Marilyn Magaram Center 
                                                                     For Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics 
                                                Consent Agenda Items 
               
                 Date:           8/8/17 
                 Agenda Topic:  MMC Internship Program              Agenda Item           6.1 
                 Information 
                 The MMC Interns have participated in various on and off campus projects throughout the year. 
                 MMC provides Nutrition/Dietetic and Food Science Internship Programs.   
                  
                 Positions for Summer 2016 included:  Community Supported Agriculture, Health Assess, 
                 Community Educator, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Garden and Nutrition Education, 
                 Cooking Matters® Grocery Store Tours, Marketing and Social Media, various health fairs, 
                 Spicy Marmalade Product Development, Matador Marmalade Product Development, and 
                 Compusense/ Sensory Lab. 
                  
                 From June 2016 to August 2016                 
                 Number of MMC Interns: 20                       
                  
                 Positions for Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 include: Community Supported Agriculture, Education 
                 Series, Health Assess, Community Educator, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Garden and 
                 Nutrition Education, Cooking Matters® Grocery Store Tours, Peer-to-Peer nutrition, Lab 
                 School, Marketing and Social Media, various health fairs, Spicy Marmalade Product 
                 Development, Matador Marmalade Product Development, and Compusense/ Sensory Lab. 
                  
                 From September 2016 to December 2016 
                 Number of MMC Interns: 40 
                  
                 From February 2017 to May 2017 
                 Number of MMC Interns: 41 
                  
                 Positions for Summer 2017 included:  Health Assess, Community Educator, Glendale 
                 Adventist Medical Center, Garden and Nutrition Education, Cooking Matters® Grocery Store 
                 Tours, Marketing and Social Media, Spicy Marmalade Product Development, Matador 
                 Marmalade Product Development, and Compusense/ Sensory Lab. 
                  
                 From June 2017 to August 2017 
                 Number of MMC Interns: 10 
                  
                 The MMC Interns are influential assets to the Marilyn Magaram Center. 
                  
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                 K. Ovsepyan/A. Diederich 
               
               
                                                             
                                                             
                                          
                                                                                     Marilyn Magaram Center 
                Date:           8/8/17                                For Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics 
                Agenda Topic:  Community Supported Agriculture       Agenda Item            6.1 
                Information 
                The Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) has an average of 20 participants per 
                week. A majority of our participants have been CSUN staff and faculty. We market our CSA 
                program via our website, Facebook, Instagram, and bulletin board as well as during our on and 
                off campus tabling events.  
                 
                Interns have developed nutrition education handouts and interactive games that are implemented 
                each week during CSA pick-up hours that involve a produce item of the week selected from the 
                items “in the box”. 
                 
                Unfortunately, Spring 2017 was the last semester for this internship. Underwood Farms has 
                decided to cut the CSA program. The collaboration with Underwood Family Farm since 2008 has 
                come to an end, but we look forward to working with them in the future.  
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                                                                                         Marilyn Magaram Center 
                                                                         For Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics 
                
                Date:            8/8/17 
                Agenda Topic:  Continuing Education/Lecture Series      Agenda Item              6.1 
                Information 
                Throughout the year, the Center coordinates lecture series for students with the help of MMC 
                Interns. In addition, the Center coordinates continuing education/consortiums for Dietetic Interns. 
                 
