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Welcome to the Department of Nutritional Sciences |
The Department of Nutritional Sciences prepares graduates for positions in nutrition and dietetics. This diverse and dynamic profession integrates human nutrition, food service administration, food science, chemistry, physiology, management, and interpersonal skills.
Nutrition professionals work in a wide range of settings, in both the public and private sector and assume an array of challenging responsibilities. Career opportunities for a registered/licensed dietitian include: health care dietitian and administrator, nutrition or food science researcher, fitness/wellness consultant, food service design consultant, dietary products or equipment representative, public health nutritionist, entrepreneur in dietetic programs and services, and corporate dietitian/nutritionist.
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Nicole Crossley, received 2nd in the annual poster contest |
 During the recent conference Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC), Nicole Crossley, nutritional sciences graduate student and dietetic intern from Okarche, received 2nd place in the annual poster contest. WIC provides specific supplemental foods for good health and nutrition during critical times of growth and development. The program also provides nutrition education to participants at no cost. Crossley’s poster showed several ways the WIC six dollar fruit and vegetable voucher can be used to effectively improve children’s diets. |
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Taryn Tate, Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 2009 |
 The Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 2009 in the College of Human Environmental Sciences is Taryn Alise Tate. She is majoring in Nutritional Sciences with an option in Allied Health. Taryn is currently the Vice President of Business of the CHES Student Council where she has also served as Vice President of Student Affairs and the first Chair of Study Abroad. |
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