Make sure to verify your work experience at the beginning of every fall semester (August 21st to October 1st) by going to UIUC Web Services’ Toolbox to login and document your hours. At the beginning of every school year, at least 50 hours should be recorded. Students will only be allowed 3 submissions throughout their dietetic program. Please print off the email verification generated immediately after submitting your Work experience information online. This will ensure that you have record of it in case your Verification Policy requirements are audited plus it will help you keep track of your submissions.
Remember, students only need 150 hours total to receive a verification statement (which is required for entrance into a dietetic internship), but please feel free to enter more hours than the minimum hours required. Also, remember 50 hours must be completed EVERY school year to ensure continual experience throughout the UIUC dietetic program even if 150 hours is completed in one semester. Please do NOT total hours from previous work experience recordings. Only count hours from the most recent past academic year and summer. IF YOU HAD MORE THAN ONE JOB to total the 50 hours, please indicate how many total hours in parentheses were worked at each job when listing out 'student job titles and separate the jobs with the capitalized word 'AND' (i.e. weight loss counselor (25 hours) AND nutrition peer educator (25 hours)). If you are studying abroad, the requirements must still be made.
Approved dietetic-related experiences are listed under the Building Experiences Early link on the UIUC DPD website. If you are unsure if an experience is related to dietetics than email plawecki@uiuc.edu to get it approved, this way the student has paper verification.
The program director will randomly contact 10% of the students’ work site per year. The volunteer or work site may be asked to give an example of the student’s role at the job and/or verify the hours were completed.