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MS/Dietetic Internship Director and Capstone Advisors

Director and Coordinator

Char Byington, MEd, RDN, LD
Director, Dietetic Internship
Garrison Hall 620
(208) 282-3091
charbyington@isu.edu 

Kris Hilvers, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC
Coordinator, Dietetic Internship in Meridian
Meridian Health Sciences Center 
kristenhilvers@isu.edu 

Capstone Advisors

Cynthia Blanton, PhD, RDN, LD

Professor
Garrison Hall 619
Office: (208) 282-3953
Email: cynthiablanton@isu.edu 

Barbara Gordon, EdD, RDN, FAND

Associate Professor

Meridian 665

Office: (208) 373-1904

Email: barbaragordon@isu.edu

 

Chrissa Petersen, PhD, RDN, CD

Assistant Professor

Garrison Hall 604

Office: (208) 282-2512

Email: chrissapetersen@isu.edu

Male nutrition student doing cooking demonstration at community health fair

Dietetic interns at the state dietetic association meeting

Two women put their heads into cardboard image of avocado (time to avo-cardio) and beet (turn up the beat)

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