Area Meeting Details
Here is a recap from some of our spring area meetings. Congratulations to our winners! We look forward to a fierce competition at the IFTSA College Bowl Competition on Wednesday, June 27 at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.
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Central Atlantic Area
**Winner = North Carolina State University**
Place: Virginia Tech University
Dates: April 14-15
Teams: North Carolina State University, University of Delaware, University of Maryland, and Virginia Tech University
Activities: Kickball, a professional panel, and college bowl competition
Contact: Quin Patton at jqpatton@ncsu.edu
Midwest Area
**Winner = Purdue University**
Place: University of Kentucky
Dates: March 30-31
Teams: Michigan State University, Purdue University, The Ohio State University, University of Illinois, University of Kentucky, and University of Tennessee
Activities: Social event, a tour of Keeneland Race Track, college bowl competition, and a celebratory dinner
Contact: Jamie Skudlarek at jamie.greene@uky.edu
Mountain West Area
**Winner = Brigham Young University**
Place: Colorado State University
Dates: April 6-7
Teams: Brigham Young University, California Polytechnic Pomona University, California Polytechnic State at San Luis Obispo, Chapman University, and Utah State University
Activities: Brewing technology presentation, Mountain West Club activity summaries, group dinner, and college bowl competition
Contact: Aliyar Fouladkhah at aliyar@lamar.colostate.edu
North Atlantic Area
**Winner = Cornell University**
Place: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Date: April 6-7
Teams: Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University, University of Maine, and University of Massachusetts Amherst
Activities: Welcome dinner and speech by Dr. Decker, head of the food science department at University of Massachusetts Amherst on April 6. Breakfast, department tour, college bowl competition and lunch on April 7.
Contact: Xi Chen at chenxi@eden.rutgers.edu
North Central Area
**Winner = University of Minnesota**
Place: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dates: April 13-14
Teams: Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Activities: Make-your-own pizza and ice cream social, tour of the Babcock Hall and dairy plant, college bowl competition, and scavenger hunt
Contact: Gregg Turbes at turbes@wisc.edu
Pacific West Area
**Winner = University of California- Davis**
Place: The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California-Davis
Dates: March 9-10
Teams: University of California-Davis, Fresno State University, Oregon State University, Washington State University/University of Idaho
Activities: Campus-wide scavenger hunt, campus brewery and winery tours, seminar on food trends, and a southern style barbecue dinner
Contact: Kirk Smith at kirktsmith@gmail.com
South Central Area
**Winner: University of Arkansas**
Place: Culinary Focus, Irving, TX
Dates: March 29-30
Teams: Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and University of Arkansas
Activities: Tour of Pecan Deluxe plant, culinary demonstration at Culinary Focus followed by a “make your own pizza dinner”
Contact: Lisbeth Rives at lisbethrives@gmail.com
Southeast Area
**Winner: Clemson University **
Place: Louisiana State University
Dates: March 30-April 1
Teams: Alabama A&M University, Clemson University, Louisiana State University, University of Florida, and University of Georgia
Activities: Ice cream social, challenge-based tour of campus, college bowl competition, and a Louisiana style cookout
Contact: Adriana Soto at asotor1@tigers.lsu.edu
Send in your club photos
Summer is approaching quickly, but there are still a few weeks of school left. What is your food science club doing to close out the year? E-mail your club photos to Emily Wolter at emwolter2@gmail.com by May 17 to be included in the June edition of Midnight Snack. Photos are also being accepted until May 31 for inclusion in the IFTSA Welcome Assembly Slideshow preceding the College Bowl Competition.
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