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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Allison Dilzer, a senior
Dietetics
major at the SUNY College at Oneonta, has been chosen as the 2007-2008 New
York State Outstanding Dietetic Student by the
New York State Dietetic Association.
Dilzer, a resident of Saranac Lake, received the award at the association's
annual meeting in Albany last week.
Allison Dilzer received the award based on her outstanding academic
achievements, volunteer service, and involvement on campus and in the
community.
A Dean's List student, Dilzer was recognized as one of the College's Best
and Brightest students in both Spring 2007 and Fall 2007. She is part of a
student-faculty research team that investigated exercise-induced dehydration
and presented its findings in a poster session at the annual meeting of the
Aerospace Medical Association, as well as at the College's Student Research
Day in both 2007 and 2008. She has worked as a research assistant at the
Trudeau Institute for Immunology Research and a dietetic technician at the
Adirondack Medical Center.
Allison Dilzer is highly involved in both campus and community service. She
has volunteered through Saturday's Bread, the YMCA, AmeriCorps CROP program,
Alpha Phi Omega Community Service Coed Fraternity, and Saranac Lake Kiwanis.
On campus, Dilzer is an active member of the
Food & Nutrition
Association through which she helped develop and prepare a nutrition
education display for National Nutrition Month and served as an event
coordinator for the Red Dragon Golf Tournament. She served as the College's
student liaison to the American Dietetic Association and is a member of the
Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society.
Allison Dilzer was nominated for the state award by
Dr. Mary Ann
Dowdell, Director of the Undergraduate Program in Dietetics at the
College. She is the fourth SUNY-Oneonta student to receive the award since
2002.
Dilzer transferred to SUNY-Oneonta in 2006 after completing an
associate's degree at North Country Community College. After graduation from
SUNY-Oneonta, she plans to continue her studies in Penn State University's
dietetic internship. She has been accepted into the program and received a
scholarship for it.
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