American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

98th Annual Conference & Expo

America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope: Challenges and Opportunities

June 21 – 24, 2007 Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV AAFCS Thanks Our 98th Annual Conference Sponsors

Technology Sponsor

Co-Sponsor Co-Sponsor Teacher of the Year Award Teacher of the Year Luncheon

Co-Sponsor Co-Sponsor FCS Alliance Breakfast Meeting FCS Alliance Breakfast Meeting thank you! WElcome to the aafcs 98th annual conference & expo America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope: Challenges and Opportunities June 21-24, 2007, Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV

Governor’s Welcome...... 2 Mayor’s Welcome...... 3 AAFCS Welcome...... 4 AAFCS Board of Directors 2006-2007...... 5 Annual Conference Committee...... 6 Nevada LAC...... 6 AAFCS Staff...... 6 Units Accredited by the Council for Accreditation...... 7 New 2006-2007 CFCS Professionals...... 8 General Information...... 9 Educational Excursions...... 11 Grand Sierra Resort Floor Plans...... 13 Planning Page...... 15 Program-at-a-Glance...... 16 Annual Conference Program Tuesday...... 21 Wednesday...... 21 Thursday...... 22 Friday...... 36 Saturday...... 44 Sunday...... 56 Presenter Directory...... 58 All-Star Exhibitors...... 65 Expo Exhibit Hall Floor Plan...... 66 Expo Hours...... 66 Exhibitor Directory...... 67 Honor Roll of AAFCS Donors...... 74 Survey Information/Notes...... 78

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p  ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ p  welcome Dear Friends and Colleagues: On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), welcome to the 98th Annual Conference & Expo: America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope: Challenges and Opportunities! We look forward to exchanging research and devising strategies to help individuals, families, and communities face today’s complex cultural challenges.

Take advantage of the numerous networking and learning opportunities at this unique conference. You’ll find exciting ways to expand your knowledge and renew your spirit, from the powerful keynote addresses and Summit Day sessions to the variety of cutting-edge educational sessions and special events.

We invite you to meet members of the Board and staff and to share your experience and expertise by mentoring a new member, a new professional, or one of our student members. And, we want you to be a part of the new AAFCS Communities, so be sure to attend the orientation and “chat rooms” on Thursday and Saturday.

Thank you for choosing our conference to advance your professional development. Your participation in the conference demonstrates your commitment to shaping the future for individuals, families, and communities.

Relax, re-energize, and use your renewed passion for family and consumer sciences in your practice setting!

Sincerely,

Dixie R. Crase, CFCS Jean Hanson Knaak, CFCS Carolyn W. Jackson AAFCS President, Chair, AAFCS Annual AAFCS Transitional 2006 – 2007 Conference Committee Executive Director

p  ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ aafcs American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Founded in 1909, the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) provides leadership and support for professionals whose work assists individuals, families, and communities in making informed decisions about their well-being, relationships, and resources to achieve optimal quality of life. Representing more than 7,000 professionals in family and consumer sciences and allied fields, AAFCS includes members who are elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educators and administrators; Cooperative Extension educators; and other professionals in government, business, and not-for-profit sectors. AAFCS members receive many benefits, including membership in their affiliates, networking opportunities through AAFCS Communities, public policy tools and advocacy, the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, discounts on meeting registration fees, group insurance plans, and more. AAFCS also offers credentials in family and consumer sciences, and is the sole accreditation agent in the United States for educational units offering programs in family and consumer sciences in higher education. Each year, AAFCS brings FCS and allied professionals together at its annual conference and exposition to address critical topics challenging society, advance their leadership skills, and expand their knowledge. Welcome to the 98th Annual Conference & Expo!

Board of Directors

Dixie R. Crase, CFCS Bonnie Braun, CFCS Peggy Wild, CFCS Deborah J. Shelly M. Nickols- Marilyn R. President President-Elect Treasurer Nelson, CFCS Richardson Swierk, CFCS Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Director-at-Large

Kay M. Wilder, CFCS Susan S. Shockey, CFCS Victoria Marie Melissa Wilmarth Don Bower, CFCS Carolyn W. Jackson Director-at-Large Director of Affiliates Gribschaw, SC, CFCS Student Unit Chair Past President Ex-Officio Secretary AAFCS Transitional Executive Director

~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ p  committees/staff Annual Conference and Local AAFCS Staff Arrangements Committees The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences is headquartered at 400 N. Columbus Street, The Annual Conference Committee and Local Arrange- Suite 202, Alexandria, VA 22314. ments Committee (LAC) make a significant contribution Phone: 800.424.8080 / 703.706.4600 to the AAFCS Annual Conference each year. They have Fax: 703.706.4663 worked very hard to help ensure the success of our 98th Email: [email protected] Annual Conference & Expo. The officers of AAFCS want Web: www.aafcs.org to thank them for their time and dedication.

Members of the Annual Roxana Marissa Ayona Conference Committee Governance Manager Jean Hanson Knaak, CFCS, Chair Susan Dye Marilyn R. Swierk, CFCS, Board Liaison, Director-at-Large Senior Program Manager Karen L. Casey Judy Freshman Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS Director of Annual Conference Sue Delong Katy Henderson Kathleen D. Mitchell Credentialing Manager Gail M. McMillon Christine M. Kniep, CFCS Carolyn W. Jackson Janet Powell Transitional Executive Director Mary M. Rector, CFCS Walt Mannherz Erna Slingland Accounting Coordinator Julene K. Swenson, CFCS Gwynn Mason Janet D. Ward Senior Communications Manager Darlene E. Yoquelet, CFCS Gay Nell McGinnis, CFCS Members of the Nevada LAC Division Director, Credentialing, Professional Development Erna Slingland, Chair and Public Policy Paula Schaefer, Volunteer Chair Aretha Montgomery Mary M. Rector, CFCS, President Administrative Coordinator Irene Armijo Sophy Mott Sue DeLong Senior Member Relations Manager Michelle Gach Dwight Theall Margaret Gavillet, CFCS Division Director, Finance and Administration Janet Hay, CFCS Marlene Killion, CFCS Valerie J. Knight, CFCS DeeAnn L. Verdi And, the Board thanks all the members of the Nevada Association of Family & Consumer Sciences who have volunteered and supported the efforts of the Local Arrangements Committee to make the national conference in Reno a great success!

p  ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ units Units Accredited by the Council for Accreditation — An AAFCS Program Department of Family & School of Human Environmental Sciences Department of Human Ecology Consumer Sciences University of Kentucky SUNY College at Oneonta Alabama A&M University School of Human Ecology Department of Family & College of Human Environmental Sciences Louisiana State University Consumer Sciences The University of Alabama Appalachian State University School of Human Ecology Department of Family & Louisiana Tech University Department of Family & Consumer Sciences Consumer Sciences Department of Family & University of Montevallo North Carolina A&T State University Consumer Sciences School of Human Environmental Sciences McNeese State University School of Human & Consumer Sciences University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Ohio University Department of Family & Department of Human Sciences Consumer Sciences School of Family & Consumer Sciences University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Nicholls State University University of Akron Department of Family & Department of Human Development Department of Family & Consumer Sciences Southeastern Louisiana State University Consumer Sciences California State University, Long Beach South Carolina State University Department of Family & Department of Family Consumer Sciences College of Family & Consumer Sciences Environmental Sciences Northwestern State University South Dakota State University California State University, Northridge of Louisiana Department of Family & Department of Consumer & Division of Family & Consumer Sciences Consumer Sciences Family Studies/Dietetics Southern University and A&M College Carson-Newman College San Francisco State University Department of Family & Family & Consumer Studies Program College of Human Sciences Consumer Sciences The University of Memphis Florida State University University of Louisiana at Monroe Department of Human Sciences Department of Family & Department of Human Sciences Middle Tennessee State University Consumer Sciences Alcorn State University Department of Family & Fort Valley State University Division of Family & Consumer Sciences Consumer Sciences College of Family & Consumer Sciences Delta State University Tennessee State University University of Georgia School of Human Sciences School of Human Ecology School of Family & Consumer Sciences Mississippi State University Tennessee Tech University Eastern Illinois University Department of Family & College of Education, Health Department of Family & Consumer Sciences and Human Sciences Consumer Sciences University of Southern Mississippi The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Illinois State University Department of Human Department of Family & Department of Family & Environmental Sciences Consumer Sciences Consumer Sciences Northwest Missouri State University The University of Tennessee at Martin Ball State University Department of Health & Department of Family & Department of Family & Human Development Consumer Sciences Consumer Sciences Montana State University Baylor University Indiana State University Department of Family & Department of Human Sciences College of Human Sciences Consumer Sciences Stephen F. Austin State University Iowa State University University of Nebraska, Lincoln College of Human Sciences Department of Family & Department of Family, Texas Tech University Consumer Sciences Nutrition & Exercise Sciences Eastern Kentucky University Queens College, CUNY

~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ p  CFCS Stay Current. Earn Respect.

The AAFCS Certified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS) Program offers Three Premier Credentials:

CFCS CFCS-HDFS CFCS-HNFS Certified in Family Certified in Human Certified in Hospitality, and Consumer Sciences Development and Family Nutrition and Food (broad field) Studies (concentration) Science (concentration)

To learn more about the CFCS program, attend “Certification: A Powerful Credential” on Thursday, June 21, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, at the AAFCS Conference, or visit the AAFCS Booth in the Expo.

New 2006-2007 CFCS Professionals May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2007 Marsha Adams, CFCS-HDFS Justine Henry, CFCS Shannon Rogers, CFCS Dina Anderson, CFCS Ann House, CFCS Erin Rommann, CFCS-HDFS Amber Beasley, CFCS Shanna Jones (Prine), CFCS Becky Salter, CFCS Jill Bowers, CFCS-HDFS Christie King, CFCS Melanie Scott, CFCS Dorothy Briggs, CFCS Dana Kohler, CFCS Sarah Shearer, CFCS-HDFS Virginia Bruce, CFCS Lori Langbein, CFCS Susan Shockey, CFCS Julie Catter, CFCS Michael Laznik, CFCS Beth Smith, CFCS Emily Childress, CFCS-HDFS Kimberly Longino, CFCS Modesta Solis, CFCS Monique Coleman, CFCS-HNFS Amy Lowery, CFCS Janna Spencer, CFCS-HDFS Sara Craddock, CFCS-HDFS Deborah Lucas, CFCS Beth Spillman, CFCS-HNFS Judy Cumby, CFCS Lauren Manuele, CFCS Sarah Stafford, CFCS Rachel Diamond, CFCS Amy Merlo, CFCS Jana Stevenson, CFCS Anita Dickard, CFCS Heather Mink, CFCS Pashe Sykes (Kelley), CFCS Alyce Dolce, CFCS Jennifer Montgomery, CFCS Christine Taylor, CFCS Holly Drechsler, CFCS Shandy Monty, CFCS Tess Tobin, CFCS-HDFS Jana DuLaney, CFCS Amy Moses, CFCS-HDFS Mark Torres, CFCS Kristen Eastland, CFCS Chenequa Moulds, CFCS-HDFS Paula Tripp, CFCS Melissa Ferguson, CFCS-HDFS Martha Nicholson, CFCS Brenna Tucker, CFCS-HDFS LaNita Fuller, CFCS Stephanie Noman, CFCS Edith Walker, CFCS Melissa Gibson, CFCS Emily Odneal, CFCS Arlene Welcher, CFCS Veronica Gonzalez, CFCS Lindsey Redd, CFCS Janis White, CFCS Amanda Gray, CFCS Charmaine Rimple, CFCS Janet Winkler, CFCS Jennifer Hanna, CFCS Sarah Rodgers-Curry, CFCS Holly Winter, CFCS pg  info General Information 2. Examine ways to deal with the challenges of socializing children in today’s world. AAFCS Annual Conference & Expo Attendance 3. Analyze current concerns that affect the health and Attendance at the Annual Conference and the Expo is by wellness of individuals, families, and communities. registration badge only; admission to all events, sessions, 4. Implement solutions to help individuals and families and the Expo is restricted to those with a registration badge. cope with limited resources and economic pressures. Advance Ticket Sales 5. Survey and compare energy alternatives and their Tickets for AAFCS-sponsored meals and special events must impact on housing and the environment. be purchased in advance. Because AAFCS must guarantee 6. Create productive ways to manage cultural conflicts meal reservations prior to the opening of the conference, in business and educational settings. meal tickets will not be sold, exchanged, or refunded onsite. 7. Apply techniques for addressing issues of diversity Bookstore through civic engagement. The AAFCS Bookstore is located in the Nevada Conference Expo and Exhibition Center of the Grand Sierra Resort. Several publications and other items of interest will be available The Expo is in the Nevada Conference and Exhibition for sale. Center of the Grand Sierra Resort. Because of insurance, children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at The Bookstore hours are the same as the Expo hours: GRAND OPENING this educational event. Companies and organizations Thursday, June 21, 5:00pm – 7:00pm from across the United States will present the latest Friday, June 22, 12:00noon- 2:00pm and 4:00pm - 6:00pm information on new products and services. Saturday, June 23, 10:00am – 2:30pm Expo hours are: Communication Devices GRAND OPENING Thursday, June 21, 5:00pm – 7:00pm The use of cellular phones and pagers is prohibited Friday, June 22, 12:00noon- 2:00pm and 4:00pm - 6:00pm during general sessions and educational presentations. Saturday, June 23, 10:00am – 2:30pm Please turn off these devices as a matter of courtesy to the presenter as well as to other attendees. Thank you. First Aid Endorsements First aid is available through the Security Department. Presentation of a program or advertisement of a product, Local Arrangements Committee service, or viewpoint should not be construed as an Information Desk endorsement by the American Association of Family & The Local Arrangements Committee is hosting an Consumer Sciences. information desk near the AAFCS Registration Desk. They Educational Excursions will have information about Reno and the surrounding areas, the Annual Conference, and restaurant services. Tickets for the Nevada Educational Excursions must be The AAFCS message board will also be in this area. purchased in advance. Inquire about availability at the Local Arrangements Committee Information Desk operated Lost and Found by the Nevada Affiliate near the AAFCS Registration Desk. The lost and found is located at the AAFCS Educational Objectives Registration Desk. Participants in the AAFCS 98th Annual Conference Parking will be able to: The Grand Sierra Resort has both self-parking and valet parking for our guests. Both are complimentary; a gratuity 1. Describe major changes in family and societal is appreciated in valet. There is no covered parking. demographics.

~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ p  info Product Sales Tables Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credit The AAFCS affiliates and other groups offer a number for Certified Family Life Educators of products for sale during the conference. Sales tables Some AAFCS Annual Conference sessions are approved for are located adjacent to the Registration Desk in the CEU credit for the Certified Family Life Educator program Nevada Foyer. through the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Products are available for purchase during the If you are a Certified Family Life Educator and would like to following hours: earn up to 1.6 CEU credits, please come to the AAFCS Regis-

Friday, June 22, 12:00noon- 2:00pm and 4:00pm - 6:00pm tration Desk for a list of approved sessions and a certificate. Saturday, June 23, 10:00am – 2:30pm Registration Professional Development Credit The AAFCS Registration Desk is located in the Nevada Professional Development Units (PDUs) for Foyer of the Grand Sierra Resort. Those who have pre- CFCS Professionals registered should present their advance registration The Certified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS) letter when picking up registration materials. Registration professional credential is the most credible national materials may only be picked up by the individual who credential a family and consumer sciences professional is registered for the conference. can achieve. AAFCS offers three CFCS credentials: (1) Certi- Registration Hours of Operation: fied in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS), broad field Tuesday, June 19, 2:00pm – 5:00pm credential; (2) Certified in Human Development and Wednesday, June 20, 7:00am – 12:00noon Family Studies (CFCS-HDFS), concentration credential; and 1:30pm - 6:00pm and (3) Certified in Hospitality, Nutrition, and Food Science Thursday, June 21, 7:00am – 12:00noon and 1:30pm - 7:00pm (CFCS-HNFS), concentration credential. Meeting the ongoing professional development requirements to Friday, June 22, 7:00am – 12:00noon and 1:30pm - 5:00pm maintain the CFCS credentials assures potential employers, Saturday, June 23, 7:00am – 12:00noon and 1:30pm - 3:00pm clients, and the general public that the CFCS professional Registration List has a commitment to expanding competence and An alphabetical list of all attendees registered for the expertise through ongoing participation in professional AAFCS Annual Conference is available for your review at development activities. the AAFCS Registration Desk. For those Certified in Family and Consumer Sciences, an 2007 Senate official Certificate of Completion has been placed in the Saturday, June 23, 1:45pm - 4:00pm (credentialing begins Annual Conference packet you received at registration. at 1:30pm) This form is necessary to verify professional development Only certified senators, members of the board of directors, units (PDUs). All CFCS professionals can earn up to 33 PDUs and past presidents are to be admitted to the reserved by attending Annual Conference sessions, educational seating section. The Senate unreserved seating area is excursions, or certain meal functions with a scheduled open to all AAFCS members and other Annual Conference speaker (see descriptions and PDU notations in this book). registrants. Remember to document your PDUs on the Certificate of Please note: Senate ribbons will be given during Senate Completion you received in your Annual Conference packet! credentialing beginning at 1:30pm. Smoking There is no smoking in the Grand Sierra Resort meeting rooms or restaurants. Smoking is permitted in the Casino and casino level bars.

p 10 ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ info excursions Nevada Educational Excursions Coordinated by the Nevada Association of Family & Consumer Sciences June 20, 2007 trip along Lake Tahoe’s West Shore. You will view some of the most lavish real estate California has to offer. During Clothing & Textiles Tour, 9:00am – 4:30pm the Captain’s live narration, you will learn interesting facts Join us on an outing to the state capital in Carson City. about Tahoe’s early tourism. One of the estates that will be At our first stop, the Marjorie Russell Clothing and identified was once owned by Henry Kaiser and was also Textile Research Center, you will enjoy a fascinating tour the site of some scenes in the filmGodfather II. of historic Nevada costumes from the 18th century. Created in 1992 under the direction of the Nevada State We will also be joined by The Ghost of Mark Twain. Museum and the Nevada Historical Society, this study For thirteen years now, in over two thousand performances center and storage facility for historic costumes and textiles from Leningrad University in Russia to C-Span, McAvoy holds the collections of both founding institutions. It also Layne has survived, and in fact been preeminent, in pre- houses the Jessie Pope Collection from the University of serving the wit and wisdom of “The Wild Humorist of the Nevada School of Home Economics. The most significant Pacific Slope”—Mark Twain. Says McAvoy, “It’s like being a collection is women’s wear, which ranges from the 18th Monday through Friday preacher, whose sermon, though century to current day fashions. Other collections include not reverently pious, is fervently American.” quilts, flags, children’s wear, military, and menswear. McAvoy is author of the biography, Hooked On Twain, Our next stop is a tour and catered lunch at the and winner of the Nevada award for excellence in school Governor’s Mansion. This elegant example of Classic and library service. He portrays the Ghost of Mark Twain Revival architecture was completed in 1909 and designed in A&E’s biography of Mark Twain and in the Discovery by George W. Ferris. Channel’s Cronkite Award-winning documentary, Our final stop is a visit to the Nevada State Museum, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. originally erected in 1870 as the U.S. Mint. It became $73.00 per person (3 PDUs) famous for the Dat So La Lee Washoe Indian baskets and Tour includes lunch, round-trip transportation, and shopping shuttle in Coin Press #1. The silver dining service from the USS Tahoe City. Nevada battleship, fashioned from Nevada silver and Be sure to bring your camera and take advantage of gold, is on display. Join the guided tour, Under One Sky the spectacular photo ops! (Native American Culture), or view the exhibit, “Interwoven 2007: Visions of the Great Basin Basket-makers.” A Day in Virginia City, 10:00am – 3:00pm $65 per person (5 PDUs) As you ascend into the foothills, the exciting history of Tour includes transportation, admission fees, lunch, and all gratuities. Virginia City and how this boomtown came to life will be revealed. Built on the riches of gold and silver ore, Tahoe Gal Cruise, Virginia City was not only known as “the richest place 10:00am – 3:00pm on earth,” but was also the biggest city between San This scenic cruise begins after a beauti- Francisco and St. Louis in the 1860’s. Abounding with ful drive from the Grand Sierra Resort. 30,000 people and 110 saloons, it was an affluent city with The Tahoe Gal is a replica of the paddle- a rowdy population. Today, Virginia City stands as a link wheel boats that plied Lake Tahoe in to the past—a town vibrant with the activities of visitors, the latter 1800s and early 1900s, primarily used as public and filled with memories and ghosts of days gone by. transportation prior to the development of roads around the lake. Today, they are used for the enjoyment of tourists The tour guide will escort you through the downtown, and for special events. Your 2-1/2 hour cruise is a historic telling legends of “rags to riches” and “riches to rags.”

