Academic Advising

Academic adviser for all dietetics students and any students who wish to learn more about dietetics:

• Linda Summers, MS, RD 
  Assistant Director of Dietetics  
  106C Trout FSHN Building
  Email: summer24@msu.edu
  Phone: (517) 355-8474 ext. 121
  MSU Students, To reserve an advising appointment time, please use the online Advising Appointment System.

Faculty adviser/mentors for juniors and seniors in dietetics.
Students are assigned based on the first letter of their last name.

• Dr Sharon Hoerr, RD                                 A-C
  139C Trout FSHN Building
  Email: hoerrs@msu.edu
  Phone: (517) 355-8474 ext. 110                            
  

• Dr. Norman Hord, RD,                               D-H
  208C Trout FSHN Building
  Email: hord@msu.edu
  Phone: (517)355-8474 ext 186
   
• Nancy Johnson, MS, RD                            I-L
  139B Trout FSHN Building
  Email: johns526@msu.edu
  Phone: (517) 355-8474 ext. 131
   
• Dr. Miriam Nettles, RD                             M-Q
  236B Trout FSHN Building
  Email:
  Phone: (517) 355-8474 ext135
   
• Pat Thurston, MA, RD                               R-S
  236C Trout FSHN Building
  Email: thursto9@msu.edu
  
  
• Dr. Lorraine Weatherspoon, RD               T-Z                                   Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
  334C Trout FSHN Building
  Email: weathe43@msu.edu
  Phone: (517) 355-8474 ext 136
  

Students should plan to schedule at least one advising appointment with an academic adviser each semester. Check with your adviser to see how to schedule an appointment, or contact Ms. Cherie Perkins, dietetics secretary at (517) 355-8474 ext. 118, email: perkin57@msu.edu.

It is important for students to feel comfortable with their adviser since the adviser will be providing assistance in one or more of the following

• Planning a schedule of required courses
• Providing information about scholarships, professional organizations, and job openings
• Making plans for future career endeavors
• Identifying and marketing the student's strengths
• Communicating preprofessional and professional expectations
• Nurturing professional growth and development
• Writing letters of recommendation for Dietetic Internship Applications and/or jobs

Students always have the option to request to be assigned to a specific adviser and/or to change advisers at anytime. The student is not penalized in any way for changing advisers.