The School Nutrition Foundation has awarded its Kathleen Stitt Award to Prabhdeep Sandha, ICN’s first doctoral graduate assistant. Prabhdeep is a doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management at the University of Mississippi.
Prabhdeep Sandha [Read More]
A message from our Executive Director
As ICN continues its 30th anniversary celebration, we have much to look forward to and much to reflect on. Our 30th year brings record number trainings, face-to-face and through our eLearning portal, as well as outreach through ICN’s [Read More]
Throughout the spring quarter, Applied Research Division (ARD) researchers engaged in a variety of outreach and professional development activities as ambassadors of ICN. Activities included publications and traveling to several states to present at or to participate in conferences that addressed a diverse spectrum of needs in the field of child nutrition.
During the month [Read More]
(L-R) Becki Schreiber, Kayla Steverson, Susan Wood
Before Kayla Steverson became child nutrition program manager for Oklahoma’s Newcastle Public Schools in 2017, she worked as a clinical dietitian. Although she enjoyed the change, Kayla felt there was much to [Read More]
In October 2018, ICN piloted the School Nutrition S.T.A.R. program. During this pilot, managers were asked to create action plans to implement throughout the year in their home districts. Here is one success story from the Kansas pilot group in the fall of 2018:
Mary [Read More]
In March 2019, ARD researchers completed the following activities:
We are getting close to two years since the launch of ICN’s new eLearning Portal and our usage numbers continue to increase. New courses have been added and updates are made as needed to stay current. Here are just a few:
The inaugural Culinary Advisory Board Meeting for the newly established Culinary Training and Education initiative took place on March 5-6 at ICN. The board members were selected based upon their diverse areas of expertise in [Read More]
The ICN Training Team has already conducted 99 Face-to-Face Trainings in the first quarter reaching over 1,800 participants. The Training Calendar is filling up quickly for the remainder of the year with 367 trainings already scheduled for 2019. [Read More]
This year, ICN will celebrate 30 years of serving the dedicated individuals who feed our nation’s children. Established by Congress in 1989 and funded in 1991 by a grant administered through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), ICN [Read More]