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You will discover the beautiful Victorian mansions built of Mr. May, who was a pilot, big-game hunter, art collec- by the mine-owners and stroll through the mines that tor, inventor, artist, author, rancher, and philanthropist. made them rich. You will also have time to explore the Several rooms of his ranch have been reconstructed at many original saloons and antique shops, or visit old this site. The gallery is a compilation of his more than 40 Victorian mansions, museums, and churches. trips around the world, and exhibits a treasure of priceless Then you will travel back in time at a Lady Loftis Fashion antiques and collectibles. You can also see various styles Show. As each costume is shown, the narrator describes of gardens in the outdoor area. the person who could have possibly worn the vintage The next stop is the National Automobile Museum, located garment, where the ensemble would have appropriately a short distance from the May Center. The collection was been worn, and the differences between each outfit. one of the many hobbies of William Harrah, founder of $70.00 per person (4 PDUs) the famous Harrah’s Hotel/Casino chain. Housed in an Tour includes deluxe motorcoach transportation and lunch. architecturally-unique structure, the museum showcases a century of one-of-a-kind, vintage, bizarre, special interest, classic, and famous celebrity-owned vehicles. There are four period streets, which serve as galleries, each focusing on a particular era of the automobile. Even visitors who are not particularly interested in automobiles find themselves intrigued, fascinated, and thoroughly pleased that they chose to visit this unique museum. $45.00 per person (3 PDUs) Tour includes transportation and museum entrance fees. Comfortable shoes are recommended.

A Nevada Style Evening, 6:00pm – 9:00pm Reno City Exploration, 12:30pm – 4:30pm Nevada is part of the “Old West” and this excursion is sure Welcome to Reno, “The Biggest Little City in the World.” to give you a feel for what this area is famous for. Just a Reno is the center of a growing metropolitan area, which short drive from the Grand Sierra Resort, you will take a lies in the foothills in the northeastern area of the Sierra step back in time and experience a western-style cook Nevada Mountains. Attracting over five million visitors out. Along the way you will hear stories of the mining annually, the area has something for everyone. One of the days and take in spectacular scenery. Once you arrive at more distinguishing features of the city is the Truckee “Washoe Flats,” you will have a private area for a Nevada- River, which runs through the city and is popular among style barbeque, complete with western band and local anglers, rafters, joggers, and wildlife. entertainment. Your tour will begin near the University of Nevada-Reno, $70.00 per person (1 PDU) at the Wilbur D. May Center, located in Rancho San Rafael Your tour includes a three-course dinner and deluxe motor coach Park. The May Center was developed by the estate of this transportation. Comfortable shoes and a light jacket are recommended. worldly gentleman, who was the son of the founder of the May Company retail chain. The museum reflects the life

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Mezzanine Meeting Rooms

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Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday June 21 June 22 June 23 June 24

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1:00pm – 8:00pm AAFCS Board of Directors Meeting * 2:00pm – 5:00pm Registration Open 2:00pm – 5:00pm Nevada Local Arrangements Committee (LAC)/Milwaukee Info Desks Open

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (details on pages 21 – 22) * 7:00am – 12:00noon Registration Open 7:30am – 9:00am Collegiate Assembly Business Meeting

8:00am – 12:00noon AAFCS Board of Directors Meeting

8:00am – 6:00pm NV LAC/NV Educational Excursions/Milwaukee Info Desks Open

8:30am – 11:00am IFHE-US Board of Directors Meeting

9:00am – 10:30am Higher Education Unit (HEU) Executive Committee Meeting

9:00am – 10:30am Joint Business Meeting of the HEU Commissions on Graduate & Undergraduate Programs

9:00am – 10:30am Business Meeting of the Commission on Community, Technical & Junior College Programs

10:30am – 12:00noon HEU General Business Meeting

11:00am – 12:30pm IFHE-US Annual Business Meeting * 1:30pm – 6:00pm Registration Open 2:00pm – 5:00pm Committee Meetings

3:00pm – 5:00pm Centennial Planning Committee Meeting #1

4:00pm – 8:00pm Council for Certification Business Meeting

5:00pm – 6:30pm Family & Consumer Sciences Education Association (FCSEA) Executive Board Meeting

6:00pm – 9:00pm IFHE-US Cultural Event (Separate registration required.)

6:30pm – 9:00pm Affiliate Presidents Unit (APU) Meeting #1

7:00pm – 9:00pm Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews

Thursday, June 21, 2007 (details on pages 22 – 35)

7:00am – 10:00am “AAFCS Communities: Be a Part of It!” Orientation and Organization Meeting * 7:00am – 12:00noon Registration Open 7:30am – 8:30am New Member and First-Time Attendee Orientation

7:30am – 9:00am “Deliberation—Key to Informed Public Policies” (Public Policy Committee)

8:00am – 10:00am “Countdown to the Centennial Celebration” (Centennial Planning Committee)

8:00am – 10:00am Accreditation Site Visit Orientation

8:00am – 4:00pm Expo Move-In and Set-Up (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; Colleges, Universities, and Research (CUR) Research Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session)

8:00am – 6:00pm NV LAC/Milwaukee Info Desks Open

8:30am – 10:00am “What Works in Fundraising: Ask the Experts” (Development Committee)

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* 8:30am – 10:00am Educational Sessions—Block One 8:30am – 12:00noon Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews

9:00am – 11:00am Past Presidents Unit Meeting

9:30am – 12:30pm Apparel, Textiles, and Design Showcase and Exhibition “America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope Through Design” * 10:00am – 10:30am Networking Break 10:00am – 12:00noon Accreditation Site Visit Team Leader Training

10:00am – 12:00noon Training Session for Local Arrangements Committees for 2008 and 2009 Annual Conferences

10:30am – 11:30am “International Research and Perspectives” * 10:30am – 11:30am Educational Sessions—Block Two 10:30am – 12:00noon “Perkins IV—How Does It Affect Me?”

12:00noon – 1:30pm Housing and Environment Luncheon “Native American Housing: Challenges and Opportunities”

12:00noon – 1:30pm Business Luncheon

12:00noon – 1:30pm FCSEA and AAFCS Teacher Education Joint Celebration Luncheon

12:00noon – 1:30pm Family Relations and Human Development Luncheon and Awards Ceremony

12:30pm – 3:00pm Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal (FCSRJ) Editorial Board Meeting

1:30pm – 3:00pm Teacher Education e-Yearbook Committee Meeting * 1:30pm – 7:00pm Registration Open 2:00pm – 3:00pm “Winning Meetings: Parliamentary Procedure Basics”

2:00pm – 3:00pm “Adapting to Rapid Changes and Current Needs”

2:00pm – 3:00pm “Certification: A Powerful Credential” * 2:00pm – 3:00pm Educational Sessions—Block Three * 3:15pm – 4:45pm OPENING GENERAL SESSION Recognition of Affiliate, Section, and Division Leaders, and Donors Keynote Address: Mary Kay Mueller, “Shift Happens: Tools for Transition” Recognition of Sponsors and Donors Recognition of National Teacher of the Year and Top Teachers of the Year Co-Sponsor

5:00pm – 6:00pm Book Signing with Mary Kay Mueller in AAFCS Bookstore * 5:00pm – 7:00pm Expo Hall Grand Opening (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session)

7:00pm – 9:00pm “Chat Rooms” for AAFCS Communities

7:00pm – 9:00pm Student Unit (SU) Social Night

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Friday, June 22, 2007 (details on pages 36 – 43) * 7:00am – 12:00noon Registration Open 8:00am – 5:00pm NV LAC/Milwaukee Info Desks Open * 8:00am – 4:00pm SUMMIT DAY * 8:00am – 9:10am Opening Summit Day Session Keynote Address: Dr. James A. Banks, “America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope—Challenges and Opportunities” * 9:20am – 10:40am Concurrent Sessions “Living the World’s Simplest Positive Attitude Formula” “Analyzing Ethnical Differences in Foods Across America” “The FCS Profession: Meeting the Challenges of America’s Kaleidoscope” “Addressing Cultural Diversity in the Classroom Through Universal Approaches” * 10:50am – 12:00noon Concurrent Sessions Education Panel: “It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Classroom” “Building Cultural Awareness Into a Textile Science Program” “Preparing for the ‘Florida-ization’ Population Trend” “Strategies for Working With and Educating Generation ‘Me’”

12:00noon – 2:00pm Meet the Presenters/Book Signings in Expo Hall (Dr. James A. Banks, Dr. Eugene García, and Mary Kay Mueller, 12:00noon – 1:00pm)

12:00noon – 2:00pm Expo Open (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session)

12:00noon – 2:00pm Product Sales Tables * 1:30pm – 5:00pm Registration Open 2:00pm – 3:00pm Afternoon Summit Day Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eugene García, “Cultural Diversity—Understanding and Meeting the Challenge”

3:00pm – 4:15pm “Our Future Challenges and Opportunities”

4:00pm – 6:00pm Meet the Presenters/Refreshments in Expo Hall

4:00pm – 6:00pm Expo Open (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session)

4:00pm - 6:00pm Product Sales Tables * 4:45pm – 6:30pm OPEN FORUM 5:00pm – 7:00pm ESAE Curriculum Showcase

6:30pm – 9:00pm Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews

7:00pm – 9:00pm “Stack the Deck in Your Favor: Tips for Student Unit Members and Chapters”

7:30pm – 9:30pm National Coalition for Black Development in Family and Consumer Sciences (NCBDFCS) Banquet

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Saturday, June 23, 2007 (details on pages 44 – 55) 7:00am – 8:00am APU Business Meeting #2

7:00am – 9:00am “Chat Rooms” for AAFCS Communities (continued) * 7:00am – 12:00noon Registration Open 8:00am – 9:00am “Generations and the Future of Association Participation,” Dr. Arthur C. Brooks * 8:00am – 9:00am Educational Sessions—Block Four 8:00am – 10:00am “Our Cultural Kaleidoscope Embedded in the Family & Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge”

8:00am – 10:30am Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews

8:00am – 12:00noon AAFCS Competency Exams Administration

8:00am – 12:00noon “How to Write an Accreditation Self Study”

8:00am – 3:00pm NV LAC/Milwaukee Info Desks Open

8:30am – 10:00am “Legacy of Change Toward New Beginnings: A Conversation Among Family & Consumer Sciences Professionals”

8:30am – 10:30am CUR Oral Research Presentations #1 * 9:00am – 10:00am SECOND GENERAL SESSION Keynote Address: Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, “Our Giving Culture”

9:00am – 10:00am Family and Consumer Sciences Alliance Breakfast Meeting—By invitation only. Co-Sponsors

9:00am – 10:15am “Attracting Members From the Cultural Kaleidoscope” (Membership and Marketing Committee) * 10:00am – 10:30am Networking Break 10:00am – 12:00noon 2008 Annual Conference Committee Meeting

10:00am – 2:30pm Expo Open (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Session; Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session; and Exhibitor Learning Labs)

10:00am - 2:30pm Product Sales Tables

10:30am - 11:30am NCBDFCS Business Meeting * 10:30am – 11:30am ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION Recognition of International Fellowship Recipients, Student Unit Award Recipients, Units Acheiving Accreditation, New CFCS Professionals, Ruth O’Brien Project Grant Recipient, and Wiley-Berger Award for Volunteer Service Recipients

10:30am – 11:30am Book Signing with Dr. Arthur C. Brooks in the AAFCS Bookstore

10:30am – 12:00noon “Historical Research: Oral History, Archival Projects, and Other Exciting Research That You Can Do” (History and Archives Committee)

10:30am – 12:00noon “On the Trail of Ellen Swallow Richards: A Journey for Personal and Professional Growth”

10:30am – 12:00noon “Using the PRSM Model for a Quality of Living Assessment”

10:30am – 12:00noon “How to Publish in the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal”

12:00noon – 1:30pm Apparel, Textiles, and Design Luncheon and Networking

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“Coco Chanel: A Cultural Kaleidoscope of Design”

12:00noon – 1:30pm Kappa Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omicron Luncheon

12:00noon – 1:30pm ESAE Teacher of the Year Award Luncheon Co-Sponsor

12:00noon – 1:30pm Extension Luncheon “Strolling Down Memory Lane”

1:30pm – 1:45pm Senate Credentialing * 1:45pm – 4:00pm SENATE * 1:30pm – 2:30pm Educational Sessions—Block Five * 1:30pm – 3:00pm Registration Open 1:30pm – 3:00pm “Showcasing the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences”

1:30pm – 3:00pm “Recognition and Reflections”—2006 Teacher Education Award Recipients

1:30pm – 3:00pm “Strategic Planning for FCS Education” (National Coalition for Family & Consumer Sciences Education)

2:00pm – 3:00pm Centennial Planning Committee Meeting #2

2:30pm – 5:00pm “Research to Practice” Rounds

2:30pm – 8:00pm Expo Move-Out (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session) * 3:00pm – 3:30pm Networking Break 3:30pm – 5:30pm Council of Administrators of Family & Consumer Sciences (CAFCS) Executive Board Meeting

4:00pm – 6:00pm CUR Oral Research Presentations #2

4:30pm - 5:30pm NCBDFCS Board Meeting

4:30pm – 6:00pm SU Business Meeting

4:30pm – 6:30pm “Marriage and Family Conversation III—Reno Style”

6:30pm – 7:30pm AAFCS Stars Reception—By invitation only.

Sunday, June 24, 2007 (details on pages 56 – 57) 7:30am – 8:15am Ecumenical Service

8:00am – 10:30am SU National Service Project * 8:30am – 10:30am PACESETTER BRUNCH Inauguration of 2007-2008 Board of Directors and Inaugural Address Recognition of 50-Year Members, New Achievers, Leaders, and Distinguished Service Awardees 10:45am – 11:00am SU National Service Project Presentation PLEASE NOTE: SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Wednesday, June 20, 200720 June Wednesday, ~ 19 June Tuesday, 1:00pm - 8:00pm...... Sierra 1 7:00am - 12:00noon...... Nevada Foyer AAFCS Board of Directors Meeting Registration Open

2:00pm - 5:00pm...... Nevada Foyer 7:30am - 9:00am...... McKinley Registration Open Collegiate Assembly Business Meeting

2:00pm - 5:00pm...... Nevada Registration Desk Representatives from accredited university programs are Nevada Local Arrangements Committee encouraged to attend the Collegiate Assembly Business (LAC)/Milwaukee Info Desks Open Meeting. The session will focus on information and decisions uniquely affecting accredited programs. Your participation is important in positively shaping accreditation and your program’s involvement. 8:00am - 12:00noon...... Sierra 1 AAFCS Board of Directors Meeting

8:00am - 6:00pm...... Nevada Registration Desk NV LAC/NV Educational Excursions/ Milwaukee Info Desks Open

8:30am - 11:00am...... Shasta 1 IFHE-US Board of Directors Meeting

9:00am - 10:30am...... Ruby 1 Higher Education Unit (HEU) Executive Committee Meeting

9:00am - 10:30am...... Shasta 2 Joint Business Meeting of the HEU Commissions on Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

9:00am - 10:30am...... Ruby 2 Business Meeting of the Commission on Community, Technical, and Junior College Programs

10:30am - 12:00noon...... Cascade 2 HEU General Business Meeting

11:00am - 12:30pm...... Cascade 1 IFHE-US Annual Business Meeting

1:30pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada Foyer Registration Open

2:00pm - 5:00pm...... Ruby 2 Bylaws Committee Meeting

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Wednesday, June 20 ~ Thursday, June 21 June Thursday, ~ 20 June Wednesday, 2:00pm - 5:00pm...... Ruby 1 Awards and Recognition Committee Meeting Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:00am - 10:00am...... Silver State 2-3 2:00pm - 5:00pm...... McKinley “AAFCS Communities: Be a Part of It!” Public Policy Committee Meeting Orientation and Organization Meeting 2:00pm - 5:00pm...... Shasta 1 Join us to learn how the AAFCS Communities concept Membership Committee Meeting can help you collaborate, both in person and virtually, to 2:00pm - 5:00pm...... Shasta 2 explore best practices and new ideas, share knowledge, Development Committee Meeting and discover solutions to the professional challenges 3:00pm - 5:00pm...... Nevada 11 you face every day. You’ll learn the “who, what, when, Centennial Planning Committee Meeting #1 and how” of AAFCS Communities. We’ll share the simple guidelines that have been developed and ask where your 4:00pm - 8:00pm...... Teton 2 Council for Certification Business Meeting specific family and consumer sciences-related topical areas lie so an AAFCS Community can be formed around 5:00pm - 6:30pm...... Ruby 2 your passions. Family & Consumer Sciences Education Association (FCSEA) Core to communicating with colleagues in your Commu- Executive Board Meeting nities will be an AAFCS electronic shared web space. Our demonstration will show how intuitive, convenient, and 6:00pm - 9:00pm...... Off-Site IFHE-US Cultural Event effective this tool will be in allowing you to connect with other Community members. The IFHE-US Development Fund is sponsoring hors d’oeuvres Presenter: Beverly Crabtree, CFCS and a cultural program on the Basques of Nevada at the Parish Hall of Trinity Episcopal Church in Reno. Argitxu 7:00am - 12:00noon...... Nevada Foyer Registration Open Camus Etchecopar, research assistant for the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, will 7:30am - 8:30am...... Nevada 7 speak on “Basque Immigration to the United States.” New Member and First-Time You must register for this event prior to the Annual Attendee Orientation Conference and pay a separate fee. 7:30am - 9:00am...... Nevada 5 6:30pm - 9:00pm...... Silver State 2 Deliberation—Key to Informed Public Policies Affiliate Presidents Unit (APU) Public policies supportive of a cultural kaleidoscope Business Meeting #1 depend on thoughtful deliberation of issues that may 7:00pm - 9:00pm...... McKinley divide rather than unite people. Public deliberation is a Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews structured dialogue around a challenging public issue in which three possible solutions are considered. Deliberation provides an opportunity for individuals to reason and discuss, consider the views of others, and analyze consequences and trade-offs associated with options while respecting and valuing one another. It is finding common ground. Learn from members who

