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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2010, Chatsworth, CA - Computrition was proud to support the 8th Annual Nutrition College Bowl, hosted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 by the Marilyn Magaram Center on the California State University, Northridge campus. Eleven schools participated, including:
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State Chico
Cal State Fresno
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal State Long Beach
California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Cal State San Bernardino
University of California, Davis
Central Washington University
Pepperdine University
The purpose of the Nutrition College Bowl is to "gather schools from across the Western United States to compete for scholarship funds to support their academic programs. The overall goal of the event is to encourage a spirit of teamwork, education, friendly competition, and cooperation among Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics students." Computrition has supported the worthwhile event annually both in an effort to foster community goodwill, as well as to promote the vital role of technology to future nutrition and food science professionals within their given career path. Computrition has also collaborated with the Marilyn Magaram Center in past years by presenting leadership speakers and coordinate internship rotations to provide didactic students with additional insight regarding non-traditional career paths in the field of dietetics.
Of the eleven schools that competed, the Computrition team was thrilled that five of them were representing long time customers and users of Hospitality Suite, its industry-leading food management, production and nutritional analysis automation.
The final round of the competition presented Central Washington University and California State University, Northridge students competing, with CSUN taking home the first place trophy. Marty Yadrick, MS, MBA, RD, FADA, Past President of the American Dietetic Association and Director of Nutrition Informatics for Computrition, attended as well as presented each team with their respective awards and certificates of participation.
In reference to being extended the opportunity to honor and congratulate participating schools, Yadrick states, "I was honored to represent both the American Dietetic Association, as well as Computrition, in sharing some insight about how volunteering and taking on various leadership roles has helped enrich my career, as well as those of my colleagues in our industry. I see similar passion and drive in each student that participated and it's heartening to see their broad knowledge base, as well as their enthusiasm for their chosen profession. The future of dietetics is in good hands."
With respect to the Computrition’s longtime support of the Center, Dr. Joyce Gilbert, RD, LD, states, "The Nutrition College Bowl is one of many student education programs developed and sponsored by the Marilyn Magaram Center. We would not be able to offer such programs without the support of our sponsor, Computrition. Computrition understands the value of potentiating student learning and contributing to the betterment of the campuses they serve. The NCB enables nutrition and dietetics students to develop critical thinking skills as they prepare and participate in the competition. We were fortunate to win the competition for the third time and are very proud of our CSUN team."
For more information about upcoming events Computrition will be sponsoring and attending, please visit http://www.computrition.com/events.htm. For additional information about programs and events hosted by the Marilyn Magaram Center at California State University, Northridge, please visit http://www.csun.edu/hhd/fcs/magaram/index.html.
About the Marilyn Magaram Center
The Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics is a Department Center sponsored by the Department of Family & Consumer Sciences. As an auxiliary organization to the department, the Center can support research, community service, and education specific to food science, nutrition and dietetics as well as produce programs not normally offered through the university curriculum and financial processes. The purpose of the Marilyn Magaram Center is to provide a framework within which professionals from related academic areas, business and industry, and other institutions can function in an interdisciplinary manner in order to achieve the goals. The goals of the Marilyn Magaram Center are to promote the study of and to disseminate information and knowledge in food science, nutrition and dietetics. http://www.csun.edu/hhd/fcs/magaram/index.html
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