What you will find on this page

Welcome to our Program Information page.  On this page you will find several sections, often with linked pdf files or websites, to let you know what our program can offer you:  
  • ​GRADUATE DEGREE OR DIETETIC INTERNSHIP?
  • START YOUR JOURNEY WITH US
  • ​10 SPECIALTY ROTATIONS TO INDIVIDUALIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE
  • ​​ROTATIONS AND HOURS OVERVIEW
  • ​LOCATIONS AND DIRECTORS' CONTACT INFORMATION
  • UPCOMING ORIENTATIONS (IN PERSON) - DATES AND LOCATIONS
  • ​PROGRAM COSTS
  • ​SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION​
  • PRIORITY ADMISSION INFORMATION
  • ADMISSION / GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS; CREDIT FOR PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
  • ​POLICIES AND PROCEDURES​

Graduate Degree or Dietetic Internship?

Are you interested in pursuing a graduate program (GP) with the goal of earning an MS degree and becoming eligible to take the RDN exam in 12 months? Alternatively, you might prefer a flexible MSDI program that allows you to complete your studies at a slower pace over a period of 19 months. If you already hold an MS or higher degree and are seeking a standalone dietetic internship, we also provide that option. We offer these three programs to cater to your specific needs, enabling you to personalize your experience.  Students enrolling with the University of Rhode Island through us will obtain a Masters in Dietetics; 100% Online.
Need additional information?   Click the image above to go to our Home Page with additional links to all three options, and/or click below to go directly to the University of Rhode Island Program pages.
For all programs, the experiential learning in the clinical and foodservice management settings will take place in Sodexo managed healthcare, corporate, and university settings.  You will not need  to find locations on your own.

You will be responsible for finding preceptors for the community, long-term care, and specialty rotations after acceptance to the program.  Your program director will be able to assist you with this since we have countless preceptors (many are our own program grads) across the country that educate our interns/students.

START YOUR JOURNEY WITH US

Join us as a Dietetic Intern / Graduate Student
Want to learn what a day is like in our program?  Our interns and students will have an opportunity to get a social media post published on our instagram, facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn pages if they choose to share their experiences with the public.
Read about Lauren's internship experience on our "Internship Perspective".

10 Specialty Rotations TO INDIVIDUALIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Interns and students can choose from 10 specialty rotations to individualize and enhance their learning experience. 
In our program you will have an opportunity for an in-depth individualized experience in an area of interest spending 160 hours of experiential learning in your chosen specialty rotation. 

Rotations and Hours Overview

In our program you will complete 1024 hours of experiential learning, which is about nine to ten months in length at 32 hours per week (four 8-hour days per week in the supervised setting), which is our standard.  During this time, you will complete our core curriculum rotations, which consist of the clinical, foodservice management, community, and long-term care as well as your five-week specialty rotation.  In order to offer flexibility for your educational journey, we are pleased to accommodate interns who are interested in a part-time option, requiring a commitment of 24 hours per week in a supervised setting with prior arrangements.   Our DI and MSDI options are more suitable for this purpose compared to the GP option. For more information on the part-time option, please see our FAQs page and don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Locations and Directors' Contact Information

To better serve you, we have a de-centralized and regionalized locations, which gives more access to geographic options and flexibility when choosing where to complete your experiential learning.
Details on specific cities available to complete the program is found on our DICAS 3.0 application site.
Region 1   NH, MA, NY (except NYC)
Region 2   CT, RI
​Region 3   NYC
Region 4   PA, NJ
Region 5   MD, DC, WV, NC
Region 6   KY, TN, LA
Region 7   SC
Region 8   GA, FL
Region 9   OH, IN, IL, MI, MO, KS, MN
Region 10 TX
Region 11 CO, WY
Region 12 CA, HI
​States outside of these Regions that are light gray on the map above may have very limited availability.  ​For more information regarding these States and to inquire about available sites, please contact Janet Debelius MA RD LDN, Sodexo Dietetic Internship National Director @ [email protected]
For specific questions about a given geography or general inquiries, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.  Click/tap the Contact a Director link below.

UPCOMING ORIENTATIONs

Our 2025 Orientation Dates

Accepted applicants will attend in-person orientation in Orlando, FL (February 3-6, 2025), or
Gaithersburg, MD (September 15-18, 2025).​

Program Costs

The training provided by the internship is an investment in which you continue your education with the goal of becoming an RD/RDN at the end.  The cost of this training is covered by the tuition paid to us, $12,000 for the upcoming year.  If you plan to apply to the Graduate Program (GP) or MSDI program with URI, the cost for the Master's to URI is $16,000 (about $432 per credit; one of the best values available for GP or online MS programs). Please see additional cost details accessing their site via the link above.  Additional expenses, such as transportation, criminal background check, applications fees, health insurance are outlined in the linked PDF.

Scholarship Information

Sodexo Dietetic Internship offers two Types of Scholarships annually
  • ​Sodexo Dietetic Internship Commitment to Diversity Scholarship
  • Barbara Woodland Scholarships

    ​click Scholarship Information link below for more information
Our first scholarship recipient in 2024 is Shannon Librizzi. Congratulations to Shannon for being awarded the
Barbara Woodland Scholarship.