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have been engaged in creating settings for deliberation 8:30am - 10:00am...... Ruby 1-2 21 June Thursday, on issues such as obesity, affirmative action, immigration, What Works in Fundraising: Ask the Experts and “no child left behind.” (1.5 PDUs) Learn from a panel of experts about fundraising practices Moderator: Carol L. Anderson, CFCS that have worked for them in their organizations. Bring Presenters: Sue E. Williams, Lindsey M. Shirley, Marlene examples of your fundraising challenges and ask the S. Lobberecht, CFCS, and Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS panel members to share their insights on how to solve them. (1.5 PDUs) 8:00am - 10:00am...... Shasta 1-2 Countdown to the Centennial Celebration Presenters: Nancy Carter Billings, CFCS, Katrina L. Learn about the exciting activities and events that the Bowers, Karen P. Goebel, CFCS, Joyce Miles, CFCS, Retired, AAFCS Centennial Planning Committee, affiliates, and and Carol E. Kellett other groups have planned to celebrate the AAFCS Centennial, 1909-2009, “100 Years of Shaping the Future 1 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS — for Individuals, Families and Communities.” The year-long BLOCK ONE celebration will kick off at the 2008 Annual Conference 8:30am - 10:00am...... Nevada 2 in Milwaukee and conclude at the Annual Conference Food Stamp Families Team Up in Knoxville in 2009. All members are invited to attend for Fun and a Healthier Lifestyle this session. By teaming six- to eight-year-old children with parents/ Presenter: Sue H. Whitaker, CFCS caregivers, Food Stamp families learned how eating 8:00am - 10:00am...... Nevada 6 healthy snacks and being physically active can be fun Accreditation Site Visit Orientation and inexpensive. The session will cover the development, Is there an accreditation site visit in your future? implementation, and evaluation of a six-week English/ Whether you want to be trained to serve as a member of Spanish program that resulted in 97% of participants a site visit team or you want to most effectively prepare reporting positive behavior changes, including eating your program for the site visit process, this is the session healthy snacks and/or being physically active. You’ll learn for you. Seasoned accreditation site visitors will provide more about the curriculum through demonstrations information about the process and purpose of site visits, and hands-on learning. Find out how to duplicate this explain expected protocol and roles, and point out site program in your community. (1 PDU) visit strategies that promote effective program evaluation. Presenter: Shirley Segna Peterson, CFCS Learn about the standards and processes to be followed 8:30am - 10:00am...... Nevada 1 in the preparation of the site visit report. (2 PDUs) Understanding the Impact of Meth Use on Presenters: Carol L. Anderson, CFCS, Kitty R. Coffey, Individuals, Families, and Communities CFCS, Debora C. Johnson, Gay Nell McGinnis, CFCS, With the growing prevalence of methamphetamine abuse and Connor Walters across the country, it is being associated more often with 8:00am - 4:00pm...... Nevada Expo increasing rates of child abuse and neglect, overburdening Expo Move-In and Set-Up of the foster care system, property crime and identity (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; Colleges, theft, lost human capital, and an increasing number of Universities, and Research (CUR) Research Poster Session; permanent “meth orphans” and broken families. Develop and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session) a basic understanding of methamphetamine use and its prevalence in our communities—learn how its use and 8:00am - 6:00pm...... Nevada Registration Desk NV LAC/Milwaukee Info Desks Open production has had an impact on the lives of children,

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Thursday, June 21 21 June Thursday, families, and communities—and find out what you can additional challenges for educators. Then we’ll examine do to address this growing problem. (1.5 PDUs) biases and assumptions that may exist in ourselves, Presenters: Jackie L. McReynolds and Karen L. Peterson our classrooms, and our schools. Take away teaching 8:30am - 10:00am...... Sierra 2 strategies, activities, and resources from the presenter’s Age-Related Acceptance and Tolerance: national Teacher of the Year award-winning program. Creating Vital Intergenerational Programs (1.5 PDUs) The two most vulnerable groups in our society are children Presenter: Marie M. Birch, CFCS and senior adults. However, these two groups have been 8:30am - 10:00am...... Sierra 1 separated both geographically and emotionally, and “Foods That Heal”—Cooking Quick, age-related biases and stereotypes are reciprocated. Nutritious, and Delicious Meals Therefore, in the 21st century, intergenerational program- Learn how to incorporate gourmet healthy foods shown ming is not just a nice idea—it’s necessary! By combin- to reduce cancer rates and fight obesity into daily meal ing the ages, an array of intergenerational opportunities production. Use this exercise in healthful food preparation become possible: sharing, caring, and respect flow in many and eating in your food and nutrition class or to improve directions. Ultimately, intergenerational programming your own health. The chefs have presented “Foods That contributes to “America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope” by helping Heal” cooking demonstrations for cancer survivors across children and senior adults to free themselves from ste- the country. Find out how to take charge of your health, reotypes. Receive examples of quality intergenerational your life, and your future as you learn the principles of interactions and discuss concepts that could be integrated quick and healthy gourmet cooking. (1.5 PDUs) into your existing programs! (1.5 PDUs) Presenters: Michael J. McGreal and Brigitta L. McGreal Presenters: Hollie Haley and Vicki Rosebrook 8:30am - 10:00am...... Teton 2 8:30am - 10:00am...... Teton 1 Supporting Immigrant Parents Innovative Strategies for Bringing in Socializing Their Children Health Education to Rural Communities Case studies show that immigrant families face these Rural communities often have limited access to health unique challenges when rearing their children: cultural professionals who provide education and disease manage- miscommunications, acculturation issues with peers of ment. Learn how agencies, organizations, and businesses children, and a cultural divide with schools. Immigrant have come together in rural Colorado communities to mothers have also been found to have difficulty identify- address health and wellness issues of a population with an ing normal development and parent-child interactions. increasing number of older adults and minorities. (1.5 PDUs) This suggests the need for intervention through parent Presenter: Luann K. Boyer, CFCS education and support. Explore strategies for supporting 8:30am - 10:00am...... Nevada 3 immigrant families and building on their strengths as Diversity Awareness: Meeting the they aspire to provide environments that will foster Challenges of Our Kaleidoscopic Classrooms their success. (1.5 PDUs) In this interactive session, we’ll examine the issue of Presenters: Arminta L. Jacobson, CFCS, and diversity and the challenges educators face in kaleidoscopic Ruth Ann H. Ball, CFCS classrooms. Curricula, instruction, and methods of 8:30am - 10:00am...... Nevada 4 communication must change in order to meet the needs Uncovering the Essential Elements in of the students, families, and communities we serve. Assimilating Immigrant Families We’ll discuss all areas of diversity, including how cultural Learn about the findings of a 10-year study on the assimi- differences, immigration, and refugee status have created lation of immigrants, which is presented in aggregate

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for the first time. The study uncovers and analyzes the Circle of Diamonds—A Study of Early 20th 21 June Thursday, most essential elements facilitating the assimilation of Century Cotillion Gowns for Young Ladies immigrants into a new culture. The principal researcher Virginia Ann Bendel Draa, Youngstown State University attempted to have student researchers live with the im- White gown made of cotton batiste and lace with migrant family in its new home for six months. Family 8-gore skirt, leg of mutton sleeves, and machine- members included grandparents, parents, and children. embroidered detail. The findings offer a new perspective on many customs Untitled and question some regulations that shaped present and Hanna Hall, Kent State University past education practices for immigrants coming into the This knitted sweater uses a basic pattern with free-flowing United States. (1.5 PDUs) cable design, each separately knitted and attached. Presenters: Maxine Lewis Rowley and Jenefer Rowley A Coat of Many Cultures Janice B. Haynes, Delta State University A floor-length coat with a modified cocoon silhouette, 8:30am - 12:00noon...... Cascade 2 asymmetrical front wrap and closure, and machine- Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews embroidered appliqué. 9:00am - 11:00am...... Cascade 1 The American City Coat Past Presidents Unit Meeting Janice B. Haynes, Delta State University 9:30am - 12:30pm...... McKinley This coat is an ankle-length, black, wrap cocoon design Apparel, Textiles & Design with curved hemline, embellished with various beads. Showcase and Exhibition Old Navy Pea Coat Steps Out for the Evening “America’s Cultural Kaleidoscope Through Design” Janice B. Haynes, Delta State University Event Coordinated by Apparel, Textiles and Design (1 PDU) A floor-length version of the classic pea coat silhouette The showcase is designed to exhibit and present creative with heat-transferred photographs and beading. design projects in the following categories: apparel, tex- Love and Lace tile/fiber art, interior design, and other media. Not only Amy E. Kelly* and Donna M. Brown, will you view actual garments, textile/fiber art pieces, University of Wyoming interior design projects, and more, but you’ll also interact Duchess satin wedding gown with machine- with designers regarding the methods and procedures embroidered lace. they used. The items with a description will be modeled Extreme Green during the Pacesetter Brunch on Sunday, June 24. Shu Hwa Lin, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Apparel Bodice and skirt created from recycled garments The Beauty of Blue with embossed and appliquéd leather. Melinda K. Adams, University of the Incarnate Word Tied Again Pieced, quilted, hip-length jacket made from silk hand Shu Hwa Lin, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa painted using resist and salt techniques. Cocktail skirt and fan-shaped halter bodice made Ivory Couture from recycled ties. M. Lynn Alkire, University of Central Missouri Kona Dream*** A knee-length jacket with flounce at neckline, flower Minako McCarthy,* University of Hawai‘i at Manoa embellishment, and beading. An asymmetrical camisole and gored skirt with alternat- ing gathered and flat panels, hand dyed using coffee.

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Thursday, June 21 21 June Thursday, Sea Wave Other: Visual 2-D Arts Minako McCarthy,* University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Pink Leaves A strapless floor length dress created from 100% nylon Amy Boyett, Georgia Southern University tricot with metallic and spangled sequins. Day Moon Textile/Fiber Art Amy Boyett, Georgia Southern University Tyrus Malus Happy With Dogs Melinda K. Adams, University of the Incarnate Word Amy Boyett, Georgia Southern University Custom Floor Medallion: Laser-Cut Intarsia * denotes student presenters ** denotes best professional design Amy Boyett, Georgia Southern University *** denotes best student design Colorado Tranquility 10:00am - 10:30am...... Kathryn Callahan and Wilson Hurst Networking Break University of Central Missouri 10:00am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 6 Bountiful Harvest Accreditation Site Visit Team Leader Training Kathryn Callahan and Wilson Hurst Calling experienced accreditation site visit team members! University of Central Missouri Prepare to take the next step in service leadership for the Fence, Plow, Fertilize: Exploring the AAFCS accreditation program. This session will equip you to Transformation of Prairie and Family Life serve as the team leader for an accreditation site visit team. Gwendolyn Hustvedt, Texas State University Analyze the role and responsibilities of the site visit team Rachel Melis, Kansas State University leader, and examine strategies and protocol for effectively managing a site visit. Point out strategies for utilizing the Haute Harvest** self study report and the Council for Accreditation’s Tracy Jennings, Dominican University pre-review to increase the efficiency and usefulness of the Knit dress made from PLA (corn-based fiber) with site visit. Finally, determine how to successfully coordinate corn kernels as beads for trim. the preparation of the site visit report. (2 PDUs) Homogeny/Asunder (triptych, mixed media on canvas) Presenters: Carol L. Anderson, CFCS, Sue G. Byrd, CFCS, Christopher Johnson, Georgia Southern University Debora C. Johnson, Lynda Martin, and Gay Nell Winter Window McGinnis, CFCS LynDee Lombardo, University of Nebraska – Lincoln 10:00am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 7 Mandan Sacred Pole Training Session for 2008 and 2009 Mary M. Warnock, University of Arkansas Local Arrangements Committees Interior Design Members of the Local Arrangements Committees for the The Challenges and Opportunities AAFCS 2008 and 2009 Annual Conferences are encouraged of Living Smaller and Simpler to attend this training session. Led by the 2006-07 AAFCS Patricia McGee Walton, Georgia Southern University Annual Conference committee chair and board liaison, you will learn about your responsibilites from members who have previously served on Annual Conference local arrangement committees. The presenters will also share information from the Annual Conference training manual. Presenters: Jean Hanson Knaak, CFCS, and Marilyn Swierk, CFCS

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10:30am - 11:30am...... Nevada 5 10:30am - 11:30am...... Sierra 2 21 June Thursday, International Research and Perspectives University Students Collaborate Hear the research and home country perspectives to Build a Family’s Foundation presentation by International’s graduate student FCS students from different program areas worked together awardee. (1 PDU) with Habitat for Humanity to build a home for a single mother and her children. Students created an activity 2 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS — book that provided age-appropriate activities (family BLOCK TWO and child development), prepared a family budget (FCS), organized closets (fashion merchandising), provided input 10:30am - 11:30am...... Nevada 1 Designing a University Course on paint colors, cabinets, flooring, and furniture placement to Foster a Global Community (interior design), and created a recipe box filled with Family and consumer sciences professionals want to help inexpensive, healthy recipes (nutrition). As a result, FCS their students develop into responsible and productive majors applied the knowledge they had gained in their members of the global community. Learn about a univer- classes to improve the quality of life for this family. Learn sity general education course that explores the increase in how to integrate this project into your program. (1 PDU) numbers of immigrant families and elderly people, global Presenters: Michelle L. Toews and Karol Blaylock nutrition and food insecurity, world health problems, 10:30am - 11:30am...... Nevada 2 cross-cultural housing, family economics, and home-owned Incorporating Diversity Into businesses. This workshop will help you design a university Extension Programs and Clubs course that better prepares students for cultural challenges This interactive workshop will help you appreciate the and opportunities in the U.S. and abroad. (1 PDU) diversity within your club/program. Learn how to make Presenter: Caryl Lynn Johnson sure members of your club/program feel included and vital. Find out how to maintain a respectful environment, as 10:30am - 11:30am...... Nevada 3 Respecting Diversity and well as recruit and retain underrepresented groups. And, Exceptionality in the FCS Classroom gain insight to ensure that your Extension programs are Education has a strong correlation with individual reaching a diverse audience. This workshop will provide success. Many who select family and consumer sciences you with a great way to introduce “diversity” discussions as a career technical pathway are students who have to your club/program. (1 PDU) exceptionalities and come from diverse cultures. The Presenters: Kelly J. Quinn and Amena Anderson teacher’s role as an educator is to ensure that all students, 10:30am - 11:30am...... Sierra 1 regardless of culture, family structure, or disability, have Using Technology to Cultivate a safe and supportive learning environment that an Appreciation of Multicultural Design challenges their thought processes and respects their Multicultural influences are the hottest trend for fashion, unique differences. Learn about the rationale for the interiors, cuisine, and every other area of life. So is devel- National Standards on Learning Environments and oping an appreciation for all cultures, including one’s own. discover strategies and resources that enhance learning These influences also simplify the design process, enrich and facilitate respect for diversity. (1 PDU) the design, and enable students to experience the process Presenters: Melinda K. Swafford and Helen T. Dainty that successful designers use. Learn how to locate and use multicultural resources for fabric, fashion, accessory, cos- tume, and interior design using readily available software.

