​​​​Amy Illovsky​

EMDH AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
Experiences: I primarily worked with the dietitian for Campus Dining Services. This involved hands-on assistance in campus kitchens and dining commons, working with chefs, creating supplemental materials for students seeking nutrition help from the dietitian, observing the dietitian's one-on-one meetings with students wanting nutrition help, helping out for events, attending staff meetings, and more. I was fortunate enough to learn about how my preceptor's colleagues worked together as a whole to form a functioning department. I was able to learn about different duties and functions of EMDH staff via interviewing staff members, such as the following: Procurement Administrator; Senior Assistant Director of Residential Dining; Meal Plan Coordinator; Assistant Director of Marketing, Training, and Hospitality; Assistant Director of Fiscal Management; Account Technicians; Business Analyst; Training and Development Coordinator; Personnel Coordinator; Personnel Specialist; Student Hiring and Training Administrator; and more. An HR experience was that I got to learn about the hiring process and sit in on interviews for job applicants for an open position.

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Projects: The first project I did was a list of snack ideas for a student with type 2 diabetes. I found out that the student regularly dined on campus at Watterson Commons, so I also provided additional information on where to find snacks there.

A chef and I worked together for a milkshake project. The main goal was to determine if we could make a quality flavored milkshake from vanilla ice cream as a base, or if we would need a flavored ice cream as a base for customer acceptability. We developed our own recipes for vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry shakes. Then I had staff taste test and rank the milkshakes. It was revealed that there was good acceptability of certain milkshakes with vanilla ice cream as a base.