Please enjoy news from the (not so) distant past! We recently updated our website, and in that process, we transferred our archived news to this blog format.

Faculty and students of NUFS & PKG attended and presented research posters at the 2018 California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics annual conference in May in Pomona.

Faculty and students at the conference.

Congratulations to Giovanni Sumulong (student) and Deepa Singamesetti, MS (faculty) for receiving 2018 CEED (Committee to Enhance Equity and Diversity) Awards!

Ms. Caroline Haas, NUFS & PKG faculty member and Director of our Circle of Friends Alumni Association, received the Lifetime Faculty Service Award at the 2017 CASA Service Awards Reception on Wednesday, November 15, 2017!

Faculty at the Service Awards Reception.

ATTENTION Masters Program Applicants: The graduate school application system, CSU Mentor, has been replaced with Cal State Apply (calstate.edu/apply) as of June 1, 2017.

Curriculum scheduling update: Both NUFS 108A and NUFS 109 will be offered every semester starting Fall 2017.

History of department’s Cal Pro NET Center is featured in CASA Blog post!

Dr. Fritz Yambrach received the top award in the DuPont International Innovative Package Design competition this year with his Fritz Water Vest (pictured below). This is very prestigious as it has an international team of judges and is very well respected in the packaging technology field. Their comments recognized Fritz Water Vest as an example of Packaging technology applied to improving people’s lives. For more info about the Fritz Water Vest, visit www.FritzWaterVest.org.

A child wearing the Fritz Water Vest.

The Packaging Program typically gives over $6,000 annually in student scholarships!