscosity and sensory preferences

Lindsey Jay & Jacqueline Jaynes: Effects of fat content on texture, color, and flavor of cheesecakes

Ruth Thompson & Brittany Snyder: Evaluation of silken tofu as a fat replacement for full fat ingredients in

spinach artichoke dip

Kelsey Frisch, Renee Gunn & Mari-Jean Vance: The effect of replacing butter with avocado on flavor,

texture, volume and moistness of white cake

Brittany Layton & Chelsea Lutterll: The effects of egg replacement with flaxseed on nutrition content and

likability in chocolate chip cookies

Caitlin Shahan & Jade Manczuk: The effects of 50 % whey protein substitution on satiety level of pancakes

Whitney Lang & Megan Shamleffer: Various heating methods to decrease oil absorption in French fries

Among these 10 projects, the last two projects done by Caitlin & Jade, and Whitney & Megan were selected

by dietetics faculty as the most original, organized and interesting research projects. They will work with Dr.

Kwon to present them in the coming Missouri Dietetic Association Annual Meeting in the year 2012.

Congratulations on these two groups for outstanding student research projects!

Students Display Food Science Research Posters at MDA go to the meeting due to their

duties at internship programs.

Megan, Karah, and Dr. Kwon

presented their research project

to registered dietitians and food

science educators in the state of

Missouri. There were several

dietitians asking questions about

the possible application of re-

search outcomes to their prac-

tice. It was a great opportunity

for our students to network and

experience an annual meeting.

We are very proud of our two

dietetic students who presented

their food science research pro-

jects at the Missouri Dietetic

Association‘s Annual Meeting in

Columbia, MO in April, 2011. In

Spring 2010, two food science

projects were selected from our

BMS 331 (Food Science) class

displays at the CHHS Research

Symposium. One project select-

ed was by Megan Brinker and

Karah Domenico on The Quali-

ty and Acceptability of Fat Replaced

Muffins with Vegetable or Fruit

Purees. The other project was

by Jaclyn Gilliam and Jamie Hen-

drix (both 2010 SP grads) titled

The Acceptability of Pie Crust Pre-

pared with Canola Oil as a Fat

Substitute for Shortening. Megan

and Karah went to Missouri

Dietetic Association (MDA)

Annual Meeting at Columbia,

MO this year. Unfortunately,

Jaclyn and Jamie were not able to

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Above, Megan (left) and

Karah (right) display their

poster at MDA. Below,

Karah explains their project

to an RD in

attendance.

Left: Jade and Caitlin with

their poster on whey

protein substitution and

satiety.

Right: Whitney and Megan

with their poster on oil

absorption in French fries.

Missouri State students were

well represented this year at

MDA. A poster session entitled

―An integrated international service

learning experience in rural nutri-

tion and health in El Salvador‖ was

presented by Megan Brinker.

Authors were Carmen Boyd,

Krystle Blunk, Megan Brink-

er, Sarah Owens and Stepha-

nie Strouse. There was quite a

bit of interest in the poster and

the experiences the students

had. Thank you, Megan for

presenting that for the group!

El Salvador 2010

Poster presented

at MDA

Megan Brinker at MDA presenting the

2010 El Salvador poster (above)

TRAIN rolls on to Greece!

Faculty, students and our grads at MDA

Whole Grains and Vegetarian Cooking—YUM!!

During the fall of 2010, Sara

Staubach and her fellow

TRAIN (Testing Recreational

Activities and Improving Nutri-

tion) interns implemented the

nutrition and physical education

program that was designed last

summer in Washington DC at

the Missouri Winter Games in

Joplin. More than thirty volun-

teers aided the interns in running

a successful program. A good

majority of the volunteers were

members of the Student Dietetic

Association (SDA). The program

lasted for three hours and 125

athletes were able to go through

each station. Some of the sta-

tions focused on specific sports

skills such as a ten-meter dash,

and three-minute step test. The

results of these sports stations

were compiled to give athletes

ideas for new sports to try. They

also participated in stations that

were aimed at nutrition educa-

tion, touching on balancing a

plate, food groups, and functions

of different food groups. The

next stop for TRAIN, Sara, and

her fellow interns is Athens,

Greece in June 2011. There, they

will get to introduce the pro-

gram to athletes from around

the world at the Special Olym-

pics World Games.

Check out our blog!

as well as how delicious and

flavorful whole grains can be!

Our program is pleased to offer a

four semester, five class cooking

series on heart healthy cooking.

Sarah Murray teaches Extreme

Meal Makeover, The Mediterrane-

an Diet, Whole Grains,/Vegetarian

Cooking Latino Style Heart Healthy,

and Carmen teaches the Beef: It’s

What’s for Dinner course each fall!

Haley Luedloff (above, CMB major)

displays her vegetarian cabbage rolls

made with bulghar wheat filling.

This semester our heart healthy

cooking class continues with a

Vegetarian/Whole Grains Cook-

ing Class focusing on the use of

whole grains. Each week the

class used a different whole grain

product including quinoa, wheat

varieties, oats, rice varieties,

triticale, and corn. A variety of

recipes were prepared using

these grains—main dishes, sal-

ads, breads, side dishes, and even

desserts! Students learned the

importance of whole grains with-

in the diet, how to cook various

grain products, how to incorpo-

rate whole grains into dishes

they currently prepare at home,

Dietetics Faculty Hillary Rob-

erts and Dr. Sockju Kwon

attended the Missouri State

Dietetic Association Annual

Meeting in Columbia, MO on

April 8-10, 2011. About 150

registered dietitians participated,

and 7 exhibitors sponsored the

meeting. Our dietetic students,

Kiley Woodring, Karah Do-

menico and Megan Brinker

and recent graduates, Lindsay

Jurgensmeyer FA09, Kayla Ot-

teson and Betsy Smith-Wansing

SP10, also participated in the

meeting. Lindsay and Kayla were

there as RD‘s from Hy-vee, and

Betsy as a dietetic intern. Betsy

presented her poster related to

gastric bypass. The education

sessions were well organized and

very informative: Mediterranean

diet, Advanced practices in die-

tetic professions, Childhood

obesity, Review of dietary guide-

lines for Americans 2010, new

and fun nutrition education using

rock music, and other interesting

programs.

