SNE Conference in New Orleans

During my last year at BYU I had the privilege of doing research with two of my nutrition professors. We studied College Students’ attitudes and perceptions towards cooking and pulled data from a cooking assignment they were required to do outside of class. Each of us took a different aspect of the assignment and created our own abstracts to submit to the Society for Nutrition Education (SNE). Each of our abstracts were accepted and we spent the last couple months creating posters to present in New Orleans during the conference. The Conference went from July 11th-15th. I got to attend several classes, listen to several keynote speakers, attend a workshop, and present my own research. It was interesting to hear what other professionals are doing around the country and throughout the world. I learned and re-learned a lot of interesting and useful information.

One of my professors lived in New Orleans for two years while she got her masters. This was very convenient because she could show us around town without getting lost or ending up in areas we didn’t want to be…

New Orleans is always a party - Mardi Gras float full of people going down the street in the middle of the day and it's not even Mardi Gras!

Downtown New Orleans is full of colorful, intricate French and Spanish architecture. The not-quite-so-colorful building was New Orleans' first "skyscraper" reaching four stories into the sky!

Riding the trolley car with Shannon and the others to get some dinner in Uptown New Orleans. The hot, sticky humidity does wonders to your skin, clothes, and hair.

Dr. Brown, Me, Dr. Richards, and Shannon in front of an Andrew Jackson Memorial and Catholic Cathedral.

Experiencing the heat, humidity, and smell of the city is enough for me not to get excited about planning another trip there any time soon… however, hearing jazz on every corner was a special treat.

All in all I am very grateful to have had this experience and to have gone through the tedious process of doing research to get there. I owe a BIG THANKS to BYU for allotting the funds for me to travel and spend five days 'continuing my education' and providing me the experience of presenting my own research to others from around the world!!