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The North Carolina A&T State University food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct two-one day workshops (Details will be posted summer 2013) on food safety as part of the summer agricultural research program (High school students) at North Carolina A&T State University.  This program will be taught by the graduate students in the food and nutritional science; the audience for these workshops will be high school students. For more details, check with Rabin Gyawali at rabingyawali@hotmail.com. Materials will be posted here and can be requested from Salam A. Ibrahim at ibrah001@ncat.edu. 

This coming spring, the food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct several seminars/workshops related to food defense/ food safety and HACCP.  These are hands-on sessions.  High school teachers and students will attend the activities.   The activities will be conducted during the homecoming for North Carolina A&T State University.   For more details, check with Rabin Gyawali at rabingyawali@hotmailat rabingyawali@hotmail.com. The materials are posted here and can be requested from salam A. Ibrahim.

The North Carolina A&T State University food science graduate students will have a one day workshops on food safety next week December 12, 2012 at Piux Catholic School, Greensboro, NC. The audience for these workshops will be high school students and teachers. For more details, check with Rabin Gyawali at rabingyawali@hotmail.com. Materials will be posted here and can be requested from Dr. Salam A. Ibrahim at ibrah001@ncat.edu.  Presentations: Introduction to Food Technology, Introduction to Food Microbiology, Food Contamination and Chemical Contaminants, Food Quality and Food Defense and Protection

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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.

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Cornell University is excited to host the 4-H Career Explorations Food Science: DNA Fingerprinting summer camp again in 2013.  This 2.5 day workshop for high school students is scheduled for June 25-27 on the Cornell Campus.  To register, go to http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/events/Pages/CareerEx.aspx

Also, we are pleased to once again partner with 4-H Camp Bristol HIlls to offer a week long food science and food safety curriculum to a diverse group of K-12 summer campers.  This event will be held at 4-H Camp Bristol Hills in Bristol, NY July 7-12.  To register, go to http://www.4-hcampbristolhills.org/summercamp.html.

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Alabama A&M University hosted a food science summer program during 2011 for high school students.  The program focused on all the different aspects of product development with special emphasis on food safety, development of HACCP plans, etc.  For more information contact Martha Verghese martha.verghese@aamu.edu.

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.

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North Carolina A&T State University hosted the Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) this summer from June 27-July 22, 2011.  3 high school students performed food science research in Dr. Salam A. Ibrahim's lab as described below:

  • Dedrick Dunton:  Antimicrobial activity of ascorbic acid alone or in combination with lactic acid on Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in laboratory medium.
  • Caleb S. Locklear:  Antimicrobial activity of onion extract against Escherichia coli O157:H7.
  • Lisa Wamban:  The Effects of Selected Rat Poison on the Growth of Yogurt Culture.

    Several graduate students in the Food and Nutritional Sciences Program at NCA&TSU held a one day three hour introductory food science/food safety hands-on preconference on Monday, May 11, 2012 at Hunter Huss high school in Gastonia, _NC west of _Charlotte, NC.  The following presentations were given: 
  1. Introduction to Food Technology,
  2. Introduction to Food Microbiology
  3. Food Fermentation and Dairy Applications
  4. Food Contamination and Chemical Contaminants in Food products
  5. Food Quality
  6. Food Defense and Protection

The workshop was led by Dr. Salam A. Ibrahim from the Food and Nutritional Sciences Program at NCA&TSU.