MURFREESBORO — Two
MTSU students, a professor and an alumnus recently captured top honors based on
their proficiency in the dietetics field.
Ashley Vairin, a senior from Nashville, Tennessee, won the
Outstanding Dietetics Student Award and Haley Overby, a senior from Smyrna, Tennessee,
won the Student Scholarship at the Nashville Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
spring meeting Feb. 10 at Maggiano’s Restaurant in Nashville.
Vairin’s award was based on a unanimous endorsement by all
faculty in MTSU’s Nutrition and Food Sciences program in a letter of
recommendation.
To win the scholarship, Overby met the requirements of a
minimum grade-point average of 3.0, a letter of recommendation from faculty and
a personal letter discussing her leadership, academic record and reasons why
she should receive the stipend.
Dr. Lisa Sheehan-Smith, a registered dietician and professor
in the MTSU Department of Human Sciences, was honored with the Outstanding
Dietetics Educator Award.
“I think the award, which was based upon a nomination and
then selection by a committee of my peers, recognizes my desire to not only
provide the necessary education our dietetic students need for their future
careers, but also to go beyond the educational process by supporting and
mentoring current students and program graduates,” said Sheehan-Smith.
Trish Marzella Mathisen, a Nashville-based MTSU alumna,
received the Iris Award for her work in nutrition and support of registered
dieticians.
Mathisen is the creator of www.nutrisha.com,
a culinary nutrition education platform … connecting nutrition to local and
seasonal eating,” according to the website.
“Since starting my own business in 2012, I have worked to
connect consumers to applicable nutrition information by emphasizing procurement
of and cooking local food,” Mathisen said. “Receiving this award from the
Nashville Academy of Nutrition in Dietetics is an incredible endorsement of the
work I have done.”
The criteria for the Iris Award winner is to either promote
the advancement of nutrition in Tennessee in one or more of the following ways:
through scientific knowledge or technical skills; by demonstrating goodwill
through notable service in furthering the advancement of dietetics; by
furthering the cultural growth of dietetics; or by contributing to the public
awareness of dietetics.
The Nashville Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics “is an
advocate for Nashville dieticians and the dietetic profession” that serves the
public “through the promotion of optimal nutrition, health and well-being,”
according to the group’s website, www.eatrightnashville.org.
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