Kiley and Betsy are pictured right.

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TRAIN TEAM: Front L-R: Michelle Williams, exercise and

movement science major from Lone Jack, Mo, Erin Wilson,

special education/cross categorical major from St. Louis, Mo.

Back L-R: Alex Beckman (2009 intern), Sara Staubach, dietet-

ics major from Cincinnati, Ohio, Brian Hrebec, computer

science major from Springfield, Mo and Simon Chan, graphic

design major from Hong Kong

It isn‘t just food science posters

that our dietetics students had

on display at the CHHS Symposi-

um this year. Senior Kari Wahl

participated in research with

Drs. Timson and Zimmerman

and CMB students Whitney

Schroer, Renee Ehrenstrom, and

Vince Butano. Their poster, “Early Gait Alterations in the

Tg2576 Mouse Model of Alzhei-

mer’s Disease: A Preliminary Analy-

sis” was presented at the Sympo-

sium. Additionally, the findings

were presented in Hawaii last

July at the 2010 Alzheimer‘s

Conference. For more info, see

our blog. Good job, Kari!

Faculty also were represented at

the symposium. A poster titled

“Cognitive and Anthropometric

Measures: Norms and Correlates

Among Haitian Children” based on

work done in Haiti was present-

ed by psychology majors who

utilized data collected 2008-2009

but analyzed the data and pre-

sented the poster. Authors

were psychology students Cas-

sandra M. Burgess, Christina M.

Usher, Robyn D. Fondren, Ni-

cole E. Freidman, psychology

faculty D. Wayne Mitchell, and

BMS/Dietetics faculty Carmen

Boyd and Helen C. Reid.

Where else but Australia? By Maggie Danforth

Our Princess Kate in England

This semester I have been

studying abroad in Ballarat,

Australia. It has been such an

eye-opening experience! Balla-

rat is the coldest city in Aus-

tralia, so a few friends and I

travel about an hour to the

beach every other weekend.

Travelling has been quite the

adventure. There are so many up‘s and down‘s, but by the

end of the trip, the good has

always out-weighed the bad. I

arrived in Australia in the mid-

dle of February and will be

here until July. Right now, I‘m

in a motel on the Gold Coast

because we have a two week

break. We will be travelling up

the east coast of Australia (hot

hot weather!) until May first!

The food here is not much

different. I get made fun of for

calling ―tomato sauce‖ ketchup

and for putting peanut butter

and cheese on everything. It‘s

an American thing, I guess. If

one‘s schedule allows, I defi-nitely suggest everyone to

study abroad. You meet tons

of people, and for once, you

are the different one.

Right: Maggie with a new friend!

Study away options in Australia

are great because there are sev-

eral nutrition programs!

famous guests such as Elton

John, David and Victoria Beck-

ham, and Rowan Atkinson; I also

watched the procession as the

Queen of England, Prince Wil-

liam, Prince Harry, Prince

Charles, and the bride herself

Kate Middleton arrived at the

Abbey. This is marked as one of

the top moments of my life that I

will never forget. I will be re-

turning to the United States in a

very short month, but deter-

mined to return to England

soon! ——-Kate Rehkop

I have been studying in London

for the Spring 2011 semester

and it is a blast! When people

think of London they think of

bad food and rainy weather.

While that may be true there

are too many other great things

that make you forget about the

steak and kidney pie. Studying

abroad has given me the most

amazing opportunities that will

be some of the best memories of

my life. I came to London never

being out of the United States

and now I have been to seven

different countries, have seen

many of the world‘s most fa-

mous landmarks and a few of the

seven wonders of the world

along the way. I‘ve also made

many great friends from all over

Europe, the United States, Asia,

South America, and Australia. My

favorite part of this experience

would be ―attending‖ The Royal

Wedding of Prince William and

Kate Middleton. I camped out-

side of Westminster Abbey and

got to be at the front of the

crowd for the arrival of many

Our Spring Break Trip to El Salvador—Lori Sinclair

the same at every stop we

made. We visited an orphanage,

crisis house for relatives of AIDS

patients, and even an elderly

home where a man cried be-

cause he was so grateful for the

gifts we brought him. Although

these things may seem inconse-

quential in our daily lives in

America, it made a huge differ-

ence in the lives of the El Salva-

dorans to know that for just a

short time they had people in

America that were willing to

donate their time, money, and

goods to help make their lives a

little easier. ——Lori Sinclair

We stayed at a five star hotel

with a large pool, workout

room, and an amazing breakfast

buffet. This was in stark contrast

to the places that we visited in

the countryside. The first school

we went to did not look much

different than the houses we had

passed on the ride up to it. It

had bamboo sticks for walls, a tin

roof, and a dirt floor. Just be-

cause the children did not have

the nicest school did not mean

that they were any less excited

to be there and see us. At this

school, like at all the other

schools we visited, we passed

out toothbrushes to the stu-

dents and school supplies to the

teachers. Then we weighed,

took height measurements, and

played with all of the chil-

dren. As we continued on our

journey to three other schools,

we were welcomed with the

same excitement and smiling

faces. At the last school the

children even sang us a song

when we arrived. The principal

at this school was so grateful for

the single suitcase full of school

supplies that we brought she

told us, ―This is why God gives

Americans so much because they

are so generous and giv-

ing.‖ The level of gratitude was

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Studying away is a great way to learn

about yourself and other cultures.

