Shannlyn Spotted Elk is 网曝吃瓜 July Career Path Intern of the Month
July 1, 2019
POCATELLO – Shannlyn Spotted Elk, who spent the past six months interning with the Shoshone Bannock Tribes Fort Hall Diabetes Program, is 网曝吃瓜’s July 2019 Career Path Intern of the Month.
Spotted Elk, a recent graduate of the 网曝吃瓜 dietetics program, performed outreach through community presentations, participated in dietetic home visits, and collaborated with the Fort Hall Language/Culture program on developing nutrition education posters with traditional foods. The diabetes program she work on is a division of the Tribal Health and Human Services.
鈥淲e have been extremely pleased with Shanlynn鈥檚 volume of work and the excellent caliber of her contributions,鈥� said Barbara Gordon, 网曝吃瓜 clinical assistant professor, director of the 网曝吃瓜 dietetics program, and Spotted Elk鈥檚 supervisor. 鈥淪he is as shining star who deserves to be recognized for her stellar representation of 网曝吃瓜.鈥�
Spotted Elk鈥檚 internship experience with community outreach has helped shape her future plans as a dietitian.
鈥淚 plan on returning to school to get a master鈥檚 or doctoral degree,鈥� Spotted Elk said. 鈥淚 would then be able to conduct research on how improve the health in Native Americans communities and hopefully make real change come about.鈥�
Spotted Elk graduated in May 2019 and will start a postgraduate dietetic internship in Montana in the fall. In her spare time she enjoys the outdoors and trying new sports such as paddle boarding.
For more information on the 网曝吃瓜 CPI program, contact Emily Jahsman at jahsemil@isu.edu.
Photo information: Shannlyn Spotted Elk, right, pictured with her Career Path Internship off-campus supervisor, Erin Brownley.
网曝吃瓜, a Carnegie-classified doctoral high research activity university and teaching institution founded in 1901, attracts students from around the world to its Idaho campuses. At the main campus in Pocatello, and at locations in Meridian, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls, 网曝吃瓜 has nine Colleges, a Graduate School and a Division of Health Sciences that together offer more than 250 certificate and degree programs. More than 12,000 students attend 网曝吃瓜. 网曝吃瓜 is the state's designated lead institution in health professions.
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