Get to the heart of good health with a food and nutrition degree. The growing need for nutritionists and dietitians assures you a dynamic career in healthcare and related fields.
Dietetics Track/Food and Health Promotion Concentration/Nutrition, BS
Advance your food and nutrition credentials and enter a new sphere of career possibilities. Practice in health-centric fields, or enhance your work in other areas, such as communications, marketing, or hospitality management.
Dietitian-Nutritionist Program, MS
Have you considered a career in dietetics? From schools and supermarkets to restaurants and athletic fields, the professional opportunities are endless. Watch this video to learn more about this unique, diverse and rewarding career path.
The mission of the Department of Food and Nutrition is to provide superior educational opportunities combining theory and practice while challenging students to achieve their goals, promote health in themselves and others, and advance the profession.
We look forward to welcoming you to the IUP campus for an in-person visit. Please email food-nutrition@iup.edu to set up your one-on-one visit today!
Stephanie Taylor-Davis, PhD, RDN, LDN
Department Chairperson
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Support Our StudentsThe Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics at IUP is celebrating National Nutrition Month virtually this year, welcoming a nationally recognized registered dietitian Melissa Joy Dobbins on March 23 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.
Jodie Seybold, MS, RD, LDN, faculty and Dietetic Internship director in the Department of Food and Nutrition, was asked by Zippia to provide her expert opinion on the state of the job market for recent nutrition graduates during this uncertain economic climate.
The faculty and staff of the Department of Food and Nutrition will honor the Class of 2020 with a virtual celebration on Saturday, May 9, at 9:00 a.m. Both BS and MS graduates will be recognized for all of their hard work and accomplishments. Family members have also been invited to extend their congratulations.
The Department of Food and Nutrition has partnered with Aramark to present the Healthy Family Meals Project. For four weeks, beginning March 2, Community Nutrition students and dietetic interns will sit down for a family meal to talk to the IUP community. Everyone is welcome, no sign-ups required!
Pao Ying Hsiao and Nicole Clark, Department of Food and Nutrition, along with Johanna Boothby of the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, recently published “Developing an Interprofessional Simulation with Nursing, Nutrition, and Speech-language Pathology Students” in Teaching and Learning in Nursing.