Many opportunities exist and are not

as difficult as you might think. Talk

with Carmen early in your course-

work—or late will work, too—about

opportunities she is aware of. There

are many more through the Study

Away office. Looks great on a re-

sume!

2011 Mo State Team to El Salvador

L-R back: Jenna Silverthorne, Naomi Kis,

Carmen, Ryan Edwards, Julie Boyer, Lori Sin-

clair. Front: 2 participants and children, Sarah

Wrinkle, Angela Houska and Micah Nesselrodt

Check out our

blog! on our El

Salvador trip!

Above: Kate at Stonehenge

Come join us next spring as we eat our way through Italy!

In our own back yard……..

Treasures of Greece: In Search of the

Seven Species

Come join Carmen next spring

for our second trip in The Medi-

terranean Diet series: A Taste of

Italy by EF tours. We are going

to have a great time starting in

Milan, heading over to Turin, on

to Florence, Parma and Bologna.

We will have two cooking clas-

ses—one in Pisa and the other in

Bologna. We will see where

―slow food‖ and solid chocolate

was born and visit olive groves, a

balsamic vinegar distillery, see

how parmesan cheese is made

and how prosciutto ham is cured

and visit a truffles producer.

Not to mention all that wonder-

ful food every day! It is going to

be a very tasty, fun trip and we

would love for you to join us.

For all information about the trip

and how to enroll, visit the EF

tours website. For those of you

who may be viewing this in print

form, the basic website is

www.eftours.com and the tour

number is 1039787.

Our tentative dates are May 19

through 28, 2012. The sooner

you sign up the more savings, so

if you are interested, sign up

now! ANYONE can go on this

tour. You do NOT have to be a

student or at Missouri State.

Bring a friend, parent, grandpar-

ent, anyone you would like to

travel with. It will be fun!

By the time you are reading this, we are either there or have returned

from our trip to Greece where we visited a number of ancient sites, saw

lots of food related things and took a four day Greek Island cruise. This is

the first trip and first class in a series of classes on ―The Mediterranean

Diet‖ and this one is called ―In Search of the Seven Species.” What are the

seven species? Well, basically they are the oldest foods known to man.

They are listed in the Bible in the description of the Land of Israel: ―...a

land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig-trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive oil,

and honey. Deut. 8:7-8. These foods make up the basis of the Mediterrane-

an Diet as we know it today, which is one of the healthiest diets in the

world. Planned events around food include a Greek evening in a Taverna,

market visits, a sunset dinner cruise and other things that we are all looking

forward to. What better way to learn about the Mediterranean Diet!

two charities. At 5 Pound Ap-

parel, for every shirt sold, they

donate 5 pounds of nutritional

peanut butter for Nepal Nutri-

tion. It is really refreshing to

see a group of students so con-

cerned about the world around

them and an instructor that

cares enough to help them help!

BMS130 instructor, Kathy Be-

berniss is a fused glass artist as

well as an RD and cares about

others. She asked both of her

nutrition classes to name chari-

ties that they supported. They

came up with 45 agencies/causes.

Each class then selected one of

those agencies for a fund raising

event held at an area humanitari-

an store, 5 Pound Apparel.

Kathy‘s class selected two local

charities, Harmony House, a

Springfield battered women‘s

shelter and Autism Speaks an

organization that strives to raise

public awareness about autism

and provide support to families,

to benefit from the proceeds of

the event. The event took place

during the Springfield First Friday

Night Art Walk and the pro-

ceeds from her beautiful glass

jewelry went to support these

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Dietetics Program Director

Carmen Boyd was invited to

attend a faculty seminar in Paris,

France with EF Tours in January.

Training focused on international

experiences for students, which

many of our students have en-

joyed. It was great to meet other

faculty members who work with

students on study abroad trips

and the academic programs!

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Dr. Hunter named to Council on Future Practice

Dr. Kwon named Research Fellow for CASL

great information and shared the

proceedings of the summit with

the dietetics faculty.

Dr. Hunter has also distinguished

herself as a Fellow of the Ameri-

can Dietetic Association which

requires length of practice, edu-

cation, continuous RD status,

professional achievement, multi-

ple roles and diverse responsibil-

ities and functions, broad net-

work of contacts, and an ap-

proach to practice reflecting a

global perspective, dealing with

the practice situation as it

evolves, using innovative and

creative solutions, is intuitive, and valuing professional growth

and self-knowledge.

Congratulations are in order for

Dr. Anne Marie Hunter for

being named to the American

Dietetic Association’s Council on

Future Practice for the 2011-2012

program year of the House of

Delegates. Her appointment is

for three years (June 2011—June

2014) and will help empower

members to be the nation‘s food

and nutrition leaders. Dr.

Hunter will be one of nine mem-

bers of the council. This is a

great honor and we are very

proud that Dr. Hunter will be on

this council and representing our

program.

Dr. Hunter attended the Summit

on Dietetics Practice, Credentialing,

and Education that was held

March 24-26 in St. Louis where

the mission for the summit was

to provide a forum to bring

together educators, practitioners

and employers to explore a

future vision for educating, de-

veloping and advancing the pro-

fession of dietetics. The vision

for the summit was to have a

nationwide community of leaders

in seven regions commit to take

the first coordinated steps to-

ward creating a dynamic continu-

um of education, credentialing

and future practice roles that will

enable present and future practi-

tioners to position themselves as

the nation‘s food and nutrition

leaders.

