Week 1

Hello all,

My name is Steven and I am Dot’s new dietetic intern.  A little about myself, I am from McLoud, Oklahoma.  I received my bachelors’ degree in Health Exercise Science from here at the University of Oklahoma in 2008.   It’s good to be back on campus, a lot has changed over the years but at least I feel somewhat familiar with the campus.  I’m excited to be here and look forward to all the unique experiences that OU Housing and Foods has to offer.

My first week is now in the books and I have been learning a lot.  My first day was doing paperwork and getting familiar with things in the office.  The rest of the week I got to spend in Couch.  The first day there happened to be monthly inventory day and so I spent a lot of time watching and learning about their procedures.  There is a lot of stuff to count, amazing they can get it all done in a day.  This first day was also a day that they were having a special dinner for the Chinese New Year, I stayed late this day to help interact with the students and serve some unique and delicious foods.  The next couple days I spent shadowing various people and asking lots of questions to learn what they do.  The cooks have a pretty good system to keep up with the demands of the foods cooked for the day along with prepping foods that will be made the next day.  Sam and Marcia were great in allowing me to see all the aspects of the kitchen as well as showing me all the managerial things that go on.  And possibly the best part of the week was all the delicious food that I have eaten this week. 

So much to learn in so little time.  I have to give a big thanks to everyone in advance for teaching me about their jobs and for putting up with me and all my questions.  I can’t wait to see what the following weeks have in store for me.