tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15843689032758396052024-02-19T10:06:39.043-05:00Summer 2012 - NACUFS Food Management Interns!eight weeks with NACUFS foodservice management interns across the countryKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912613727337254813noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-81844661360544321262012-08-20T19:09:00.002-04:002012-08-20T19:09:25.974-04:00Looking Back at PSU
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Looking back
at my time at PSU I would like to offer some insight to future interns of the
school.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First ,having
a car is a very good idea if you like to see the sights and if you would like
to go anywhere outside of walking distance ,as there is not public
transportation, other than the Concord Lines bus to Boston and Manchester for
about $40.00 round trip.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second, be prepared to work without
much guidance from the other managers there. Our preceptor was helpful, but
working with everyone else, you had to bring your own questions and peruse them
to teach you things. Also be prepared to work without a structured outline of
your time. It is good if you have strong time management skills and need little
to no help with projects.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also try and schedule the field trips
as EARLY as possible. I had trouble getting in touch with a few of the sites
and it came down to the wire with one of them, booking it only 3 days before
the end of the internship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Over all try and research the schools
you are interested in and connect with the people who were interns before you.
It is good to see how that school will benefit you and your vision for your
career path. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jalisa Holifieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704906200456699329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-2391500134836822222012-08-06T21:25:00.001-04:002012-08-06T21:25:50.468-04:00Week 10: Northern Michigan University<br />
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CBORD. I mostly worked on getting the food items cleaned up so MyMenu (aka
NetNutrition) looked the best it could. We already have two full menus up, and
are working on getting the menus up for the Wildcat Den and the Marketplace.
The two menus that are up are cash-ops, and because their menus are
significantly smaller, it was a much easier task to get all the nutritional
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One of my final projects will be to decorate a display case
advertising MyMenu so we can generate interest in the program as soon as the
students return to NMU. This is both exciting and scary. It’s exciting to see
all the work of the summer finally coming together, but it makes me nervous to
see our deadline fast approaching. I have full confidence that we can get the
majority of the menu onto MyMenu by the end of August though! </div>
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During the week I also was working on pages for the new NMU
Dining Website. My last page was the wellness page, which is meant to be a page
with many resources that Robin and I deemed credible. I generated a list of
local restaurants that serve both gluten-free and vegan entrees, and contacted
them to ask permission for us to post their restaurant advertising their
specialty menus. All of the restaurants were extremely receptive and welcomed
the opportunity for free publicity. One of the restaurants in particular, Rock
River Café, sounded particularly delicious and I decided on Friday to visit the
small town of Chatham, MI to eat some homemade gluten-free and vegan fare. While
in Chatham, I also stumbled upon the county fair! It was a great experience and
I wish I would have visited sooner than my last weekend in Marquette. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1584368903275839605" name="_GoBack"></a> Unfortunately, since we opted to check out the fair first, Rock River Cafe was closed when we returned for our dinner. It was still a successful trip though! </div>Emily Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785461881378385219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-15654947333260943902012-08-03T14:51:00.002-04:002013-10-09T12:04:17.874-04:00Farewell to Yale! Week 7 and 8<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our time at Yale has come to an end and we are truly sad to say goodbye to Yale Dining and the staff. The last eight weeks have been filled with learning, fun, laughter, travel, food, and new experiences. Week 7 and 8 were very busy and we thought the best way to show some of our favourite memories were through pictures. </span></div>
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Pumpkin Cookies <br />
with Spiced Frosting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goodbye Yale! We had a great summer!</td></tr>
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The week of the NACUFS Picnic was immensely busy, and I
spent most of my time in the kitchens doing prep work. I had decided that I
wanted to work with Kathy, a chef, to cook most of the food ourselves. So, we
started on Tuesday by pulling the frozen chicken, salmon, and laying out the
tofu to drain. I also made a TON of cheesecakes from scratch! Some of them were
a little more pretty than others, but they all turned out to be delicious.</div>
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On Wednesday, I really got to cooking, and I started making
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planning on making from scratch. I was a little pressed for time, as Kathy had
the day off, so Robin and Billy luckily volunteered to help me out. I also made
my gluten-free chocolate chip cookies from scratch, and let some of the chefs
sample! </div>
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Thursday, the BIG DAY! I couldn’t believe it was finally
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packing decorations, gathering dishes, and just plain freaking out as the deadline
approached. I had so much help from the chefs though, and mostly everything
went smoothly. There was a small slip-up, as one of the chefs spilled all of
the freshly made raspberry coulis for the cheesecakes. It was sad to see such
delicious toppings all over the floor, but luckily we found a great substitute
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The picnic itself was awesome. The food was delicious, and one
of the many people I’ve met throughout the summer, Steve, even brought games
for everyone! I could not have asked for a better day weather-wise, and people
seemed to enjoy the fact that the entire menu was gluten-free when I announced
it. I was exhausted by the end of the night, and took Friday off from work. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blueberry Mint Lemonade and Cucumber Water--very refreshing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the Beautiful roses we had at the picnic!</td></tr>
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Week 8 proved to be exceptionally busy with the picnic
approaching, as well as the end of the summer. Most of my efforts were directed
towards planning and meeting with various staff about the picnic. I addressed
and sent out all of the invitations on Monday and Tuesday. I met with a few
chefs to review my menu and insure I would have enough food. After the menu was
finalized and approved, I had to make up a grocery list to order so that the
food would arrive by Monday (to be on the safe side). The kitchens already had
about half of the ingredients I needed, but I still ended up ordering quite a
bit of food. </div>
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Before I sent in the order to our prime vendor, I got in
contact with the local food co-op because they have a Hoop House that grows
vegetables. I was able to get all the cucumbers, basil, and green peppers that
I needed for my recipes from the hoop house, which was a great way to support
local agriculture. </div>
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After the food was ordered, I had to pick out dinnerware and
go over decorations. I hadn’t even considered decorations at this point, so
luckily Sally, a veteran caterer, had some suggestions for my picnic. I decided
to keep everything simple, so I didn’t need to pick out too many decorations. </div>
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On Thursday, I had yet another diet consult, and Robin again
encouraged me to educate the patient. It was another diabetes patient, so I had
the hang of explaining the disease by then, but it was just as rewarding as the
first time. I also made Rice Noodles again! </div>
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On Friday, I was had a tour of the Marquette General Health
System, which is the local hospital in Marquette. I had the opportunity to
shadow four different dietitians who all work there. The first dietitian worked
in the inpatient area, and we saw several patients with different dietary
needs. The second dietitian worked in the clinical pediatric department. She
showed me a few of the more interesting cases she’s had in the past two years,
and her main point was to show me that no two cases in pediatric dietetics are
the same. The third dietitian I shadowed was also a certified diabetes
educator, so I learned the extent of her job and how she interacts with the
doctors in the hospital. And the fourth dietitian I shadowed was in charge of
all the operations in the kitchen. </div>
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The day spent at MGHS was very interesting and educational.
The most exciting part of the tour was seeing firsthand just how versatile a
dietitian’s role can be, depending on what area they choose to work in. </div>
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During the week of July 4<sup>th</sup>, not much was going
on in the office between vacation days and staggered scheduling. I enjoyed the
holiday in Marquette, and saw the parade in town. </div>
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The next week however, was
not so slow. I was extremely busy planning for the NACUFS Picnic, which is on
July 26<sup>th</sup>. The date has really come fast, and I can’t wait to host
the picnic. The marketing coordinator for dining helped me design an
invitation, and we sent in the order for the invites to printing services. </div>
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While the office was busy, the kitchens were rather empty,
so I took the opportunity to do some testing for gluten-free and vegan recipes.
I made a carrot cake using coconut flour and homemade cream cheese icing.