                7/18-7/21 - Dietetic Internship Orientation 
                Outpatient Dietetics  
                Kathleen Wall, RD, CDE (Henry Mayo Hospital)    
                Expectations of Professionalism & Expectations in MNT Rotation 
                Teresa Schwartz, MS, RD (Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center) 
                Renal and Dialysis Nutrition  
                Sabrina Kim, MS, RD, CSR (US Renal Care) 
                Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition  
                Lia Berjis, MS, RD (Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center) 
                Overview of School Nutrition Program  
                Sandy Curwood, RDN, MS (Oxnard School District) 
                Geriatric Nutrition 
                Cindy Cordon, RD, CSG (Los Angeles Jewish Home)   
                Medical Nutrition Therapy in the Elderly Population  
                Garine Garabedian, MS, RD (Los Angeles Jewish Home)   
                History of WIC  
                Joy Ahrens, MPH, RD, CLE (NEVHC-WIC Program)  
                Effective Presentation Skills for Education Classes  
                Nancy Daghighian, MS, RD, CDE (Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center) 
                9/15-9/30 – Cooking Matters Grocery Store Training 
                11/14/16 – DI Consortium 
                (Food Allergies and Nutrition: A Dietitian’s Perspective  Diana Saikali, MS, RD, CSP, Pediatric 
                Obesity: Counseling Children and Parents - Anet Piridzhanyan, MS, RD; Community Programs for 
                Children and Families - Kimberly Prezioso, MS, RDN, CLE) 
                11/17/16 – Holiday on a Budges for students 
                12/6/16 – Sports Nutrition  
                (Simona Hradil from CSUN Athletics) 
                2/6/2017 – DI Consortium 
                (Kathleen Wall, RD, CDE: Overview of the MNT Reimbursement System; Soniya Perl, MS, RD: 
                "Show me the Money", The ABC's of Budgeting; Alicia Calvo, MPH, RD, CDE: Private Practice) 
                3/1/2017 – LA Food Policy Councel  
                (Stefanie Gomez from the LA Food Policy Counsel) 
                4/3/2017 Public Policy Day – Combating Hunger Through Sustainability & Action 
                (Keynote Speaker: Eric Handler, MD – Co-Founder of Waste Not OC Coalition) 
                4/5/2017 – Ending Diet Wars  
                (Alan Aragon, Nutrition Researcher & Educator) 
                Advisory Board Action 
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                Recommendation to Advisory Board 
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                Submitted By: 
                K. Ovsepyan/A. Diederich 
                
                
                                            
                                                                                         Marilyn Magaram Center 
                  Date:            8/8/17                                For Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics 
                  Agenda Topic:  Continuing Education/Lecture Series      Agenda Item               6.1 
                  Information 
                  7/10-7/25 - Dietetic Internship Orientation/MNT Bootcamp: This year, we were also able to 
                  coordinate an MNT Bootcamp and bring many Preceptors from various afflictions to present on a 
                  spectrum of chronic diseases to help prepare Dietetic Interns for their clinical rotations.  
                  Effective Presentation Skills for Education Classes 
                  Nancy Daghighian, MS, RD, CDE (Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center) 
                  Geriatric Nutrition 
                  Cindy Cordon, RD, CSG (Los Angeles Jewish Home) 
                  Overview of School Nutrition Program 
                  Jennifer Chin Gonzales, MS, RD (Glendale Unified School District) 
                  Outpatient Dietetics 
                  Kathleen Wall, RD, CDE (Henry Mayo Hospital) 
                  Public Health Nutrition 
                  Jennifer Clark, MS, RD & Fatinah Darwish, MPH, RD (LA County Dept of Public Health) 
                  History of WIC          
                  Joy Ahrens, MPH, RD, CLE (NEVHC-WIC Program) 
                  Professionalism, Ethics, and Accepting Feedback 
                  Tori Cohen, RD (Los Robles Hospital & medical Center) 
                  Cardiology 
                  Lisa Sterling, RD, CNSC (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) 
                  RDN Scope of Practice  
                  Jessica King, MPH, RDN (North East Valley Health Corporation)     
                  Nutrition Assessment 
                  Jeanine Osler, MS, RD (Providence Holy Cross Medical Center) 
                  Diabetes and Weight Management                
                  Jeri Gertzman, MS, RD, CDE  
                  Nutrition Focused Physical Exam  
                  Jeffrey Moore, RD (Pacifica Hospital) 
                  LACI 
                  Tom White & Ed Beres 
                  Interdisciplinary Team/Pressure Ulcers/Hepatic 
                  April Diederich, RD, CSR (Moorpark DaVita) 
                  NICU 
                  Mahnaz Keyvani, MS, RD, CDE, CCS (Northridge Hospital Medical Center) 
                  ICU/CCU/Mechanical Vent/Multi-Organ Failure 
                  Kelley Mesa, MS, RD (Northridge Hospital Medical Center) 
                  Med Surg 
                  Nina Spoto, RD (Northridge Hospital Medical Center) 
                  Stroke/Dysphagia/Rehab 
                  Lucy Khodanian, MS, RD (Providence Saint Joseph) 
                  Renal/Dialysis Nutrition  
                  Sabrina Kim, MS, RD, CSR (US Renal Care)  
                  Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition 
                  Lia Berjis, MS, RD (Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center) 
                  Oncology 
                  Hoda Hakimjavadi, MS, RDN (Northridge Hospital Medical Center) 
                  Geriatrics  
                  Anna Iranosian, RD (Providence Saint Joseph)  
                  Advisory Board Action 
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                  Recommendation to Advisory Board 
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                  Submitted By:   K. Ovsepyan/A. Diederich