UMaine alumni and faculty featured in videos for national recognition day
To celebrate National Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Day on March 10, the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (MAND) Public Policy Panel has created a series of short videos with Maine registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) working in various settings to share their professional experiences and how their work has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these interviews highlight alumni and faculty of the University of Maine undergraduate and graduate programs.
MAND works closely with UMaine students and faculty to cultivate professionalism with a focus on public policy and career advocacy. UMaine’s unique program concentration for dietetic interns includes the design, implementation and evaluation of the students’ public policy project. This year, two interns, Kayla Parsons and Leigh Neptune, worked on this project.
The videos are available online (see links below). More information about Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day is on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website.
UMaine community members featured in the videos:
- Kate Yerxa M.S., RDN: University of Maine Cooperative Extension Professor, alumna of UMaine graduate and undergraduate programs
- Alexandria Gayton M.S., RDN: UMaine Extension, alumna of UMaine undergraduate program
- Mary Emerson M.S., RDN, LD, SNS: School Nutrition director, alumna of UMaine graduate and undergraduate programs
- Leslie Ouellette M.S., RDN: Private Practice Owner, alumna of UMaine graduate and undergraduate programs
- Mona Therrien DCN, RD, LD: Internship director and human nutrition faculty in the School of Food and Agriculture
- Eileen Molloy RDN/LD, CDE: Undergraduate program coordinator and human nutrition faculty in the School of Food and Agriculture, alumna of UMaine undergraduate program
- Kay Mullin RDN, CDE: Maine Medical Partners, alumna of UMaine undergraduate program