Are Delivery Apps Hurting the Food Industry?
As restaurants struggle to stay in business and dining rooms across the country close due to COVID-19, food delivery apps—like Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, or Just Eat—have picked up steam.
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7 Exciting Careers Worth Pursuing With a Master's Degree in Nutrition
Choosing a career in nutrition means you can play a key role not only in guiding individual eating habits but also in promoting community health. Nutrition professionals serve in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and even food processing plants. Their work encompasses education, emotional support, management, and more.
A Master of Science in Nutrition can provide a clear path forward for those looking to make their mark as nutritionists, health coaches, and in the many other fields outlined below:
COVID Chronicles: Do You Like It? Does It Fit? Will You Wear It?
JWU professors, like students, are experiencing the “new normal” during the global pandemic, COVID-19. In this series, we’ll explore how they are navigating their day-to-day, both inside and outside the online classroom, and their observations of the world.
MS - Instructional Design & Technology: A Closer Look
Now more than ever, remote learning and working are becoming increasingly prevalent in our world, and with that comes a demand for more instructional designers. What is an instructional designer? You could call them the masterminds behind remote schooling and professional training. Instructional designers work with industry experts to translate their knowledge of the subject or job into a palpable online learning experience.
8 Must-Have Apps for College Students
Considering that Apple launched the App Store 12 years ago, the majority of Generation Z, the age range of today’s college students, has likely never owned a mobile device without apps. Out of the now millions to choose from--2.6 million Android offerings and 2.2 million on iOS--according to Business of Apps’ 2019 count, surely there are a few that make staying on track with your studies and organized a little easier. Here are our picks for the top apps for college students.
Frequently Asked Questions: JWU Fall Semester Change [VIDEO]
When Fall 2020 courses begin next week, all undergraduate courses will be offered on a semester calendar instead of a term calendar.
What does this mean? Instead of having four 11-week terms (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer), undergraduates will be taking courses over a traditional 16-week-long semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer). Each semester will be split into two sessions (for example, Fall I and Fall II). Students will have the opportunity to take a semester-long 16-week course, if they wish, in addition to their session coursework.
How to Cope with Change
Now more than ever, we are facing changes that may be hard to swallow.
12 Essentials for Opening a Restaurant
Those with entrepreneurial dreams often set their sights on the restaurant business.
However, while there is always a demand for great food at interesting locales, the restaurant business is a particularly challenging one to enter into. It's always been a challenge for up-and-coming restaurateurs to break into the industry, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a handful of new and overwhelming challenges for even the most experienced restaurant owners.
10 Digital Marketing Careers to Consider
If you are creative and like the advertising aspect of business, then digital marketing careers may be right up your alley. Transitioning into the digital world of marketing is easier when you have a degree that shows potential employers or clients your knowledge, training and dedication. With a digital marketing degree, you can easily follow a number of career paths. What is digital marketing and what jobs can you get with a degree in that field?