Additional scholarships are available for interns and students who are admitted to our September 2024 cohort.
​Please see link above for more information.
Sodexo Tuition Subsidy
  • ​The tuition subsidy is provided to interns who commit to work for Sodexo Healthcare in areas of the country where Sodexo Healthcare RDN jobs will be available post graduation or who are willing to relocate or travel for employment with Sodexo.  
  • For more information see Tuition Subsidy and Scholarships in our Policies and Procedures below.

Priority Admission

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Our program has a priority admission option reserved for applicants who are either:
​Employed by Sodexo in any segment as a manager or a frontline employee, or
Employed by a Sodexo client and ​are supervised by a Sodexo manager


To apply: Applicants will need to reach out to the Sodexo Dietetic Internship National Director Janet Debelius to indicate interest and for next steps.  We need to receive your application materials by.  You must contact the National Director to receive instructions well ahead of the due dates below:

September 16th for a start with us the following February in our DI or MSDI program, or
January 6th for a start in our September cohort that same year in our DI or GP program.

Please also see Application, Priority Admissions Option, and Specialty Rotation Request Process in our Policies and Procedures pdf below.

ADMISSION / GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS;
​CREDIT FOR WORK EXPERIENCE

Our admission and graduation requirements as well as information on credit for prior work experience is found in our
​Policies and Procedures Handbook posted below.

Policies and procedures

Included in the Policies and Procedures:
  • Admission Requirements (7.1)
  • Affiliation and Site Agreements (6.1 A)
  • Application, Priority Admissions Option, and Specialty Rotation Request Process
  • Application to the Future Education Model Graduate Program
  • Assignments and Deadlines
  • Attendance, Absenteeism, Tardiness, Tracking of Supervised Practice Hours (8.1 C)
  • Communication with Applicants to the Dietetic Internship
  • Community Rotation Procedure
  • Complaints to ACEND about Program (8.2 H)
  • Confidentiality Agreement
  • COVID-19 Safety Measures
  • Credit for Work Experience (8.2 I)
  • Deferment Policy
  • Dress Code
  • Disciplinary Action and Termination (8.2 L)
  • Education Purpose of Supervised Practice (8.2 E, F)
  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action (8,.1 D)
  • Formal Assessment of Student Learning (8.2 J)
  • Graduation Requirements (8.2 M)
  • Grievance Procedure (8.2 G)
  • Holidays and Vacations (8.2 Q)
  • Intern Agreement
  • Intern Retention and Remediation (8.1 B / 8.2 K)
  • Performance Action Plan
  • Insurance Requirements (8.2 A, B, C, D)
  • Leave of Absence (8.2 Q)
  • Marijuana, Alcohol and Random Drug tests
  • Medical Records
  • No Solicitation/Distribution
  • Placement of Interns
  • Professional and Ethical Conduct (8.1 A)
  • Protection of Privacy, Verification of Identity for Distance Instruction, and Access to Personal Files (8.2 O, R, S)
  • Reasonable Accommodation (8.1 D)
  • Recency of Education
  • Rotation Sites
  • Services Provided by Sodexo (8.2 T)
  • Scheduling of Interns (8.2 Q)
  • Tuition Subsidy and Scholarships
  • Verification Statement and Transcripts (8.2 N)
  • Withdrawal and Refund of Tuition and Fees (8.2 P)
Included in the Policies and Procedures:​
  • Admission Requirements (9.1 A)
  • Monitoring Student Performance (9.1 B)
  • Student Retention (9.1 C)
  • Supervised Experiential Learning Documentation (9.1.D)
  • Insurance Requirements, Professional Liability, Background Checks and Drug Testing   (9.2 A, B, C & D)
  • Requirement that students completing SEL must not be used to replace employees & Compensation Practices (9.2 E & F)
  • Filing and Handling of Complaints (9.2 G)
  • Process for Submission of Written Complaints to ACEND (9.2 H)
  • Assessment of Prior Learning (9.2 I)
  • Annual Formative and/or Summative Assessment of Student Competence (9.2 J)
  • Program Retention and Remediation Procedures (9.2 K)
  • Disciplinary/Termination Procedures (9.2 L)
  • Graduation and/or Program Completion Requirements (9.2 M)
  • Verification Statement Requirements and Procedures (9.2 N)
  • Programs using distance instruction and/or online testing, must employ strategies to verify the identity of a student (9.2 O)
  • Withdrawal and Refund of Tuition and Fees (9.2 P)
  • Program Schedule, Vacations, Holidays and Leaves of Absence (9.2 Q)
  • Protection of Privacy and Access to Personal Files (9.2 R, S)
  • Access to Student Support Services (9.2 T)
  • Confidentiality Agreement
  • Graduate Program Agreement
  • Supervised Experiential Learning (SEL) Policies and Procedures
  • Affiliation and Site Agreements
  • Community Rotation Procedure
  • COVID-19 Safety Measures
  • Dress Code
  • Marijuana, Alcohol and Random Drug tests
  • Medical Records
  • No Solicitation/Distribution
  • Placement of Students in SEL Rotation Sites
  • International Experience/Specialty Rotations
  • Professional and Ethical Conduct
  • Rotation Sites
  • Tuition Subsidy and Scholarships