Stephanie Ostrenga Sprague

Stephanie Ostrenga Sprague

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Pronouns:
She/Her/Hers

Nutrition and Physical Activity Education, Food Safety
Health and Nutrition Institute

Phone:
906-786-3032 ext 3

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Stephanie has been a Supervisor and Food Safety Educator for Michigan State University Extension since 2016. She coaches and manages staff that offer nutrition and physical activity education to low-income audiences in the District 1 counties of Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Menominee, and Ontonagon. Stephanie also provides research-based Food Safety educational programming in the same District 1 area and her interest areas are food safety, food preservation, and disaster preparedness.

Stephanie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Exercise Science from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Public Health degree in Health Behavior Health Education from the University of Michigan. She is a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine and serves as a delegate with the EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network) team specializing in food safety. She has been a member of NEAFCS (National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences) since 2016. Stephanie offers food safety educational programs in the Central and Western Upper Peninsula including:  

  • ServSafe Manager Certification Courses
  • Food Preservation
  • Cottage Food Law
  • Cooking for Crowds
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Food Safety educational topics by request