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Thursday, June 21 21 June Thursday, Also find out about affordable resources for learning about Luncheons fashion trends. The lecture/demonstration includes projects 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Shasta 1 and ideas for secondary and college courses. (1 PDU) Housing and Presenters: Phyllis Bell Miller, Julie Ermel, and Environment Luncheon Karen Spencer-May “Native American Housing: 10:30am - 11:30am...... Teton 1 Challenges and Opportunities” Creating Successful Relationships Come to this luncheon session to hear about the housing in a Diverse Workplace challenges faced by residents of Native American reserva- Relationships within the workplace can drain our energy tions. Joe Waters, a regional housing manager for the Rural and collapse our spirit, or they can lift us to new heights Community Assistance Corporation, has worked with of success. Diversity and culture are just two of the many Native American communities throughout the West to help factors that have an impact on relationships within the them achieve safe, affordable housing. He is also an avid workplace. Social and emotional intelligence can help us storyteller, and in this session he will relate his experiences navigate the sometimes treacherous waters. Successful working on Native American reservations. (.5 PDU) workplace environments focus on differences as strengths Presenter: Joe Waters and the changing kaleidoscope as opportunities for 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Shasta 2 growth. Learn strategies that will help you integrate Business Luncheon what you know with how you behave to increase your Find out who has been named AAFCS Business’s 2007 Entre- understanding, empathy, and ability to adapt and cope preneur of the Year. The presentation by the award recipient with “different” people. (1 PDU) will be followed by a short business meeting. Presenters: Susan J. Eitel, Joyce E. Nuner, and Glen Jennings 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Silver State 2-3 FCSEA and AAFCS Teacher Education Joint Celebration Luncheon 10:30am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 4 FCSEA joins with AAFCS and Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Perkins IV—How Does It Affect Me? to recognize accomplishments and distinguished colleagues This session will provide an overview of the new Perkins in FCS teacher education. AAFCS Teacher Education IV legislation, its implications for FCS programs (secondary leaders and award winners will be recognized. FCSEA’s schools and teacher education), as well as examples of officers, monograph authors, and Educator of the Year how FCS teachers can develop programs of study using will be honored. (.5 PDU) the career pathways model. (1.5 PDUs) Teacher Education Awards Presenters: Karen L. Alexander, Jewell Deene Ellis, CFCS, and Carol Werhan, CFCS Outstanding Teacher Educator Distinguished Researcher Outstanding Dissertation Award FCSEA Educator of the Year: Jewell Deene Ellis, CFCS Outstanding Dissertation: Betty Chamness Trost, CFCS, Iowa State University Presenters: Peggy Wild, CFCS, FCSEA President, and Janice Elias, AAFCS Teacher Education Chair

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future amid the changing dynamics of higher education. 21 June Thursday, 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Ruby 1-2 Discuss the critical elements that are making the difference Family Relations and Human Development in programs large and small across the country. (1 PDU) Luncheon and Awards Ceremony Presenter: Duane A. Whitbeck “Low-Income Families and Child Care: How Do Current 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 7 Governmental Policies and Programs Help?” Certification: A Powerful Credential Following the awards ceremony, discuss policies and Certification is one way to let others know you are commit- programs that are designed to assist low-income families ted to the family and consumer sciences profession and your in affording high-quality childcare (i.e., Child and Depen- professional development. Find out about the latest certifica- dent Care Tax Credit, Child Care Subsidies, Head Start, etc.) tion news and how you can become certified. (1 PDU) and some of the barriers families face in trying to access Presenters: Kim Kamin, CFCS, and Sue G. Byrd, CFCS services. (1 PDU) Presenters: Ruth Ann H. Ball, CFCS, and Nicole D. Forry EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS — 12:30pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 6 3 Family and Consumer Sciences Research BLOCK THREE Journal (FCSRJ) Editorial Board Meeting 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Teton 1 How Are FCS Programs 1:30pm - 3:00pm...... Cascade 2 Affecting Slovenian Families? Teacher Education e-Yearbook Committee Meeting International opportunities are abundant in the field of family and consumer sciences! Join us for an overview of 1:30pm - 7:00pm...... Nevada Foyer how promising FCS programs are having an impact on Registration Open families in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a recent addition to the 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 5 European Union. Hear about the presenter’s recent Ful- Winning Meetings: bright scholar experience in Slovenia and her experience Parliamentary Procedure Basics with adapting to cultural change. Gather information What do you do when someone calls for a division of the about the Fulbright program for educators. (1 PDU) house? Does a motion to recess take priority over the Presenter: Susan Reichelt motion on the floor? Learn the basic rules and processes 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 2 of parliamentary procedure in a lively and engaging Examining the Needs of format. Affiliate senators, affiliate leaders, and other Families Around the World AAFCS leaders wishing to brush up on their parliamentary Living in an increasingly diverse society provides both the procedure skills should plan to attend. (1 PDU) opportunity and challenge for greater understanding of Presenters: Martha A. Nall, CFCS, Janice Strand, families from a variety of cultural backgrounds. A course Carol A. Watkins, CFCS, and Susan S. Shockey, CFCS titled “Global Questions: Needs of Families” provides 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... McKinley college students the opportunity to focus on challenges Adapting to Rapid Changes facing many individuals, families, and communities from and Current Needs around the world. Students complete action projects to The Task Force on Program Advancement proactively and address the United Nations Millennium Development collaboratively strengthens higher education programs in Goals both locally and globally. Students become more the human sciences/family and consumer sciences com- passionate about making a difference in their commu- munity. Analyze the efforts to date and target goals for the nity and in the world. Find out more about this course

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Thursday, June 21 21 June Thursday, and learn techniques for addressing issues of diversity Information Center (FCIC). FCIC has programs and services through civic engagement. (1 PDU) targeted to culturally-diverse audiences, including the Presenters: Deborah T. Tippett, CFCS, and Spanish Consumer Action Handbook and website (con- Jody L. Roubanis, CFCS sumidor.gov); Spanish version of FirstGov.gov at Espanol. 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 3 gov; single copies of Spanish publications; targeted Promoting Health and mailings to trusted information gatekeepers in Latino Wellness Among Alaskan Natives and Asian American communities with free bulk Through Extension Programs quantities of publications to share with clients; and, a Alaska has more cases of botulism than any other state multi-language gateway on the pueblo.gsa.gov website in the nation. Many Native Alaskans live a subsistence with links to government resources in languages from lifestyle that involves food preservation techniques such as Arabic to Vietnamese. (1 PDU) canning, drying, and fermenting. As villages have moved Presenter: Sommer Welling away from the traditional methods, occurrences of botu- 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 1 lism have risen. Challenges that impact Extension agents’ Helping Families Around the World successes in bringing researched-based information to the Live Better, Stronger, and Longer rural villages include the defined protocol for entering Learn about the status of families around the world (i.e., communities and the lack of a road system. Learn about health, hunger, HIV/AIDS, habitats, human trafficking, methods for serving traditional tribes and the use of human rights, war) from representatives of UNICEF, Feed technology in long-distance education delivery. (1 PDU) the Children, and Habitat for Humanity. In order to help Presenters: Sonja Koukel, Kari van Delden, and children and families in need, we will discuss avenues for Roxie Rodgers Dinstel shoulder-to-shoulder student involvement, service learning 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 4 and internship opportunities, resources for enriching curri- Biotechnology: Ethical Implications cula, professional collaborations, and success stories. (1 PDU) for Individuals and Families Presenter: Beulah M. Hirschlein If you had the opportunity to prevent most cases of 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Teton 2 blindness in the developing world, would you do it? If you Students Speak: Developing Leaders knew some people would experience adverse effects from From Diverse Backgrounds Through Career this “cure,” would you still give it to everyone? How about and Technical Student Organizations preventing an epidemic of measles, the spread of malaria, More than ever before, schools are challenged to educate or protein deficiency malnutrition? How much risk is too disadvantaged students. Career and technical student much? Learn about the opportunities and challenges that organizations (CTSOs), such as Family, Career and Com- come with biotechnology. The unique integrative nature munity Leaders of America (FCCLA), provide a wonderful of FCS puts us in a special position to provide this impor- opportunity for less affluent students, including minority, tant consumer information to our diverse clients. (1 PDU) low-income, single-parent, cohabitation, and immigrant Presenters: Jerry D. Caulder and Nancy W. St. John, CFCS students, to develop leadership and employability skills. 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Sierra 2 Find out how the presenters have successfully used Multilingual Resources for CTSOs to reach lesser-served populations, including state Culturally-Diverse Communities officer groups that are more than 50% minority. Complement and enhance your outreach efforts with Presenters: Jill Hanson Roe, CFCS, Patricia DiGioia-Laird, invaluable (and free) resources from the Federal Citizen CFCS, Michael Wade Smith, and Dani Coolidge

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2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Sierra 1 21 June Thursday, Exploring Diversity Through Keynote Address Experiential Learning To read about a group or an individual’s experience can be moving, but participation in the experience can be life changing. The ethnographic or diversity experience provides a springboard for exploration of cultural, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic factors that transcend age or grade. With integration of experiential learning in the Mary Kay Mueller classroom or with self-guided study, a foundation is built International Trainer, Coach, and Author for deeper understanding, tolerance, and celebration of the unique characteristics that are part of the changing Shift Happens: Tools for Transition kaleidoscope of America. Learn how to expand your AAFCS is going through a major transition! We all know traditional teaching methods to include ethnographic that change is inevitable, but the suffering that often and diversity experiences. (1 PDU) accompanies it is optional. With proven and practical Presenters: Susan J. Eitel, Joyce E. Nuner, and skills, Mueller will help everyone see the bigger picture Glen Jennings and grow with the flow! She will then share the keys to feeling good and staying positive through the transitions in our professional and personal lives. 3:15pm - 4:45pm...... Silver State 1 Recognition of Sponsors and Exhibitors: OPENING GENERAL SESSION (1 PDU) Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President Master of Ceremonies: Awards to be Presented Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President 2007 National Teacher of the Year Award Presentation of Colors: Kendra K. Naef, CFCS North Valleys High School: United States Air Force National, Top, and Wisconsin Teacher of the Year Co-Sponsor HSROTC Color Guard Introduction of 2006-2007 Board of Directors: Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President 2007 Top Teacher of the Year Award Welcome From Nevada Anita S. Dickard, CFCS Local Arrangements Committee: South Carolina Teacher of the Year Mary Rector, CFCS, Nevada Affiliate President Hope H. Lee, CFCS Recognition of Affiliate Leaders: Maryland Teacher of the Year Susan S. Shockey, CFCS, Director of Affiliates Cindy Miller Recognition of Section and Division Leaders: Colorado Teacher of the Year Debbie J. Nelson, CFCS, AAFCS Director-at-Large Kathleen D. Mitchell Recognition of Donors: North Carolina Teacher of the Year Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson, AAFCS Director-at-Large Frances Schofield Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Alabama Teacher of the Year Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President

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Thursday, June 21 21 June Thursday, Beth Smith, CFCS Factors That Influence College Student Moral Valuing Minnesota Teacher of the Year Sammie G. Garner, CFCS Janice A. Sullivan Appalachian State University Connecticut Teacher of the Year Jody L. Roubanis, CFCS Announcement of AAFCS Executive Director: Meredith College Don Bower, CFCS, Chair, Rosa S. Purcell, CFCS AAFCS Executive Director Search Committee North Carolina A&T State University 5:00pm - 6:00pm...... AAFCS Bookstore in Nevada Expo Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum in Book Signing with Mary Kay Mueller West Africa, Ghana 5:00pm - 7:00pm...... Nevada Expo Bettye P. Smith Expo Grand Opening University of Georgia (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher’s Knowledge Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session) and Use of Writing Strategies (1 PDU) Karen L. Alexander and Monica B. West 5:00pm - 7:00pm...... Nevada Expo Texas Tech University CUR Research Poster Session Kaleidoscope Imaging: A Tool for Enhancing Career Session Coordinated by CUR (2 PDUs) Exploration in Human Services Through Visual Apparel & Textiles and Oral Reflection Margaret C. Torrie, CFCS, Cheryl O. Hausafus, CFCS, The History and Re-emergence of Silk Production in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico Donna L. Cowan, CFCS, Retired, and Nathan Swanson Careyn P. Armitage and Yvonne S. Gentzler Iowa State University Iowa State University Predictors of Student Persistence Lona J. Robertson Education & Technology University of Arkansas An Analysis of the Cross-Cultural Reliability of Tests Measuring Perceptual Modality Preferences Christopher A. Taylor and Spatial Task Performance Ohio State University Lombuso S. Khoza Teacher Certification: Traditional or Alternative Certification Washington State University Joyce Armstrong, CFCS Enhancing Diversity Through an Exhibition Featuring Texas Woman’s University FCS Student Achievements: A Qualitative Study Who Are the Family and Consumer Scientists in Child Life? Amy J. Leahy, Alice A. Spangler, CFCS, Sue H. Whitaker, Marti Herndon, CFCS, and Trista Snider Diana Saiki, Reza Ahmadi, and Cynthia K. Miller The University of Tennessee at Martin Ball State University Ethical Professional Practice for Teachers of Family and Family Economics & Resource Management Consumer Sciences: A Content Analysis of Professional A 25-Year Comparison of the Impact of Consumer Codes of Ethics Education on Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors Sue Couch of Students at Brigham Young University Texas Tech University Cynthia B. Wright Southern Utah University

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Enhancing Well-Being of Newly Settled Immigrants: No Category Specified 21 June Thursday, Identifying Educational Needs of Southern Sudanese Diversity Statements of Leading U.S. Apparel Retailers Refugee Women in a Mid-Western Community as Presented on Corporate Websites L. Keino Kagima, M. Barratt, D. Cowan, CFCS, Retired, T. Cathryn M. Studak and Jane E. Workman Atkins, and C. Hausafus, CFCS Southern Illinois University Iowa State University Gender, Ethnicity, and Job Performance Evaluations Fear of Crime and Perceptions of Law Enforcement of At-Risk Youth Among Elderly Americans Beth Winfrey Freeburg and Jane E. Workman Bruce K. Bayley Southern Illinois University, Carbondale California State University, Sacramento Getting the World to Change Hawai’i Visitors’ Shopping Orientations for Duane A. Whitbeck Organic Cotton Items Pittsburg State University Shu Hwa Lin University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Nutrition, Health & Food Management Family Relations & Human Development Antioxidant Activity of Ethanol Extract From Rubus coreanus Child Rearing: A Reflective Perspective for Youn Hee Jeon Kenyan Immigrants in the United States Kyungpook National University Priscilla N. Gitimu Youngstown State University A Study on Intake Patterns and Damage Prevention of Health-Functional Foods for Health Improvement of Gateways of the North: Understanding the Elderly in Korea Immigrant Mexican Families in Ohio Kim Hyochung Ruben Viramontez Anguiano and Jose Salinas Inje University Bowling Green State University Beliefs About Infant Feeding in China: Implications for Walter Garcia Kawamoto Breastfeeding Promotion Independent Researcher, Sacramento, California Pamela A. Schulze and Baomei Zhao Marco A. Chavez University of Akron Ohio State University Determination of Ergosterol Using an Amperometric Implications of Delayed Parenting on Biosensor in an FIA System Mother-Daughter Relationships Kim Meera Nicole A. Graves Kyungpook National University South Dakota State University Food Preferences of Adults Who Obtain Meals at Neglected Elderly Needs of Assistance Harvest Soup Kitchen in Muncie, Indiana Eun-Jin Kim Carol A. Friesen, Lois Altman, and Alice Spangler, CFCS Tarleton State University Ball State University Self-Paced Childcare Provider Training: Does It Work? Fruits and Vegetables Intake, Physical Activity, and Jan C. Taylor, Carol Ball, Jenna Schilling, and Julie Sexton Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors for Obesity: A Mississippi State University Study of African-American and Caucasian Adolescents Bernice Dodor, Cheryl O. Hausafus, CFCS, and Mack Shelley Iowa State University

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Thursday, June 21 21 June Thursday, Physical Activity Patterns and Nutrition Habits of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction in the Child Fourth and Sixth Grade Students in Wells County, Care Workplace Indiana: A Comparison Over Time Student: Sara Jugenheimer Grete R. Hornstrom and Carol A. Friesen Advisor: Janice Elias Ball State University Youngstown State University Positive Approaches in the Prevention of Childhood The Wellness Policy: An Opportunity for Empowerment Obesity: A Proactive Method for Teaching Nutrition of Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers in a Preschool Classroom Setting Student: Denise Hasek Debra Goodwin and Paula Napoli Advisor: Janice Elias Jacksonville State University Youngstown State University Correlation of Schema of Moral Development to 5:00pm - 7:00pm...... Nevada Expo Morally Responsible Consumerism Undergraduate Student Students: Katie Brandenburg and Sonya Konevich Research Poster Session Advisor: Jody Roubanis, CFCS Session Coordinated by the AAFCS Higher Meredith College Education Unit (HEU) Comparison of Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyle Funding and Other Support Provided by the AAFCS and Environmentally Responsible Consumerism HEU, the Coordinating Council of Honor Societies, and of U.S. to Japanese Undergraduates Student: Jordan Robinson the Council of Administrators of Family and Consumer Advisor: Jody Roubanis, CFCS Sciences. (1 PDU) Meredith College Ellen (Swallow) Richards and the Link Between A Study in Exploring the Needs and Desires Family and Consumer Sciences and Ecofeminism of Sailors’ Uniforms Student: Goldie McClellan Prelogar Student: Minako McCarthy Advisor: Duane Whitbeck Advisor: Shu Hwa Lin Pittsburg State University University of Hawai‘i at Manoa A Quilting Stitch in Time Orange Pulp Improves Antioxidant Status and Suppresses Student: Courtney Hill Lipid Peroxidation in Orchidectomized Male Rats Advisor: Duane Whitbeck Student: Jacob Brymer Pittsburg State University Advisor: Farzad Deyhim Tolerance for Diversity Texas A&M University at Kingsville Student: Jaclyn Smith Cranberry Juice Improved Antioxidant Status Without Advisor: Duane Whitbeck Affecting Bone Quality in Orchidectomized Male Rats Pittsburg State University Student: Audrey Pena Peer Pleasing and Adolescents Advisor: Farzad Deyhim Student: Deborah Shaffer Texas A&M University at Kingsville Advisor: Duane Whitbeck Pittsburg State University

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Vitamin E Does Not Modulate Plasma Cholesterol, 7:00pm - 9:00pm...... Ruby 1-2 21 June Thursday, Triglyceride, or C-reactive Protein Despite Suppressing Student Unit (SU) Social Night Oxidative Stress in Orchidectomized Rats The SU officer team invites students and professionals Student: Sandra Herrera for an evening of activities. This gathering will Advisor: Farzad Deyhim provide a relaxing, fun-filled opportunity to network Texas A&M University at Kingsville with other SU members and FCS professionals. Meet Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Point Loma some new friends, have lots of fun, and pick up tickets to Nazarene University Students win door prizes! Get your game face on! Student: Stephanie Beeman Presenter: Melissa J. Wilmarth Advisor: Cindy Swann Point Loma Nazarene University 7:00pm - 9:00pm...... Silver State 2-3 “Chat Rooms” for AAFCS Communities This interactive town hall meeting-like session will allow you to learn just how easy it is to become part of an AAFCS Community. We’ve got new AAFCS software to facilitate your “chatter” and lots of energy dedicated to this new chapter in the life of our Association. Once you’ve discovered the basics, we’ll assist you as you begin to form Communities on family and consumer sciences-related topics and take advantage of the benefits of expanding your professional network and accessing your network’s collective knowledge. AAFCS Communities are action oriented, so take the first step in becoming a community member by participating in this session!

