Education Council Webinar – Reimagining Nutrition Education: Opportunities from Cal-GETC

Presenters:

– Mical Shilts, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food & Dietetics, Cal State, Sacramento
– Joanne Tippin, MS, RDN/LDN, CDCES, NBC-HWC Nutrition Faculty, Department of Business, Agriculture, & Career Technical Education, Shasta College
– Mandy Hillstrom, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND  Chair and Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Cal State Los Angeles (moderator)

Description:

Please join fellow faculty for a discussion about the changes due to Cal-GETC on nutrition course designations. Learn from faculty who have been successful with updating their courses to area 5B, biological sciences. There will be time to hear from individual programs, with successes shared from those who have been able to highlight nutrition education in different areas of the general education curriculum.

Learning Objectives:

– Describe the curricular process that has enabled classes to be approved under different classifications as part of Cal-GETC.
– Summarize positive changes from updating individual general education nutrition courses for students.
– Share successes and areas of opportunity for nutrition curricula and programs.

Zoom Details:

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Joanne Tippin, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES, NBHWC is a California Community College professor specializing in nutrition and integrative health and wellness coaching, with over 30 years of experience in clinical nutrition counseling and education. She teaches transfer-level nutrition courses and is actively involved in curriculum development aligned with Cal-GETC, C-ID, and CSU/UC transfer standards. She serves as a representative on her college’s Curriculum Committee and Academic Senate.

Mandy Hillstrom, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND  is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who has worked primarily in community settings and is currently a faculty member and chair at Cal State LA. She has extensive curricular experience through creating and updating courses and programs and has been part of department, college and university curriculum committees. She is also a C-ID record evaluator and is on the faculty discipline review group for nutrition/dietetics.

Mical K. Shilts, PhD, MS is a Professor and Graduate Coordinator at Sacramento State with two decades of experience teaching nutrition education and community nutrition at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She brings expertise in course and program development, having served as Chair of both the Department and College Curriculum Committees. Dr. Shilts’ research focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating community‑based nutrition interventions. She also collaborates on the development and validation of dietary assessment tools, contributing to the advancement of culturally responsive nutrition measurement.