As part of the Honors College here at Texas A&M University- Texarkana(TAMUT) honor students are required to participate in the co-curricular colloquium series. Students are paired with faculty across disciplines. The series is held several times throughout the semester allowing students the opportunity to present their research. Earlier this week, honors student Camille Janes from the nursing program and the Dean of the Nursing Program Dr. Heather McKnight presented her research findings on Medically tailored meals for diabetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing people with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, Camille was interested in how she could help improve their lives. With eating habits being the main focus for diabetes control, Camille went into detail about the different dietary meals that showed some improvement when it came to lowering blood sugar levels. Some of those meals are low carb high protein, mediterranean and plant based meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Camille is a second semester nursing student at TAMUT and spent the last year working on her honors project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Honors program at TAMUT \u201coffers motivated undergraduate students a unique opportunity to deepen their knowledge in their fields.\u201d One of the requirements for the honors program is a GPA of 3.5. But don’t worry, you can still apply for the program by filling out the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As part of the Honors College here at Texas A&M University- Texarkana(TAMUT) honor students are required to participate in the co-curricular colloquium series. Students are paired with faculty across disciplines. The series is held several times throughout the semester allowing … Continue reading