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international programs address issues of diversity and 22 June Friday, overcoming barriers to full societal participation. Hear Concurrent Sessions from five panel members who will highlight their specific efforts to help ensure that diversity in America fosters 10:50am - 12:00noon...... Silver State 2 Preparing for the “Florida-ization” unity rather than divisiveness. (1.25 PDUs) Population Trend Presenter: Tahira K. Hira Today, one in five people in Florida are over the age of 65. Panelists: Italy, Japan, and Germany have already reached “Florida- will discuss her Mary P. Andrews, IFHE-US president, ization” and the US is projected to achieve this status by long-term involvement in supporting NGOs that work to em- 2023. This trend of population aging creates many power women in both national and international settings. challenges and opportunities for family and consumer Mary J. Beaubien, Dominican Sisters, will demonstrate sciences professionals. Come and learn how we can pre- how her work in Johannesburg, South Africa, with women pare individuals and families for the upcoming demo- and girls in income generation activities is leading to graphic, economic, political, and social changes. (1 PDU) strengthening families and communities. Presenter: Sheri Lokken Worthy, CFCS Janett A. Gibbs, retired Extension home economist, 10:50am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 1-3 will discuss the successful mobilization of resources to Building Cultural Awareness rebuild home economics programs in Schools of Grenada Into a Textile Science Program after the devastating hurricane in 2004. Discuss the various clothing and dress patterns of selected cultures around the world—many that we may see worn Leah Keino Kagima, assistant professor, Iowa State summitby people here in the United States. What are the meanings University, and Sidiga Washi, Ahfad University, behind the styles and patterns of dress? Why do Muslim Sudan, will demonstrate their work with FCS teacher women wear the veil? Why do Amish wear dark, solid education and programs in Sudan and Rwanda. colors? Why do Sikh men wear turbans? Receive the Deborah T. Tippett, CFCS, professor, Meredith College, tools you need to build cultural awareness into your will share the details of her general education course on textile science programs. Then you’ll have an opportunity global questions. to try on garments and learn about a new curricular 9:20am - 10:40am...... Silver State 2 resource. (1 PDU) Living the World’s Simplest Presenter: Patreese D. Ingram Positive Attitude Formula 10:50am - 12:00noon...... Silver State 3 Mary Kay Mueller has transformed thousands of lives Strategies for Working With with her three-letter FGH formula for positive attitude. and Educating Generation “Me” This practical “how to” will give you a measuring stick to Focusing on the research of San Diego State University easily know how positive you are in any given moment psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge, this session will unveil the and how to get back to where you want to go! Extra bo- social trends and generational changes of Americans ages nus—She’ll share six take away activities for helping you 7-36. Learn strategies for connecting to, working with, and daybe most positive at home and in your professional setting! educating a generation shaped by pop culture, technology, (1.25 PDUs) and the belief that the needs of the individual should Presenter: Mary Kay Mueller come first. (1 PDU) Presenter: Susan M. Turgeson

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Friday, June 22 22 June Friday, 10:50am - 12:00noon...... Silver State 1 12:00noon - 2:00pm...... Nevada Foyer Education Panel: “It’s Not Product Sales Tables Your Grandfather’s Classroom” California AFCS Drawing on their broad experience in multicultural Connecticut AFCS education, Drs. Banks and García will discuss changes in Family and Consumer Sciences the educational setting and changes that are still needed Education Association (FCSEA) to meet the needs of a wider spectrum of diverse learners. Kentucky AFCS Janet Ward, an FCS educator with extensive experience in multicultural education, will moderate the discussion. 1:30pm - 5:00pm...... Nevada Foyer You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions during a Registration Open Q & A period. (1 PDU) 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Silver State 1 Moderator: Janet D. Ward Afternoon Summit Day Panelists: Dr. James Banks, Professor, University of Keynote Address Washington, and Author Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Gail M. McMillon

Dr. Eugene García, VP for Education Partnerships, Arizona State University, and Author

(1 PDU) summit12:00noon - 2:00pm...... Nevada Expo Expo Open (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research Dr. Eugene García Poster Session) (1 PDU) VP for Education Partnerships, Arizona State University, and Author 12:00noon - 2:00pm...... Nevada Expo Meet the Presenters/Book Cultural Diversity—Understanding Signings in Expo Hall and Meeting the Challenge Formerly the dean of Arizona State University’s College 12:00noon - 1:00pm... AAFCS Bookstore in Nevada Expo Book Signing with Mary Kay Mueller of Education, Dr. García recently stepped down to assume the role of VP for education partnerships. He has pub- 12:00noon - 1:00pm... AAFCS Bookstore in Nevada Expo lished extensively in the area of language teaching and Book Signing with Dr. James A. Banks bilingual development. Dr. García is currently chairing 12:00noon - 1:00pm... AAFCS Bookstore in Nevada Expo the National Task Force on Early Education for Hispanics, Book Signing with Dr. Eugene García funded by the Foundation for Child Development and the 12:00noon - 2:00pm...... Nevada Expo Mailman Family Foundation. At the Annual Conference, CUR Research Poster Session García will provide information on effective schooling See pages 32 - 34. (1 PDU) for linguistically and culturally diverse student popula- day tions as they are deeply affected by immigration, culture, 12:00noon - 2:00pm...... Nevada Expo Undergraduate Student language, and demographic shifts. (1 PDU) Research Poster Session See pages 34 - 35. (1 PDU)

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3:00pm - 4:15pm...... Silver State 1 4:00pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada Expo 22 June Friday, Our Future Challenges and Meet the Presenters/Refreshments Opportunities (1 PDU) 4:45pm - 6:30pm...... Silver State 1 Moderators: Jean Hanson Knaak, CFCS, and Marilyn R. Swierk, CFCS Open Forum Open Forum—Discussion of Challenges and Opportunities for Families Milestones Reached as Part of the Plan, Nayda I. Torres “Transforming AAFCS: New Era of Action” Program Leader, Family and Consumer Sciences Together, AAFCS members, leaders, and the Board embarked University of Florida Extension on a major transformation journey in the spring of 2006 Challenges and Opportunities for Students with the intent to position our Association for the “next 100 Michael Wade Smith, National President years” following our Centennial Celebration, which kicks Family, Career and Community Leaders of America off in June of 2008. The AAFCS Board will share with you Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers the major accomplishments in our Association’s plan, Janet D. Ward, Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher “Transforming AAFCS: New Era of Action.” Challenges and Opportunities for the Elderly Moving to AAFCS Communities as a way to structure our Sheri L. Worthy, CFCS, Associate Professor membership is a recommendation for action approved School of Human Sciences, Mississippi State University by the 2006 Senate. At the Open Forum, you will have the “What the Cultural Kaleidoscope Means for You” opportunity to hear about the policies and procedures that summitDeborah Gentry, CFCS, AAFCS Public Policy Committee Chair have been developed for AAFCS Communities. The intent 4:00pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada Foyer of these policies has been to allow AAFCS members to take Product Sales Tables action on a topic for which they have a real passion and interest. The Board will also respond to your questions. California AFCS Connecticut AFCS As part of our transformation, the AAFCS Board has also ad- dressed the need for a business plan that aligns the AAFCS Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association (FCSEA) strategic plan with the budget for our operations. Come to this forum to learn about and provide input on this manage- Kentucky AFCS ment tool wherein our Association has strategic objectives, 4:00pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada Expo addresses sustainability, conducts market analysis, sets long- Expo Open term financial goals, and aligns priorities with resources. (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research AAFCS’ finances will be reviewed during the forum with Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research special emphasis on an overview of our investments and Poster Session) (1 PDU) the approved balanced operating budget for FY 2007-2008. 4:00pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada Expo CUR Research Poster Session This Open Forum is one you won’t want to miss. It’s a chance for a two-way exchange. Come to learn. Come to See pages 32 - 34. (1 PDU) have your voice heard on AAFCS matters! day4:00pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada Expo Undergraduate Student Presider: Dixie Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President, 2006-2007 Research Poster Session See pages 34 - 35. (1 PDU)

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Friday, June 22 22 June Friday, 5:00pm - 7:00pm...... Silver State 2-3 Top and Maryland Teacher of the Year ESAE Curriculum Showcase Hope H. Lee, CFCS Event Coordinated by ESAE Oxon Hill High School Gather creative ideas from Teachers of the Year and other Fashion: More Than Meets the Eye educators who are displaying innovative FCS lessons/ Researchers indicate that current apparel industry trends units/programs. Teacher of the Year notebooks will be on reflect growth in several areas at a time when fewer and display. Proceeds from the concurrent Silent Auction will fewer students are entering college programs prepared to benefit ESAE projects. (2 PDUs) begin study of these more advanced areas of the clothing National, Top, and Wisconsin field. My third-year clothing program provides the knowl- Teacher of the Year edge needed to help students bridge the gap between high Kendra K. Naef, CFCS school clothing classes and basic skills required to enter a Kimberly High School fashion-related course of study in college. P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S. Program Top and Colorado Teacher of the Year “P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S.” is a unique and innovative program Cindy Miller through which special education students are teamed Windsor High School with regular education students to develop positive social Nutrition and Wellness and academic relationships. All students gain knowledge The primary focus of “Nutrition and Wellness” is to help and skills through participation in peer-developed units students combine the fitness and nutritional aspects of focusing on community living and personal growth. a healthy lifestyle by emphasizing healthy nutritional Students in the program cooperatively contribute in all choices, developing a fitness plan, differentiating between summitaspects of the P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S. Sundae Shoppe in-school wellness myths and realities, integrating science principles business, designed to promote career and technical skills as related to nutrition, and practicing wise consumer and knowledge to special populations. The program con- decisions. Applied activities, DVDs and videos, PowerPoint® tributes to decreased stereotypes, positive peer attitudes, presentations, Internet research, guest speakers, and field advocacy for individuals with special needs, and a more trips help them develop nutrition and wellness awareness harmonious school culture. and knowledge. Top and South Carolina Teacher of the Year Top and North Carolina Teacher of the Year Anita S. Dickard, CFCS Kathleen D. Mitchell James F. Byrnes High School South Caldwell High School My ABC Project: A Brighter Child— Crunching the Numbers Before You Eat Building Today’s Classroom Currently over 20% of 5 to 11 year olds and an alarming My project enables child development students to 29% of 12 to 18 year olds in North Carolina are overweight. teach young children reading skills. The students develop “Crunching the Numbers” is a multi-faceted effort to an ABC notebook, pictorially depicting the sounds of the increase awareness of the long-term effects of inactivity letters of the alphabet as well as blends, digraphs, and and poor eating habits on our young people. Through FCS dual sounds. Then they apply their knowledge by courses, the goal is to convince people that by “crunch- teaching young children, especially those at risk, in our ing the numbers” and being attentive to nutrient intake day local school district. and activity level, or making even incremental lifestyle changes, they can reap valuable wellness benefits.

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Top and Alabama Teacher of the Year Texas Teacher of the Year 22 June Friday, Frances Schofield Frances L. Hare, CFCS Shelby Court High School Hillcrest High School Teach Alabama Personal Money Management for FCS Career Preparation In “Teach Alabama,” students explore many of the Students in the Family and Consumer Sciences Career opportunities of a career in education. The idea is to Preparation class are employed and have financial home-grow our teachers in a “hands-on” lab where students resources to spend. For many students, this is their first get a first-hand look at what it takes to be a teacher. It time to have their own money with which to make includes training in a state-of-the-art lab and actual field decisions. In the personal money management unit, experience in classroom settings. students learn basic money management skills, including goal setting, budgeting, using checking and Top and Minnesota Teacher of the Year savings accounts, and investing. Beth Smith, CFCS Big Lake Senior High School Iowa Teacher of the Year “Teen Issues”—Families From Different Cultures Cynthia Lee Kenyon Intolerance, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism, violence, and Peet Junior High School ableism all have a major impact on families. To address Teaching Special Needs Students in FCS these challenges, I developed a unit called “Families From The FCS program at Peet Junior High School includes a Different Cultures” for my Teen Issues class. The three class of self-contained behavioral disadvantaged students, areas of primary focus are aging families, families with a class of self-contained mentally disadvantaged students, differing abilities, and families from different cultures. plus integration of students with many special needs into summitThese areas address the needs of the community of Big the regular junior high school classroom. Our program is Lake as our population becomes older, lives with disabilities, creative as it strives to meet the needs and enhance the and gains more culturally-diverse residents. lives of a diverse student population. Top and Connecticut Teacher of the Year California Teacher of the Year Janice A. Sullivan Sharon K. Kleinschmidt Southington High School Southwest High School Bake Shop The Science of Nutrition: Expanding and Applying Offered to underclassmen and a prerequisite to other food Nutritional Knowledge classes, “Bake Shop” is an introduction to baking, designed This project involves physicians coming to Southwest as a hands-on course where students try a wide variety of School and giving presentations on not just basic nutri- recipes. Emphasis is on the production of high-quality, tion and health, but also the science behind nutrition quantity baked goods, as well as the principles involved in and its cultural implications. Several topics are explored, operating a small business. Students complete a variety of including discussing the nutritional contents of the Total entrepreneurial projects and explore food-related careers Parental Nutrition Bag, how nutrition affects different and post high school training and educational opportunities. cultures and society, as well as discussing the old vs. new food pyramid(s). The goal is for students to critically think dayabout nutrition and apply that knowledge to create their own food recipes.

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Friday, June 22 22 June Friday, Ohio Teacher of the Year of teaching-related tasks and serve as mentors through Lisa T. Noble one-on-one interaction and small and large group instruc- Eaton High School tion. The EECC program sets the foundation for a future Service Learning/Eaton’s Bicentennial Celebration career in education or related career path. The primary focus of my program is to involve students Alexandra Ashbrook in community activities and service and at the same time Senior Program Director, Street Law, Inc., MD encourage my community to be involved with the FCS Parents and the Law program. The Bicentennial Committee for Eaton, OH, Linked to national FCS standards and supported by the invited my students and me to become involved in one Department of Justice, the “Parents and the Law” curricu- of the biggest celebrations of a lifetime. During the Eaton lum is designed to help young parents strengthen their Bicentennial, we participated in several aspects of the families and prevent child abuse and neglect. celebration, including serving tea to the ladies of Eaton Jan Bowers, CFCS with special recipes, table settings, and excellent service. Central Washington University This was our biggest service learning opportunity for Executive Director, FCSEA the 2005-06 school year. FCSEA Monographs, Materials for Teaching, Maine Teacher of the Year Membership Resources Lorraine A. Tanguay Visit the FCSEA Showcase to learn about the latest mono- Mountain Valley Middle School graphs, visit with the editor to learn how you can author a Family and Consumer Sciences: Nutrition and Wellness monograph, pick up membership brochures, and more. for Middle School Students Roxie V. Godfrey summitThe FCS program at Mountain Valley Middle School is a FCS Teacher, Mount Vernon High School, VA three-year program designed to not only teach middle Hopping to It! An Online Life Planning Course school students about health and wellness issues facing Learn about the first family and consumer sciences youth today, but also to promote choice and accountability course to go online for the 13th largest school district in in making informed decisions for a healthy lifestyle. By the country. See the actual course and activities that have planning, creating, and implementing a restaurant style made this online course a success. meal, students increase their understanding of the effects Denise Musick of diet and lifestyle through hands-on assessment and FCS Educator, MSD of Perry Township, IN research. CSI—Clothing Scene Investigators Indiana Teacher of the Year “CSI—Clothing Scene Investigators” approaches textile iden- Brooke Weekes tification from a scientific perspective, including identifica- Carmel High School tion of different weaves, fibers, and fabric characteristics. Education & Early Childhood Careers (EECC) Jan Scholl, CFCS, and In the Education and Early Childhood Careers program, Patreese Ingram, CFCS students intern in an elementary or middle level class- Dept. of Ag and Extension Education room. Students put theory into action by addressing Pennsylvania State University issues in education, such as planning and preparation, Breads Around the World day classroom organization and management, ethics and Learn about a new curriculum for young people (4-H professional responsibility, health and safety, and members and students) developed to teach traditions of professional development. Students complete a variety other countries/cultures and how to make their breads.

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More than twenty photographs, including several step- velopment professionals using evidence-based practical 22 June Friday, by-step sequences. The first in a series of FCS diversity information to better understand developmental stages curricula, it is designed for youth with some experience and to plan their interactions with children and youth. making bread. Marilyn Wragg, CFCS, Karen Andrea Schuver Alexander, and Monica West Vice President of Programming The Curriculum Center for FCS, Texas Tech University Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents, FL Implementing FCS Career Clusters Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents Through Achieve Texas This nonprofit resource network promotes and facilitates Under a statewide initiative that transitions secondary preparing all children and teens for parenting. It supports programs in Texas to the national sixteen Career Clusters, effective, nurturing parenting in the next generation and twenty FCS programs of study have been developed. We works toward reducing child abuse, teen pregnancy, will share information and resources, including a sample violence, lack of paternal involvement, and more. program of study and correlations of FCCLA programs to ca- reer clusters and the Achieve Texas Implementation Guide. Marilyn Swierk, CFCS President, MS Innovations 6:30pm - 9:00pm...... Shasta 2 FCS Teacher, RI Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews Service Learning: In a Nutshell 7:00pm - 9:00pm...... Nevada 7 Make your existing service learning program easier to Stack the Deck in Your Favor: Tips for manage or start a program with a user-friendly guide. Student Unit Members and Chapters The guide illustrates the nuts and bolts, how to’s, program Are you ready to take your spin around the tables? summitmanagement, evaluation, resources, project ideas and Come to this interactive, roundtable session to learn patterns, and grant writing tips. about AAFCS Communities, AAFCS Mentoring and Marilyn Swierk, CFCS Networking Program, opportunities for national President, MS Innovations involvement in AAFCS, SU membership recruitment, FCS Teacher, RI leadership development ideas for chapters, and more. Public Awareness: Fun Ways to Get Attention for FCS Award-winning chapters from across the country will Strut your stuff! Increase visibility of family and consumer share their secrets to successfully “play the game.” sciences with innovative and fun FCS-related items that Take home tips, ideas, and inspiration so that your let the public know who we are and what we do. chapter will not go “bust.” (2 PDUs) Presenters: Melissa J. Wilmarth, Kristin L. Warner, Susan Walker Adrianna Carlton, Karen L. Casey, Michelle Garwood, Community of Practice –eXtension initiative and Theresa Glasheen University of Maryland Just in Time Parenting (JITP) 7:30pm - 9:30pm...... Crystal 1-2 National Coalition for Black Development JITP is a new online resource targeting parents and in Family & Consumer Sciences (NCBDFCS) child/youth development professionals, featuring peer- Banquet dayreviewed information on child and youth development as well as the opportunity for readers to pose specific ques- tions to national parenting/youth development experts. The program outcomes include parents and youth de-

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Saturday, June 23 23 June Saturday, Saturday, June 23, 2007 4 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS — 7:00am - 8:00am...... Ruby 1-2 BLOCK FOUR APU Business Meeting #2 8:00am - 9:00am...... Nevada 1 Mothers in Prison: Their Stories 7:00am - 9:00am...... Silver State 2-3 and Programs to Support Them “Chat Rooms” for AAFCS Communities Being a mother in prison is extremely challenging and This interactive town hall meeting-like session will allow frustrating. This feminist narrative research focused on you to learn just how easy it is to become part of an learning how incarcerated mothers understood mothering, AAFCS Community. We’ve got new AAFCS software to observing how mothering evolved through their prison facilitate your “chatter” and lots of energy dedicated experience, and telling their stories. Inmate mothers told to this new chapter in the life of our Association. Once stories of how they were mothered, how they mothered you’ve discovered the basics, we’ll assist you as you form from the “outside,” and what it was like to mother from Communities on family and consumer sciences-related the “inside.” Though painful, each of the women found the topics and take advantage of the benefits of expanding process of creating her “herstory” to be healing. Pivotal your professional network and accessing your network’s to this process was engaging in intense self-reflection collective knowledge. AAFCS Communities are action and participating in prison intervention programs and a oriented, so take the first step in becoming a community mother-child support literacy program. (1 PDU) member by participating in this session! Presenter: Betty Chamness Trost, CFCS 7:00am - 12:00noon...... Nevada Foyer Registration Open 8:00am - 9:00am...... Nevada 3 Teaching Personal Finance From 8:00am - 9:00am...... Silver State 1 a Multicultural Perspective Generations and the Future of Learn about the financial status of households from several Association Participation different cultural backgrounds (e.g., Hispanics and Native Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, who specializes in studying associations Americans). Discuss the implications for FCS educators and nonprofit organizations, will discuss the perception that and experience some of the interactive instructional members of Generation X and Y are not “joiners.” Contrary to activities used to engage diverse learners. Take home a this commonly held assumption, Generation X and Y workers packet of handouts to use in your classroom. (1 PDU) show every indication of joining associations at even higher Presenter: Barbara M. O’Neill, CFCS rates than Baby Boomers. 8:00am - 9:00am...... Nevada 2 His presentation will examine behavioral trends in Effective Training + Intergenerational generations, strategies for engaging younger members, Charter School = Academic Success and what these trends mean for the future of associations. and Life Preparation Brooks’ research identifies the benefits that younger A triad (Wisconsin Department of Education, Marshfield workers will seek and demand in return for membership, High School, and Macklin Intergenerational Institute) including identifiable career advantages, sense of profes- created an innovative effort: an Intergenerational Charter sional community, and the opportunities to serve. FCS School. This FCS endeavor establishes an opportunity for Alliance representatives, affiliate leaders, and those children, students, and senior adults to cohabitate under interested in attracting and retaining members are one roof. Child care, adult day care, and the Human Services encouraged to attend. (1 PDU) Academy are integrated into one learning environment Presenter: Dr. Arthur C. Brooks focusing on interaction throughout life. The FCS faculty

