Students

Claire Armstrong prefers her food straight from the garden. She is a senior from Manhattan majoring in public health nutrition and gerontology.







Kate Barkman, dietetics senior from Leawood, believes that food is the world’s greatest connection.







Ely Behrhorst claims he opens bananas from the bottom.  The hotel and restaurant management senior is from Winfield.







Lindsay Creviston believes fresh foods are the key to a healthy life. The Topeka senior is a nutritional sciences and dietetics major.





Danielle Dirks, Leoti, simple says “Mmmmm….I like food.” The senior is a hotel and restaurant management student.







Simone Dorsey quips, “If you are what you eat, then let me eat a skinny person.” She is a junior dietetics and dance major from San Bernardino, Calif.





Betsy Erickson believes that macaroni and cheese can cure headaches. The senior from Wichita majors in dietetics and public health nutrition.







Michele Espinosa is sure that “cocoa is nature’s gift to us as a stress reliever.” She is a junior from Los Angeles majoring in public health nutrition and gerontology.





Katie George, a sophomore, declares “I don’t understand all this fuss about fancy food. Sushi is just gross. Macaroni and cheese is the best pasta there is. From Clyde, she majors in dietetics an public health nutrition.







Elizabeth Gittemeier believes that “no matter who you are or where you are, good food brings people together and improves your quality of life.” She is a nutrition and kinesiology major from Overland Park.





Grant Guggisberg, a print journalism senior from Wichita, could “eat pepperoni pizza every day for the rest of my life.”







Collin Hayes, Wichita, said he believes food is best enjoyed with a big mug of beer. The hospitality management senior’s class project was a craft beer blog.







Carolyn Hollis believes that the food you eat determines the type of person you are. She is a sophomore from Junction City whose major is family studies and human services.







Shareika Jones never met a strawberry she didn’t love. She is a public health nutrition junior from Wichita.







Casey McCaw likes to think that sweet potato fries are healthy. She is a dietetics and public health nutrition major from Columbia, Mo.





Catherine Metzgar knows “Life is better with chocolate.” She is a nutrition and kinesiology and dietetics senior from Mound City, Mo. She wrote a feature on chocolate for KFJ.



Dustin Nelson is from Hutchinson. When he’s not busy playing sweet guitar solos he is finishing his degree in nutrition.





Laura Parente says her love affair with cinnamon began with her first taste of pumpkin pie. She is a Dietetics and public health nutrition senior from Overland Park.





Tanner Randall says he can cook – cereal and Poptarts. The Wichita junior majors in kinesiology and pre-physical therapy.







Rachel Semjenow could “eat apples and peanut butter every day for the rest of my life.” The Topeka senior majors in public health nutrition and gerontology.





Melissa Taylor, a nutritional sciences major from Chanute, claims she wouldn’t have graduated without Diet Dr Pepper and coffee.





Katelyn Travers swears “the best Mexican food I’ve ever had was from a gas station.” The public health nutrition and dietetics major is a sophomore from Overland Park.









Beth Troutt claims she couldn’t live without Special K and M&Ms. She is a dietetics junior from Wichita.







Erin White, Jetmore, claims she could eat her weight in cotton candy Blizzards. She is a senior in accounting and general business management.









Eryn Woofter, a senior from Overland Park, says “Cheese, please!” She is a hotel and restaurant management major with a minor in business.







Matt Zerr believes that “food is what defines us; eat healthy to be healthy.” He is a senior from Grainfield majoring in nutrition and exercise science.