Hopefully NMU can use the new recipe during the school year. </div>
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Later in the week, Robin and I had a diet consult with a
patient experiencing insulin resistance, or Type 2 Diabetes. It was rewarding
to be able to meet with the patient and offer her advice on changes to her diet
that would ultimately make her better. Robin gave me the opportunity to explain
some of what Type 2 Diabetes does to the body, and it was a great teaching
experience. </div>
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Over the weekend, Robin and I went on three farm tours. Two
of the farms grew flowers, and were so gorgeous. The third farm we went to was
a huge vegetable and chicken farm. It looked like a ton of work, and I was
thankful to not be a farmer during those hot days. We got some free produce and
enjoyed our fresh dinner. </div>Emily Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785461881378385219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-20659038256234103132012-08-01T10:06:00.001-04:002012-08-01T10:06:13.070-04:00University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Week 8 plus a few days<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">DAY
32: PROJECT/TOUR DAY: PICTURES, OLYMPIC RINGS, EXTRA EQUIPMENT, ETC. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Monday,
July 23 2012<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">University
of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Two days from my event, tomorrow I
am going to Ames, IA, so today is my last full day to prep for the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are only minor details that I need to
attend to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday, I prepared the
pictures, and captions that I needed to print, so I spent most of my morning
doing this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Afterwards, I had to go around UNI
to collect some items that I needed for my event, such as a projector, projection
screen, and the international flags display set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, I went Wal-Mart to pick up some
spray paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, I went back to my
apartment to start cutting out some of the pictures that I reprinted and the
captions.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I bought spray paint, because I
spent two hours on Sunday trying to get my balloon Olympic Rings to look
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I eventually gave up after
blowing up forty balloons, which turned out to be a huge waste of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I have a new idea, spray-painting the
hula-hoops to match the Olympic Rings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Have you ever spray painted in 102-degree heat with tons of
humidity?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does not really work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to spray the hoops outside, leave them
sit for an hour (I do not know what that actually did), and then bring them
back in to dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could hear my neighbor
when they walked by my door, “Geez, it really smells like spray paint.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After lunch, I taped the pictures to
their captions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope someone reads
them, because it took forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
favorite one is a picture of St. Louis, and it says a metropolitan city in the
United States located in the state of Missouri and home of the best baseball
team in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go Cardinals!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I organized all my decorations into
bags with their venue names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel like
I am ready to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing I have
left is to assemble the hula-hoops into the Olympic Rings formation and make
some more tissue paper torches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DAY 33: ISU AMES, IA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday, July 24, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">University of Northern
Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today, my internship director and I toured Iowa State
University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me that this
college is a land grant school, which is awesome because I have never
heard/paid attention to that term outside of my classrooms!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The campus is very spread out, but it does
not feel separated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have many
convenience stores, cafés, and restaurants located around campus In addition
they have three dining centers that have buffet style dining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their purchasing for food service is unique
compared to the purchasing at UNI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We walked into a large warehouse for food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looked like a Sam’s Club grocery
store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It even had bar codes where items
were placed to easily keep track of inventory electronically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do not have a contract with a prime
vendor like UNI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UNI’s prime vendor is
Martin Brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ISU bids for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>their pricing on almost every item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems very time consuming, but I guarantee
they probably get the best price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
large warehouse may pose a problem since they must maintain a space that can
house all that food including freezer/refrigeration items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not order directly from a food company
like Martin Brothers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Managers can
utilize the space for other things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, they may not receive the best prices and/or have to
predetermine the counts and amounts needed for recipes more accurately, since
the access of food would no longer be on site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next, the Iowa State intern took us on a tour of the
campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked to one of the campus
cafés the Hub Grill & Café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a
central location near the library that serves meals and snacks including kits
and bakery items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caribou Coffee is
located inside the Hub that offers customers a wider variety of items to chose
from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We met the food director at the Hub, and she took us to
the library where they have a small café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The library was very beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On the first floor there is a hidden café that does really well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bookends Café offers Roasterie coffees,
espressos, Jet Tea smoothies, hot cocoa, and fresh bakery items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, they sell kits. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are deep into your studies and want to
grab a quick bite or need some coffee to wake you up this hidden café in the
library is the perfect place to go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We toured other c-stores on campus and the dining halls
including the Memorial Union Food Court, Union Drive Marketplace, and Memorial
Union Market and Café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, we
saw the Sports Club restaurant, which is a neat concept to have at the college
level where so many people are interested in the big name sports games without
the chaos of the local bars. For lunch we ate at the Marketplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today the soy company was coming, so there
were many soy featured items on today’s menu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I tried a stir-fry made with tofu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After lunch, we went to Hawthorn Market & Café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a nice cozy atmosphere with couches,
fireplaces, and large televisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
café prepares made to order meals such as grilled burgers, toasted deli
sandwiches, pizzas, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cool thing
about this location is you order from a kiosk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition to the full menu, this is the only place on campus that you can
purchase Starbucks coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the market
side of things, this place offers convenience items and fresh produce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lastly, we toured State Gym including the Froots
venue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Froots is a franchise brand that
sells healthy grab and go meals and all-natural smoothies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gym was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was something for everyone in that gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person could sit in the 25-person hot tub
and watch TV or cross-train on the aerobics machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so many things that you could do at
this gym, it made me want to enroll at Iowa State just to have access.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean seriously there was a boxing arena! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Here is the catch of the day; someone called me at 8:30
AM to tell me that my special event day got changed to Thursday!!!! It did not
really bother me, but now I can’t go on one of my tours </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012<o:p></o:p></div>
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University of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today
was supposed to be my special event day; however, there was a mix up with the
days and the 600+ football players will not be showing up until Thursday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least now, I get to prep the food for my
special event. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>First,
we started by making Cuban sandwiches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cuban sandwiches have ham, salami, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles,
and mustard on a hoagie bun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will
be placed in the oven tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next, I
watched one of the cooks prepare the ziti Alfredo bake for tomorrow’s
production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We taste tested a portion of
the recipe, and it was delicious!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Onto
the romaine lettuce for the Greek salad, there was so many lettuce heads to
chop!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know how we will go
through all this lettuce, but the cooks assure me that we will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For a
day’s hard work, we were treated to pork fritters, fries, and fruit salad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, we had a lot of dishes to
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My hands may still be raw tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>One of
the managers and I decided that we should prepare the soft serve ice cream for
tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, we cleaned out the
chocolate ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We definitely could
not save the ice cream, since we put it in a cleaned out pickle bucket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you ever get the smell of pickle out of a
pickle bucket?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, we prepared
the new product of ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have
never used a product like this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was a dry mix and you mix it with water to create a dairy-free ice
cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, you can add
flavoring to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to add
sherbet flavoring, so the ice cream would be orange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly, we dyed the vanilla ice cream
yellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever you get a
sherbet-vanilla twist cone, it looks like an Olympic torch!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">DAY
35: SPECIAL EVENT: RialtOlympics <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thursday,
July 26, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">University
of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Up and ready to be at Rialto at
7am!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I walked in to find the 600
football players eating breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was unbelievable how many people were in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What a nice way to settle my nerves for the event!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every day starts with a balanced breakfast;
it was bacon, eggs, and fruit for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After breakfast, I started loading
in my materials/decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I
started to hang up my decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
placed the small banners on the greeter stations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, I went to S’mores and began taping the
pictures and their captions on the glass at the venue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk about taking forever to roll the
tape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am glad I had three other people
to help me do this to every venue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
finished the venue by taping the international flags banner to the counter
top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looked awesome with all the
Olympian pictures and cool places to visit around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We served red, white, and blue iced chocolate
and vanilla cupcakes and Olympic torch ice cream out of this venue for the
event. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Moving onto Cornucopia, where Great
Britain, the official location of the Olympics, was being represented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cornucopia had pictures plastered all over
