Carolyn Dickson

Education

5708 North County Road. Middletown, IN 47356 765-524-6861 cadickson@bsu.edu

Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Dietetic Intern
Master of Arts, Nutrition and Dietetics
GPA: 3.6
Bachelor of Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
GPA: 3.67

January, 2016 - December 2016

Anticipated December 2017
May, 2015

Experience
Community Hospital Anderson Diabetes Outpatient Center
Anderson, IN
Dietetic Intern
November 2016- December 2016
Gained experience in assessments, individualized meal planning for diabetes, pump instructions and changing pump sites,
calculating insulin in relation to carbohydrates eaten, and giving instruction on how to use glucometers to test blood sugar.
Taught meal planning, carbohydrate counting, and the importance of diet in helping control blood sugars
Gave diet education to gestational patients using carbohydrate counting for weight maintenance in pregnancy
Transitional Resources Head Start
Muncie, IN
Dietetic Intern
October 2016-November 2016
Gained experience with USDA reimbursable meals, nutrition promotion activities, and Head Start nutrition focused policies
Created Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Cooking and teaching lessons related to Nutrition for Oral Health for teachers to
incorporate into curriculum
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Dietetic Intern
May, 2016-October, 2016
Acted as staff relief for tray line, cafe supervisor, food production coordinator, and learned CBORD with purchasing supervisor
Gave dietary recommendations, diet education, and resources pertaining to carb-controlled, FODMAP for IBS, heart healthy, low
residue, low sodium, renal diets, tube feeds, and TPNs
Shadowed AMG dietitian and assisted in screening and counseling for the in-house long term acute care facility
Completed multiple weeks of staff relief which included screening, counseling, and monitoring patients in various units

Ball State University

Muncie, IN
Graduate Research Assistant
May, 2015 -May, 2016
Assisted professors in literature research, developing literature reviews, creating surveys, and analyzing data
Helped review and revise internationally published research articles related to tourism and food
Searched for grants and assisted in the revision of grant proposals for research and oversaw data collection sessions
Community and Volunteer Involvement
Ball State University
Research Assistant
Aid fellow graduate student in data collection for thesis project pertaining to sustainability
Analyze and record degree of consumption of fruit by 6th grade middle school students once a week

Muncie, IN

January, 2016-May, 2016

Ball State University Graduate School

Muncie, IN
Graduate Education Committee Member
January, 2016-May, 2016
Read, analyzed, and voted on changes and additions to policy within different departments of the Graduate School
Reviewed dissertations, theses, and other submitted work submitted for awards as part of the awards subcommittee
Making Connections Early Childhood Conference
Madison County, IN
Presenter
October, 2015
Created and presented Nutrition on a Budget: Healthy Snacks for Children aimed at parents, administrators, teachers, and
childcare professionals

Professional Affiliations
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Ball State Dietetics Association Member
Phi Upsilon Omicron Member, Family and Consumer Science National Honor Society

May 2015-Present

August, 2012-May, 2015

January, 2013- May, 2015