Dr. Hunter brought back some

Dr. Kwon and CASL director Elizabeth Strong

We are happy to announce that

Dr. Sockju Kwon was selected

as a Citizenship and Service-

Learning Faculty Fellow in Spring,

2011. Since her selection in

February, Dr. Kwon has partici-

pated in seven education ses-

sions that helped her understand

definition of service-learning,

develop curriculum and syllabi,

and design appropriate reflection

and research in food safety disci-

plines. Service-learning activities

will be integrated in our ServSafe

Certification class (BMS338) for

students to participate by work-

ing with the city and county

health educators, also called

restaurant inspectors at the

Springf ield-Greene County

Health Department. Objectives

in the Service Learning portion

of BMS338 will be to develop

communication skills and critical

thinking, and to enhance under-

standing of food systems. In

addition to working with the

health educators they will create

food safety education materials

that can be used by the Depart-

ment. We are thankful for the

opportunity to work with them!

Kwon also receives Faculty Fellowship Stipend

rant inspectors to address any

discrepancies of expectations

and understanding in food safety

practices between foodservice

operations and inspectors. This

research outcome may increase

the awareness of food safety and

proper food safety handling

practices, and establish proper

food safety practices in restau-

rants around Springfield-Green

County.

Dr. Kwon has also received the

2011 Summer Faculty Fellowship

Stipend ($6,000) awarded by

Graduate College at Missouri

State University. Her research

topic will be ―An investigation of

attitudes, understanding, priori-

ties, and education methods/

areas in food safety and sanita-

tion procedures at foodservice

operations located in Greene

County‖. This research will

focus on determining the factors

affecting food safety knowledge

to practices. In order to do so,

this project will investigate the 1)

attitudes, 2) understanding, 3)

priorities, and 4) education

methods/areas in practicing food

safety and sanitation procedures

in foodservice operations in the

Greene-county, Springfield, Mis-

souri. The survey will also be

conducted to a group of restau-

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A paper titled “Cognition,

M o t o r S k i l l , a n d

An t h r o po met r i c No r ms :

Correlates Among Haitian

Children” was submitted to

and accepted by the

Midwestern Psychological

Association Conference and

will be presented the first

week of May. Primary author

is D Wayne Mitchell of

Psychology with Helen Reid

and Carmen Boyd as co-

authors. This is the result of

the work done by Dr.

Mitchell, Carmen, Caitlin

Vaughan and Jessica Wishon

in 2008 and 2009 in Haiti

through the Haiti END grant.

Anne Marie Hunter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA

We look forward to expanding

our work with Convoy of Hope

next fall with their Children‘s

Feeding Initiative programs. We

will be doing some work for

them in BMS 345 World Hunger

and potentially in other classes.

Contact Carmen if you are inter-

ested in working with this pro-

gram more closely.

Hillary Roberts named Mo State Dietetic

Internship Director

Maroon and White Banquet 2011

approved through Faculty Sen-

ate, Graduate Council and ad-

ministration in 2009 and then

the eligibility application approval

process in 2010. We‘re glad

that part is over! Of course,

now it is getting rotations and

experiences in place for our

interns and preparing for the site

visit in August.

We look forward to having our

first group of interns sometime

in 2012. We will NOT be par-

ticipating in DICAS the first year.

For further information you may

check the graduate catalog under

dietetic internship certificate in

the Department of Biomedical

Sciences, College of HHS.

It is finally approved and almost

ready to go! We received word

in March that our eligibility appli-

cation for the dietetic internship

was approved and that we are

now to prepare for our site visit

and self study! In light of that,

Hillary Roberts, senior in-

structor, has been appointed

the internship director and cer-

tificate advisor for our internship

program which we hope to begin

sometime in 2012.

The emphasis of the internship

will be a choice of public affairs

(of course!) or rural health, both

of which were determined to be

appropriate based on the univer-

sity mission and the needs of the

area. For both tracks, there is

an option for international work

for one to six weeks, depending

on the interests of the students

and availability of placements.

There will be six graduate cours-

es offered in the program but at

this time, these do not apply

towards a graduate degree.

This has been a long process and

goal of Dr. Reid and dietetic

faculty to have this internship. In

1989 Carmen Boyd wrote a

proposal for an internship, fol-

lowed later by Mary Snyder Duff

drawing up the graduate courses

and curriculum with Dr. Reid

and then with Carmen putting

everything together to get it

Student Athletes and Faculty Mentors Honored

at the First Maroon and White Banquet!

The first annual ―Maroon and White Banquet‖ was held April 3 to honor MSU athletes who demonstrate

academic excellence. Athletes with a minimum GPA of 3.25 were honored. These students chose faculty

members who served as mentor and inspired them. The banquet was a great success, with 40% of MSU

athletes meeting these rigorous academic goals. The following students and their faculty mentor were

recognized:

Melissa Oishi (Swimming and Diving) and Carmen Boyd

Lori Sinclair (Field Hockey) and Sockju Kwon

Brianna Willoughby (Swimming and Diving) and Hillary Roberts

Maggie Sutor (Cross Country, Exercise Science) & Tara Stulce

Jenni Hamlin (Soccer), Kelsey Lomax (Field Hockey), Sara Staubach (Volleyball), Mari-Jean Vance

(Cross Country) and Natalie Allen

Thank you girls! What an honor for us and a great accomplishment for you!

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Hillary Roberts—our new

Internship Director!

As the dietetic internship director I

look forward to working with interns in such an exciting time in their lives. I am eager to work with community

agencies in the southwest Ozarks and

for the internship to begin!