the glass and tables, my favorite picture was Queen Elizabeth II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We served Shepherd’s Pie and pea pods and
carrots out of the venue today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
the managers came over to see if I needed help, and I told him to grab a ladder
and hang up all my flags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate
ladders, and he did it 100x better than I ever could have done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A student worker began helping me at
this point, and she decorated Emiliano’s for me. We represented China
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For lunch, there were spring
rolls, rice, and sweet and sour chicken with stir-fry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite decoration at this venue was the
paper fans that we bought from Oriental Trading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The next venue is Sparks where USA
was represented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We served hamburgers,
hotdogs, and French fries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were
streamers, flags, garland, and window clings to show our American spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to that food, we served Cuban
sandwiches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally, I wanted to
serve the Cubans out of Colby’s, but they needed to be grilled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was easier to keep them at Sparks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The next venue that we decorated was
Colby’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colby’s had three countries
that it represented: India, Cuba, and Jamaica.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of the venues had flag banners and pictures with captions from their
countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the first table, we served
an Indian Cran-Raspberry Glazed Chicken Salad on a Croissant Roll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next table we served made to order
sandwiches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the soup station, we
served Jamaican Tortilla Soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I decorated Pasta Cucina with
Italian pictures and symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We chose
to serve a Baked Ziti Alfredo with Italian garlic bread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pasta went really well at lunch, so well
in fact, we ran out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decorated the
other half of the venue, the salad bar, as Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We placed pictures of landmarks in Greece on
the tables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, we put a
green-leafed table runner on the shelves at the venue with fake grapes sitting
on top of the runner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a Greek
salad served at this venue along with vegetable and fruit trays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The last venue was Formaggio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We served Mexican taco pizza and Greek
pizza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food went really well, we had
to make more pizzas than we originally planned, but this was much easier to
accomplish than the ziti bake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
were pictures of places in Mexico placed at this venue along with a
piñata.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After decorating the venues, I
needed to set up for my games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
vertical jump game was not staying attached to the wall, so we decided to take
it down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The discus throw required us to
move the outdoor tables, which were bolted to the ground (I guess I should have
looked more carefully at those details).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We decided to incorporate both the discus throw and the javelin throw
into the same game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throw the objects
through the Olympic rings (hula-hoops) for a certain amount of points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two boys set up the tables in the meeting
room for Jeopardy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not impressed
with the turn out of the people who played games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that I should have advertised it
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would have had a better turn
out with the games if they were inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was so much going on at once that it did not bother me that the
games had not went as planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There were just here and there
decorations that we added before service began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had two of the student workers make small nametags for the food items,
since I had forgotten to do this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others
hung up a large sign and hung a replica of the Olympic Rings on the back
wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone said, “Ready to get
slammed?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then an hour and a half later,
we were taking down the decorations and cleaning up the place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wow! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meal was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It went as planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The football team enjoyed the food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were standing in line, and I tried to
get them to disperse, but it never worked for more than five minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I could change one thing about the event
is to advertise more about the games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
spent a lot of time preparing for the games, and only a few people played
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, the event was a success. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">DAY
36: PURCHASING AND ACTING<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Friday,
July 27, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">University
of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today, I worked with my internship
director on finishing the nutrition module and purchasing module.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I was casted for a training
video at Fresh Beginnings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My internship
director is both the purchasing manager and the dietitian at UNI, so she has a
large role here at the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The first thing that we did was
reviewed recipes for updates and ingredient statement information needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes items change ingredients or Martin
Brothers discontinues a product and begins selling a similar product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These items need to be updated in FoodPro and
Food Processor in order to display the proper ingredients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martin Brothers will notify my director about
the changes, and she will copy and paste the ingredients list from the internet
into FoodPro and/or Food Processor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After she explained how to update the ingredients, we entered an
ingredient statement from the distributor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next, we discussed her role as a
purchasing manager at UNI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are two
different ways a food service can purchase food, through prime vending as UNI
does with Martin Bros or by bidding each item and purchasing them in bulk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Purchasing in bulk may create cheaper
pricing, but the college or university must turn their storage spaces into food
warehouses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food Store Areas must be as
large as what they are wanting to store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>UNI only stocks the necessities for what they will need in the near
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iowa State purchases their items
in bulk; it may be an entire year before they use an item in their warehouse if
it is extremely nonperishable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The purchasing procedures determine
the need of the product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The purchasing
manager created a policy on adding new items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Food shows, manufacturer visits, customer requests, etc. are just a few
ways that items are identified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sampling
of the product may or may not be necessary for its purchase; however, it would
aid in the process of selecting new products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Factors and/or specifications are considered and developed when
selecting a new product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost,
delivery, standards, nutritional values, and locality are a few factors the
purchasing manager will consider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Specifications of products are the
standards that someone creates to establish the type of quality, in which they
are looking for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes products are
not meeting to the specifications or standards that are set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this is true, the purchasing manager can
e-mail the company with their issues and concerns about their products or
services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next, we discussed the
considerations when determining whether or not to make or buy a product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many factors to consider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biggest and most obvious is the labor
cost versus the purchased cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, it may be more cost efficient to purchase broccoli florets since you
end up throwing away the stem, it takes time, and time is money to cut the
broccoli, and having the additional attached stems is more storage space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Afterwards, we discussed the
different types of bids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I stated
before, there can be prime vendors or a person can bid on items
individually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, bids can be
consolidated with other organizations to obtain better pricing on the item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, bids are not just about the pricing
of the item; they have criteria based on quality, delivery, negotiation,
locality, business ethics, etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Locality at UNI is a largely awarded
criteria on bids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three types
of local purchasing at UNI: 1) within the county, 2) within the six surrounding
counties, and 3) in a 250-mile radius.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>UNI purchases honey, dairy, meats, etc. locally, but cannot purchase
items such as oranges since they do not grow well in Iowa’s climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My director said that she would purchase a
local item up to 33% higher than the nonlocal competitor item. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right now, UNI is bidding on
uniforms, so it was interesting to see how this falls into line with what my
director and I were discussing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Before I finished my day, I had to
act in a training video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I demonstrated
the single bucket method of mopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, I was casted as the commentator for the information that will be used
in the video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is additional
footage that will be shot later next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">DAY
37: TOUR DAY TO MARTIN BROS DISTRIBUTING AND GRINNELL COLLEGE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Monday,
July 30, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">University
of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today, my internship director, a
kitchen helper from Fresh Beginnings, and I toured Martin Brothers distributing
plant and Grinnell College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martin
Brothers is UNI prime vendor for their foodservices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We toured Grinnell College to compare and
contrast our foodservice facilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Martin Brothers is a family-owned
and operated distributor that delivers items to foodservice operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The person giving us the tour said that they
were a Midwest distributor that served Iowa along with seven of its surrounding
states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martin Bros. has a large
warehouse that is subdivided into dry, refrigerated, and freezer compartments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The operation is run 24/7, and they use
energy efficient loaders in their company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Martin Bros. created an alpha-numerical system that allows the employees
to find the products quickly and without confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plant looked like Lowes Department store
with boxes of food stacked up to the extremely high ceilings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would take a large forklift to retrieve
some of the items on the top shelves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was a very fast tour, and I wish that I would have brought a coat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked into the largest refrigeration
compartment of the building that I have ever seen, and it was freezing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I opted not to go into the coolers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Afterwards, we headed to Grinnell,
Iowa, to visit the Grinnell College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were early to Grinnell, so we went into two grocery stores in town to pass the
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first was a health store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sold many specialty products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My internship director purchased a strange
