Student Nutrition Council

Our current President Victoria Alanis and Past-President AnaTeresa, are currently at FNCE in Washington DC.

-What’s FNCE? It’s the Annual Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo hosted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
-Huge shoutout to USGD for making this dream possible

Welcome back new and returning students! Who is ready for the 2018 Fall semester?!

Student Nutrition Council will be holding its first monthly member meeting on August 27th at 5:30 pm.

The Student Nutrition Council (SNC) is a student organization at Arizona State University that advocates nutrition programs, services, and education. The SNC enhances its members by connecting them with career development opportunities, local professionals, and tools for academic success. SNC is welcome to all students who are interested in the field of nutrition and health-related professions.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

Happiest of birthdays to our very own Disney princess miss Raevyn 💙❄️🥕 We are all so grateful for your hard work this year!

Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered at this week’s food drive for Kitchen on the Street! Thanks to you all we collected 180 pounds of food and helped feed hundreds of children around the valley!

Today is the last day of our weeklong food drive for Kitchen on the Street with Phi Upsilon Omicron honor society! Come on out to Taylor Mall and donate some canned foods! It’s for the children 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 We’ll be here til 12pm!

Here's information regarding scholarship opportunities for nutrition students:

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation invites you to apply for a 2018 scholarship! In 2017, the Foundation awarded over 230 students with scholarships ranging from $500 to $10,000.

Scholarships are available for students at all levels of study, including those enrolled in undergraduate programs, NDTR programs, dietetic internships, and masters and doctoral programs. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 23.

The Foundation is the largest provider of dietetics scholarships, providing funding to deserving students at all levels of study. Scholarships are funded by individual donors, the Academy’s state and regional dietetic associations, dietetic practice groups, and Foundation partners.

Please visit the scholarship page on the Foundation’s website for more details and to access the online application. Inquiries can be directed to [email protected].

Happy National Nutrition Month everyone!

Just a reminder that our March meetings will be tomorrow in Downtown Phoenix from 5-6 in Health North 220 and in Tempe on Wednesday in BA L1-27. We will be discussing details regarding officer elections as well as playing nutrition related games and giving out prizes!

Can’t wait to see you all there! 🍏🍒🍅🥑🍊

Just a friendly reminder that this month’s meetings are this week and the rooms have changed!! We will meet tomorrow in Downtown Phoenix from 5-6 in Health North 220 and in Tempe in BA L1-27 (two doors down from the previous room). Professor Simin Levinson will be giving an engaging and informative presentation about Sports Nutrition!
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If anyone has time to gather volunteer hours after the Monday meeting, we will be holding a recipe making event to create recipes using produce ingredients provided from the Borderlands Food Drive. It will be super fun and is an easy way to acquire hours!

Thank you for all that you contribute to SNC and we hope to see you all there ❤️🥕

Here is a fun and informative event going on this evening! ♥️

Just a little informational post.

If anyone is in need of diabetic exchange reference material, the eatright store through AND (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) offers a handy booklet. This is used in Medical Nutrition Therapy classes and is a useful tool in the field! The link is posted below.

http://www.eatrightstore.org/product/D48C39A7-736C-4CCD-A28E-5F469003B3BE

Also, if anyone is stressing about finances, here is a useful resource that provides money related knowledge such as savings, investing, budgeting, paying back student loans, etc. The links to their resources are also posted below.

Web: http://thefinancialdiet.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPYNpQ2fHv9HJ-q6MIMaPw

Twitter: Check out The Financial Diet (): https://twitter.com/TFDiet?s=07

Choose Your Foods- Food Lists for Diabetes This diabetes management resource includes tips on exercise, reading food labels, and a glossary of diabetes-related terms.

Last minute update: Meeting today is moved to room 105 health north!

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to send a friendly reminder that
our January volunteer even is this Friday! This is a community nutrition focused event taking place at St. Vincent De Paul Watkins Campus (2120 south 3rd drive, phoenix, 85003). We’ll be volunteering in the pizza kitchen!

The event is this Friday the 26th from 12:30-3:30pm

The check ID number is 178541 and if the check in machine says already says checked in to just let the receptionist know you’re there with SNC for pizza kitchen and they will tell you where to go!

Parking is gated-Turn left at first the black gate and wait for it to open park anywhere behind the first building.

Feel free to reach out with any questions! See you all there 🍕🍕🍕

We have an amazing opportunity to volunteer at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival in support of Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Volunteers are needed on Friday, March 2nd – Sunday, March 4th during shifts throughout the day.

Please click on the link below to view the online sign-up sheet. Spots are filling up fast!

http://m3ffest.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=25150

Volunteer for McDowell Mountain Music Festival (M3F) with VolunteerLocal - simple volunteer registration VolunteerLocal has been empowering athletic competitions, community festivals, and non-profit events to success since 2003. We provide a self-service website to help volunteer coordinators do their job more effectively.

Hello everyone! We’re so excited to to kick this semester off with our first round of meetings 2018 edition 😎 Your officer board is estatic to welcome returning and new members alike. Bring your friends! The more the merrier!

Our first meeting of the semester is this Monday (January 29th) on the Downtown Campus from 5-6pm in Health North 110 and in Tempe on Wednesday (January 31st) from 5-6pm in BA L1-21.

Our guest speaker this month is Anastacia Fellows RD, CDE from the Arizona Endocrinology Center. She will be speaking to us about diabetes.

Remember that you must attend at least two meetings IN THE SAME SEMESTER ( and not in the same week) in order to earn official membership to SNC and your rad t-shirt.

SNC's monthly booth at the Phoenix Public Market! Thank you KIND Snacks UK for the delicious bars!

Dairy Farm Tour- NTR445

Please share this with your ASU nutrition friends!

HI SNC Members

I have organized for my NTR445 students to attend a dairy farm tour next Monday, Nov 21st from 11:30-2pm. Dairy Council of AZ has sponsored a chartered bus to take us to/from the dairy farm in the west valley. I currently have 19 seats open for the tour and need to make sure I fill all the seats so the event does not get canceled. If you are interested in going, please sign up using the eventibrite link below. Note, you DO NOT need to be enrolled in my NTR445 to attend. This is open to any nutrition student. More detailed info is in the eventbrite link.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dairy-farm-tour-ntr445-tickets-28949430526

Please let me know if you have any questions!

-Traci Grgich (SNC Faculty advisor)

eventbrite.com Please sign up if you are planning on attending the Dairy Farm tour on Monday, Nov 21st. You will need to arrive by 11:30 to board the bus. The bus will be parked off of 2nd street between Filmore and Taylor. We will be back to ASU downtown campus by 2pm. I will have a list of those who sign up…

SNC and Phi U at Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes!

SNC at the Phoenix Public Market for Harvest Fest! We got to use our sugar demo, which compares the amount of sugar in several different drink products.

SNC at Feed My Starving Children!

Come to our SNC Halloween Party on Friday from 4:00-6:00 pm in room 101/103 in the Health North building! Bring some food for the potluck where we will be making Halloween cards for the VA hospital and watching a Halloween movie. Bring some card decorations if you can, such as markers, stencils, stickers, decorative scissors, and more! Feel free to invite whoever you want. See you there!

Student Nutrition Council's cover photo

Tomorrow is our first meeting of the year! We will be meeting in Health North room 101/103 from 12:15-1:15. We hope to see you there!

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