Current Students

Departmental resources for current students are available here. Please contact the Academic Coordinator for additional questions or support.

Click here to learn about department efforts to advance equity, diversity and inclusion. The Gillings School Student Feedback and Equity Concerns form can be used to provide feedback on equity and other concerns.

Click here for ways to get learn from and get involved in the nutrition community engagement efforts.

Resources

Student Leaders

• Undergraduate Program
  • Maliha Bhuiyan, Department/Faculty Liaison
  • Eleanor Christianson, Department/Faculty Liaison
  • Anna Geib, Department/Faculty Liaison
• Masters Program
  • Elizabeth Shin, Department/Faculty Liaison
  • Haley Williams, Department/Faculty Liaison
• Doctoral Program
  • Kyle Busse, Department/Faculty Liaison

Academic and Holistic Support

• Accessibility Resources and Service
• Counseling and Psychological Services
• Student Wellness
• Tutoring at Gillings
• The Learning Center
• The Writing Center
• The Carolina Cupboard – Community Food Pantry

Advising

• Gillings Forms and Policies (course exemptions/substitutions, declaring a minor/second major, etc.)
• Advising Meeting Notes
• Current Student Handbooks (listed at the end of each program description)
• Courses in Nutrition
• Course Search Tool

Community

• The Graduate School – Diversity and Student Success
• Gillings Minority Student Caucus
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• STEM Pride of the Triangle
• Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) – PhD Students
• Nutrition Coalition
• Nutribites
• Embody Carolina

Funding

• Department Awards and Financial Support – Please visit this page for a listing of opportunities by degree program sorted by deadlines.
• The Office of Undergraduate Research Funding
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) – Deadline of Feb 1!
• The Graduate School Funding Resources
• The Graduate Funding Information Center (GFIC)
• The Graduate Funding Information Portal
• Application and Proposal Writing Resources
• Successful Proposals Collection (UNC login required)
• U.S. Department of Labor Free Scholarship Search

Professional Development, Seminars and Workshops

• Gillings Career Services
• UNC Career Services
• UNC Handshake (UNC login required)
• Public Health Pathways for Pre-Medical Students (scroll to bottom for internships)
• The Graduate School Professional Development Resources – Scroll down to Career Exploration and visit The Versatile PhD using your UNC login for assistance with non-academic/non-faculty PhD Careers
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• American Society for Nutrition
• Academia.edu

Student Policies and Memos

• Doctoral Student 3-Person Advisory Committee Policy – Committee of 3 (PDF)
• Individual Development Plan (IDP) Policy (PDF)