Department of Nutrition Science
Dietetic Internship
Program Goals |
Admission Requirments |
Registered Dietitians in the Capital Region of New York State and faculty at Sage Graduate School have combined their efforts to provide a supervised practice program for students who have successfully completed at least a baccalaureate degree and minimum academic requirements established by The American Dietetic Association - generally a B.S. degree in either dietetics or food and nutrition (didactic program in dietetics-DPD). This program is currently granted accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Successful graduates of the program are eligible to apply for active membership in The American Dietetic Association and to take the registration examination to earn "R.D." status.
The Sage Graduate School Dietetic Internship integrates five graduate courses with over 1,000 hours of supervised practice experience in a variety of settings within a 50-mile radius of Albany and Troy, New York. The five graduate courses constitute a dietetic internship track. Students have the option of applying the graduate courses to a master's degree in either applied nutrition, health education, health services administration or public administration. The option of completing a master's degree would require the student to coordinate the remainder of his/her program with a specific graduate department advisor. Completion of the degree may be done either full-time or part-time.
Application Information for Fall 2008
An application packet, which provides you with detailed information about our program and curriculum, may be downloaded from this website. For further details regarding the DI/MS option and for any other questions you may have concerning our dietetic internship, please contact DI Director, Melodie Bell-Cavallino, MS, RD, CDN, FADA, at (518) 244-2075 or via e-mail at bellcm@sage.edu.
You may also obtain more information about The Sage Colleges by viewing our Web site at http://www.sage.edu. The application and information are valid for the September, 2008 class. The application deadline is February 15, 2008.
Nutrition Seminar: The Nutrition Care Process: Putting standardized language into practice, Nov. 7, 2007; 3:00-7:00pm Dietetic Intern Presentations: December 12, 2007 ServSafe: Thursday & Friday, January 10 & 11, 2008 SGS Research Symposium: April 26, 2008 New York State Dietetic Association: May 6 & 7, 2008 Contact Melodie Bell-Cavallino for further information bellcm@sage.edu |
Future ADA Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) 2007- Philadelphia, Pa., September 29-October 2 2008- Chicago, Ill., October 18-21 2009- Denver, Co., October 17-20 2010- Boston, Mass., November 6-9 |
Dietetic Internship Application Deadline for Fall 2008 Class: February 15, 2008 |
Tuesday, April 1, 2008: 2 - 4:30pm
Thursday, May 1, 2008: 10am - 12:30pm
Tuesday, June 3, 2008: 2pm - 5pm
Tuesday, July 8, 2008: 3pm - 5pm
Tuesday, August 19, 2008: 3pm - 5pm
All interns are strongly encouraged to attend an Information Session prior to completing the Dietetic Internship Application packet, which is due Feb. 15, 2008 for the Fall 2008 class.
All of the above sessions are held on the Troy Campus in Ackerman Hall, Room 301, unless otherwise noted . You only need to attend for one hour. Please contact DI Director, Melodie Bell-Cavallino, MS, RD, CDN, FADA, at (518) 244-2075 or via e-mail at bellcm@sage.edu if you wish to attend one of these sessions.