item that I have never heard of that had quinoa in it (I have heard of quinoa,
but that was the only ingredient that I remember).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, we went to a local grocery store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We looked at the local wines, there is not a
lot of wines that come out of Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Now, it was time to head to Grinnell
College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grinnell College is a private
liberal arts and sciences four-year residential institute where students build
their own major/emphasis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This school is
very small; they only have 1600 students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The person giving the tour said that this school competes with Harvard
for their students, so it is a pretty prestigious school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I probably would not have been accepted had I
applied during my senior year of high school. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Grinnell College has two dining
facilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marketplace is there
residential dining hall and Spencer Grill is the retail dining center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They accommodate to several students
including having a gluten-free and vegan venue in their dining hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, they prepare meals that are
culturally acceptable for many religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Grinnell College offers catering
services within their dining centers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their culinary staff consists of certified chefs, sous chefs, executive
chefs, chef de cuisine, and chef de partie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The quality of the food increases; however, the labor increases
substantially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>At the Marketplace, there are
several venues available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a Wok
station, pizza station, grill station, vegan station, pasta station, eggs to
order, “at home” station, salad/soup bar, deli bar, dessert bar, cereal/bread,
and Belgian waffle station. In addition, Grinnell College does not contract
their pop/soda, so they could have every kind of soda to mankind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved being able to drink Diet Dr. Pepper
at lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We saw many of the back of house
production areas including the commissary, bakery, and ovens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had this neat piece of equipment called
a sous-vide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a method of cooking that
cooks airtight food in a water bath creating tender and juicy meats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite piece of equipment was there dish
machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was hardly ever a need
for lifting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a push of a button the
cups entered the dish machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
they never had to lift the soiled plates from the original tray line, since
this is the same line that goes directly to the dishwasher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly, I noticed they had a large salad
spinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish that Rialto would have
had one of those for my special event!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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July 31, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">University
of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today, I met with the Cedar Falls,
Iowa Hy-Vee dietitian named Dean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was a tour day that really focused on my interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hy-Vee grocery stores hire dietitians at both
the cooperate levels and store levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are no grocery stores in the St. Louis area that hire dietitians onsite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order for Dierbergs and Schnucks to
compete with stores like Hy-Vee, I think they should hire dietitians, but I may
have a skewed opinion </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dean Schillinger, RD, discussed his
role at Hy-Vee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He conducts several
screenings for his customers such as cholesterol, blood pressure, personal
metabolism screening, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, he
offers private consultations and group program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dean provides tours to his customers that are interested in weight-loss,
diabetes, cholesterol, and personal shoppers. Lastly, he conducts programs at
the stores mainly sampling, cooking classes, community presentations, and lunch
‘n’ learn sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hy-Vee offers Healthybites weekly
menus that can be tailored to a weight-loss, diabetic, or heart healthy
lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are shopping lists that
you can print for these weekly menus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout
the store, you can find recipes to sample chosen by the dietitians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hy-Vee offers a weight-loss program
called the Begin Program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
ten-week long program that shows customers a new way of life, understanding,
and gaining control. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Begin Program
teaches its members what to eat and how to exercise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a before and after biometric
screening, 2 hours of one-on-one consultation with a Registered Dietitian, and
7 interactive group classes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This supermarket has point of
purchase nutrition values called NuVal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>NuVal scoring is a scientific algorithm based on 30 nutrient and
nutrition factors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The numerator is good
nutrients such as fiber, water and fat-soluble vitamins, and minerals, whereas
the denominator is poor nutrients such as trans-fat, cholesterol, saturated
fat, sodium, and sugar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The NuVal scores
can be anywhere from 1-100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The higher
the number the more nutritious it is for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As you can guess fresh fruit such as blueberries have a high NuVal score
of 100, whereas a highly processed full of sodium pizza has a NuVall score of
8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We toured the store, and he pointed
out some very interesting things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
completely jealous of the Hy-Vees!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
want one in my area!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really would
appreciate what it would do for my community and my career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not, can some of the grocery stores around
me start hiring dietitians?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today was my last day (not official)
of my internship besides my evaluation, so I have some catching up to do on
some last minute projects. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope that I
get done :/ I will be working on Rotation Evaluations, Nutrition Marketing, and
Cost analysis this evening, no Olympics for me!</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867779006781458951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-58228378486514149432012-08-01T09:41:00.001-04:002012-08-01T09:41:59.847-04:00Weeks4-7 at PSU (Plymouth State University)<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I know it has
been a while since my first blog, but I thought I <span style="background-color: white;">could</span> sum up the last month
in just one blog post.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The beginning
of week 4 was mostly work for me. The shifts here are not set and you could
work as early as 6 am to as late as 10-11pm, if there is a function, any day of
the week. I am used to having varied hours, so that was not a huge problem for
me. I got to work with the Registered Dietitian, Sara, but we were not always scheduled
to work together and there were times I would go 3-4 days without seeing her,
but the time we have spent together has been beneficial. I learned that the
students here could appeal the mandatory meal plan (for freshman and sophomores)
if they had a good enough reason and that Sara would be the person to talk with
them and help them with the process.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heather, Sara
and I visited Rockywold-Deephaven camp (another Sodexo account 20 minutes from
campus) where their food was well presented, fresh and delicious. The sweet
potato fries were delicious and the fruit tart for desert was too! Lynn (a
dining room manager for PSU during the school year) was not there so, we will have to
go back when she is working.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heather and I at Rockywold-Deephaven</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heather and I
started making plans for the menu we wanted to create for the Healthy Workplace
Presentation that Sara was doing for the Chamber of Commerce as a part of their
Brown Bag Series. Hue (production manager) talked to us for a few hours and
showed us around the kitchen and the equipment. He talked about and showed us
the ordering on the Sodexho net FSM program. He also simulated giving us a hard
time about making changes to a menu, because he said that is how it would go if
you made changes to a standardized recipe. I think his point was that there
were steps you had to take if you wanted to make changes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The middle of week 4 I got to talk to Steve of
Union Grille about Vending operations and Ann-Marie about her job with
finances. There was also a managers meeting that discussed the details of Summer Fest.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In talking with Ann Marie about her job, I got
to see her large work load. Having deadlines that are the same every week
(Monday and Friday) is an interesting concept for me. It would test your time
management skills and your ability to balance your work load. Having deadlines
would keep me on track and I know how well I am keeping pace .I got to see how
everything is connected monetarily. I also thought it was cool that everything
is standardized so someone new coming in can look to the company for help. With
Ann-Marie being new, it has been helpful to her. There is a feature that IT can
use to take over your computer and help you with your software.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of excel, is something I know I will
need to sharpen my skills in. I have not used Excel as much as I should have to
make it useful for me in the business world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heather and I created talking points for the
healthy lunch presentation. We are touching on the balanced plate meal and the
benefits of why we choose it. I also finished the Gluten free brochure, which
highlights the gluten free options, has in the dining hall. I am working on
more topics for the online blog post as well as finishing up the healthy
workplace brochure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Left to Right: Sara, Nishant Chaudhary,Jalisa ,Heather</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Visiting the Mountain View Grand Hotel on 7/13/
was a great experience for me. Having the Food and Beverage director, </span><span class="given-name2"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Nishant</span></span><span class="full-name"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></span><span class="family-name4"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Chaudhary</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> as our host and personally show us around,
made me feel like he was very involved at his facility. Seeing how seriously
they take their sustainability commitments is impressive. They have a wind
turbine, vegetable and herb farm, water tower and other green initiatives that
the MVG has in place, is reassuring that larger resorts could modify their
systems to be more environmentally friendly. They were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">very professional</i> at the MVG. Even though they are a four diamond
hotel and dining, I feel it would not be hard to implement some of the
standards at different levels of food service. They are committed to making
sure guest leave happy and most of the clientele are repeat customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also liked how the F&B director viewed
the use of the term “problems”. He does not view setbacks as a “problem”; he
prefers to look at any difficult situation as a challenge that just needs
creativity to get to a solution. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
food was AMAZING and the farm animals were cute! I got to almost nose a lama!
It was pretty neat! I would love to go back and visit the Mountain View Grand.
If you are into sustainability, nice resorts ,animals and good food ,try and
book the MVG for one of your field trips .</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sara and I trying to nose Whiskey the friendly Llama</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week 5 started out rough due to a meeting
about the expectation we had about the program. I learned that I need to ask
more questions and speak up when things do not seem to be going as planned. I
will certainly do A TON more research on the school and companies I plan on
working for in the future to try and get a good feel for the establishment
before I arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For the Healthy Workplace presentation ,I made
the chicken for the chicken shawarma plate. Heather made the fruit salad and
roasted vegetables. One of the employees really like our chicken and tahini and
hummus on the whole wheat pita. This meal is considered as a balanced meal from
Sodexo . This includes a certain amount of fiber and calories and protein. A
balanced meal is featured in the dining hall every day so the students can make
better meal choices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our meal ,The Chicken Shawarma Plate, offers
two types of protein: Chicken and chickpeas in the hummus (which is fat free).
