Nutrition/Dietetics Program
The UA Nutrition/Dietetics program has students in over 100 facilities across Northeastern Ohio. The list below is inclusive of clinical sites for the Coordinated Program, shadowing sites for the Didactic Program in Dietetics, and employment sites for UA graduates.
Our recent graduates have secured positions as Registered Dietitians in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia. As a result, UA is well represented by Nutrition/Dietetic graduates across the United States and even overseas as far as Kuwait.
Students gain experience and graduates are employed in the following settings:
Hospitals:
- Akron General Medical Center
- Summa Health Care Systems
- Aultman Hospital
Schools:
- Akron Public Schools
- Cuyahoga Falls City Schools
- Canton City Schools
- Parma City Schools
- Olmstead Falls City School
- Hudson City Schools
Community:
- Health Departments
- Summa Health and Wellness
- Cleveland Clinic Wellness Center
- Akron General Health and Wellness Center
- Head Start
- Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
Long-term Care:
- Extendicare Facilities
- Kindred Health Care
- Mt. Alverna
- Stow-Glen
- Manor Care Health Centers
Businesses/Corporations:
- The J.M. Smucker Company
- Nestle
The University of Akron:
- Center for Nursing
- Student Wellness and Recreation Center
- Dining Services
Volunteer/Shadowing:
- American Heart Association Heartwalk
- Relay for Life
- Diabetes Camps
UA students have pursued the following Graduate Programs:
- Business Administration
- Exercise Physiology
- Nutrition
- Public Health at NEOMED
Food and Environmental Nutrition internship and employment opportunities:
- Harry London
- Main Street Gourmet
- Sandridge Foods Corporation– employment and internships
- Nestle – employment
- The J.M. Smucker Company – employment
- Lucky Penny Dairy – internships