Sarah Nagy
  • dietetics
  • Class of 2015
  • Litchfield, OH

Sarah Nagy Member of Student Dietetic Association

2014 Nov 18

Sarah Nagy of Litchfield , OH, is a member of the student dietetic association at Ashland University.

Nagy is majoring in dietetics. She is the daughter of Scott and Stephanie Nagy of Litchfield. Nagy is a 2011 graduate of Buckeye High School.

The Student Dietetic Association (SDA) is open to students in Dietetic majors and anyone else interested in Nutrition. As a Student Dietetic Association, they focus on educating the Ashland University campus as well as the local community with events such as National Nutrition Month, which is celebrated every March. For the past two years the dietetic association has educated campus in a number of ways from a Nutrition Hot Bar in the Convocation Center, to a Health Smoothie taste test at Tuffy's (an on campus smoothie bar), and each year Ashland University's SDA has won an award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for our efforts. They also have the Ashland Dietetics Blog where students blog several times each week about hot topics in nutrition, as well as our Nutrition Newsletter, which is released quarterly, which articles regarding trending nutrition information and recipes. The program has also attended Ohio Public Policy day in order to learn more about the laws and policies that are being enacted that will change our profession.

Ashland University, which has been ranked in the top 200 colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's National Universities category, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students.