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    FS 101 Reflection Paper

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    The document is a reflection paper from a student about a talk they attended on careers in food technology. The student learned that food technology careers can be found in many different industries and institutions, not just laboratories and food plants. Careers in food technology include jobs that create food policies, lead research projects, manage food companies, teach, and do quality control. Food technologists are needed to address global issues around food security, safety, and defense. The student was most inspired by one speaker, Abigail Rustia, who took a path from research assistant to academia to government research and finally becoming a university professor. The student hopes to follow a similar career path with research and getting a doctorate

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    The document is a reflection paper from a student about a talk they attended on careers in food technology. The student learned that food technology careers can be found in many different industries and institutions, not just laboratories and food plants. Careers in food technology include jobs that create food policies, lead research projects, manage food companies, teach, and do quality control. Food technologists are needed to address global issues around food security, safety, and defense. The student was most inspired by one speaker, Abigail Rustia, who took a path from research assistant to academia to government research and finally becoming a university professor. The student hopes to follow a similar career path with research and getting a doctorate

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    The document is a reflection paper from a student about a talk they attended on careers in food technology. The student learned that food technology careers can be found in many different industries and institutions, not just laboratories and food plants. Careers in food technology include jobs that create food policies, lead research projects, manage food companies, teach, and do quality control. Food technologists are needed to address global issues around food security, safety, and defense. The student was most inspired by one speaker, Abigail Rustia, who took a path from research assistant to academia to government research and finally becoming a university professor. The student hopes to follow a similar career path with research and getting a doctorate

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    FS 101 Reflection Paper

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    Jeremiah Abog
    The document is a reflection paper from a student about a talk they attended on careers in food technology. The student learned that food technology careers can be found in many different industries and institutions, not just laboratories and food plants. Careers in food technology include jobs that create food policies, lead research projects, manage food companies, teach, and do quality control. Food technologists are needed to address global issues around food security, safety, and defense. The student was most inspired by one speaker, Abigail Rustia, who took a path from research assistant to academia to government research and finally becoming a university professor. The student hopes to follow a similar career path with research and getting a doctorate

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    ABOG, Jeremiah A.

    FS 101
    I-BSFT
    2019-07519
    Reflection Paper

    Food technology may not be a relatively new branch of science, it still remains to be one

    of the most misunderstood fields today. From being interchanged with culinary arts to being

    labeled as the factory maintenance career path, it is evident that this field would have been more

    recognized worldwide had food science experts and professionals been represented more

    accurately in the media. In our talk, we were able to learn how our course opens to a diverse

    group of career paths that we could consider upon entering the food industry through the

    personal experiences shared by the speakers.

    From the talk, I learned that our field has a place in institutions and industries I would not

    normally associate with being a food technologist. I have always assumed, back then, that food

    technologist can only work in the laboratory and in food plants for the sake of private businesses.

    However, I learned that our competencies encompass jobs that create food-related national

    policies, lead national research projects, manage food and drug companies, teach in the academe,

    and supervise quality-control down to the staff department. Among all the speakers’ messages,

    they never failed to mention one important point—amidst global issues on food security, safety,

    and defense, food technologists are needed more than ever.

    After listening to the speakers who shared their experiences, Ms. Abigail Rustia was the

    one who stood out to me the most as I almost imagined myself taking the path she took. I find

    her journey from being a research assistant, academe-researcher, government-researcher, to

    finally be a professor in the university, one that I, myself, would like to do as well. Even as a
    research assistant, she told us that it already served as comprehensive training ground for those

    who would like to take research and development as a career. I also found it interesting that she

    was able to continue her studies up to getting her doctorate degree while serving the country with

    her research projects. I would like to get my doctorate degree, too, abroad and become a

    renowned scientist either in DOST, FDA, or NFA one day.

    In addition to the personal stories shared in the talk, the necessary traits of a competent

    food technologist were given emphasis as well. Honestly, I believe that I still lack the most vital

    traits such as being very patient, knowledgeable, resilient, and humble. However, time and

    experience will definitely teach me these values so that I may become the best food technologist

    I can be.

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