Melanie S. Northam
PO Box 1234 WUS : Rock Hill, SC 29733
803/323-2222 : nutrigal@yahoo.com

February 17, 2001

Dr. Jo Koster
Department of English
Winthrop University
Rock Hill SC 29733-0001

Dear Dr. Koster:

I am relatively satisfied with my progress to date in writing a report proposing the addition of a practicum class in Medical Nutrition Therapy to the curriculum in the Department of Human Nutrition.

Achievements
I have achieved a number of the goals in my work plan. I have interviewed Drs. Wolman and Silagyi-Rebovich to discuss adding a practicum class and the procedures required to do so. I received permission from Dr. Wolman to pass out surveys in the Medical Nutrition Therapy class and distributed and retrieved those surveys on January 31, 2001. I have also tallied the results from the survey.

Issues of Concern
Although I had trouble finding articles on practica and hands-on learning classes myself, Dr. Silagyi-Rebovich kindly helped me find some of the secondary research I need. I am concerned, however, about finding other universities that offer a practicum class so that I can give Dr. Wolman ideas on how those classes are set up. I am trying to find better Internet search terms to use for locating these materials.

I still must decide what information will be appropriate to present in my graphics. Although I have located the articles Dr. Silagyi-Rebovich recommended, I have yet to read them to see how useful they will be in my final report. I also need to begin drafting my final report so that it is ready in time for my rough draft conference.

Updated Schedule
I intend to complete my graphics and secondary research this week. I will write the rough draft of my report this weekend so that I can take it to the Writing Center early next week. This will leave me two weeks to confer with you, find additional research, and polish the report to be submitted on time.

I look forward to any suggestions or comments you may have.

Melanie S. Northam Sign your name in ink--typed name is for display only