August 24, 2010 (Updated February 7, 2023)

Back to School!

by Anne Mauney, MPH, RD

29 comments
Hello friends! I’m back after a busy first day of classes. It’s so fun being back on a college campus again! I can’t wait til the weather gets cooler — I always associate cool fall weather with going back to school 🙂 043

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 I’m so excited to finally be officially starting my masters program! There’s 27 of us in my MPH class year and I can’t wait to get to know everyone better 🙂 This semester, I’m taking 4 classes here at UNC Chapel Hill:
  • Bio Statistics
  • Nutrition of Children and Mothers
  • Nutritional Assessment & Counseling Skills
  • Food Science Production and Meal Preparation
I’m especially excited about the last two! The counseling class seems like we’ll be doing a lot of cool hands on stuff, including shadowing RD’s working with clients, simulating client interviews in class, etc. And the food science one will be fun because the lab = COOKING! 🙂 The nutrition of children and mothers class will be cool too, especially since one of our assignments will be teaching a few classes on nutrition to 3rd graders at a nearby elementary school 🙂 How fun! I miss teaching ever since I taught English at a primary school in Prague in 2008-2009. Anyway! Today also marked the return of the packed lunch. Hooray! I heart packed lunches 🙂 016 On the menu? Tuna salad, my fave. I hadn’t had it in too many weeks 🙂 006 I followed my usual “tuna salad with a healthy twist” recipe, except I added artichoke hearts instead of celery. Yum! Topped with cucumber: 011 And tomatoes! 013 And, finally, mixed greens 🙂 014 On the side, I packed a juicy peach: 019 And for afternoon snacks, a Chobani pomegranate Greek yogurt (love) with some raw oats to mix in (they get super doughy and delish, try it!): 023 And a package of trail mix I tossed into my bag in case things got dire (def snacked on this some during class): 001 Time to throw together some dinner! Matt and I are going to see the “Scott Pilgram” movie tonight. Have any of you seen it?
Fish + Seafood
- anne

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29 comments
  • Jessica
    I've never ever heard of that movie! Gosh, I am so out of the loop.
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  • katie didit
    Ahhh, I miss Chapel Hill! Be prepared though, it won't be cooling down for awhile! :)
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  • Jessica
    So exciting! Makes me really want to go back to school...I wish Mason had an MPH Nutrition track!
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  • Dorry
    Glad you had a great 1st day! I agree about cooler weather and school starting. I kind of want to put on a hoodie sweatshirt right now. :)
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  • BethT
    I miss Chapel Hill too! Can't wait to see you eating in and visiting my favorite places.
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  • Sana
    I can't wait to get into an MPH program! Your classes sound so awesomeee!
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  • Lauren
    Aww, how exciting! Your schedule sounds so great and I know you will do awesome! :)
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  • Matt
    Not sure how you can eat tuna! It makes my stomach churn!
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  • Sarah R
    Your class schedule looks a bit like mine, although I took my nutritional assessment course this summer. It was really interesting. I'm really exited for my Food Science course as well!
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  • Anne @ a daily slice
    Your classes sound great!! I loved my masters program--it seems so bizarre to be finished with school. Have a blast :)
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  • Leah
    I love raw oats in yogurt too!!
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  • emily
    Yay for a good first day back! Mine is next week and I'm getting nervous. We saw SPVTW the other day and I actually wasn't a fan; I just never got drawn into the characters or storyline. Let us know what you think.
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    • Anne P
      Good luck on your first day! We thought the movie was fun :) Totally weird, but entertaining!
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  • DHP
    Glad day one was a good one. Look fwd to future reports. Sounds like a great semester ahead. Good luck!
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  • Dawn
    Scott Pilgrim was HYSTERICAL! I hope you guys enjoy it as much as we did. I start my grad program on Monday, and I can't wait! There's absolutely nothing like being on campus in the fall.
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  • Kristy
    Yay! Let the good times roll.... :-)
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  • Adriane
    Welcome to Carolina! This is my first fall in 3 years that I am not there, and I am so glad to be able to pretend I am back by reading your blog--although I do not miss biostatistics. GOOD LUCK!
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  • Lauren @ 40Apples
    So exciting to be back at school! I am jealous; I love academia :) Your classes sound very, very interesting! I can't wait to hear more about them... especially the "fieldwork" aspects. Yum that tuna sando looks mighty good. I've not had canned tuna in ages but that's bringing back good memories :)
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  • Hillary [Nutrition Nut on the Run]
    I started school this week too. I was stressing about my classes, but this post made me more excited about them. If only we could be study buddies ; ) I'm taking Human Physio, Foodservice Admin, Human Nutrition, Science of Food, and Consumer Health. Good luck, dearie!
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    • Anne P
      Aw good luck! Your schedule sounds very similar - I wish we could be study buddies too! :)
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  • Kris S
    what, you're not excited for biostats? ;)
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    • Anne P
      lol, soooo excited ;) Actually the teacher is a grad student (not an 80 year old nerdy white dude like I was expecting) and it made me think of you :)
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  • Danielle
    Yea! I'm so happy to hear that you and Matt are settling in so nicely. :) It was so nice to meet you and chat at HLS while we were at Argo Tea. I can't wait for fall either! Even though we don't have much of the changing seasons here in North Florida I still love the cool temps that the fall brings. I swear there is also a "fall smell" that the air gets too!
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    • Anne P
      There totally is a fall smell! I love it :) And it was great meeting you, too :)
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  • Teresa
    I got my undergrad degree in Health Admin which is in the School of Public Healthy at UNC-CH. I remember seeing the Nutrition majors eating their packed lunches and spotting hummus for the first time. I had NO idea what it was. But, that was over 10 years ago! I'm on board now.
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  • amanda @ Hungry Vegan Traveler
    The class about children and women's nutrition sounds most interesting to me. Cooking labs sound fun! I hope you'll blog about your "lab experiments."
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