ACEND Updates

The ACEND UPdate is ACEND's monthly newsletter aimed at providing programs with deadline reminders, training opportunities and updates to standard interpretation and policies. The newsletters for 2024 are available below.

December 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• Season's Greetings from the Board and Staff of ACEND
• January 21, 2025 – DEI Webinar

November 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• ACEND P&P Manual and Substantive Change Guidelines Revised
• Competency Software Training
• Call for Strategies for Increasing Student Enrollment
• Keep up on Licensing Information
• Feedback Needed! Dietetics Application Process
• Updated ACEND Manager State Assignment

October 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• ACEND Standards-CDR Exam Outline Crosswalk
• DEI Webinar: Navigating Microaggressions Part 2
• Competency Software Training

September 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• Register Now for Today's Town Hall!
• Last Call! Registration Deadline Tomorrow for Upcoming PD Workshop
• Dietetics Application Resources
• DICAS Vouchers
• ACEND Events at FNCE^®
• ACEND International Student Guide is Available Now!
• 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Annual Fee Released
• Apply Now: Noteworthy Practices
• Competency Software Training
• October 11 Town Hall

August 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• Revised Policy and Procedure Manual
• Updates to the CDR Licensure Page
• Register Now! September 17 Town Hall
• Competency Software Training and Feedback Survey
• Upcoming Accreditation Workshop- 2022 and FEM Standards
• Annual Accreditation To-Do List

July 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• Competency Training
• July 23, 2024 Town Hall
• Upcoming Workshop

June 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• Required Element 7.3.d Recommended Website Update
• Now Available: Dietetics Application Process Guidelines and Resources
• GPs and CPs to Upload DPD Verification Statements
• Register for the July 23, 2024 Town Hall
• Competency Software Weekly Trainings: Sign up now!
• Doctoral Standards are Live!
• New Leadership Training

May 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in this issue include:

• Spring 2024 Dietetic Internship Match Data
• NEW Program Director Workshop Announcement
• Share Your Noteworthy Practices
• ACEND Competency Software LIVE!

April 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in the issue include:

• ACEND Programs Enrollments and Trends
• D&D Digital Matching Data
• NEW Doctoral Standards for the RDN Practitioner

March 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in the issue include:

• NEW Fall Due Dates for Application Process
• 2025 Annual Fee for Program Budgets
• April 16, 2024 Town Hall
• Updated Guidance Information for the 2022 and FEM Accreditation Standards

February 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in the issue include:

• New Dietetics Application Process
• Free CPE: DEI Webinar by Tamara Melton
• ACEND Survey to Programs
• Updated Webinar on Evaluating International Students
• Call for ACEND Program Reviewer Applications

January 2024 ACEND UPdate

News and updates in the issue include:

• Annual Overview of Accreditation Activities and Communications
• ACEND Policy and Procedure Manual Revised December 2023
• Reminder: Upcoming Workshop Covering the 2022 and FEM Accreditation Standards
• March 8, 2024 DEI Webinar: Empowering Dietetics Students (Session 1)
• Reminders and Deadlines