-Hillary Roberts-

The Heifer Retreat

scheduled for this April

will be rescheduled for

next fall due to storm

damage at the Ranch.

The Global Challenge is

a great time and such

a great activity to

participate in! $30

gets you a fun, fun

weekend and a great

learning experience.

Contact SDA for more

information.

Congratulations to the follow-

ing seniors who were awarded the Presidential Service Award this spring:

Megan Brinker (Bronze)

Julie Boyer (Bronze)

Sara Ingersoll (Silver) Senior Jordan Freeze was awarded the ―Growl Bear‖ for

growth and development among outstanding student employees. Jordan has held the

unheard of ―graduate assis-tantship‖ position as an under-graduate in Campus Recreation.

Nutrition Services for The Kitchen, Inc.

Natalie Allen—

Feeds T he Bears!

The Nutrition Clinic at The Kitchen Clinic

Three Bean SPAM Salad

1 (16-ounce) can cut green beans, drained and rinsed 1 (16-ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 (16-ounce) can yellow wax beans, drained and rinsed 1 (12-ounce) can SPAM® Classic, cubed 1/3 cup chopped onion 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/3 cup cider vinegar 1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper In bowl, stir together beans, SPAM® and onion. In small bowl, mix remain-ing ingredients. Pour over SPAM® mixture; stir in gently. Cover; refrigerate several hours or overnight. Enjoy!

This past semester, senior die-

tetic students partnered with

The Kitchen, Inc. to provide

nutrition services to the Spring-

field – Greene County communi-

ty. Students developed educa-

tional literature covering hot

topics such as sugar intake and

dental health, diabetes, and easy

ways to increase fruit and vege-

table intake. Dietetic students

also participated in a tour of The

Kitchen Pantry and learned

about the process of distributing

government commodities and

donated food items. After ob-

taining a better understanding of

the operations of a food pantry,

they then provided cooking

demonstrations, recipes and

tasty treats for the clients –

using foods commonly found in

the Kitchen Pantry! We have

certainly enjoyed working with

The Kitchen, Inc. and hope to

continue this partnership. We

hope you will enjoy this recipe

that was distributed to the food

pantry participants!

This year we were fortunate to

have Tara Stulce and Sarah

Murray working with The Kitchen,

Inc. to provide services to a variety

of participants at the clinic. We

hope to be able to continue this

work for a long time!

This semester, students enrolled

in Nutrition Counseling had the

opportunity to practice their

skills at The Kitchen Clinic.

Each student made an educa-

tional handout that was then

available for all of the students

to use while counseling at The

Clinic. The clients utilizing the

clinic were excited to ask ques-

tions about their diet and other

nutrition concerns. In addition,

the clinical staff referred some

of the patients they saw to re-

ceive dietetic services. The Mo

State dietetic students prac-

ticed counseling clients under

the watchful eye of Sarah

Murray on subjects such as

healthy eating, weight loss,

hypertension, and diabetes.

We plan to continue this part-

nership with The Kitchen

Clinic throughout the sum-

mer, giving students the op-

portunity to gain more experi-

ence in nutrition education

and counseling.

Left: Karah Domenico counsels with a

client.

We have successfully completed

the first year of the Nutrition

Partnership between the BMS

Department and MSU Athletics.

Natalie Allen has been ap-

pointed as the Missouri State

Team Dietitian and works with

14 teams and 375 athletes on

campus. Natalie meets with

teams to discuss nutrition and

pre/post-game meals. She also

works with individual athletes to

meet performance goals. We

expect this partnership to ex-

pand and grow in the future and

look forward to helping MSU‘s

teams.

Natalie was one of the speakers

at the 2011 St. John‘s Sports

Medicine Conference held in

April at St. John‘s Heart Institute

in Springfield. Natalie‘s topic

was ―Man Does Not Live on

Bread Alone: Balanced Nutrition

for the Athlete, and of course,

was very well received! We are

really happy to have this addi-

tional specialty for our program.

Go Bears! Check out our blog!

Our counseling students got

some ―hands on‖ experience

working with Missouri State

ROTC cadets. Cadets are re-

quired to meet body fat percent

and weight/height limits set by

the Army. Counseling students

in BMS 550, along with guidance

from Sarah Murray, assessed

cadets‘ nutrition status, analyzed

diets, and provided goals and tips

to get on track for a career in

the Army. It was a great experi-

ence for all involved.

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ROTC GETS FIT! Students enroll for BMS130 Essentials of Nutrition for a variety

of reasons, ranging from: 1) it is required for their major (namely

Childhood Education and Family Studies majors) to 2) an interest

in improving their nutritional status. By the time they have com-

pleted the course they hopefully are convinced that Vitamins and

Minerals do not contribute calories and that a piece of chocolate

cake really can‘t make you gain 5 pounds. They completed a 3-day

recall that included a normal day, a day they thought they were

making good choices and one that they thought was totally bad

choices. Pretty interesting stuff, how good is good and how bad is

bad? We just completed our unit on aging. Anyone walking by

would have seen students with gloves and dark glasses trying to get

a candy bar opened, simulating losses in senses and motor skills

experienced by the elderly! This class is taught by Kathy Beber-

niss who makes it so practical for those who plan to work with

children. See what one of her students had to say about Kathy and

this class here!

Our Program has

Grown!

SP1991

7 Grads

SP 1996:

11 grads

SP 2001:

9 Grads

SP 2006:

20 grads

SP 2011

18 Grads

High School Tours Showcase Programs students visualize the amount of

fat found in their favorite fast

food meals and how that extra

fat can affect their health. Lastly,

students get to take a tour of

the Food Science lab, participate

in actual product development

research and get an idea of a

dietitian‘s role in food prepara-

tion. Dietetic students had the

opportunity to assist with these

tours, which allowed them to

enhance their ability to provide

nutrition education and counsel-

ing. These high school tours

have provided a great opportuni-

ty for the dietetics program to

promote the program as well as

the dietetic profession.

