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Alabama A&M University participated in multiple food science sessions with high school teachers and students during the Fall 2011 semester. Further sessions are planned for the Spring 2012 semester in which Alabama A&M University will be visiting schools during science classes. Please contact Martha Verghese martha.verghese@aamu.edu for more information. |
Aim 1 Completed Efforts:Texas Wesleyan University held its second annual Teaching Food Safety Workshop for High School Science Teachers on August 6th, 2012, from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. The workshop was led by Dr. Angela J. Roberts from the Department of Biology. Thirteen teachers, representing ten different high schools and five different school districts, attended the workshop. The teachers 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. A schedule and learning objectives for the workshop can be found here. 
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Rachel Pfuntner, a graduate student at Cornell University held a food safety workshop during the 2012 Conference of the New York Association of Agricultural Educators on June 24, 2012 in Croghan, NY. |
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Cornell University held their first Food Safety Workshop for Middle and High School Science Teachers workshop on October 22, 2011. Nine teachers from NY state attended the 6-hour course which included lectures, demos, and hands-on sessions. For an agenda and learning outcomes, click here.
Cornell University submitted an abstract, entitled "Introducing Food Safety Investigation in the Science Classroom" and presented two back-to-back sessions at the 2011 Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) conference on November 7, 2011 in Rochester, NY. Cornell University held an interactive workshop through the Cornell Institute of Biology Teachers on Food Safety Investigation in the Science Classroom on January 14, 2012. Twenty teachers attended this one-hour session, which involved an interactive demonstration of investigating a foodborne illness outbreak. Dr. Alicia Orta-Ramirez and Travis Chapin from the Department of Food Science at Cornell University traveled to White Marsh, Maryland to present an interactive workshop on Food Science and Food Safety Investigations in the Classroom for middle and high school chemistry, life science, and nutrition and consumer science teachers from Harford County Public Schools. The event was hosted by Steve Andon of TIC Gums at the company's headquarters and production facility on April 28, 2012. |
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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 Update: (June 27, 2012) Our food microbiology group at North Carolina A&T State University held their first Food Safety Workshop for High School student's workshop on June 27, 2012. This is part of the summer Research Apprenticeship program. The workshop title food science and safety: Introduction and applications. |
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Texas Wesleyan University held its second annual Teaching Food Safety Workshop for High School Science Teachers on August 6th, 2012, from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. The workshop was led by Dr. Angela J. Roberts from the Department of Biology. Thirteen teachers, representing ten different high schools and five different school districts, attended the workshop. The teachers 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. A schedule and learning objectives for the workshop can be found here. 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. |