We want to help you succeed in the nutrition program and be prepared for your professional life. Many services, opportunities, and activities are available to UNF students, such as professional development, mock interviews, resume assistance, and more. You will find descriptions of some of these programs and services at this link: https://www.unf.edu/student-success/
Additional tips for nutrition and dietetic students include:
First- and second-year students: Study hard and earn good grades, join clubs, see if you qualify for the UNF Honors Program, meet junior and senior nutrition students, volunteer at the UNF organic garden, visit local farmers markets, learn new recipes, get a part-time job, read popular health/nutrition books. Pay close attention during your prerequisite coursework because the information in those courses provides you the fundamentals of understanding your upper-level course content.
Juniors: Study hard and earn good grades form a study group with other nutrition students, join one or more clubs and be active, consider running for an officer position (spring of junior year), become a student member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the North Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NFAND), meet local RDNs, obtain volunteer or paid work experience in a local health care facility, research internship programs, read popular health/nutrition books. Please get to know your professors; before you know it, you’ll ask for recommendation letters!
Seniors: Study hard and make earn grades, be involved in research, obtain volunteer or paid work experience in a local health care facility, become a student member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and NFAND, attend meetings and meet RD’s, shadow an RD, volunteer at NFAND events, lead/supervise an activity or event, study for and take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) if required by the graduate program you are applying to, research internship programs and visit your top choices if possible, fine-tune your resume, read popular health/nutrition books, sharpen your culinary skills, practice interviewing. If possible, gain experience and develop leadership skills in one of the many clubs or volunteer opportunities UNF offers.