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completed the Macklin Credential for Intergenerational 8:00am - 9:00am...... Sierra 1 23 June Saturday, Practice training, which prepared them to integrate the Organic Foods in Today’s Global Marketplace intergenerational component into their academy. The Ever since the new federal organic guidelines went academy’s curriculum includes Caregiving & Community, into effect in 2002, the world of organic foods has been Career Pathways, Careers with Kids, Connecting Genera- changing. Consumers often have a romantic notion of tions, and Family & Community Service. (1 PDU) how and where their organic foods are produced. In Presenters: Vicki Rosebrook and Jane Wagner today’s global marketplace and vertically integrated food system, their organic produce, processed foods, and seafood 8:00am - 9:00am...... Teton 1 Teaching Diverse Students: Effective could be coming from anywhere in the world. Find out Instructional Strategies and Implications about current guidelines for producing and labeling for FCS Teacher Education Programs organic foods, new research in safety and nutrition of Classrooms across America are experiencing an unprece- organics foods, and marketing from mainstream to dented mixture of students from a variety of cultures and local farmers. (1 PDU) national backgrounds. To help meet the needs of teachers Presenter: Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS and students, a study was recently conducted in Florida with 83 experienced FCS teachers. Obtain effective class- room strategies and practices gathered from this study to 8:00am - 10:00am...... Cascade 1-2 Our Cultural Kaleidoscope Embedded help you teach multicultural, multilingual learners. You’ll in the Family and Consumer Sciences also learn about the implications of teaching diverse Body of Knowledge learners for FCS teacher education programs. Come and Major demographic changes of the 21st century provide share your ideas and experiences! (1 PDU) the context for examining the FCS Body of Knowledge. Presenters: Barbara N. Allison and Marsha L. Rehm Discuss “basic human needs” from historical documents 8:00am - 9:00am...... Teton 2 of the profession and current curricula with the Body Promoting Culturally Responsive of Knowledge Task Force members. Examine variations Professional Practice: A Study of FCS Students’ Perceptions in “individual well-being” across the life course and within ethnic populations related to health disparities A module on diversity, one aspect of professional practice, and access to health care services and economic status. was presented for several academic semesters in an Talk about “family strengths,” including the definition of introductory FCS course. The course oriented students to “family,” in the context of cultural diversity. “Community the family and consumer sciences professions, began to vitality” offers us opportunities for civic engagement address professional practice, and provided college sur- that builds on rich cultural traditions. Find out how to vival knowledge and skills. After presenting the diversity apply it to courses, outreach, entrepreneurial opportunities, module, the instructor observed and concluded that and policy. (2 PDUs) students’ perceptions about diverse populations reflect- Presenters: Sharon Y. Nickols, Carol L. Anderson, CFCS, ed stereotypic, biased, discriminatory, and/or prejudiced Penny A. Ralston, Jenny A. Schroeder, CFCS, Lorna views. Come to this session to discuss these observations Browne, Sabrina L. Thomas, and Peggy Wild, CFCS and find out about an effective instructional technique 8:00am - 10:30am...... Shasta 2 to promote students’ culturally responsive professional Nominating Committee Meeting/Interviews practice. (1 PDU) Presenters: Valerie Jarvis McMillan and Jane Walker

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Saturday, June 23 23 June Saturday, 8:00am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 6 ways we can make a difference. Together we will examine AAFCS Competency Exams Administration opportunities for personal and professional growth in the Whether you are a new professional or seasoned future, as well as opportunities to encourage and mentor veteran, now is the perfect time for you to validate your a new generation of leaders. (1.5 PDUs) professional competency through the AAFCS competency Presenters: Ruth Ann H. Ball, CFCS, and examination system. These national competency exams Donna Couchenour verify professional stature and meet a major qualifica- 8:30am - 10:30am...... Nevada 7 tion requirement for obtaining corresponding Certified CUR Oral Research Presentations #1 in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS) professional Event Coordinated by CUR (2 PDUs) credentials. Take advantage of the convenience of this International Comparisons of the Profession in testing opportunity. Admission preference is given to Finland, Japan, and the United States: Implications those who pre-registered. On-site registration can be for the Future of FCS completed at Registration and will be accepted on a Virginia Vincenti, CFCS, Ayako Kuramoto, Kaija “space available” basis. Turkki, and Atsuko Yamaguchi 8:00am - 12:00noon...... Shasta 1 Dimensions of Student Cognitive Processing of Ethical How to Write an Accreditation Self Study Perspectives Model for FCS This interactive session will address the process, timelines, Jody L. Roubanis, CFCS, Meredith College and quality standards for preparation of accreditation Sammie G. Garner, CFCS, Appalachian State University self-study reports. Accreditation veterans will share Rosa S. Purcell, CFCS, North Carolina A&T State University information about resources and strategies supportive of Importance of FCS Distance Education Courses to Texas effective self-study preparation. Learn how the self-study Certification Students report is utilized in the program review and site visit Janis H. White, CFCS, and Paula J. Tripp, CFCS process. Program administrators considering pursuit of Sam Houston State University initial accreditation, program personnel to be involved Joyce J. Armstrong, CFCS, Texas Woman’s University in preparation of self study reports, and individuals Mid-Semester Assessment of Student Progress and desiring to serve on site visit teams are encouraged to Teacher Impact in an Undergraduate FCS Course attend. (4 PDUs) Ronaele R.R. Whittington, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Presenters: Carol L. Anderson, CFCS, Sue G. Byrd, CFCS, Primary Influences of Ethical Development of College Gay Nell McGinnis, CFCS, Patricia N. Pierson, CFCS, Students Compared by Racial History of Institution and Janet F. Pope Rosa S. Purcell, CFCS, North Carolina A&T State University 8:00am - 3:00pm...... Nevada Registration Desk Jody L. Roubanis, CFCS, Meredith College NV LAC/Milwaukee Info Desks Open Sammie G. Garner, CFCS, Appalachian State University 8:30am - 10:00am...... Carson 2 How Different Cultures Approach Investing Legacy of Change Toward New Beginnings: Tahira K. Hira, Iowa State University A Conversation Among Family and Caezilia Loibl, Ohio State University Consumer Sciences Professionals Doing Mothering From Prison: Using Narrative A cultural kaleidoscope calls us to challenge our think- to Explore the Experiences of Participants in a ing as professionals and elders in the field of family and Mother-Child Support Program consumer sciences. We will be asked to reflect on past Betty Chamness Trost, CFCS, Iowa State University experiences in our lives and explore the challenges and

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9:00am - 10:00am...... Silver State 1 9:00am - 10:15am...... Carson 1 23 June Saturday, SECOND GENERAL SESSION (1 PDU) Attracting Members From the Cultural Kaleidoscope Master of Ceremonies: If you want to be a leader in increasing your affiliate’s and Kay M. Wilder, CFCS, AAFCS Director-at-Large AAFCS’ membership, attend this workshop! Pick up tips Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Peggy Wild, CFCS, and ideas from winners of the +5% in 2007 membership AAFCS Treasurer recruitment contest. Find out how FCS students recruit Keynote Address and retain members. Then work in a group to develop a membership plan for your affiliate. You will receive a membership recruitment packet. Affiliate presidents, membership chairs, students, and AAFCS members who want to share membership growth are encouraged to (1 PDU) attend. (1.5 PDUs) Presenter: Tana W. Stufflebean, CFCS

10:00am - 10:30am...... Dr. Arthur C. Brooks Networking Break Professor and Nonprofit Studies Program Director 10:00am – 12:00noon...... McKinley Syracuse University 2008 Annual Conference Committee Meeting

Our Giving Culture 10:00am - 2:30pm...... Nevada Expo In Brooks’ latest book, Who Really Cares, he outlines strate- Expo Open gies for expanding the ranks of givers, for the good of all (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Americans. A top scholar of economics and public policy, Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research he has spent years researching why America has split into Poster Session) (1 PDU) two nations: givers and non-givers. Brooks was surprised 10:00am - 2:30pm...... Nevada Expo to find that conservatives really are compassionate—far CUR Research Poster Session more compassionate than their liberal foes. Strong fami- See pages 32 - 34. (2 PDUs) lies, church attendance, earned income, and the belief that 10:00am - 2:30pm...... Nevada Expo individuals, not government, offer the best solution to Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session social ills—all of these factors determine how likely one is See pages 34 - 35. (1 PDU) to give. During his presentation, Brooks will present more information about his research findings and explain how 10:00am - 2:30pm...... Nevada Foyer Product Sales Tables you can apply this knowledge to your fundraising efforts. 9:00am - 10:00am...... Carson 4 California AFCS Family and Consumer Connecticut AFCS Sciences Alliance Breakfast Meeting Family and Consumer Sciences By invitation only. Education Association (FCSEA) Co-Sponsors Kentucky AFCS

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Saturday, June 23 23 June Saturday, 10:30am – 11:20am ...... Nevada 11 Programs Attaining Accreditation or Re-Accreditation (2006-2007) Exhibitor Learning Lab Presented by Fran Andrews, CFCS, Using Technology to Enhance Your Chair-Elect, Council for Accreditation Foods and Culinary Teaching Skills Ball State University, Carson-Newman College, Television and other electronic media dominate your and Nicholls State University students’ attention. Rachel Ray and the Iron Chefs are New CFCS Professionals (2006-2007) their cooking idols. In this seminar, you will learn how Presented by Kim A. Kamin, CFCS you can grab your classes’ interest and enhance their Chair, Council for Certification culinary skills using multimedia technology. Find out why more than 500 schools across the US have adopted the See page 8 for the list of names. Sous Chef, a useful resource, and how you can incorporate 2007 Ruth O’Brien Project Grant it into your curriculum. Presented by Debbie J. Nelson, CFCS, AAFCS Director-at-Large Presenter: Nai Wang, KP Education Systems “Building a Statewide Life Skills-Based 10:30am - 11:30am...... Nevada 3 Evaluation Instrument for Nebraska 4-H Programming” NCBDFCS Business Meeting Maria de Guzman (Team Leader), Kathleen Lodl, CFCS, 10:30am - 11:30am...... Tahoe and Yan Ruth Xia Association Recognition and Celebration 2007 Wiley-Berger Award for Volunteer Service Master of Ceremonies: Presented by Victoria Marie Gribschaw, SC, CFCS, Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson, AAFCS Director-at-Large AAFCS Secretary

Awards and Recognition Juanita M. Mendenhall, CFCS, and 2007 International Graduate Fellowships Martha C. Jenkins, CFCS, Retired Presented by Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson, 10:30am - 11:30am...... AAFCS Bookstore in Nevada Expo AAFCS Director-at-Large Book Signing with Dr. Arthur Brooks Helen Strow International Graduate Fellowship 10:30am - 12:00noon...... Cascade 1-2 Colleen Erica Pagnan Historical Research: Oral History, Ethel L. Parker International Graduate Fellowship Archival Projects, and Other Exciting Research That You Can Do Ji-Hyun Kim, Kyong-Ah Kwon, and Xiaofang Wang Active historical researchers will share their stories about 2007 Student Unit Awards ongoing projects and give you hints for starting your Presented by Melissa Wilmarth, AAFCS Student Unit Chair own project. Interested individuals and affiliate repre- Outstanding Advisor sentatives are invited to attend this session to give and Darby Thompson Sewell receive ideas on completing focused projects. Learn about Progress Award excellent resources for historical research from some of Minnesota State University, Mankato our most experienced AAFCS researchers. Also, receive an update on the status of the AAFCS Archives at Cornell Student of the Year University. (1.5 PDUs) Kristin L. Warner Presenter: Virginia Richards, CFCS

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10:30am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 5 11:30am – 12:20pm...... Nevada 11 23 June Saturday, On the Trail of Ellen Swallow Richards: A Journey for Personal and Professional Growth Exhibitor Learning Lab Come to this session to learn about the life of AAFCS Consumer Jungle: Who, What, Where, When, and Why Founder Ellen Swallow Richards and highlights that led to her leadership in founding the discipline of family and Consumer Jungle is a non-profit organization that offers consumer sciences. Discuss activities and other ways that a free curriculum for students ages 14-18, which covers students and professionals can pursue this living history of these six consumer topics: cars, credit, computers, health, the discipline and the founders. (1.5 PDUs) independent living, and wireless phones. Each unit Presenters: Sue C. Miles, Joyce B. Miles, CFCS, Retired, includes PowerPoint® presentations, vocabulary quizzes, and Carolyn Barnhart, CFCS and decision-making games. Find the answers to the “who, what, where, when, and why” questions you 10:30am - 12:00noon...... Nevada 1 Using the PRSM Model for a have about Consumer Jungle. Quality of Living Assessment Nicole Schmauder has been the executive director of The assumed product of holistic and integrative human Consumer Jungle since March of 2004. Nicole earned sciences practice is enhanced quality of living. We propose her masters and undergraduate degrees in business a “quality of life” assessment that reports the value of af- administration and has prior work experience in fordances not generally monetized—the intellectual (what merchandising and marketing at Amazon.com. we know), the organizational (effectiveness of teamwork Presenter: Nicole Schmauder, Consumer Jungle to accomplish a purpose), the social (love of friends and family), and the natural (sustained gifts of nature). Explore Luncheons 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Carson 2 the development of a language, a system, a measure, and Apparel, Textiles, and Design a protocol to elevate quality of living as a worthy goal. An Luncheon and Networking AAFCS Community will be formed to continue the work of “Coco Chanel: A Cultural Kaleidoscope of Design” developing an assessment. (1.5 PDUs) Apparel, Textiles & Design is sponsoring the networking Presenters: Barbara McFall, Dorothy I. Mitstifer, CFCS, Peggy Meszaros, CFCS, and James D. Moran luncheon speaker portraying Coco Chanel. Come to this luncheon to network with your peers while reliving the 10:30am - 12:00noon...... Teton 2 cultural aspects of Coco Chanel designs. The presentation How to Publish in the Family & Consumer will inspire and entertain you, as well as provide valuable Sciences Research Journal information you can use to educate others in the field. Our representative will describe the newly adopted manu- (1 PDU) script submission and processing procedure and discuss how it has made tracking your manuscript more 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Carson 1 customer-friendly. The Family & Consumer Sciences Kappa Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omicron Luncheon Research Journal (FCSRJ) editor will discuss successful authors and their work and the FCSRJ executive editor This luncheon features the recipient of the Undergradate will discuss the Editorial Board’s vision for future major Research Award. Receive an update on honor society directions of FCSRJ and their potential to make valuable activities and priorities. (.5 PDU) contributions to the field. (1.5 PDUs) Presenters: Joan R. McFadden, Laura Shigemitsu, and Virginia B. Vincenti, CFCS

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Saturday, June 23 23 June Saturday, 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Crystal 1-5 challenges the pejorative view of nonresidential black ESAE Teacher of the Year Award Luncheon fathers and offers a culturally relevant model. (1 PDU) ESAE honors our National and Affiliate Teachers of the Year, Presenter: Nina Lyon Bennett sponsors, membership incentive winners, and officers. 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Nevada 1 Co-Sponsor Diversity in the FCS Classroom: Fresh Teaching and Learning Strategies Faced with the concept of teaching students about diversity, many FCS teachers will ask their students to 12:00noon - 1:30pm...... Carson 4 prepare foods from other cultures. While this strategy may Extension Luncheon open the dialogue, there are many new and innovative “Strolling Down Memory Lane” approaches that can be used. In this session, you will first Dr. Scholl will present a history of Extension in AAFCS, define and explore your understanding of diversity. Then including silent black and white filming nearly 100 years you will learn about fresh teaching strategies for all content ago. Share and learn about projects to celebrate the AAFCS areas of FCS and how to adapt these strategies for your own Centennial. Come and enjoy a fun, relaxing, and thought- classroom. Lastly, you will develop a philosophy and related provoking “stroll down memory lane.” (.5 PDU) teaching/learning strategies that will enable you to teach Presenter: Jan Scholl, CFCS respect for and acceptance of diversity. (1 PDU) Presenters: Nancy E. Thompson and Julie P. Wheeler 1:30pm - 1:45pm...... Tahoe Senate Credentialing 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Nevada 3 A Common Thread: Examining 1:45pm - 4:00pm...... Tahoe Senate Cultures Through Bread Found on most dinner tables around the world, bread EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS — is generally acknowledged as the staff of life. Learn to 5 appreciate similarities and differences across cultures by BLOCK FIVE examining the cultural significance of bread in family 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Teton 1 traditions and celebrations. Examine recipes from house- A New Look at Involvement Patterns of holds around the world in the context of family customs. Nonresidential African-American Fathers Explore ideas for integrating the cultural significance of Utilizing the culturally relevant model, this session will bread into classrooms and community venues. (1 PDU) focus on involvement patterns of African-American Presenters: Rea Gubler, CFCS, Kathy C. Croxall, CFCS, nonresidential fathers with their children. Involvement and Artis P. Grady, CFCS-HNFS patterns of African-American nonresidental fathers has 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Sierra 1 been minimally addressed in the literature. Sparse Preparing High School Students for attention has been given to the experiences of children Leadership Roles in Fashion and Interiors with their nonresidential fathers (Amato & Keith, 1991), Clothing and textiles programs are being eliminated and ethnic perspectives are particularly lacking (Lawson because they are not relevant to the current job market, & Thompson, 1999; Pleck, 1997). African-American nonresi- administrators consider them antiquated, and students dential fathers are typically described in pejorative ways lack interest in them. Learn how one state revamped its that reflect absence, abandonment, or incompetent program to prepare students for leadership roles in today’s parenting (Leite & McKenry s2006). This presentation fashion, merchandising, and interior design careers. The

