Students in NUTR 4321, Nutrition Services Administration, created, planned, and conducted a Backyard BBQ themed meal at the Conway Senior Wellness and Activity Center. We fed almost 200 people shredded BBQ chicken sandwiches, baked beans, candied carrots, mixed green salad,  apple pie with ice cream, tea and lemonade. The students ran every aspect of the meal and our guests loved it! We also would like to say THANK YOU very much to the Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative, which is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, for helping us produce such a wonderful meal and serve seniors in our community.

Over 500 individuals attended the UCA Wellness Fair which was held in the UCA Student Center Ballroom. Dr. Ryburn’s FACS 3456 class presented their healthy living posters and our dietetic interns sponsored a wellness booth for Conway Regional!

AAFCS Student Unit leadership team selected Joshua Eddinger-Lucero to serve as a co-chair for the 2017-2018 program year. Joshua will attend the AAFCS Annual Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas, the AAFCS Fall Leadership Council Workshop in Virginia, and the Leadership Honors Bootcamp in Arlington Virginia. Congratulations on this honor Joshua!

Over Spring Break our great friends at Cooperative Extension came over to train. This is what they said, “Food Preservation Training 2017! What an awesome time with lots of great people! Never dreamed I would have such a rewarding FUN career! Thanks UCA for letting us use your Foods Lab, it was the perfect place to hold this training! The campus is breathtaking!”   We think so too.

As a volunteer on the Arkansas Jump$tart Coalition, Dr. Mary Ann Campbell attended the group meeting yesterday where Governor Asa Hutchinson honored Financial Literacy Month.  The students are from Stephens Elementary, where members of the Arkansas Jump$tart Coalition will read books about money to their classes this Thursday.   Thank you Dr. Mac, for your service to our communities!

Mrs. Faulkner’s Meal Management students worked hard to create some great garnishes!

The Dietetic Interns did a fantastic job communicating their community assessments!  THANK YOU preceptors for attending the training and ALWAYS being fabulous.

Student organizations in our department are hosting a drive for the Bear Essentials Food Pantry on campus.