For the second year, the Bio-

medical Sciences Department

has hosted several area high

school tours. These tours in-

clude a rotation through the

Anatomy lab, the BMS 110 lab,

and the Dietetics Lab. The

Community Outreach Commit-

tee has organized activities for

the high school students that

include a Nutrition Assessment

activity, a Dining Out Demon-

stration, and a Food Sensory

Experiment. The Nutrition

Assessment activity introduces

students to the various ways of

measuring height using a stadi-

ometer, knee-height caliper, and

arm-span measurement. The

Dining Out demonstration helps

Speaking of Whole Grains……. Have you seen those stamps out there on those breads and cereals? Have you wondered

what they meant? There are two of them. The Basic Stamp and the 100% Stamp.

The 100% Stamp means all its grain ingredients are whole grains. There has to be a mini-

mum of 16g—a full serving—of whole grains.

With the Basic Stamp, it must contain at least 8g – a half serving – of whole grain. It may

also contain some refined grain. Products containing large amounts of whole grain (23g,

37g, 41g, etc.), will use the Basic Stamp if it also contains extra bran, germ, or refined

flour.

Each Stamp also has a number that tells you how many grams of whole grain ingredients

are in each serving of the product.

This is a great tool to use while shopping to take some of the confusion out of deciphering

labels. LOOK FOR THE STAMP! Visit the Whole Grains Council for more information!

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Above: Senior Sarah Staubach shows students how to measure arm

span in one of our high school tours of the BMS Department.

Former Alumni Speaks to Students

We were very pleased to host one of our alumni, Pamella Vodicka, MS,

RD, CDR (‗84)on March 30, 2011 to speak with all interested students

about a career path with the US Public Health Services. Approximately

60 students from Dietetics, Public Health and other disciplines came to

hear her speak about her experiences and her path that led to the

Maternal/Child Health Bureau and a rewarding career with USPHS.

Pamella is a native of Southwest Missouri and worked in a variety of

positions before beginning a career with USPHS. It was great to hear

her talk about her experiences and students learned about opportuni-

ties that exist for health care professionals within the USPHS. Most

students knew very little about these opportunities so it was a learning

experience. Thank you, Pamella! See our SP10 newsletter for more about Pam.

We look forward to

working with

USPHS next fall

with their recruit-

ment committee as

part of a pilot pro-

gram with them for

their new webinar.

Our grads 5 years ago….Where have they gone?

Our Grads 10 years ago…..

Casey O’Dell Null is working as a physical therapist at St. John’s in Lebanon.

Nicole Osborne is now a physi-cian’s assistant with Cox Center for Internal Medicine.

Lindsey Sorensen is working with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) in Colorado.

Marley Sugar is working with Select Medical Corporation in KC.

Jennifer Surber is owner of a Sonic in Texas.

Lindsey Turner Rothrock is teaching Family and Consumer Sciences in Fordland.

Luan Weekes is a sensory scien-tist with Givauda in Cincinnati, OH.

We have lost track of Chun Yi Wu since leaving for grad school in Texas! Wu—we would love to hear from you!

Actually, our 20 spring/summer

2006 grads have done some

very interesting things! Noah Alldredge, has stayed in

Springfield after completing his

internship and has his own gym,

Big Time Results, Inc, and also

his own not for profit, Spring-

field Food for Life to assist in

providing foods for those with

terminal illness.

Glenn Berry is a physical thera-pist in Ada, OK.

Holly Dockins is working as a renal dietitian at DaVita in Belle-ville, IL . She will complete her master’s this year from SEMO.

Alyse Fields and her husband have a baby girl. She is working with KC Research Med Center.

Kathy Gilbert-Bunn is working at Phelps Co. Regional Medical Center at Rolla.

Kari Gruber is in Springfield.

Jackie Hood is an RD at St. John’s in Maplewood, MN and is getting married this August.

Kelli Hull Wilmes, has taken a position with the Missouri Exten-sion Office in the Nodaway County region as their Nutrition and Health Education specialist. She and her husband are surviv-ing twin girls and expecting an-other this spring!

Sherri Jenkins is working with Sava Health Care in Ft. Worth, Tx.

Laura Leutzinger Niehoff has finished her Master’s and is working part-time at area hospi-tals in St. Louis.

Mindy Musselman has left Hy-Vee and is working with Greene Co WIC as a nutritionist.

Nine Spring grads in 2001! You

can see how our program has

grown!

Carrie Allen Weatherholt is

working as a mental health dieti-

tian with VA in St. Louis. She

and her husband have a son and

daughter.

Becky Murrill Unterreiner is

working at St. Anthony‘s in St.

Louis. She and her husband have

two daughters.

Shannon Seider Crosby has

retired for the time being and is

a stay at home mom with her

daughter and infant son.

Jenny Gardner is doing a varie-

ty of things at Cox with clinical

and out-patient. She and her

husband have a son and a daugh-

ter.

Monica Weatherly is a clinical

dietitian for Sodexho in Tennes-

see.

Alice Buchanan Sekhar is

practicing in Appleton, WI and is

also teaching Zumba!

Kristy Thomas is working as a

clinical dietitian at St. Mary‘s in

St. Louis.

Sabrina Profeta—where are

you?

