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| Standing from left is the Director of the Dietetic Internship Program Cheryl
Atkinson, Ph.D.; Dietetic Interns Gabrean Stansbury; Hannah Onnebane; Fatrice Williams; Bonnie Lee, a member of the Dietetic Internship Program's first graduating class; former Director of the Dietetic Internship Program and current Program Leader Bernestine McGee, Ph.D.; Dietetic Interns N'Keyma Lee; Aquierra Anderson; Adrienne Johnson and Ellen
McKnight. |
Baton Rouge, La. – Southern University’s
College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences' (CAFCS) held a
graduation ceremony for students enrolled in its Dietetic Internship Program on
May 22.
The event was held in the Royal Cotillion
Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union on Southern University’s
campus.
The 2018-2019 Dietetic Interns were:
Aquierra Anderson from Greenwood, MS; Adrienne Johnson from Marion Junction,
Al; N’Keyma Lee from East Point, GA; Ellen McKnight from Baton Rouge, LA;
Hannah Onnebane from Baton Rouge, LA; Gabrean Stansbury from Franklin, LA; and
Fatrice Williams from Zachary, LA.
Cheryl Atkinson, Ph.D., Director of the
Dietetic Internship Program, presided over the ceremony and C. Reuben Walker,
Ph.D., served as the keynote speaker.
The program’s former director, Bernestine
McGee, Ph.D., was honored during the event for her years of service to the
program.
The ten-month Dietetic Internship Program
is a post-baccalaureate supervised practice program in dietetics. Its
curriculum is designed to educate students to function as entry-level registered dietitians after successfully completing the Registered Dietitian Exam.
Since the program’s inception 25 years
ago, it has remained accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in
Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
(AND). To date, 200 individuals have graduated from this program and its
students have a 92% pass rate on the Registered Dietitian Exam.
Southern University is one of eight
historically black colleges and universities that offers a supervised practice
program in dietetics.
For additional information on the SU
College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences’ Dietetic Internship
Program, visit http://www.subr.edu/page/637
or contact Cheryl Atkinson, Ph.D., at 225-771-3168.
Photos from the graduation ceremony are available here.
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