Week 9

Hello all, one last time.  It's that time. It is my last week here at OU.  It was another busy week.  I got to spend a day at Wagner dining and a day with the sports dietitian Tiffany.  Everyone at Wagner was super nice and seem to have a good connection with their students that dine there.  Tiffany and her GA's were amazing, they let me follow them around for the day and help with their daily duties.  This will be especially helpful in my next rotation that I have with the Philadelphia Eagles.  I wasn't able to make it around everywhere to say goodbye to everyone.  I want to thank everyone for their time and putting up with me and my questions.  This has been a great experience and I have learned so much.  I don't really want to leave because I know there is still more that I could learn here because there is so much knowledge and experience in the staff at OU H&F.  Again, I appreciate everyone and what they have done for me during my time here.  I hope to be able to come back sometime to visit one day.  Goodbye to all.

Week 8

Hello all, 8 weeks down and only 1 more to go.  I'm kinda excited for what's next for me after OU but also sad that I only have one more week here.  I learned this week exactly how important it is to be prepared and flexible.  Due to a presidential dinner, my in service presentation was rescheduled to an earlier date at the last minute.  I know it was short notice and a busy day so thank you to everyone who was able to attend.  For everyone else, I'm sorry that you couldn't make it but if you would like a copy of the presentation or any of the information just let me know and I will gladly share.  Another great week in the books, see ya next week.

Week 7

Hello all, I hope everyone had a good spring break.  It sure was quite on campus this week, but that didn't stop us from staying busy.  I got to work this week with Mrs. Fran Olsen Sharp, the OU H&F dietitian.  She had me working on menus and nutritional analysis.  This was fun because it was a lot of research and problem solving, plus I got to learn more about CBORD and all of its functions.  Hopefully my work will be put to good use (supposing it's correct. lol) and will help bring some nutrition education to the consumers of OU food service restaurants.  Only 2 more weeks to go!!

Week 6

Hello again, I'm back with another update.  Week 6 is now over and was a good one.  I got to start the week off at the Health Science Center campus at the Healthy Hearth.  Dani and Dillion were great and taught me a lot.  Dillion has some super fast chopping skills, I didn't dare to even try and keep up for fear of chopping off a finger or something.  Then it was back to the Norman campus.  I got to help catering with serving food at the Latino flavor event.  We did a couple more allergy awareness events. One of which I was in charge of the educational materials and running the event.  This event was fun because I got to learn some while preparing materials and the sense of accomplishment that you get when you have a successful event.  Then I got to finish off the week in the Memorial Union with TJ and Amy.  Even though this was the Friday before spring break and it was slow they still took me around and taught me about all the different eating establishments in the union.  Then I got to follow Chef Jenn and learn about central production and the OU food pantry.  It's hard to believe that I have been to so many different places here at OU and still haven't covered them all.  I have attached a photo from the allergy awareness event, enjoy!

Week 5

Well, I have failed my technology again.  Not sure what happened to my original post but I'm sure I messed it up somehow.  So, here is the new post.  Week 5 is my hump week, I am now half way through my stay here at OU.  Its been fun and moving fast.  This week was no different in that aspect.  I did spend a bit of time in the office, which was great so I could get caught up on some paperwork that I had.  I also got to assist Ms. Dot in an allergy awareness event at Cate.  This was a great experience because aside from learning more about allergies and running events, I got to interact with students answering questions and handing out free food samples.  Another great week in the books.