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Jesse Baedke (06) (above), is

the assistant director of food and

nutrition services at CoxHealth

in Springfield and was recently

named Missouri Recognized

Young Dietitian of the Year this April at MDA in Columbia. For-merly the director of Food and Nutrition services at Cox Monett, he is completing his Master’s at Oklahoma State and has been active with MDA and SWMDA since completing his internship at Cox. He and his wife have two sons. GOOD JOB, JESSE!

Rachel Hayes SP01 is with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Dis-

ease Prevention and Health Pro-motion in Washington DC. Perhaps you heard her on the

HHS webinar in March on the New Dietary Guidelines! Rachel was part of the Dietary Guide-

lines Management Team Staff, and

was one of the authors of the 2010 Guidelines. Before joining HHS, Rachel worked for the

USDA Food and Nutrition Ser-vice for five years, where she focused on school nutrition poli-

cy (her passion!). Rachel earned her MPH at the University of Minnesota before embarking on

a career of public service. She has served in the ADA House of Delegates and on the Public

Health/Community Nutrition Practice Group executive board, and she is a peer reviewer for

JADA.

Mary Dean Coleman-Kelly (SP96) is now the dietetics program director/

assistant professor at Penn State University. After completing her Dietetic Intern-

ship, she worked clinically and with student athletes at the Sportwell Center at the

University Illinois-Champaign-Urbana. She received her MS in Human Nutrition at

the University of Illinois-CU where her research focused on the role of dietary fiber

and intestinal transport of nutrients in the lower gastrointestinal tract. She earned

her PhD at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

where she examined the effect of an Atkins type diet on weight loss and bone health

in pre-menopausal women. She has held teaching appointments at Mansfield Univer-

sity of Pennsylvania and Appalachian State University in Boone, NC prior to her current appointment

at Penn State. She has several publications, including two in JADA. Mary Dean and the rest of the

Missouri State Handball Team were recently inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. In addi-

tion to her teaching and administrative responsibilities, Mary Dean enjoys cooking, gardening, and

riding her road and mountain bike. She is currently training for her second 100 mile mountain bike

race.

MISSING ALUMNI

Where are you?

What are you doing?

We would love to hear from

you!

Chun Yi Wu

SP 2006

Sabrina Profeta

SP 2001

Cinda Houston

SP 1996

Most of the Class of „86 & 81!

Our Grads 15 years ago…..

30 years ago?????

20 years ago………

It really can‘t be that long ago!

In 1996 we had 11 graduates.

Donna Bollinger, RD is work-

ing at St. John‘s—Springfield.

Amy Bowman Barlow is

teaching high school in Seymour.

Sherri Dunn Drain is an

ACSM fitness instructor at St.

John‘s Fitness Center in Spring-

field.

Rhonda Edie is a stay at home

mom in Springfield.

Megan Hickey Davis, RD is

the Health Education Supervisor

for WIC in Dept of Health in St.

Louis.

Jason VanFossan is working

with USDA in Kansas City as a

lab supervisor. He tests grains

for different pest residues. He

and his wife have two kids and

two big dogs!

Dean Gingerich is the Health

Promotion Manager for the U.S.

Coast Guard in St. Louis where

he focuses mostly on Fitness,

Sports Nutrition and Weight

Management.

Kimberlie Conway is working

for WIC in Taney Co.

Piper Sargent McGehe, RD has retired for the time being and is a stay at home mom with two girls in the Kansas City area.

If you know where Cinda Hou-

ston is or Cinda—let us know

what you are up to!

Wow. 1991. It has been 20

years since these students were

here. Doesn‘t seem that long

ago! We know Stan Frealy is

in the area but not sure what he

is up to.

We were sad to report last

newsletter about the untimely

death of Jill Kuchem Haber-

berger last May from cancer.

Jill had been practicing in the St.

Louis area.

Last we knew, Sarah Lehmann

Senneff was practicing as an RD

at the Center for Behavioral

Medicine in KC.

Sandra Nelson Holtmeyer is

a food service director and sen-

ior general manager with So-

dexho in the St. Louis area.

Kim Wiley Cummins in in

Springfield and is working for

CoxHealth. She and her hus-

band have three children.

1981 doesn‘t really seem that

long ago, does it? Of course,

most of our recent graduates

weren‘t even born yet! Ouch.

We hope to have more infor-

mation on this group by fall.

Laura Crawford Smith is

enjoying retirement from St.

John‘s after many years with the

Nutrition Center.

Sherry Mehrhoff Waters is

with Southwest Missouri Office

on Aging as their Nutrition Pro-

ject Director.

The class of 1986 had eleven

graduates: 9 spring and 2 fall.

Pamela Bryant, BS, RN,

CPHA, SP86 has been with the

Springf ield Greene-County

Health Department since 1995.

She is currently the Maternal,

Child, and Family Health Admin-

istrator.

Sharron Gilman Lent works

with ARAMARK as their Senior

Director of Patient and Clinical

Services.

Susan Benson Zaugg 86 FA

and her husband are working

with Campus Crusade for Christ

in Indiana.

Daphne Smith continues

working at Hammons Heart

Institute in Springfield. She is

completing a Master‘s in Library

Science this spring.

Nancy McGrew worked a

couple of decades in food sales

in corporate America. She has

married, moved to Alaska and

teaches Yoga while working

part time as a telecommuting

contract employee to a Chicago

based long term care manage-

ment company.

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Betsy Smith Wansing (SP10) at

MDA with her poster on Gastric By-

pass. Betsy is in the WIC internship in

Jeff City. She and her husband are

expecting their first child this summer.

25 years ago…..let us hear from you!

Congratulations to Amanda Turner

(SP09) who was chosen ―Miss Grain

Valley USA‖ and was then went on to

compete in the Miss Missouri USA 2010

Pageant. The pageant was held in Spring-

field November 12—14 at the Juanita K

Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

and featured 40 contestants throughout

the state of Missouri.

