Event Co-Sponsored by the Long Island Dietetic Association as Part of National Nutrition Month
(Long Island, NY) Farmingdale State College’sTheresa Patnode-Santmann School of Health Sciences and the Long Island Dietetic Association are teaming up for the 3rd Annual Food and Nutrition Expo, on Saturday, March 12.
The event – part of National Nutrition Month –will be held in Farmingdale’s Campus Center Ballroom A, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Expo is open to the public, free of charge. Donations of non-perishable food for Island Harvest are encouraged.
The Expo will include nutrition information, free snack samples, food demonstrations, raffles, health screenings, information display tables, and more. Dietitian nutritionists and dietetic technicians will be on hand, joined by dietetic, dental, nursing and medical lab technology students from the School of Health Sciences.
“Whether it’s blood pressure screenings, diabetes risk-assessment screening, or emphasizing the importance of dental health, our students are active in promoting health within the communities that Farmingdale State College serves,” says Monica Diamond-Caravella, professor in Farmingdale’s nursing department.
“There is nothing more valuable than your health. Let us guide you on the path to better health through nutrition. You are worth it!” saysTracey Giambertone RDN, CDN, Co-President, Long Island Dietetic Association. The LIDA mission is to educate the community on the importance of proper nutrition, and connect the public to local food and nutrition experts. For more information about its work, visit eatrightLI.org.
School of Health Sciences
The Theresa Patnode Santmann School of Health Sciences enrolls over 650 students in Nursing (BS), Dental Hygiene (BS and AS), and Medical Technology (BS and AS). Students learn from distinguished faculty and staff using the latest teaching tools such as the Dental Hygiene Care Center and Sim-Man. The School’s extensive community involvement includes Give Kids a Smile, Give Veterans a Smile, Go Red Day to reduce female heart disease, the Dominic Murray Foundation to detect heart abnormalities and prevent SCA, Health and Wellness Fair, Great American Smoke Out, Sjogren’s Walk, Oral Cancer Walk, and Head Start. Students and faculty volunteer at soup kitchens, and community blood pressure checkups. Department tours are offered to local schools and numerous presentations regarding health care to local civic/church/senior organizations.
Farmingdale State College prepares students with the education, skills, and critical thinking needed to meet tomorrow’s challenges. As the largest of SUNY’s colleges of technology (with almost 8,700 students), Farmingdale equips students with the resources and knowledge sought by today’s emerging industries. Offering bachelor and associate degrees, Farmingdale will soon offer its first graduate program. At Farmingdale, students learn in small, personalized classes and have abundant opportunities for experiential learning—internships, clinical training, and guided research—that provide practical instruction and personal growth. Located an hour east of Manhattan, the campus offers residential halls, a lush 380-acre campus undergoing major renovation, and a highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program with modern facilities to make Farmingdale State College one of the fastest-growing colleges in the region. In addition, the 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranks Farmingdale #27 among regional colleges in the north (up from #31) and in 2013 Farmingdale was the only SUNY school (and the only LI school) listed in the LEAST debt category in the section titled Student Debt Load at Graduation for regional colleges in the north. In 2015 UniversityPrimeTime.com again listed FSC the fifth safest college in the nation. For more information, contact Kathryn Coley at 631-420-2400 or kathryn.coley@farmingdale.edu. Look on our website www.farmingdale.edu. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/farmingdale.
