Watch videos on the WSU Creamery highlighted by the Rachel Ray Show! SFS class of 2021, graduate Oluseyi Shonuyi was featured in the Cougar Gold Cheese video!
COVID-19
Understandably, there are concerns regarding safety dealing with COVID-19. The most current information on how the university is setting safety protocols for the 2020 fall semester is posted on the COVID-19 website. We know college is difficult to navigate during normal times, but especially challenging during the pandemic. Please feel free to email or contact us if you have questions or concerns.
Student Spotlight
Eventually, I came to work at a yogurt factory and I spent a lot of working with the plant manager and floor supervisors. I would always say I wish I could do your job. The plant manager, who was a WSU alum, told me just to do it…and here I am!
Luuvan Hoang, Undergraduate student, Class of 2022
Alumni Spotlight
My food science degree gave me a background to be able to jump around in (food) industry to learn about different departments and be able to mentor others about what I’ve learned.
Michael Schmitt, Class of 2003, WiseCode
Faculty Spotlight
I like interacting with students and helping them develop skill sets to solve problems in the food industry and daily life. I also enjoy working with the industry to address practical food safety problems.Dr. Meijun Zhu, SFS Professor, Food Microbiology and Nutrigenomics Laboratory
What is Food Science?
If you see it on the grocery shelf, a food scientist was involved. Call it a food technologist or a “food nerd”, but it doesn’t get much better than getting paid to eat your own science experiment.
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Students graduating from the School of Food Science are in high demand in every aspect of the food and wine industry. Graduates have their pick of jobs in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.