The 28g of protein offer 44% of your daily recommended protein intake ( if you
weigh 175 lbs).The whole meal is only 500 Calories and is full of nutrients and
vitamins. We used whole wheat pita and whole wheat pasta which means there’s at
least 8g of fiber in the meal. The fruit salad is a light dessert that can
easily go with any meal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heather and I with our finished product</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We got a few compliments on the food from the
guest and they were particularly excited about the reusable lunch bags we
provided for them They were interested in the presentation and took notes. we
had a bigger turn out than expected. 19 registered and 23 came. Sara also had
some interactive pieces to her presentation with prize giveaways. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
the presentation we ate lunch with the regional Dietitian, Danielle, who talked
with Sara about her ideas for starting a healthy workplace initiative for
Sodexo and to get the other dietitians involved and doing more with dietetics
at their respective sites. It sounds like they were being used for marketing purposes
more than consultants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also finished another Blog today ,entitled
Work out in your Dorm room . It is about workouts you could do with little to
no equipment ,or things you can find in your dorm room. I thought that would be
helpful for college students to know and for the freshman and sophomores that
are required to live on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Summer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fest was today! I had fun on the
microphone announcing the games and cheering on the cupcake eaters! The guy
from res-life, Isaac did a great job on the old man of the mountain Ice
sculpture! He was into it and it looked great! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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speed racks full of sandwiches and a WHOLE cart full of fruit. I think we could
have pushed harder for people to take food with them! We should have given out
reusable bags for them to carry items in and to distract them from the fact
that we used all plastic containers that were not sustainable at all! Over all
it was a good day. Heather and I were in charge of managing the clean-up, while
everyone else left. The tents ended up in the wrong place and had to be moved.
That was not a huge issue, but it could have saved a bit of time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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extra should be made in case they are needed. The excessive amount that was
left over could have fed a whole other picnic. Last night we ran out of turkey
breast for dinner, there was simply not enough made, but today there was SO
much that was thrown away. I do not understand how this happens.</span></span></div>
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can be more assertive and she thinks I am headed in the right direction to be a
manager because I am personable and have good listening skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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today with a student. The student did not want us to sit in on the session so,
we just got the handouts Sara uses for her initial meetings with clients .She
goes to the My Plate website and enters in the patients information and shows
them the recommendations on what their goals are. I also learned 2 conversions
that you can use to have a better understanding of how much sugar and protein
you are consuming. Divide g of sugar by 4 to find out how many teaspoons of
sugar is in a food item and divide the number of g of protein by 7 to find out
how many ounces are in a food item.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Jalisa Holifieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704906200456699329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-54074859768823028212012-07-31T14:22:00.004-04:002012-07-31T14:29:23.819-04:00Week #8: Project Completion & Farewells<style>
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So, the time has finally come to pack my bags, say farewell
and drive back to Texas. As I mentioned earlier, I am sad to leave. However, I
am thankful for what I have learned during my time at KU and I am excited for
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and I met with Barbara to review our project work. After our meeting, we had a
pleasant lunch (at the delicious Impromptu Café on campus—I can’t get enough of
the made from scratch bread they serve!) with the Director of KU Dining
Services, Nona Golledge, and the director of Residential Dining, Sheryl
Kidwell. This was an enjoyable lunch, as Leslie and I had one last opportunity
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drove to Kansas City and enjoyed one last tour for our internship. KU Dining
Services has their very one coffee concept called Pulse and they use coffee
beans from a local roaster in Kansas City called The Roasterie—and this is
where we toured on Wednesday. It was fun to see the passion for coffee that the
employees had at The Roasterie. ALSO, on Wednesday I was able to give a presentation to the full time staff about Adverse Food Reactions (including both food allergies and food intolerance while focusing on some specific diseases such as Celiac Disease and PKU). I was really excited about this opportunity because it allowed me to share about food and nutrition, which I am very passionate about, and it helped me to practice and polish my public speaking skills.<br />
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last time to see Barbara (I think I felt a tear roll down my face even as I
type this out). Barbara was a fantastic director of our internship, and I am
thankful to have had the opportunity to meet her. Leslie and I had our separate
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Banquet day! It was a complete success, I was extemely pleased with the result of EVERYTHING. The decorations were fantastic, the food was divine, the workers were amazing, it was simply.....well, perfect. I helped create the balloon torches which took a couple hours which suprised me, I thought we would throw those bad boys up really quick, didn't happen. Bambi taught all about how to do it, she is a great teacher they turned out gorgeous.<br />
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Samantha and the rest of the crew worked and worked and worked on those torches for hours. They turned out looking really great too, hard work pays off. I never realized how much time and effort goes into planning, preparing, and conquering a banquet like this. We spent months on this two hour event. The last week has been spent on crafting, which I am not the best at, but I sure gave it my all! We spent three days on decorations! Amazing. <br />
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As the day went on we worked hard to keep busy moving things, getting all the decorations set, and preparing food. There were a million desserts as you will see below which of course was my absolute favorite part. As far as food goes the chicken kiev and bubble & squeak was my favorite, with a side of mint chocolate gelato. SOOOO good. I am still in awww that everything went so smoothly, we worked hard and I am very proud.<br />
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All things the start must end, including this internship. I am so grateful I got a chance to be an intern with NACUFS. I have learned so much, we would have never been able to organize and plan this event and some of the other things without amazing teachers. Thank you UGA for all of your hard work. <br />
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I'll miss my new friend, it has been an amazing summer. Utah bound tomorrow!Mattiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661801918445471721noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-81890081527168024542012-07-30T20:04:00.001-04:002012-07-30T20:04:36.773-04:00Goodbye to UND<br />
Hi everyone! Sorry this post has taken so long. Life has been pretty hectic over the last week. Last Friday, I flew home. On Saturday, my cousin got married. My family and I went on vacation to Delaware until Friday night, and I used the rest of the weekend to get things ready for my next rotation.<br />
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I basically tied up loos ends during my last week at UND. Monday was a fun day. We took a trip to Fargo, ND and toured the Food Service of America regional office. It was basically a huge warehouse with a lot of modern technology. It was really neat to hear about the steps the company has taken to save money and conserve resources. We also stopped at the Hockenberg Newburgh regional office. There, the food brokers treated to lunch and discussed the food broker industry with us. I was really surprised how interested I was and how much I understood! I really enjoyed talking with them!<br />
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Most of the day on Tuesday was devoted to the summer picnic I have been planning. Before the guests arrived, I worked with the staff to set up and make some decisions on how to run the event. During the event, I helped manage and work the picnic. I was really surprised how so many people looked to me for guidance and leadership during it. All in all, I think the event was a success! I could tell all of the guests enjoyed it and we were able to climb over the small obstacles that presented themselves to us.<br />
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On Wednesday, I evaluated the picnic I work the previous day. I made some notes and left them for the intern next year. I also worked on the menu for a little. Finally, I met with the director of housing. Her and I had a discussion about housing, dining, and even North Dakota history.<br />
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On Thursday, I worked on the menu a little more. Also, I spent time sequencing the inventory at a small cafe the dining department runs out at the airport. On FoodPro, each location has an inventory and they are all organized differently. This inventory had not been updated for a few years. So, I had my work cut out for me. However, I was able to get it done and I feel that the manager at the airport may have an easier time finding her items in her storeroom.<br />
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On Friday, I mostly said goodbye to everyone. I sat in on a manager's meeting with several of the people I had worked with over the summer. At the end, I said goodbye and thanked all of them. After lunch, a sales representative came to show us her company's grilled chicken sandwich patties. The patties were really good! However, Dustin and Greg, the executive chef id not see a need for these patties since they make their own. Well, it was worth a look anyway. Before leaving for the airport, I participated in the weekly staff meeting. I made sure to say goodbye and thank the staff for all of their help and support. To my surprise, the staff had gotten me a cake, a binder full of recipes, and a going away gift. I was kind of speechless from all of their generosity! After the meeting, Greg drove me to the airport and my NACUFS experience was over.<br />
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Well that is all I have for this experience. Look out for my blog about my next rotation: long term care!<br />dimarino.6http://www.blogger.com/profile/06484519455027602035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-57934886964045409442012-07-27T17:01:00.000-04:002012-07-27T17:01:16.996-04:00Last Friday of the Internship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Friday everyone! It's the day after Mattie's birthday... still in a sugar coma, but we pushed through! We continued working on the decorations for Monday. Janet and Shelly put together the dessert table. Below are the before and after pictures of how they stagger the table.</div>
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It's going to look really nice with ALL the amazing desserts we are going to have. In the middle we are going to have a podium with a tiered dessert display with medals to showcase the main attractions.</div>
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Here is a copy of our menu. Celebrate the Games in Posh With A British High Tea Nosh. Nosh is a British term meaning a big meal. As you can see, it's going to be delicious:)</div>
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And these are the name tags for the different course items.</div>
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Here is our tea table! We are going to have a big silver tea pot with water and an assortment of crumpets, biscotti, and scones to go with the teas. </div>
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In the afternoon, we went to a training session for assistant managers hosted by Kris. We played a game to wake everyone up; a sticker was placed on your back with a famous person and you had to go around and ask yes or no questions to figure out who you had on your back. I was Barbie and Mattie was Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. </div>