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two-year program offers advanced skills in technology, males, females, and military personnel, learn the causes, 23 June Saturday, design, and critical thinking and includes career symptoms, and treatment. Find out how family, well- development, applied academics, basic business practic- ness, diet, nutrition, education, stress relief, sports, and es, leadership, and life and employability skills. Students anxiety play a role in surviving this illness. A nutrition can pursue entry-level careers in the design, manufac- educator and FCS teacher will provide you with the com- ture, or sales of apparel or home furnishings or a degree plete snapshot of this eating disorder. (1 PDU) in fashion or interiors. (1 PDU) Presenters: Marlene S. Lobberecht, CFCS, M. Jo Lynn Presenter: Phyllis Bell Miller and Angie Lawrence Jennings, Brittany M. Wittenberg 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Nevada 2 Developing Cultural Competence Among Children in Non-Diverse Environments 1:30pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada Foyer Registration Open Research states that in order for white children to under- stand multiculturalism and diversity to a point of cultural 1:30pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 5 competence, they must make connections with individu- Showcasing the Journal of als from diverse backgrounds. However, there are areas Family & Consumer Sciences of the nation that do not afford that opportunity. What of Hear “showcase” stories from members who used the those children? Learn how to use play environments, January 2007 issue of the Journal of Family & Consumer activities, and materials to help you develop cultural Sciences in their schools and communities and with competence in children while working and living in a pre- policy makers. (1.5 PDUs) dominately white environment. Photographs, video clips, Presenter: Carole J. Makela, CFCS and examples of play materials will be shared. (1 PDU) 1:30pm - 3:00pm...... Ruby 1-2 Presenter: Mikki Meadows, CFCS-HDFS “Recognition and Reflections”— 2006 Teacher Education Award Recipients 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Teton 2 Celebrating Cultures in the FCS Classroom Recipients of the Distinguished Research Award in With the influx of diverse populations entering the FCS Teacher Education, the Outstanding University Teacher classroom, new teaching strategies are needed to meet Educator Award, and the Outstanding Dissertation the needs of these learners and increase their success. Award will be recognized and share best practices in Within the last year, our FCS program has been convert- teacher education and research. (1 PDU) ed to an international baccalaureate curriculum, which 1:30pm - 3:00pm...... Nevada 7 incorporates the areas of interaction into the classroom Strategic Planning for FCS Education as well as cultural sensitivity into each of our disciplines. The National Coalition for Family & Consumer Sciences Our IB magnet school was developed through a grant as Education will provide an update on the development we joined the Northwest Suburban Integration District. of a new website and share their strategic plans for the Explore methods and strategies to help your FCS class- advancement of FCS education. (1.5 PDUs) room meet the needs of diverse populations. (1 PDU) Presenters: Carol Werhan, CFCS, Karen L. Alexander, Presenter: Marsha Chizek Wendy Ambrose, Jewell Deene Ellis, CFCS, Karen Mason, Charlotte Mohling, Carolyn Reynolds, CFCS, 1:30pm - 2:30pm...... Nevada 4 Treating Activity-Related Anorexia Nervosa Marcia Ritter, CFCS, and Robin Trimble White An FCS student will share her personal journey with 2:00pm - 3:00pm...... Shasta 2 activity-related anorexia nervosa. As numbers rise with Centennial Planning Committee Meeting #2

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Saturday, June 23 23 June Saturday, 2:30pm - 5:00pm...... Crystal 1-5 Fashion: More Than Meets the Eye “Research to Practice” Rounds Maryland, Hope Lee, CFCS Maximize the Moment! Acquire a variety of information Nutrition Education/Diet and Health quickly through roundtables featuring current research, Colorado, Cindy Miller award-winning teaching methods, student mentoring, and entrepreneur ideas and experiences. At several tables Crunching the Numbers Before You Eat North Carolina, Kathleen Mitchell of your choice, visit presenters who will provide twenty- minute presentations in small groups, allowing for deeper Teach Alabama discussion and expanded opportunities for questions and Alabama, Frances Schofield answers. At the conclusion of the program, you will have Bake Shop the opportunity to visit other tables to obtain additional Connecticut, Janice Sullivan materials and contact information. (2 PDUs) Families From Different Cultures Please note: Table numbers are subject to change. Minnesota, Beth Smith, CFCS Please check information onsite. AAFCS (Tables 1 and 2) Personal Money Management for FCS Career Preparation Texas, Frances Hare, CFCS Pre-Professional Credentials: Student The Science of Nutrition: Expanding and Applying Opportunities and Program Advancement Nutritional Knowledge Council for Certification California, Sharon Kleinschmidt CFCS Certification: Attain Professional Prominence Service Learning/Eaton’s Bicentennial Celebration Council for Certification Ohio, Lisa Noble Accreditation: The Standard of University Family and Consumer Sciences: Nutrition and Wellness Program Excellence for Middle School Students Council for Accreditation Maine, Lorraine Tanguay Tips on Submitting Successful Conference Proposals Business/Entrepreneurs (Table 7) Jean Hanson Knaak, CFCS, AAFCS Annual Conference Chair Each round will include two entrepreneur tables. Sharpen and Share Your Skills: Writing for the Journal of FCS Licorice and Lemon Drops Old Fashioned Candy Shop Carole Makela, CFCS, Editor Natalie D. Knesek, CFCS All You Ever Wanted to Know About AAFCS Communities Knot the Ordinary: A Web-Based Business Beverly Crabtree, CFCS, Retired, Dean Emeritus, for a Line of Accessories Iowa State University Janice Sullivan Teachers of the Year (Tables 3-6) JPM Pages & Presentations: A Publishing, Each round will include three or more Teacher of the Year Presenting, and Consulting Business presentations: Janis P. Meek, CFCS National Teacher of the Year Career Mentoring (Table 8-9) P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S. These sessions are designed especially for any individuals Wisconsin, Kendra K. Naef, CFCS considering career options in family and consumer sciences My ABC Project: A Brighter Child—Building related areas. Come network with experienced professionals Today’s Classroom and learn about a variety of job opportunities. Each round South Carolina, Anita S. Dickard, CFCS will include two career presentations:

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Resume and Vita Writing 101 for Cultural Expression: Spending Trends in 23 June Saturday, Undergraduate and Graduate Students Clothing and Food in the United States Patricia Hilliard J. Kandiah and D. Saiki Apparel and Textiles The Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ (SSHW) Challenge Catherine Amoroso Leslie Barbara O’Neill, CFCS Clothing, Textiles, and Merchandising Family Relations/Human Leigh Southward, CFCS Development/Parenting Children of Same-Sex Parents: Are Adolescent Peer Business Relationships the Same? Barbara George Theresa Glasheen Higher Education Shared Book Reading as a Context for Paula J. Tripp, CFCS Meaningful Father-Child Interaction Human Services Stephen Green Margaret Torrie, CFCS Understanding Diversity and Ourselves: Safe Ways Human Development/Family Relations to Explore Our Cultural Similarities and Differences Marti Herndon, CFCS Irene Kalmer and Darlene Neil Secondary Education Teaching About Diversity When Everyone Looks Alike Beverly Card, Roxie V. Godfrey, and Beth Smith, CFCS Michelle Krehbiel Cooperative Extension Service Outside the Box Sonja Koukel Ellaline Roy Macauley General Presentations (Tables 10-30) Gerontology/Aging/ Intergenerational Issues Apparel/Textiles/Design Comparison of the Definition and Evaluation Criteria Aging: Makin’ It Real for Students of Creative Scholarship Between Experts and Active Gail M. McMillon Members in Textile and Apparel Design Health & Wellness Melinda Adams Changing the Culture of School Food Service Among Using Fashion Design Kits as Learning Strategies Four Elementary Schools Geraldine Ray Doris I. Herringshaw, CFCS, and Susan Zies Using Community Collaboration to Engage Preserving Native American Sun-Drying Traditions Outreach Students Through a Youth Day Camp Program Geraldine Ray and Rosa Purcell, CFCS Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head Family Economics/Resource Management Nutrition/Foods Management Curriculum to Train Pre-Service and Practicing Make It Safe, Keep It Safe (MISKIS) Teachers Self-Regulating Money Management Skills Patti Wooten Swanson, Shirley Peterson, CFCS, Diane Metz, Terre Eversden, CFCS Christine Bruhn, Linda J. Harris, and Mary Blackburn Family Influences on the Financial Literacy of Decision Making and Family Evening College Students Meals: Toward Obesity Prevention Bryce Jorgensen Janelle Walter, CFCS

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Saturday, June 23 23 June Saturday, Public Policy Hopping to It! An Online Life-Planning Course Make Your Voice Heard Roxie V. Godfrey Judith Breland Creating a Kaleidoscope of Change Through the Use FCS Students Learn About Public Policy of the Smart Labels or Radio Frequency Technology Carole Makela, CFCS Leigh Southward, CFCS, Sharon Pate, and Karol Blaylock Schools/Educational Systems Online FCS Course Delivery: Meeting the Collaboration at a Distance: An Innovative Needs of University Students! Approach to FCS Teacher Certification Paula J. Tripp, CFCS Julie Johnson, CFCS, Sue Couch, Karen Bergh, Mari Other Borr, Debra DeBates, Cheryl Hausafus, CFCS, and Leah National Board Certified Teachers Keino Kagima Beverly Card Family and Consumer Sciences Education: The Kaleidoscope of Recovery Rescuing Students From the Dropout Nation Judith Edwards Breland Kimberlee Davis 2:30pm – 8:00pm...... Nevada Expo FCS Intern Teachers: Addressing Their Reality Expo Move-Out Margaret Lichty (includes AAFCS Booth and Bookstore; CUR Research Teaching Methods Poster Session; and Undergraduate Student Research The Illusion of Inclusion: Are FCS Teachers Poster Session) Prepared for Students With Special Needs? 3:00pm - 3:30pm...... Sally E. Arnett Networking Break And My World: A Curriculum for Teaching 3:30pm - 5:30pm...... Shasta 1 Global Interdependence Concepts to Youth Council of Administrators of Family & Michelle J. Garwood Consumer Sciences (CAFCS) Executive FACS Is HOT-HOT! Board Meeting Janis P. Meek, CFCS 4:00pm - 6:00pm...... Nevada 7 Teaching Financial Basics to Elementary Students: CUR Oral Research Presentations #2 (2 PDUs) Service Learning in Action Through FCS Education Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Hawai’i: Cheryl A. Mimbs Profiles of Blessings and Burdens Using the Case Method to Prepare Family and Consumer Loriena A. Yancura Sciences Teacher Candidates for the Challenges of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa Secondary Classroom Sally M. McCombie and Patricia Zimmer Efficiency of Soaps Made from Recycled Cooking Fat Chang-Ok Choi Problem-Based Learning: How to Actively Engage Students Bradley University Bettye P. Smith Application of a Screen (NutriSTEP™) to Identify Technology and Media Nutrition Risk Among Preschool Children E-Portfolios Linda Derscheid, Beverly Henry, and Lauriece Zittle Beverly Card Northern Illinois University Let’s Get Clickin’: Benefits and Cautions of Using Audience Response Systems Deborah Gentry, CFCS

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Janis Randall Simpson and Heather H. Keller raising grandchildren, families and the military, families 23 June Saturday, University of Guelph, Canada and immigration, and gender and racial diversity with Lee Rysdale and Joanne Beyers family structures. Presenters will facilitate a roundtable Sudbury & District Health Unit, Canada conversation with provocative questions to challenge your thinking and stimulate conversation. (2 PDUs) Does Instruction in Critical Thinking Improve Parent’s Presenters: Ruth Ann H. Ball, CFCS, Pamela Schulze, Encouragement of Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity for Their Preschool Children? Michelle Krehbiel, and Arminta L. Jacobson, CFCS Ingrid K. Richards Adams, Cheryl O. Hausafus, CFCS, and 6:30pm - 7:30pm...... Cascade 1-2 Suzanne Hendrich AAFCS Stars Reception Iowa State University Special reception by invitation only. AAFCS will rec- Survey of the Effect of Feeding Yogurt Among ognize its top donors, sponsors, and exhibitors; Legacy Preschoolers From Minority Households Society, Gold Legacy Society, and 50-year members; and Makuba A. Lihono, Usman Adamu, and Flavelia E. Stigger recipients of the Teacher of the Year Award, Wiley-Berger University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Award for Volunteer Service, Distinguished Service Performance and Durability Properties of Imported Award, New Achievers Award, and Leaders Award. and Domestic Manufactured Men’s Worsted Wool Suits Lance M. Cheramie and Mary M. Warnock University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Texas Woman’s University 4:30pm - 5:30pm...... Shasta 2 NCBDFCS Board Meeting 4:30pm – 6:00pm...... Nevada 5 Online Master’s in Family Studies SU Business Meeting

Join your SU National Officer Team at the annual busi- ■ M.S. degree with non-thesis option ness meeting, where students will be updated on SU ■ Can be earned 100% online events and accomplishments of the past year, receive ■ Eligibility for provisional CFLE credential information about opportunities for involvement, assist ■ Optional on-campus Seminar Day every with goal setting for the year to come, and discuss the fu- semester ■ Rolling admissions ture of the SU. New officers will be inducted and SU award ■ No GRE recipients and scholarship winners will be recognized. Presenters: Melissa J. Wilmarth, Kristin L. Warner, "Being able to work and complete my education Adrianna Carlton, Karen L. Casey, Michelle Garwood, is great. Thanks for providing a way for me to and Theresa Glasheen continue my dream -- education." MaryRuth Bishop 4:30pm - 6:30pm...... Carson 1 Online master's student Marriage and Family Conversation III—Reno Style The conversation, Reno Style, will provide an opportunity Contact Us Today www.twufamilystudies.com for you to experience a cultural kaleidoscope dialogue [email protected] concerning the challenges and opportunities of families 940-898-2685 and children. Roundtable conversations will involve family issues that are paramount in our current society—

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Sunday, June 24 24 June Sunday, Sunday, June 24, 2007 Inauguration of 2007-2008 Board of Directors: Don Bower, CFCS, AAFCS Past President 7:30am - 8:15am...... Nevada 1-4 Bonnie Braun, CFCS, President Ecumenical Service College Park, Maryland

Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson, President-Elect

Port Matilda, Pennsylvania Peggy Wild, CFCS, Treasurer

Indianapolis, Indiana Ecumenical Service Speaker: Sherrie Thomas Susan S. Shockey, CFCS, Director of Affiliates New Albany, Ohio Sherrie Thomas has been on staff at Sparks Christian Fellowship for thirteen years, with seven years as an Kay M. Wilder, CFCS, Director-at-Large ordained pastor. Married for 25 years, she has a 21-year-old San Diego, California son attending college and an 18-year-old daughter who Marilyn Sue Buck, CFCS, Director-at-Large recently graduated. Stevens Point, Wisconsin 8:00am - 10:30am...... Silver State Foyer M. Virginia Richards, CFCS, Director-at-Large SU National Service Project Statesboro, Georgia “One Fish…Two Fish…Your Book, A Child’s Wish” Kristin L. Warner, Student Unit Chair AAFCS is teaming up with the United Way of Reno to do- Lincoln, Nebraska nate new and used books to benefit Reno schools in need. Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, Past President AAFCS Student Unit members will be collecting books Memphis, Tennessee and monetary donations outside of the Pacesetter Brunch room. Please help us make your old favorites their new Inaugural Address: favorites! Bonnie Braun, CFCS, AAFCS President, 2007-2008 8:30am - 10:30am...... Silver State 1 Pacesetter Brunch Awards and Recognition During the brunch, students will be modeling clothing 2007 Fifty-Year Members from the Apparel, Textiles, and Design Showcase and Presented by Debbie J. Nelson, CFCS, Exhibition. To see information about the designs, please AAFCS Director-at-Large see pages 25 -26. Lois A. Bartley, CFCS - Wamego, Kansas Master of Ceremonies: Peggy S. Berger - Lynchburg, Virginia Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President, 2006-2007 Lois A. Bjork - Lakewood, Colorado Lighting of the Betty Lamp: Jean K. Burand - San Jose, California Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, AAFCS President, 2006-2007 Margaret S. Callsen - Fargo, North Dakota Bonnie Braun, CFCS, AAFCS President, 2007-2008 Dorcas A. Carter - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Invocation: Maryanna S. Cassady, CFCS, Retired - Waverly, Ohio Victoria Marie Gribschaw, SC, CFCS, AAFCS Secretary Kareen A. Daby - Madison Lake, Minnesota Ada B. Dalla-Pozza - Cary, North Carolina Pearle H. Davis - Lees Summit, Missouri

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Judith A. Douthit - Manhattan Beach, California University of Oklahoma, Center for Early Childhood 24 June Sunday, M.A. Edwards - Ottawa Hills, Ohio Professional Development, Moore, Oklahoma Patsy A. Elmore - Oxford, Mississippi Linda R. Brothers R. Nadine Hackler, CFCS, Retired - Gainesville, Florida Associate Professor Wanda L. Hart - Diamond Bar, California Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Audrey K. Irick - Mission, Kansas Indianapolis, Indiana Margaret A. James - Madison, Wisconsin Candace K. Fox, CFCS Ann E. Jones - Richmond, Virginia Professor Marolyn J. Kiser - Spartanburg, South Carolina Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio Eileen Gallagher Labiner - New York, New York Jane Davidson Reagor Jean P. Lentz - Willoughby, Ohio Associate Professor Lucy Lorenzen - Paradise Valley, Arizona The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee Mabel H. Monsanto - Iowa City, Iowa Dorothy D. Moore - Pelham, New York Roxanne L. Trees, CFCS Virginia Gleason Norton - East Palatka, Florida Career & Technical Education Specialist Frances G. Reeverts - Dixon, Illinois Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, Washington Ida R. Robertson - Shawboro, North Carolina 2007 Distinguished Service Award Jeanne H. Ruby - Kennewick, Washington Presented by Marilyn R. Swierk, CFCS, Melba G. Shilling - Knox, Indiana AAFCS Director-at-Large Eleanor P. Vergis - Scottsdale, Arizona Helen F. McHugh Nannie D. Waters - Newark, Delaware Dean and Professor Emeritus Joan H. Weatherholtz - Columbia, Maryland Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Sara C. Wolfson - Iowa City, Iowa Dorothy I. Mitstifer, CFCS Martha R. Zimmerman, CFCS - Harvel, Illinois Executive Director 2007 New Achievers Award Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society, East Lansing, Michigan Presented by Susan S. Shockey, CFCS, Retia S. Walker AAFCS Director of Affiliates Retired Vice President Sandra Marquez Hall Academic Outreach and Public Service Director, Planning & Assessment for Student Affairs University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Announcements Jennifer Staley, CFCS Indiana FCCLA State Director, HOSA State Advisor, Health 10:45am – 11:00am...... Silver State Foyer Sciences Program Coordinator SU National Service Project Presentation Indiana Department of Education, Indianapolis, Indiana Please join Student Unit members in presenting representatives from Reno schools and the United Way 2007 Leaders Award of Reno with books and monetary donations from Presented by Melissa Wilmarth, AAFCS Student Unit Chair AAFCS members. Ruth Ann Halacka Ball, CFCS Program Administrator III

