Supervisor: n.- a person who oversees a person or activity. Although this may formally explain Peggy Policastro’s role as director of the IFNH Student Ambassador program, it only brushes the surface of what she really does. This past spring during National Student Employment Week, Peggy Policastro, nutritionist for Rutgers Dining Services and the director of […]
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IFNH Student Ambassadors Present Research at National Conference in Chicago
On October 21, the student ambassadors of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) flew to Chicago to attend the four-day Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE). The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics celebrated its 100th anniversary in Chicago, Illinois, where more than 16,000 registered dietitian nutritionists, nutrition science researchers, policy […]
Old Bridge Fourth Graders Set Their Sights on Rutgers
One early spring day this year, a yellow school bus pulled up in a parking lot off Dudley Road on the George H. Cook Campus, and 48 eager fourth-graders debarked to explore the world of higher education. The students were part of a program of the Old Bridge (NJ) School District called “Kids at College,” […]
IFNH Student Ambassador Alumna Presents “Cooking on a Budget” for Price Family Fellows
It’s not every Friday night students gather in the Davison Hall Food Lab on the Douglass Campus to learn how to cook delicious and nutritious meals on a budget, but on January 27 that is exactly what took place. Taylor Palm (SEBS ‘16), an IFNH Student Ambassador alumna, who is currently a dietetic intern at […]