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Our nametag pictures assigned us to different groups. In our groups we brainstormed good interview questions to ask to potential employees. Kris emphasized the importance of behavioral based questions because you need to learn what an employee would do in certain situations. You learn about their past experience from their resume, so in interviews you should investigate situational and behavioral aspects of the person. </div>
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For all you soon to be graduates, know that an employee cannot ask you certain questions like; are you a US citizen, what is your native tongue, when did you graduate, what is your age, what clubs and social organizations do you belong to, how tall are you, have you ever been arrested, or if you were in the military. They may however ask if you are authorized to work in the US, what languages you can speak/read/write, if you are over the age of 18, or any physical demands that the job might require. Don't feel bad for telling a potential employer you do not feel comfortable answering certain questions that do not pertain to the job!</div>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286844099899624056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-68780722332328875042012-07-27T15:25:00.000-04:002012-07-27T15:25:01.144-04:00Final Week at Purdue - Week 8Wow, what a chaotic week. Looking back throughout this experience, I can't believe all that we have accomplished in such a short period of time.<br />
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This week was spent putting the final touches on our presentation and tweaking the recipes that we wanted to serve. We prepped most of our food on Tuesday, then finished the cooking on Wednesday. All in all, I am very pleased with how our presentation went. We talked about our vision for the theme meal, what decorations we suggested using, and the menu that we hoped would be served. After this, our guests were able to try our meal and rate it based on factors such as appearance, texture, and taste. Today, we found out that they will be serving our Mango Chicken recipe during the theme meal this Fall, and it will be added to CBORD soon, which is very exciting!<br />
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<b>Our theme meal display</b></div>
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While our guests were eating, we showed them our Food Allergy training module, and we seemed to get a lot of positive feedback from this. It has been added to the trainer's website so that they can begin using it, and it will be put on BlackBoard soon so that they can track which employees have completed the training. It's such a good feeling to know that all of this hard work that we've done has paid off, and that it is actually going to be utilized by Purdue!<br />
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Once our presentation was over, Mary Ann and Jill Irvin (the Director of the program) presented us with gift bags from Purdue and some flowers. It was so thoughtful of them, and I'm so happy to have some Purdue gear now!<br />
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The days following our presentation were spent going over the program and thinking of ways to improve it for next year. We also had a chance to visit the zoo in Lafayette and to go to the local fair!<br />
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It's been great getting to know everyone here over the past few weeks, and I'm going to miss them all! But for now, it's time for me to go back to California and for Brittany to prepare to spend a year studying abroad in Germany.<br />
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Another day of banquet prep! When we had all these plans I do not think we realized how much labor it was going to take! We worked all day on mounting pictures to be hung and making the decorations for the tables. The center piece will consist of a gold torch surrounded with greenery. There are pictures below to show what these look like. Samantha got the gold everywhere, it was quite hilarious. We also had the idea to get a telephone booth for a marketing tool at UGA. Alison will be there to take pictures of the students, she then uploads them to facebook and they are able to tag themselves. It is actually a really smart idea because students, especially freshmen LOVE their picture taken!<br />
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6 weeks in and we finally feel as though our sodium analysis and reduction project is coming together! We have analyzed all the menu items and recipes for calories, sodium and fat and then put them together in a report to highlight some of the problem areas. It is has been really useful to see what other sources of sodium there are in recipes besides just salt (we were both surprised to find that rice wine vinegar is high in sodium). Early in the week we got to sample breakfast food from a cook’s helper training going on (mmm…banana nutella French toast), and we’ve also been sampling lots of new salad recipes. Thursday brought a “bread cutting” where different vendors provided products and we got to sample them to give feedback on which products Yale should purchase. We definitely had a sugar high that day after tasting more than 15 sweet muffins and 10 bagels. Yikes!</div>
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We also made our banners and hung them up in the vista room to get a feel for what they will look like when we are ready to decorate the dining hall. We are missing one picture here, but there will be 4 scenic piures of England with the Olympic colors inbetween as an accent. </div>
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We also hung the flags in the entry of the Summit and Janet created a podium for the dessert table. All the decoration are coming along nicely:) Can't wait to see the torches and medals! Janet and Shelly havbeen rockstars at helping this come together. They are both great at what they do and it has been a pleasure to work with both of them.</div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: white;"></span>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286844099899624056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-83586060273782144302012-07-25T18:12:00.003-04:002012-07-25T18:14:33.421-04:00University of Northern Iowa (UNI): Week 7<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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my internship director and I toured the Barilla plant, the Italian Food Company
in Ames, Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an international
pasta and bakery distributor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barilla
holds fifty percent of the pasta market share in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barilla originated in Parma, Italy and was
founded by Pietro Barilla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the
fourth generation Barilla family runs Barilla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ames, Iowa is one of the two production plants in the United States (the
other is in Avon, New York).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iowa
creates a central location for the United States, and the plant is located on
the Union Pacific railway system creating a low cost economical distributor
throughout the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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plant was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw how pasta is
made from a wheat plant to the noodles in a box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were so many machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barilla pasta ensures the best quality
product to its customers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Safety and
sanitation are the major concerns at Barilla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We wore coats, hairnets, earplugs, closed toe shoes, safety glasses, and
no jewelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all looked pretty funny
in our hair nets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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meet another NACUFS intern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
interning at Iowa State University in Ames, IA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was fun to converse what we were doing in our internships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that we are going to see each other
again, because I am visiting ISU on Tuesday, July 24. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pasta companies do not remove the bran of the semolina making it tough, sticky,
and discolored, whereas Barilla removes the bran giving the noodle a uniform
color and better quality noodle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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an interesting day in Ames.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never
been to a food manufacturing plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could not believe the few number of employees it took to run an operation such
as this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one was near the mill
only when we got to the park where the product was starting to look like pasta
did I ever see a worker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s amazing
what technology can do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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saw myself working for a food company, but it would be interesting creating
healthier options for companies such as Barilla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">DAY 28: NUTRITION MODULE, QR CODES, TYSON, AND DAYCARE<o:p></o:p></span></span></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today I
met with my internship director who happens to be a dietitian, so it is right
up my alley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We discussed her position
at UNI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I worked on creating QR
codes for the soups at UNI while she was attending a meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, we attended a purchasing meeting with
Tyson, world producer of chicken, pork, and beef as well as prepared appetizers
and snack items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly, we attended a
meeting with a local daycare director.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>UNI
created a dietitian position in 1999, and now, the position is combined with
the purchasing manager position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
counsels students with their diets 3-4 hours per week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if a person has a food allergy
and would like some counseling she is the one to go to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is an ongoing situation such as an
eating disorder or weight loss counseling, then she offers follow ups for the
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, she works with
the doctors in the wellness center especially with students who have
diabetes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next, we
discussed the menus at each of the dining locations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are menu guidelines that should be
followed when planning a menu for an operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, there needs to be 12 types of cereals placed out each breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each manager can create their own menus;
however, he or she must stick to the guidelines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Typically, foodservices create menus on some
rotation (eg. 23-day cycle).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is
an issue with one of the days, then the manager can change what he or she is
serving to match the guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FoodPro
is a software application that can perform numerous functions for your
foodservice operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From a nutrition
standpoint, FoodPro can pull nutritional information from Food Processor, a
nutrition analysis system and upload the information onto the internet for easy
access to the customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We viewed the
food labels from the program; it shows the macronutrients, ingredients,
calories, allergies, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As a
dietitian in a school setting, it is important to educate the audience about
nutrition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She creates programs and
nutrition displays about the vast information about nutrition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, she created a program that shows
students how to eat healthy in the dining halls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, the nutrition information that a
person can receive from school during the month of March explodes since it is
National Nutrition Month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My
director had a confidential meeting to go to, so I worked on my QR codes while
she was gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot believe that I
