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The Food and Nutritional Sciences Program at NCA&TSU held a one day six hour introductory food science/food safety hands-on preconference on Monday, July 25, 2011 from 9:00am-3:00 pm as part of the North Carolina Family and Consumer Sciences Education Summer Conference. 11 local high school teachers attended this conference in which the following presentations were given: Introduction to Food Science and Technology, Introduction to Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Food Contamination, Chemical Contaminants in Food, Food Quality Control-HACCP, Food Labeling: An Important Challenge in Food Safety. The presentations can be viewed here. For more information, contact Judith C. Simon, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, Department of Public Instruction. 919.414.1949 (cell)
The Food and Nutritional Science Program at NCA&TSU participated in a workshop for family and consumer science teachers on Monday 23rd January 2012.. This was a mandatory workshop and approximately 65 FACS teachers attended this activity. The location was Atkins Academic/Technology High School, Old Greensboro Road, Winston Salem NC 27101. Title of our presentation: Food Science, Safety, and Technology Presentations: 1.Food Components - Rabin Gyawali 2. Food Safety – Introduction - Madhavi Hathurusinghe 3. Food Safety Applications - Bernice Karlton- Senaye 4. Food Protection and Defense - Larriale Spruill 5. Field experiences in food science - Marcella Crook The North Carolina A & T State University food microbiology and safety laboratory delivered a lecture on "Food Science Careers: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century" at the annual conference of North Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NCAFCS) on Saturday 25th February 2012 at 2.00-3.00 PM, in Mellenium Hotel, Durham, North Carolina. This lecture was presented by the graduate students in the food and nutritional science; the audience for this workshop weremembers of NC-AFCS.
Presenters: Introduction - Dr. Salam Ibrahim Food Safety – Saeed Hayek Product development; Food Chemistry – Rabin Gyawali Job opportunities in food service – Bernice Karlton-Senaye Food Protection and defence – Madhavi Hathurusinghe & Marcella Cheek-Crook |
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Texas Wesleyan University hosted a one-day "Teaching Food Safety Workshop" for High School Science Teachers on August 3rd, 2011 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. The workshop was led by Dr. Angela J. Roberts from the Department of Biology. Nine teachers attended the workshop and participated in hands-on activities and discussions focusing on i) the GAPS Food Safety Investigation Curriculum, ii) the Pathogen Tracker Game, and iii) careers in food safety. More information can be found at http://www.txwes.edu/biology/TeachingFoodSafetyWorkshop.htm or by calling Dr. Roberts at (817) 531-6559. |
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