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February 2021 - Associate Newsletter

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Additional Messages<br />

Residential:<br />

A HUGE thank you to everyone for a great opening to the winter quarter. Wildcat<br />

Wellness showed us, once again, what we can do when we work as an effective<br />

team. I am grateful to everyone for their patience and adaptability during this<br />

unusual time for us all. Recently I pulled out a book from my past on how to<br />

adapt to change “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson and the lessons<br />

learned there are true today: Change Happens, Anticipate Change, Monitor<br />

Change, Adapt to Change Quickly, Change, Enjoy the Change! And…. Be Ready to<br />

Quickly Change Again and Again… It’s a great book with some great ideas.<br />

Mitch Phelps<br />

Sr. Director of Dining Services<br />

Retail:<br />

Juan “JD” Aguayo<br />

Director of Retail Operations<br />

This is not just a team; this is a family to me. Words will not be enough to tell you<br />

how grateful I am to have a fantastic team. I love working with this team. Thank<br />

you, everyone for a smooth opening this winter quarter. We were able to open<br />

Lisa’s Cafe, Fran’s Cafe, MOD Pizza, Patty2, Viet Nom Nom, The Norris Market,<br />

and Starbucks at this time. I appreciate everyone's patience as we look forward to<br />

the day we can pen up our remaining locations. Please remember to wear your<br />

facemask everywhere on campus.<br />

Wellness:<br />

We have an awesome team and I’m so thankful to work with all of you:<br />

from our chefs and culinary and food service team to sustainability,<br />

technology and marketing leads. You are here because you love the<br />

students and want to keep them safe, well fed, with delicious, nourishing<br />

food, and happy. I speak with students everyday. They tell me they like the<br />

food (they are so happy to see salads!!) and they appreciate all you’ve<br />

done for them. They are glad to be back on campus to see their friends<br />

and to see all of you in their favorite dining commons. Keep up the great<br />

work, providing Pure Eats meals to students with food allergies,<br />

plant-forward dishes from Rooted and Kosher and Halal meals. This<br />

attention to detail (with care in the recipes and signage) makes<br />

Northwestern University a top school for academics and food. Keep<br />

wearing your masks and staying safe and keeping your colleagues and the<br />

students safe. Also make sure to check out our NU wellness and<br />

sustainability blog:<br />

https://northwesterndining.wixsite.com/blog<br />

Lisa Carlson, MS, RDN, LDN<br />

Campus Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

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