have finished my project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope it all
goes well, and people utilize the codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hopefully, we receive a nice response on Facebook that people like the
codes, and UNI can create more codes for each venue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Afterwards,
we went to a purchasing meeting with Tyson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tyson wants their products at UNI, but it’s a buyers power market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tyson described its new products and tried to
persuade us to use their products instead of the ones UNI was currently
using.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UNI uses made from scratch items,
which Tyson is not a competitor in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, UNI was interested in spicy chicken patties and thin crust
pizzas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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went to a meeting with a local daycare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The daycare does not have the equipment or room for mass food production
for their business, but UNI does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each
day, UNI will deliver food for the daycare for a certain rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UNI has to ensure proper temperatures when
transporting the food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, the
daycare asked UNI if they could do the daycare’s dishes from the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was supposed to meet with my internship director to finish the nutrition module
and start on the purchasing module at 10am; however, something came up so I had
to reschedule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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breakfast, I worked with Deb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We printed
advertisements for my special event, and I hung them around the dining
center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday, we sent a mass e-mail
to the DOR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should get a great turn
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I went to see my internship director.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
discussed my resume for 45 minutes, and then she had to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am trying to further my experiences by
applying for a food service worker/dietary aide in a hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is important to work in a diet office with
my major, because it could make or break my chances of being accepted into an
internship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For the
rest of the day, I worked on my special event, which is only one week
away!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am starting to feel the
nerves!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am trying to get myself
organized to see what the next step is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know I need to create set-up notes for the decorations and venues to
see what kind of staffing I need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, I have to finish Olympic javelin throw games. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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regretting the Olympic balloon idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Blowing up 120 balloons seems like it is going to take some time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank goodness, I bought a balloon air pump!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My order
came in from Oriental Trading and Party City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have all my decorations, I just need to make some minor changes and
add some descriptions, and I should be done with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To do list are my thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a rough week/weekend ahead of me with
this project, but I am still in good shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am so glad that I started on this last month! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Thursday, July 19, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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University of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today,
the retail manager and I drove to University of Iowa in Iowa City and met up
with the intern from Iowa State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
toured the enormous campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, it
makes UNI look small.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Comparing it to my
campus is like comparing an airplane to an ant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
toured their three C-stores on campus in Burge, Hillcrest, and Mayflower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of them were small, but they used their
space well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stores had hot lines of
food in addition to the convenience items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One location had a Papa Murphy’s pizza concept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A food item that I saw in their convenience
stores really surprised me—sushi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bob
said that they sushi sells extremely well during the school year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, it was Coca-Cola campus;
however, at some locations they sell PepsiCo products and Coke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students can use their Hawkeye prepaid
dollars, which is similar to a debit card, cash, credit cards, or charge to
their student accounts to purchase items at the store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In
addition, we looked at some of their Campus Cafés located in some of the
academic buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a Grab and Go
type of dining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It reminded me of eating
at a food court in a mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
self-operated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person could choose
items from the Wok, sub sandwiches, homemade meals, grilled burgers, pizza, or
anything you would expect in a food court that was not franchised.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next, we
toured their Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the gym of all gyms with 50-meter size
pool, indoor track, huge rock climbing wall, free weights, cable weights, air
weights, aerobic training machines, basketball courts, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was unbelievable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students get free access to the
facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faculty and staff receive a
discounted rate of $25 per month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alumni
and non-affiliated community members pay $48 a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gym is totally worth every penny if you
would utilize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual reason why
we toured the CRWC was there is a smoothie concept located inside the gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They franchised the brand Tropical Smoothie
Café, again it was a small area, but it did well with business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly, I do not think that it matter that
it was branded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me a smoothie is a
smoothie, because no one in Iowa has ever heard of Tropical Smoothie before.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Afterwards
we met with a dining manager and toured the two residential dining halls on
campus: Burge Market Place and Hillcrest Market Place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these facilities had similar venues
that served breakfast, lunch, and dinner anywhere from continental breakfast to
Asian cuisine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students can use their
meal plans, Hawkeye prepaid dollars, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of the venues are buffet style others are cafeteria style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They even have a waffle maker that brands
hawk heads into your waffles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thing
that surprised me was they are just starting a CBORD system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not imagine doing all that work
manually for all those years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, they had tubes/holes where silverware and trash went after you were
done eating near the assembly line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
saves the time of the dish room workers to clear those items before prewashing
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The last
thing we looked at was the football banquet room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The football team has their own room where
they serve awesome meals before games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can have steak and blueberry pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s for football players only, but I guess they pay to have it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
headed back to Cedar Falls and stopped by a local Farmers’ Market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the prices were a little high, but we
have not had rain in over a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
were selling sunflowers that were so pretty: $0.75/3 flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, they had a vegetable that I had
never heard of called Kohlrabi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
greenish-white turnip like vegetable from the brassica family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be eaten raw or cooked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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University of Northern Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Six days
until my event!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have my weekend all
planned ahead of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s all about the
decorations, set up notes, and staffing from here on out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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focused on my decorations set up notes today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is hard to put into words how I want the venues and games set up, so
I am sure that day will be a little crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hopefully, these notes will make them a little less crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, this is helping me to determine
the staffing for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured with
all the venues opened, the dishwashers, greeters, dining room staff, and extra
people for games, it will take about 30 students not including the full time
cooks, foodservice supervisors, and managers to host the event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the school year, Rialto serves anywhere from 1300-2000 customers per meal;
however, they do not all come at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a football camp of 600 kids; they practice together, they live
together, so of course, they eat together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am
planning on being at Rialto around 7am to begin setting up for my event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose to come in a little bit later, since
the football team will be there for breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From 7am until 8am,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be
working alone hanging signs throughout the dining hall and gathering
decorations for each of the venues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
8am, three other students will be joining me to actually decorate the venues
according to their countries and help move chairs for the games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not so much worried about the preservice
of the meal, it is during the meal that is scaring me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Staffing
is very confusing, because not only are you staffing for that particular day,
you are having staff prepare for other days in the dining hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think after time it becomes second nature,
but it was mind boggling determining how long it would take someone to decorate
one venue, and what is the best strategy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lastly,
I made the random signs for around the dining hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am having four games, so I created those
titles, which had fun facts about Olympic records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I created a day-of-advertisement for the
event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, I created
