The week will be divided into ten one half day sessions. Teaching objectives, activities, and evaluations will be included. Many teaching materials and laboratory experiments will be provided for use in future high school classes. All participants will enroll for three hours of graduate credit in EDCI 652. Nutrition, Fitness and Health students provides experience in performing nutrition and fitness assessments and counseling during one of their senior year semesters.
Students learn and practice assessment and counseling skills during lab sessions.
They then work with clients in fitness centers such as Purdue's Co-Recreational facility and the local YWCA for the remainder of the semester. The course instructor, Lisa Jackman, M.S., R.D. , trains the student and supervises them students during their appointments. The Nutrition, Fitness and Health major and practicum were featured on the Purdue men's basketball halftime program last December. Responsibilities will include mentoring junior faculty members in nutrition and cancer currently in the Department. This should enable us to become one of the nation's leaders in pursuing the relationship between diet and this disease - one of the most feared of our time.