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Presenter Directory Billings, Nancy Carter, CFCS Casey, Karen L. Teacher, Retired, Huntsville City Schools, Student Unit Second Vice-Chair, N6312 Alexander, Karen L. Alabama, 706 Corlett Drive, Huntsville, AL N. Oak Street, Arkansaw, WI 54721; Assistant Professor, FCS Education, 35802; Phone 256-883-6229, Fax 256-824- Phone 715-285-5952, [email protected] Department of Applied & Professional 6328, [email protected] Caulder, Jerry D. Studies, Texas Tech University College Birch, Marie M., CFCS President & CEO Finistere Partners, of Human Sciences, Box 41162, 15th and Teacher, Cranston High School East, Finistere Partners, LLC, San Diego, CA Akron Streets, Lubbock, TX 79409-1162; 899 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 02910; 92130; Phone 858-834-0121, [email protected] Phone 806-742-5050, ext. 230, Fax 806-742- Phone 401-935-4566, Fax 401-785-4696, 5033, [email protected] Chizek, Marsha [email protected] Secondary FCS Teacher, 6000 W. Moore Allison, Barbara N. Blaylock, Karol Lake Drive, Fridley, MN 55432; Professor, Illinois State University, 144 Assistant Professor, Department of Hu- Phone 763-502-5714, Fax 763-502-5640, Turner Hall, Campus Box 5060, man Sciences, Tarleton State University, [email protected] Normal, IL 61790; Phone 309-438-5960, Box T0380, Stephenville, TX 76402; Fax 309-438-5659, [email protected] Coffey, Kitty R., CFCS Phone 254-968-9194, Fax 254-968-9728, 1420 Appley Drive, Morristown, TN 37814; Ambrose, Wendy [email protected] Phone 865-471-3295, Fax 865-471-3502, Minnesota Executive Director, FCCLA, De- Bowers, Katrina L. [email protected] partment of Education, 1500 Highway 36 Director of Development, University of Coolidge, Dani West, Roseville, MN 55113-4266; Phone 651- Georgia, 224 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 582-8302, [email protected] Past Minnesota FCCLA-HERO State 30602; Phone 706-542-4946, Officer, 632 73rd Ave. N., Brooklyn Park, Anderson, Amena [email protected] MN 55444; Phone 763-566-2187, Extension Agent, WVU Marion County Boyer, Luann K., CFCS [email protected] Extension Office, 314 Monroe Street Family and Consumer Education Room 202, Fairmont, WV 26554; Couchenour, Donna Extension Agent, 22500 County Professor, Shippensburg University, 411 Phone 304-367-2772, Fax 304-367-2774, Road 21, Ft. Morgan, CO 80701; [email protected] Lurgan Avenue, Shippensburg, PA 17257; Phone 970-542-3544, Fax 970-542-3541, Phone 717-477-1349, [email protected] Anderson, Carol L., CFCS [email protected] Professor Emeriti and Consultant, Box Crabtree, Beverly, CFCS Brooks, Dr. Arthur C. Dean Emeritus, 3113 Rosewood Circle, 116, Cobb, WI 53526; Phone 608-623-2509, Professor, Public Administration, [email protected] Ames, IA 50014; Phone 515-296-2488, Director, Nonprofit Studies Program, [email protected] Ball, Ruth Ann H., CFCS and Author, Syracuse University; Program Administrator III, University [email protected] Croxall, Kathy C., CFCS of OK - CECPD, 1801 N. Moore Avenue, Assistant Professor, Southern Utah Uni- Browne, Lorna versity, 351 W. University Boulevard, Cedar Moore, OK 73160; Phone 405-325-3559, Consultant, 2612 Mckenzie Road, Ellicott Fax 405-325-5257, [email protected] City, UT 84720; Phone 435-586-7796, City, MD 21042; Phone 410-465-4946, Fax 435-865-8046, [email protected] Banks, Dr. James A. [email protected] Dainty, Helen T. Professor and Author, University of Byrd, Sue G., CFCS Washington; [email protected] Instructor, Tennessee Technological Professor, UT-Martin, 340 Gooch Hall, University, Department of Curriculum Barnhart, Carolyn, CFCS Martin, TN 38238; Phone 731-881-7103, and Instruction, Box 5074, Department Chair, Food and Nutrition, [email protected] Cookeville, TN 38505; Phone 931-372-3116, National President, Phi Upsilon Carlton, Adrianna [email protected] Omicron, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Student Unit First Vice-Chair, 265 N 7th HE 205, 415 Tenth Avenue, Menomonie, WI Street #124, Laramie, WY 82072; Phone 307- 54751; Phone 715-232-2545 , Fax 715-232-2317, 660-2778, [email protected] [email protected]

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Day, Sharon Hoelscher, CFCS Glasheen, Theresa Ingram, Patreese D. Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Student Unit Vice Chair of Outreach Associate Professor of Agricultural & Sciences, University of Arizona and Service, 1005 Macon Highway, Extension Education, 342 Agricultural Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Apt. 1726, Athens, GA 30606; Administration Building, University Broadway, Phoenix, AZ 85040; Phone 702-424-2705, [email protected] Park, PA 16802; Phone 814- 863-7439, Phone 602-470-8086, ext. 332, Goebel, Karen P., CFCS Fax 814- 863-4753, [email protected] Fax 602-470-8092, [email protected] Extension Specialist, University of Jacobson, Arminta L., CFCS DiGioia-Laird, Patricia, CFCS Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, Madison, Professor, University of North Texas, New Jersey FCCLA State Advisor, WI 53706-1524; Phone 608-262-0080, Center for Parent Education, 855 Grove Avenue, Edison, NJ [email protected] PO Box 310829, Denton, TX 76203; 08820-2200; Phone 732-452-2862, Grady, Artis P., CFCS-HNFS Phone 940-565-2432, Fax 940-369-7177, [email protected] [email protected] Associate Professor, Southern Utah Eitel, Susan J. University, 351 W. University Boulevard, Jennings, Glen Texas Woman’s University, Cedar City, UT 84720; Phone 435-865- Professor, Department of Family 3004 Blake Street, Corinth, TX 76210-1600; 8041, Fax 435-586-1903, [email protected] Sciences, Texas Woman’s University, Phone 940-898-2685, Fax 940-898-2676, Gubler, Rea, CFCS PO Box 425769, Denton, TX 76204-5769; [email protected] Associate Professor, Southern Utah Phone 940-898-2695, Fax 940-898-2676, Ellis, Jewell Deene, CFCS University, 351 W. University Boulevard, [email protected] Branch Manager for CTE Programs, Cedar City, UT 84720; Phone 435-586- Jennings, M. Jo Lynn FCS, 2112 Capital Plaza Tower, 500 Mero 1945, Fax 435-865-8046, [email protected] County Extension Agent, Texas Coop- Street, Frankfort, KY 40601-1957; Haley, Hollie erative Extension - Harris County, 3033 Phone 502-564-3775, Intergenerational Trainer, Macklin Bear Creek Drive, Houston, TX 77084; [email protected] Intergenerational Institute, 15100 Phone 281-855-5627, Fax 281-855-5638, Ermel, Julie Birchaven Lane, Findlay, OH 45840; [email protected] FCS Teacher, Omaha South High School, Phone 419-425-3045, Fax 419-425-3083, Johnson, Caryl Lynn 4519 South 24th Street, Omaha, NE [email protected] Associate Professor, Eastern New 68107; Phone 402-557-3643, Hanson Knaak, Jean, CFCS Mexico University, Station #11, Portales, [email protected] 2456 Arkwright Street, St. Paul, MN 55117; NM 88130; Phone 505-562-2516, Fax 505- 562-2080, [email protected] Ferron, Anita Louise Phone 651-221-0587, [email protected] High School Teacher, 109 Benham Hill Johnson, Debora C. Hanson Roe, Jill, CFCS Road, West Haven, CT 06516; 31225 Carter Cemetery Road, Springfield, Executive Director, 320 East 11th Phone 203-245-6350, [email protected] LA 70462; Phone 985-549-5398, Street, Blue Earth, MN 56013; [email protected] Forry, Nicole D. Phone 507-526-5845, Fax 507-526-7571, Doctoral Student, University of [email protected] Kamin, Kim, CFCS Maryland, Department of Family Educator, Trinity High School, 500 Hira, Tahira K. Studies, College Park, MD 20742; North Industrial Boulevard, Euless, TX Professor, 1750 Beardshear Hall, Iowa Phone 301-405-1000, [email protected] 76039; Phone 817-399-3668, State University, Ames, IA 50011; Fax 817-354-3322, [email protected] García, Dr. Eugene Phone 515-294-2042, Fax 515-294-0565, VP for Education Partnerships and [email protected] Kellett, Carol E. Author, Arizona State University; Professor, 1509 Williamsburg Drive, Hirschlein, Beulah M. [email protected] Manhattan, KS 66502-0409; Professor, Dept of Human Development Phone 706-532-5500, [email protected] Garwood, Michelle and Family Science, HES 233, Oklahoma Student Unit Secretary, 4841 Hartley, State University, Stillwater, OK 74078; Lincoln, NE 68504; Phone 402-389-1655, Phone 405-744-8347, Fax 405-744-2800, [email protected] [email protected]

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Koukel, Sonja McFadden, Joan R. Meszaros, Peggy, CFCS Assistant Professor of Extension, Coopera- Editor, FCSRJ, 450 E CR 450 N, Seymour, IN Virginia Tech, College of Liberal Arts & tive Extension Service UAF, Juneau District, 47274; Phone 812-523-6273, Human Sciences, Wallace Hall, Blacksburg, 3032 Vintage Blvd. Suite 104, Juneau, AK [email protected] VA 24061; Phone 540-231-9428, 99801; Phone 907-465-8756, McFall, Barbara [email protected] Fax 907-465-8742, [email protected] West Virginia University, Morgantown, Miles, Joyce B., CFCS, Retired Krehbiel, Michelle WV 26506; Phone 304-293-3402, Former Educator, PO Box 1689, Maggie Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, [email protected] Valley, NC 28751; Phone 828-926-4435, FCS Education - C-150 Living and McGreal, Brigitta L. Fax 828-926-4436, [email protected] Learning Center, 633 Main Street, Burling- Department Chair, Applied Academics, Miles, Sue C. ton, VT 05405; Phone 802-656-2079, Bolingbrook High School, Retired Professor, 330 Dream Catcher [email protected] 365 Raider Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60440; Circle, Morgantown, WV 26508; Phone 304- Lawrence, Angie Phone 630-679-3503, Fax 815-280-2639, 599-8040, [email protected] Instructor, Design Technology for Fashion [email protected] Miller, Phyllis Bell and Interiors and Family and Consumer McGinnis, Gay Nell, CFCS Associate Professor, School of Human Science, Kossuth High School, 15CR 604, Division Director, Credentialing, Profes- Sciences, Mississippi State University, Corinth, MS 38834; Phone 662-286-3439, sional Development and Public Policy, Room 128 Lloyd-Ricks Hall, Box 9745, Fax 662-286-3440, [email protected]. AAFCS, 400 N. Columbus Street, Suite 202, MS State, MS 39762-9745; ms.us or [email protected] Alexandria, VA 22314; Phone 703-706-4600, Phone 662-325-8783, Fax 662-325-8188, Lobberecht, Marlene S., CFCS Fax 703-706-4663, [email protected] [email protected] 12818 Aste Lane, Houston, TX 77065-2223; McGreal, Michael J. Mitstifer, Dorothy I., CFCS Phone 281-890-4371, Chef, Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt 4990 Northwind Drive, Suite 140, East [email protected] Road, Culinary Arts Department, Lansing, MI 48823; Phone 517-351-8335, Lyon Bennett, Nina Joliet, IL 60431; Phone 815-280-2639, [email protected] Assistant Professor, University of Mary- Fax 815-280-2696, [email protected] Mohling, Charlotte land Eastern Shore, Department of Hu- McMillan, Valerie Jarvis FCSE Teacher, Wessington Springs man Ecology, Princess Anne, MD 21804; Professor, NC A&T State University, High School, PO Box 449, Wessington Phone 410-651-6063, Fax 410-651-6285, Family and Consumer Sciences, Benbow Springs, SD 57382-5100; [email protected] Hall, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, [email protected] Makela, Carole J., CFCS NC 27411; Phone 336-256-2190, Moran, James D. Professor, Colorado State University, Fax 336-334-7265, [email protected] Pennsylvania State System for Higher 74 Forrest Lane, Boulder, CO 80302; McReynolds, Jackie L. Education, 2986 North Second Street, Phone 970-491-5141, Fax 970-491-1317, Senior Instructor, Washington State Harrisburg, PA 17110; Phone 717-720-4211, [email protected] University, Department of Human [email protected] Martin, Lynda Development, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Mueller, Mary Kay Stephen F. Austin University, PO Box 13014 Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686-9600; International Trainer, Coach, and Author, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962 Phone 360-546-9740, Fax 360-546-9076, MK Mueller, [email protected] [email protected] Mason, Karen Nall, Martha A., CFCS FCSE Teacher, East Newton High School, Meadows, Mikki, CFCS-HDFS Professor, 712 Garrigus Building, 22876 East Highway 86, Granby, MO Assistant Chairperson and Assistant University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 64844; Phone 417-472-6238, Professor, School of Family & Consumer 40546; Phone 859-257-7193, [email protected] Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Fax 859-323-8696, [email protected] 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920; Phone 217-581-6349, Fax 217-581-6090, [email protected]

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Nickols, Sharon Y. Quinn, Kelly J. Rosebrook, Vicki Professor, University of Georgia, College Extension Agent, Tyler County Extension Executive Director, Macklin of Family and Consumer Sciences, 224 Office, 311 Main Street, Middlebourne, WV Intergenerational Institute, 15100 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602-2622; 26149; Phone 304-758-2101, Fax 304-758-2888, Birchaven Lane, Findlay, OH 45840; Phone 706-542-4849, Fax 706-583--0313, [email protected] Phone 419-425-3045, Fax 419-425-3083, [email protected] Ralston, Penny A. [email protected] Nuner, Joyce E. Professor, College of Human Sciences, Roubanis, Jody L., CFCS Assistant Professor, Baylor University, Florida State University, 242 Sandels Family & Consumer Sciences, Meredith Department of Family Sciences, One Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306-1490; College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, Bear Place #97346, Waco, TX 76798; Phone 850-644-1281, Fax 850-644-0700, NC 27607; Phone 919-760-2897, Fax 919- Phone 254-710-6263, Fax 254-710-3629, [email protected] 760-2819, [email protected] [email protected] Rehm, Marsha L. Rowley, Jenefer O’Neill, Barbara M., CFCS Professor, Florida State University, 220 Chair, FACS Dept., New Teacher Professor, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Sandels, Campus Box 1491, Tallahassee, FL Cohort, Utah, Granite School District, 617 Limecrest Road, Newton, NJ 07860; 32306-1491; Phone 850-644-7776, Hunter High CTE, 5600 West Phone 732-932-9155, ext. 250, Fax 732-932- Fax 850-644-3439, [email protected] 4200 South, West Valley, UT 84120; 8887, [email protected] Reichelt, Susan Phone 801-646-5360, Fax 801-254-4267, Peterson, Karen L. Assistant Professor, 150 Rivers Building, [email protected] Professor, Support for Early Learning Greenville, NC 27858; Phone 252-328-1339, Rowley, Maxine Lewis and Families (SELF), 3106 NE Fax 252-328-4276, [email protected] University Faculty, Consultant for 158th Street, Vancouver, WA 98686; Reynolds, Carolyn, CFCS USOE, 9801 South Lampton Circle, Phone 360-546-9733, Fax 360-576-2883, Executive Director, New Jersey AFCS, South Jordan, UT 84095; [email protected] 479 Yardville-Hamilton Square Road, Phone 801-254-3667, Fax 801-254-4267, Peterson, Shirley Segna, CFCS Robbinsville, NJ 08691-3320; [email protected] Extension Advisor, University of Califor- Phone 609-585-9426, Schmauder, Nicole nia Cooperative Extension, 2156 Sierra [email protected] Consumer Jungle, PO Box 638, Wenatchee, Way #C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-4556; Richards, Virginia, CFCS WA 98807; Phone 866-282-4652, Fax 866- Phone 805-781-5951, Fax 805-781-4316, Associate Dean College of Health & Hu- 539-6997, [email protected] [email protected] man Sciences, Georgia Southern Universi- Scholl, Jan, CFCS Pierson, Patricia N., CFCS ty, College of Health and Human Sciences, Associate Professor, Dept. of Ag & Exten- 133 FACS Building, 342 Caspari Drive, PO Box 8073, Statesboro, GA 30460; sion 4-H FCS Programs, Penn State Univer- Natchitoches, LA 71497; Phone 318-357-5587, Phone 912-681-5322, Fax 912-681-5349, sity, 323 Ag Admin Building, University Fax 318-357-5009, [email protected] [email protected] Park, PA 16802; Phone 814-863-7444, Poirier, Sandra, CFCS Ritter, Marcia, CFCS Fax 814-863-4753, [email protected] Associate Professor, Middle Tennessee Educational Consultant and Presenter, Schroeder, Jenny A., CFCS State University, Ellington Human Adjunct Professor, Ottawa University, Coordinator, Academic Advising (retired), Sciences Building Room 203, MTSU 1445 SW Mission Road, Lee’s Summit, 126 Glen Circle, Worthington, PO Box 86, Murfreesburo, TN 37132; MO 64081; Phone 816-554-6505, OH 43085-4008; Phone 614-292-8534, Phone 615-898-2093, Fax 615-898-5130, [email protected] Fax 614-688-3019, [email protected] [email protected] Rodgers Dinstel, Roxie Schulze, Pamela Pope, Janet F. Professor of Extension, Cooperative Exten- Professor, University of Akron, School of PO Box 3167 TS, Ruston, LA 71272; sion Service UAF, Tanana District Office, FCS, Shrank Hall South 215J, Akron, OH Phone 318-257-3727, Fax 318-257-4014, PO Box 758155, Fairbanks, AK 99775-8155; 44325-6103; Phone 330-972-7725, [email protected] Phone 907-474-2426, [email protected] Fax 330-972-4934, [email protected]

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Shigemitsu, Laura Swierk, Marilyn, CFCS Wagner, Jane Associate Editor for Journals Management, Consultant, 31 Goodwin Street, East School-to-Work Coordinator, 1401 East Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Greenwich, RI 02818; Phone 401-884-2262, Becker Road, Marshfield, WI 05449; Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; Fax 401-885-9671, [email protected] Phone 714-387-8464, Phone 805-499-0721 x 7273, Thomas, Sabrina L. [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Professor, Walker, Jane Shirley, Lindsey M. 3 Enzo Court, Durham, NC 27713; Professor, NC A&T State University, 201A Niccolls Building, University of Phone 919-530-7139, Fax 919-530-7983, Family and Consumer Sciences, Benbow Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844; [email protected] Hall, 1601 East Market Street, Phone 208-885-7819, [email protected] Thompson, Nancy E. Greensboro, NC 27411; Phone 336-334-7785, Shockey, Susan S., CFCS Assistant Professor, