A New Beginning! I am honored and excited for this new beginning and opportunity to serve as your 2023-2024 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Chair . I am a career long Academy member and retired registered dietitian who has had the tremendous opportunity to serve in many...
Every year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation proudly supports the future of the nutrition and dietetic profession by issuing stipends to help students and dietetic interns offset the cost of attending FNCE®. The Foundation’s ability to provide student stipends is directly...
In my humble opinion, OUR Academy Foundation ROCKS! During this past year I’ve had the honor and privilege to serve as Chair of our Academy Foundation . In this role, I have also had the golden opportunity to serve on the Academy Board of Directors under the leadership of our current ...
The Student Nutrition Organization (SNO) at San Diego State University (SDSU) held their Annual Dinner Gala & Silent Auction recently and raised a generous donation for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and its Make It a Million Scholarship Campaign . San Diego State University SNO...
April is National Preceptor Month, Preceptors make a difference in the lives of students who are learning to become registered dietitian nutritionists or dietetic technicians, registered by acting as mentors and training the dietetic professionals of the future. Our Foundation would like to take...
I am happy and honored to announce to you on behalf of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Board of Directors that Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, has been hired as the Academy’s next Chief Executive Officer. She will succeed Patricia M. Babjak, who is retiring June 30 after serving as CEO...
Take Advantage of Excellent Resources Developed by our Foundation Fellows! Do you know that each year the Foundation chair sits on the Academy Board during their year as chair and the Academy’s president-elect serves a one-year term our Foundation’s Board of Directors? This makes for...
March Means National Nutrition Month! For food and nutrition professionals, March means the celebration of National Nutrition Month ® ! This year’s theme is Fuel for the Future . The focus is on providing the body with the nutrients it needs to meet each life stage in tasty ways while also...
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Fellow, Gabriela Montenegro-Bethancourt, MSc, PhD, has received a 2023 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for her contribution to help meet the challenges of food security and advancing the U.N....
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access! We’re hearing these words with increasing frequency…and importantly so. At the Academy Foundation , we intentionally and actively integrate the principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (I-D-E-A) into our efforts (as has the Academy at...
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