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title: 5 Tips to Healthy Living From ‘Today’ Nutritionist Joy Bauer ’86
date: 2025-02-26T05:30:00-05:00
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# 5 Tips to Healthy Living From ‘Today’ Nutritionist Joy Bauer ’86

*February 26, 2025* — by [Daryllee Hale](/author/daryllee-hale)


> Grad Talks With Terps at Alumni Association’s Masterclass Series

*Bauer Joy 02242025 RS 0336 1920x1080 — From left, School of Public Health Dean Boris Lushniak, Joy Bauer '86 and Head Football Coach Mike Locksley discuss nutrition before a crowd Monday at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center as part of the Alumni Association’s Maryland Masterclass series.*

The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center rotunda is inscribed with the lyrics of the University of Maryland’s fight song. But on Monday, words to a different song rang out through the center’s halls: “It’s peanut butter jelly time!”

That kicked off a high-energy Terp food sing-along spearheaded by Joy Bauer ’86, nutritionist on NBC’s “Today” show, New York Times bestselling author of 14 books and proud Terp.

“This is my happy place,” Bauer said. “We pull up to campus and I just get the chills from head to toe.”

She returned to UMD as the second event in the Alumni Association’s revitalized Maryland Masterclass series; the first guest was James Clapper '63, former U.S. director of national intelligence.

Bauer started her own health journey as a young gymnast, researching nutrition in the Encyclopedia Britannica (“As some of you—not all of you—know, there was no internet,” she said). She ended up eating Ritz crackers and coleslaw for three days as a first attempt at a balanced diet. “Spoiler alert: It didn’t work.”


*Mike Locksley and Joy Bauer participate in cooking demonstration — Bauer and Locksley stage a cooking demonstration.*




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