spreadsheets to keep track of the players and their points from my games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>On paper
my ideas look awesome; hopefully, it all turns out like it does on the
paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not, at least it will be a
learning experience for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we went to Kennesaw State and we had the pleasure of touring their campus and dining commons. It is quite a bit different than UGA and that was good to see. They have only one dining hall called The Commons'. It is the nation's largest LEED-Gold certified collegiate dining facility. They compost everything available to compost and use it at their garden that they grow locally and use in their dining hall. They prepare recipes in small batches to ensure the food is not held for long periods of time and is fresh for their guests, a lot like UGA. The whole buffet type line is going out of style and I know UGA recognizes that, it takes a while to transition from. Kennesaw has a GlobeTrotter station where they feature different countries food items. I thought this was a good idea, hard to accomodate for some countries, but a very good idea. <br />
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One of the pictures below is their herb garden. This school is extremely sustainable and I was very impressed with their practices on that. Unfortunately, the lack of water and insane heat temperatures have killed a lot of their crops and herbs. Robert said he expects it to get up and running soon though. One major difference is that Kennesaw is ran by Sodexo, and UGA is individually operated. Basically Kennesaw pays Sodexo a certain amount of money to be able to run things a little bit how they want, but Sodexo hires the people they want and has a big say in a lot of how the operation is ran. I think this would be a struggle, Robert mentioned how hard it is when it comes to training purposes because the employees may only be trained for a small amount of time and expected to know a lot of information. It can be very frustrating, like anything though. All of their sauces are made from scratch which I thought was amazing. Along with sauces they homemake their pizza dough, 80% of their desserts, and bread.<br />
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Robert mentioned one struggle they had when they created "On The Fly". It is a retail location that is used by students when they are in a hurry and just want to grab a quick sandwich and be on the way. Well, it didn't end up working this way and people that were not in a hurry were packing in a very small area. I never thought of this point of view, he mentioned that they have plans to change it and get more students to attend the Commons' more. <br />
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Students at Kennesaw are required to have the meal plan, but from what I can tell they have a lot of delicious options!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Another week completed at Yale University – where does the time go?! </span><br />
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This past week was spent preparing for our presentation of our projects, which will be next Wednesday. We finally got a chance to film our movie for our food allergy training module, and as we began to put everything together, we quickly realized how much work goes into video editing. Hopefully we can get everything done in time for next week!<br />
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We also were informed that they would like us to serve some of the dishes that we would like to include in our theme meal at our presentation, so we needed to test the recipes before deciding to serve them next week. We were able to find some space to work in the Central Production Kitchen here at Purdue, which caters all events held in the residence halls and also supplies all of the On-The-Go stations. On-The-Go is where students can use their dining dollars to buy pre-packaged foods and take them with them, as opposed to having to stay to eat in the dining courts. After trying out all of the food, we made some minor adjustments to the recipes, and will, hopefully, be able to prepare them without any glitches for the presentation! </div>
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After the busy and stressful week of trying to get things prepared, Brittany and I were able to spend our weekend in Chicago. The weather was beautiful and we had an awesome time exploring the city!</div>
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-Susan</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812143650611328521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584368903275839605.post-13305284625824128732012-07-23T14:20:00.000-04:002012-07-23T14:20:02.154-04:00Week 7 at KUAfter two weeks of staring at a computer doing project work, North College Cafe was just what my body needed. Bethany and I were involved in testing recipes, training and orientation, as well as helping organize the newly-renovated dining hall.<br />
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I've worked in a small bakery, but never in an industrial-sized kitchen; so it was very interesting to see all the equipment and how it's used. A big thank you to all the staff over there, especially Kendall, Kevin, and Sam, who were the people that let me follow them around and 'help' all week =0)<br />
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I cannot believe that my time at
the University of Kansas is almost over! I have had a ridiculously good time.
Leslie and I are always discussing what a privilege this internship has been! I
have been exposed to so many things pertaining to dining at a university and
have learned so much about management, food trends, customer service, menu
development, procurement, opening a new facility, the list goes on and on!
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Moving on</b>, This week has been FANTASTIC (in my best Jim Schilling
voice). Jim Schilling is the new, and very positive, manager at the newly
renovated North College Café, and “fantastic” is a word that I heard him say
often. This week Leslie and I had the privilege of helping the staff at North
College get ready to serve the masses come August.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The newly renovated North College Café is down right beautiful!</b></div>
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The new renovations create a warm
and chic atmosphere. It is evident that the dining concepts and interiors were
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test the current recipes to see if any reformulation needs to occur to account
for the changes in the way food cooks with the new equipment (for example:
there is a brand spanking new Brick Oven for the pizza! We burnt a few pizzas,
but by the end of the week we got the temperature and timing down perfect. Delicious!)</b></div>
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we started off with Lauren who is in charge of community experience,
which is ran through the marketing department. She deals with making a community
experience with the faculty and staff
within housing and food service. She has such a creative mind. She has a
group called the EAC. They are a group of volunteers that think of ways
to train individuals and ways to get people involved within the
department. They want to help everyone succeed
in anything that they are doing. The staff and faculty have so many
resources available to them and they may not know of all that is
available and that is what this group of people is there for to help
them. She is also working on a project that helps with
their training program for their student workers so we worked with
prezi which is another form of power point. It is so awesome and so
different in the way that you can present a project. These students get
to come in earlier and get moved in so they miss
out on the tours and all of that of the school so they are trying to
implement that to them before they have to start working. Lauren is full
of ideas and projects that she wants to do, but her main job and where
all of her ideas go to is helping housing a
food succeed and become a closer community with themselves. For a quick
example the just desserts that we judged a couple weeks back was one of
their ideas to help bring people together and have a good time</div>
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After lunch we met with Rayanna. She is considered the
program coordinator. She deals with the RA’s which are located in the
resident halls. It is a different part of catering. She also helps with
the fers which again are the faculty that
live in the resident halls to help students. If any of these groups of
people need food they go through her to order it. During the summer she
is working on fixing the menu for them to order off of. They are not
restricted to this menu they can have other
things as well. She one year had them order a full pig and they roasted
it. They also ordered craw fish as well one time which was not on the
menu. She does cake ball classes and cupcake decorating classes as well
since the students seemed really interested
in this idea. It is easy for them to do in their dorm room by buying
the supplies and buying already made cupcakes that are not frosted</div>
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<span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday and Wednesday</span>
we were at crossroads with April. We learned a lot in this location.
She is a great manager and one that everyone should learn from. We
learned how she figures
out the cost of her foods and how she makes sure she is making the most
profit on her foods that she can with keeping the food cost reasonable.
She is planning to raise some of her food prices other wiser her food
percentage is too high. She also taught us
how she schedules her employees which seem pretty easy then some of the
ways I have seen it done. She puts in all the times that they can’t
work due to school and then when they want to work and schedules from
there so that she cannot schedule over time that
they are not available. She also showed us all of the different reports
that she pulls to make sure she is on the right track which really
helps her make the most money out of what she has. We also talked about
how she has specials and we helped make some
new ones. They want to have specials of the day. They have a small
space to work in for how much they make each day but they keep it clean
and as organized as possible. They are the only operation that is open
24 hours. We were curious if this was a good idea
or not. She put us in our place and it is a fabulous idea. They have to
have security guards on duty Thursday, Friday and Saturday from a
couple hours for the people who are coming back from parties. They make
money all day long the business that comes in
is pretty steady the only time that is dead is from 3am to 6am and at
this time the prep for the next day. They actually make themselves
shorter in all other shifts so that they can have a couple of more
people on to get the day ready for everyone. Very well
ran operation. She also is in charge of another operation which is bed
rock. It is a one man operation and is in the basement of one of the
buildings here on campus. This lady is all by herself every day. I don’t
know how she does it</div>
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On<span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;"> Thursday</span>
we met with the registered dietitian on campus her name is Dr. Patty
Landers. We have been so excited to meet with her because she is in one
of the positions we have thought
of being in. She is a professor as well as she sees patients daily. She
is so knowledgeable in her field it was astounding all the information
she filled our minds with. She explained to us how she works the
dietetics program here at OU and me and her compared
what I do at ASU then here and then same with Grace hers was different
then both of ours. Dr. Landers is a part of so many organizations and
committees I don’t know how she keeps them all straight but she is one
smart Dr. She told us what all that she does
how being part of committees works into being a dietitian in a doctor’s
office as well as teaching classes. One interesting thing that we
learned was that when she was getting her PhD she studied rice. Who
would ever know lol. She worked on that for awhile.</div>
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On<span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;"> Friday </span>
we met with one of the mangers by the name of TJ. She is in charge of
two franchise stores Quiznos and Chik- fil- a. Then she has one that is
the universities invention which is called the laughing tomato. She
explained to us how it is so different to have
a franchise places to handle and a non franchise. She has her employees
move around to each location which helps with her labor. She goes by
the book pretty much for the franchise ones but can use her imagination
for the laughing tomato. She was very nervous
to do a non franchise store because she has never done it before. It
took about two years to get it to what she wanted and for her to make a
good deal of money. It has been a huge success and they want to paten
the idea.
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