march 2013 people & events

FROM THE ACADEMYPeople & Events

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest ACEND AccreditationDecisions Published Online

The Accreditation Council for Educa-tion in Nutrition and Dietetics is theAcademy’s accrediting agency for ed-ucation programs preparing studentsfor careers as Registered Dietitiansand Dietetic Technicians, Registered.

ACADEMY CALENDAR

Public Policy Workshop 2013March 10-12, 2013Washington, DC

2013 Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 19-22, 2013Houston, TX

Tell Us Your Issue . . .We care about the concerns ofAcademy members and want tohear from you. There are four easyways to submit your issues:• E-mail issuesmgmt@eatright.org.• Fax 312/899-4790.• Phone 800/877-1600 ext 5000.• Contact your delegate.You will receive immediateconfirmation that your message hasbeen received and action will betaken within 2 months. For moreinformation, visit the Academy’smember home page and click onMember Issues or visitwww.eatright.org/issues.

Deadline for submitting material forthe People and Events section is thefirst of the month, 3 months before thedate of the issue (eg, May 1 for theAugust issue). Publication of aneducational event is not anendorsement by the Academy of theevent or sponsor. Send material to:Ryan Lipscomb, Editor, Journal of theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago,IL 60606; journal@eatright.org; 312/899-0040, ext. 4829; or fax, 312/899-4790.

ACEND establishes and enforces ac-

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creditation standards that ensure thequality and continued improvementof nutrition and dietetics educationprograms. The accreditation decisi-ons made at the most recent ACENDmeeting are available at http://www.eatright.org/ACEND/content.aspx?id�7829 and include status of pro-grams which have received candidacyfor accreditation, full accreditation,probationary accreditation, and with-drawal from accreditation.

ACEND Invites ProgramAccreditation Input

Accredited dietetics education pro-grams are periodically reviewed toensure they uphold the standards setforth by the Accreditation Council forEducation in Nutrition and Dietetics(ACEND). Part of the program reviewprocess is the consideration of third-party input on a program’s practices,procedures, and educational out-comes. Members with concern as to aprogram’s compliance with the stan-dards are encouraged to forward theircomments to ACEND. A list of programsunder review for candidacy or fullaccreditation and a corresponding sitevisit scheduled is available at http://www.eatright.org/ACEND/content.aspx?id�7974. The Accreditation Sta-ndards are located at www.eatright.org/acend. Anycommentsonsubstantivematters related to the quality of any ofthese educational programs must be sent30 days prior to the program’s scheduledsite visit or by the designated review dateto:TheAcademyofNutritionandDietetics,ATTN: Ulric Chung, PhD, 120 South River-side Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606.

EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES

Clinical Nutrition ManagementSymposium

April 13-16, 2013, Ravella at Lake LasVegas, Henderson, NV. The Clinical Nu-trition Management Dietetic PracticeGroup Symposium will be an excep-tional educational and networking ex-perience. The goals for the symposiumare to identify strategies to lead and en-gage practitioners; gain insights into plan-

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comemeasures andbest practices to driveinnovation; identify critical interdepart-mental relationships that increase organi-zational influence; develop clinical nutri-tion leaders; and empower staff. Inaddition to general and concurrent ses-sions, there will be opportunities to net-work with other health-care leaders, visitvendordisplays,andexploreLasVegasanditssurroundingarea.Registrationwillopenin January. Please checkwww.cnmdpg.orgfor updates.

29th Annual SCAN SymposiumApril 26-28, 2013, Westin Michigan Ave-nue, Chicago, IL. The 29th Annual Sports,Cardiovascular, andWellnessNutritionDi-etetic Practice Group’s Symposium, “Tools& Techniques for Peak Professional Perfor-mance,” featuresmore than 20 skill-basedsessions and 30� speakers. Gain knowl-edge about hot topics in such areas as hy-perlipidemia, eating disorders, sports nu-trition, cardiovascular nutrition, corporatewellness, body composition, media train-ing, and social media. Registration is nowopen. Please visit http://www.scandpg.org/e-learning-and-events/2013-symposium/ or contact SCANat 440/481-3560orscandpg@gmail.com.

E-Learning Module on Vitamin DThealarming increase invitaminD insuffi-ciency in the United States has ironicallycoincided with an increasing recognitionthat vitamin D likely has a broader contri-bution to the protection of health and pre-ventionofdiseasethanpreviouslyappreci-ated.Thisinteractiveself-studysessionwillput intoperspective therapiddecline invi-taminDstatus intheUnitedStates; the im-plications of vitamin D insufficiency onskeletal, inflammatory, and metabolichealth among the population; and practi-cal guidelines for how to get vitamin Dfromdiet, sunexposure, and supplements.Eligible for 1.5 hours of level 2 CPE credit.Available for download at www.eatright.org/cpd/online.

ABOUT PEOPLE

ObituariesSallie B. Hajny, RD, October 2012,joined the Academy in 1977 and was amember of the Dietitics in Health Care

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ACADEMY ARCHIVES

Do you recognize these people?The Academy’s photo archives are filledwith a treasure trove of images fromour long history, but over the years, in-formation identifying the people pic-tured in some of these photos has beenlost. To preserve thesememories, we’re

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one pictured in this photo? Or do youhappen to know when or where thephoto was taken?If you have any information about

this photo, please send an e-mail toknowledge@eatright.org. Use the sub-ject line “AcademyArchives–March.” Inthe body of your e-mail, list the num-ber(s) of the person(s) you’re identify-

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any other information you may haveabout that individual, such as places ofemployment or notable volunteer posi-tions held, as well as any informationyou may have about when and wherethe photo was taken.Thank you for helping to “carry the

flame” of our organization’s proud his-tory on to future generations of Acad-

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