Voices of ACES

photo of Zainab Alzoubi
What I learned about food insecurity among Pakistani university students
I was honored to have been chosen for the Global Food Security internship here at Illinois. This internship was unlike the previous years. COVID-19 has massively changed our lives and impacted our experiences.
By Zainab Alzoubi
All Students Educators From the Dean Social
May 6, 2021
By Molly Stamm
Class of 2021 - Senior Spotlights, Part 3
Join ACES in celebrating the Class of 2021! Through a challenging year, these students have persevered and shown what it means to be part of the ACES family. Here, a few of our graduating seniors share the challenges and successes of their time in ACES, as well as advice for their classmates.
May 6, 2021
By Molly Stamm
Class of 2021 - Senior Spotlights, Part 2
Join ACES in celebrating the Class of 2021! Through a challenging year, these students have persevered and shown what it means to be part of the ACES family. Here, a few of our graduating seniors share the challenges and successes of their time in ACES, as well as advice for their classmates.
May 6, 2021
By Molly Stamm
Class of 2021 - Senior Spotlights, Part 1
Join ACES in celebrating the Class of 2021! Through a challenging year, these students have persevered and shown what it means to be part of the ACES family. Here, a few of our graduating seniors share the challenges and successes of their time in ACES, as well as advice for their classmates.
April 21, 2021
By Justine Karduck
FSHN dietetics seniors: 100% matched again for 5th year in a row!
Seniors in dietetics from the ACES Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) have done it again! Nationally, an average of only 65% of dietetic students matches with a dietetic internship. However, the FSHN dietetics class of 2021 achieved a match rate of 100%, meaning that every senior who applied for a dietetic internship or graduate school was matched with one or accepted. The seniors found out the exciting news on April 5. And this year marks the fifth year in a row that 100% of dietetics seniors were matched!
April 8, 2021
By Madison Wilson
Illini ACT Chapter hosts National ACT Professional Development Conference
The Illini Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) chapter at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was excited to host the 2021 Virtual National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow Professional Development Conference March 18 and 19.
March 31, 2021
By Bryn Grossman
Healthy habits during a pandemic: Dietetics students teach kids about nutrition
This past month, I was lucky enough to participate in a virtual presentation with the sixth graders at the Holy Cross Middle School in Champaign for FSHN 329. Due to COVID, this was the first time ever that this event was through Zoom!
March 9, 2021
By Federico Ceballos Sierra
Colombia coffee research goes on, despite pandemic obstacles for graduate student
For 10 years I have tried to visit the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Palmira, Colombia, yet it still eludes me. Who would’ve thought a global pandemic would be the latest obstacle to my desire?
January 29, 2021
By Carolina Garibay
How to make the most of college during a pandemic
March 2020 is imprinted clearly in my mind. I was on edge because I was the last of my friends from home who found out how my school was going to handle the COVID-19 situation after spring break. I remember thinking, “There’s no way the school is going to cancel in-person classes for the entire semester.” As cases began to rise and everyone collectively realized how serious this virus was, however, it became increasingly clear that school would not be able to resume normally after spring break.
January 6, 2021
By Maddy Liberman
Let’s Talk Trash
In 2014, I walked through the University of Illinois campus for the first time. While here, my 14-year-old self took a silly photo next to a pile of trash (pictured above). Little did I know this would foreshadow what was in store for me just a few years down the road. In sharing my “trash” journey, I hope to provide a few words of wisdom and inspire my fellow students to take action on campus.