Joe Chism, a district dietician with Sodexo. He helps college students with any food-related questions throughout a number of universities all through Kentucky and Tennessee, together with Austin Peay State College. Photograph supplied by Joe Chism. | THE ALL STATE
At Austin Peay State College, the Govs Eating group must care in regards to the well being and diet of scholars, school, and workers. To perform this, the eating group presents a variety of wholesome meals choices to cater to the various wants of all guests.
To ensure that everybody on the college can get the help wanted when navigating meals choices on campus, Govs Eating dietitian Joe Chism is a free useful resource for the campus group.
There are a lot of questions one can ask about diet, however throughout my discuss with Chism, I needed to take the chance to study extra about his impression at APSU and what led him to develop into a dietitian.
Chism graduated with a Bachelor’s diploma in Dietetics from the College of Kentucky. All through his life, he has been concerned in quite a few sports activities and has at all times had an curiosity in residing a wholesome life. Nonetheless, when he went to school, Chism was uncertain about what diploma to pursue.
Throughout our dialog, Joe shared tales about how he grew to become enthusiastic about turning into a dietitian. He heard about folks “slicing” or bulking,” — phrases you may hear on the FOY Health & Recreation Middle.
Chism was additionally fascinated by witnessing new methods to eat extra protein. For instance, Chism noticed a coach eat cans of tuna early within the morning to hit a protein consumption aim.
Nonetheless, what finally led him to the trail of turning into a dietitian was assembly together with his tutorial advisor. After the advisor heard about his pursuits, they prompt that he focus his training on dietetics, the research of diet.
After commencement, Chism would discover his solution to Sodexo, which grew to become APSU’s meals service supplier in 2022. Exterior of serving APSU, Joe serves as a dietitian for seven colleges throughout the district.
Chism visits APSU as soon as a month in particular person for eating occasions and connects with the campus group just about with one-on-one conferences outdoors of the time he’s on campus. He additionally offers free consulting for college students, and helps with:
- Sampling Occasions
- Eating Corridor Excursions
- Wholesome Dorm Consuming
- Campus Allergy Requests
Throughout Chism’s time at APSU, he has been a speaker for APSU athletes and the APSU Full Spectrum Studying program. He has additionally met with over 50 APSU group members.
The APSU group can schedule appointments with Chism by his Instagram, by calling 859-200-6174 or by emailing joe.chism@sodexo.com. To see when he will probably be on campus subsequent, college students can observe @GovsDining on social media.
Ryan Seltz
Ryan Seltz is a Junior at Austin Peay State College’s Faculty of Enterprise, the place he’s majoring in Finance. He has an curiosity for monetary writing, profiling, and maintaining with many various sports activities.