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As a nutrition and dietetic student at Dominican

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University, I've had the opportunity to create my own menu

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for Recipe Box Cafe

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and create my own product for Experimental Foods.

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Recipe Box Cafe is a class where we build our own menu

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and then we actually bring it to life by cooking it

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and serving it to people who want to come in

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and try our meals.

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It's a very fun class.

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I love to see all of my classmates' recipes

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and menus come to life.

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The industry showcase is for the students

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who are in Nutrition 390, which is Experimental Foods,

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which is a very fun class.

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We make our own recipe, basically of something

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that you would potentially see on shelves in grocery stores,

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like a healthier version of it.

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And then comes time for the industry showcase where

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we pitch it to them like we're actually a brand trying

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to get our names,

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our product into grocery stores, which is fun.

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DU Feeds is our on-campus food pantry that was created

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to help try to fight food insecurity

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for our students on campus.

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I definitely recommend the nutrition program.

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Every class you take is taught by the same couple

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of instructors, so it's like you really get

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that great teacher-student connection with them.

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The minute I put in my application, 

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they were calling me like, hey, come work

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with us, like what can we do for you?

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And I was like, oh my gosh, you guys are so nice.

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I love you guys here.

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I decided to come back to Dominican

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for my master's in Nutrition and Dietetics.

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The biggest reason is

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because I already have such a good relationship

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with all the instructors

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and I wanted to ensure that when I did my master's,

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that I felt comfortable and you know, I just enjoyed it.

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Still, nutrition has helped me

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and I want to use my knowledge to help others as well.