Amanda has recently completed her

Master‘s degree in Clinical Dietetics

from University of Kansas Medical Cen-

ter where she completed her dietetic internship. She is now an

RD and has taken a position with WIC in Kansas City as the WIC

coordinator for the Health Department in Kansas City. This is a

first for our program! Congratulations, Amanda! We‘re proud of

you!

Marsha Ward Mackenzie, MS, RD/LD, CDE, SP91

Completing a BS in Dietetics from Missouri State

under the direction of Dr. Helen Reid was a dis-

tinct honor. Upon graduation, I completed an

accredited dietetic internship at Saint Francis

Hospital in Tulsa and subsequently spent 2 years

gaining clinical experience at what is now, OSU

Health Sciences Center. I moved to Los Angeles

where I worked for WIC in Orange County

roughly 2 years until I landed my dream job at

Children‘s Hospital Los Angeles. I started in a

traditional clinical role, and shortly moved to

Endocrinology where I honed my diabetes educa-

tion skills and also enjoyed project coordination and management roles over a

seven year span. One of the highlights was serving as the Principal Investigator

of a research study, Kids N Fitness, for five years using curriculum a nutrition

colleague and I developed together. After moving to Texas in ‘03, I began

working as a Diabetes Educator for Children‘s Medical Center Dallas which

due to RD licensure status, allowed me broader scope as a Certified Diabetes

Educator (CDE). I have also served in program management for Children‘s

Endocrinology, and most recently for the Disease Management and Wellness

department. I was instrumental in helping our Diabetes Education Program

obtain National Recognition with the American Diabetes Association and

Disease Specific-Care Certification with The Joint Commission. In my current

role, I assist seven subspecialty programs with disease specific certification

acquisition and maintenance tasks. My greatest accomplishments have been my

marriage to my husband, and parenting my daughter now ―four‖.

SDA Fun this Spring!

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Students did a Body Image presenta-

tion for Eating Disorders Awareness

Week.

SDA students helped Sara S with

TRAIN in Joplin last winter.

Relay for Life is always a great time!

Spring Fling at the North Mall

Cooking Class and Nutrition Lesson

with the Girl Scouts

High School Tours

Cards Game

Journal Club

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SDA Elects New Officers for 2011-2012

Join us! Watch for emails and postings in the PROF!

Congratulations to the new SDA officers for the 2011-2012 academic year who were elected at the SDA meeting on April 18. They are as follows:

President- Amber Bozarth

Vice President- Sarah Stewart

Secretary- Cate Dallas

Historian- Rachel Drake

Treasurer- Maggie Danforth

Activities coordinator- Jordan Nichols

Webmaster- Kathryn Metzger

(pictured left, L-R:

Sarah, Rachel, Amber, Jordan, Cate)

Our Dietetics Athletes

Kelsey Lomax, Field Hockey Maroon & White Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Lori Sinclair, Field Hockey Maroon & White Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Brianna Willoughby, Women’s Swimming & Diving All-MVC First Team, 2009, 2010, & 2011

MVC Champion, 200 Yard Individual Medley

(Set conference & school all-time record at conference meet)

MVC 2nd place, 400 Yard Individual Medley

All-MVC Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Maroon & White Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Melisa Oishi, Women’s Swimming & Diving MVC 3rd Place, 200 Yard Breaststroke

MVC 5th Place, 100 Yard Breaststroke

MVC 5th Place, 200 Yard Individual Medley

Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Maroon & White Scholar Athlete, Spring 2011

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Hannah Molden, Women’s Swimming & Diving MVC Champion, 800 Yard Freestyle Relay

(Set conference & school all-time record at conference meet)

MVC 8th Place, 100 Yard Freestyle

Mari-Jean Vance, Women’s Track & Cross Country 7th Place, SIU-Edwardsville Invitational

Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Maroon & White Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Madison Hargrove, Softball Starting catcher, MSU Softball

Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Maroon & White Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Jennifer Hamlin, Women’s Soccer Athletics Director Honor Roll, Fall 2010

Maroon & White Scholar-Athlete, Spring 2011

Dean‘s List, Fall 2010

Katelyn Frederickson, Women’s Soccer

Jordan Dutro, Water Ski Club Team

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Dietetics routinely posts!

The Dietetics Shirts are Here! Check out Ulna! (right) She looks

lovely modeling our new dietetics

polo! These new dietetics shirts have

been a great addition to our program

this year. Students look so nice and

identifiable as a dietetics major when

we are out in the community working

with various agencies! We will be

adding a long sleeve version as well as

a button up blouse for next fall.

Students will be required to purchase

one upon admission to the program

and will be required to wear them at

various things over the year where we

work. Of course, they are also able

to wear them any time they would

like! Our students are always a great

face and voice for Missouri State!

What‟s new in the Dietetics Department? Well, not an awful lot, but we are really happy that we were able to purchase new

refrigerator and freezer units that have almost doubled our refrigerator/freezer

space in the foods lab. We are also getting ready to do some very basic remodel-

ing in the foods lab so we can take advantage of some wasted space. We are

thankful for small things!

THANK YOU, ALUMNI DONORS! With the funds that you have donated through the Phone Campaign we were able

to send two students to MDA this year so they were able to present their poster

sessions. Megan Brinker and Karah Domenico send their thanks to you for helping

send them to MDA! When those students call asking you to donate, even $5

helps. Just ask that your donation goes to Dietetics! If all of our 400+ grads gave

$5 (or more ) it would be wonderful! Thank you!

Crosslines Food Pantry Day

Monday, August 29, 8—2

Contact Carmen for more information and to volunteer.