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MS/DI Director and Capstone Advisors

For MS/DIs at the Pocatello and Twin Falls campuses, Char Byington is your primary advisor.  For those at the Meridian campus, Kris Hilvers is your go-to person. For questions about the MS in Nutrition Capstone Project, contact your assigned Capstone Advisor.

Director and Coordinator

Head shot of professor Char Byington, RDN

 

Char Byington, MEd, RDN, LD
Director and Advisor, Dietetic Internship
Garrison Hall 620
Office: (208) 282-3091
Email: charbyington@isu.edu
Office Hours: By appointment, both in-person and virtual

Kris Hilvers, Dietetic Internship - Meridian, Coordinator

Kris Hilvers, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC
Coordinator and Advisor, Dietetic Internship in Meridian
Meridian Health Sciences Center 
Email: kristenhilvers@isu.edu 
Office Hours: By appointment, both in-person and virtual

Capstone Advisors

Cynthia Blanton, PhD, RDN, LD

Professor
Garrison Hall 619
Office: (208) 282-3953
Email: cynthiablanton@isu.edu 

Bethany Hickey, MS, RDN, LD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Meridian 665A

Office: (208) 373-1904

Email: bethhickey@isu.edu

 

Andrea Jeffery, MS, RDN, LD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Meridian 667

Office: (208) 373-1976

Email: andreajeffery@isu.edu

Male nutrition student doing cooking demonstration at community health fair

Dietetic interns at the state dietetic association meeting

Two women put their heads into cardboard image of avocado (time to avo-cardio) and beet (turn up the beat)