Nutrition Major: Dietetics Option (B.S.) Spotlight

Anthony Dempsey, a nutrition: dietetics major, manages data for the College Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey (CHANAS), a long-running survey project targeting 18 to 24 year old adults that’s unique to UNH.

Margo Kamis is a nutrition: dietetics and ecogastronomy dual major from Glastonbury, Connecticut. She is also minoring in culinary nutrition and food studies.

Nia Lessard is a nutrition: dietetics major and ecogastronomy dual major from Hudson, New Hampshire.

Jason Alme earned his bachelor’s degree in Nutrition: Dietetics in 2022 and his master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences [now called Nutrition] in 2024.

Katelyn Young ’23, ’24G earned her bachelor’s degree in nutrition: dietetics and her master’s degree in nutrition at UNH. She is now completing her dietetic internship at Cornell University and plans to become a registered dietitian.

Caroline Williams is a nutrition: dietetics major from Danbury, Connecticut. While excelling in both her studies and extracurricular activities, she has also found time to run two marathons while an undergraduate.

Julia Melius is a nutritional sciences master’s student from Reading, Massachusetts. She graduated from UNH in 2021 with a degree in nutrition with a dietetics option.

Ava Gaudette '24 is a nutrition major in the dietetics option from Bedford, New Hampshire.

Dominick Tavares is a nutrition: dietetics major from Ossipee, New Hampshire. He is also Marble Scholar, member of the Student Nutrition Association and part of the University Honors Program.

Alexandra Papadakis ’21 has long been interested in food. When she started at UNH, she thought that interest would take her in the direction of how it’s grown, harvested, marketed, consumed. Then she started thinking more about hunger.

Tiana DiBenedetto ‘20, Sophie Kenny ‘20, Madeline Quigley ’20 and Briannah DeLorme ’20 have won first place in the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) undergraduate poster category.