master\u2019s in nutrition and dietetics<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>is digestible because it has allowed her to take one course\u2014occasionally two\u2014at a time.<\/p>\nJenny, who earned the RDN credential in 2016, works as both an RD for Renovate Your Plate, an outpatient counseling center, and a nutrition care manager for Morrison Community Living, while pursuing her degree.<\/p>\n
How Does She Keep Up?<\/h2>\n
\u201cI can keep up with a full-time job, my friends and take classes, all because the degree is fully online,\u201d says Jenny. \u201cI can do my course work in the evenings and on weekends and am not held to a specific time that I have to drive to campus.\u201d<\/p>\n
She says another advantage is that \u201cthe online classroom allows me to learn at my own pace. I can pause lectures to take notes.\u201d Online students of Ball State can access course content at any time and don\u2019t have to log-in at specific times of the week.<\/p>\n
But doing it all from home isn\u2019t the only reason she likes the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cI chose Ball State,\u201d she says, \u201cbecause they were willing to accept nine of my 13 graduate credits I earned at another university for my dietetic internship.\u201d<\/p>\n
She Started with Smooth Admissions Process<\/h2>\n
Like other busy adult students who have careers and professional development obligations, Jenny was determined to find a program with minimal application steps. \u201cBall State made it a smooth and simple process,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
She also likes the fact that grad school, in general, and the master\u2019s in nutrition and dietetics, in particular, provide the opportunity to concentrate on subjects that deserve focused attention.<\/p>\n
She points out semester-long courses in renal nutrition and exercise and sport nutrition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese topics would have been one quick chapter in one class at the undergraduate level,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Jenny Says Master\u2019s is \u201cDigestible\u201d<\/h2>\n
She remembers her bachelor\u2019s program as a whirlwind of information. \u201cWith my master\u2019s, it\u2019s my choice. I take one class at a time,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel like I am learning and taking in information in digestible amounts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenny feels the course work has given her confidence in her practice as an RDN.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal is to help you learn to respect and trust your body by developing a healthy relationship to food,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to help you feel empowered to care for yourself in a more positive and compassionate way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gives Faculty and Staff Credit<\/h2>\n
Jenny gives much credit to the program\u2019s faculty and staff. \u201cOur director [Carol Friesen] is absolutely amazing and even schedules phone calls outside of conventional working hours,\u201d says Jenny, who graduates in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just can\u2019t say enough great things about Ball State\u2019s online master\u2019s in nutrition and dietetics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When discussing her graduate work, it is only fitting that Jenny Anttonen would use the term \u201cdigestible.\u201d A registered dietitian nutritionist, Jenny says that the Ball State\u00a0master\u2019s in nutrition and dietetics\u00a0is digestible because it has allowed her to take one course\u2014occasionally two\u2014at a time. Jenny, who earned the RDN credential in 2016, works as both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[62,7,61,64],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-and-faculty-stories","tag-dietetics","tag-masters","tag-nutrition","tag-rdn"],"yoast_head":"\n
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