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& Awards Ceremony - NDA State Meeting, April 2004
Our
2004 Student Scholarship Winners

Left to Right: Rubi Anjum (Las Vegas), Connie Fiore (Reno),
Deb Finch (Las Vegas), Sarah Burch (Reno), Emily Beals (Las
Vegas), Sheri Kush (Las Vegas)
Recognized
Young Dietitian of the Year: Yolanda Ortega-Gammill (no picture
available)
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Outstanding
Dietetic Student: Sheri Kush (with many of her instructors
and inspirations)

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of the Year: Lorna Dunn-Crabb, Clinical Dietetic Manager,
Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Las Vegas (with
Christa Graberstein) |
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Nevada
Dietetic Association Partnership Award: St Rose-Dominican
Hospital, Henderson
From
left to right: Paul Deignan, MPS, RD, Manager Nutrition Services,
Bonnie Johnson, NDA Annual Meeting Planner/NDA Media Rep/SNDA
President-Elect, and Rod Davis, President, CEO, CHW St. Rose
Dominican Hospitals
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Kay
Oring received a special award from her alma mater, University
of Idaho Margaret Ritchie School of Family & Consumer
Sciences, as one of the "Centennial 100" individuals
who through their lives & work illuminated the breadth,
diversity, culture and spirit of the school. Awarded Sept
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| Presenting
Carolyn Leontos, ADA 2003 Medallion Award Winner.
ADA's
Medallion Awards, given each year since 1976, honor individuals
who have shown dedication to the high standards of the dietetics
profession through active participation, leadership and devotion
to serving others in dietetics and allied health fields. Carolyn
Leontos, MS RD CDE, Las Vegas, is a nutrition specialist and
professor at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.
She is recognized for her contribution to the field of nutrition
through her leadership in diabetes organizations and creating
alliances with these organizations and ADA. Additionally,
she played an important role in the creation of ADA's Nutrition
Practice Guidelines for Type 1 and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
Nevada is very proud of her unwavering dedication for providing
education to numerous health care professionals and to our
community.
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Many
of us enjoyed a wonderful reception in Carolyn's honor at
the end of the first day of the meeting.

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Nevada's
2003 Award Winners
Outstanding
Dietetics Student Awards:
Emily Plum, UNLV Didactic Program
Jamie Monta, UNR Internship
Holly H. Shonnard, DTR Program, Truckee Meadows CC.
Recognized
Young Dietitian of the Year (RYDY):
Lynice Anderson, RD, CDE
Washoe Diabetes Health Center
Molly Michelman, MS, RD
UNLV/Sierra Health Services
Outstanding
Dietitian:
Barbara Paulsen, MS, RD
Diary Council Utah/Nevada
Emerging
Dietetics Leader:
Elaine Frankovich, RD, CDE
Washoe Health Enhancement Service
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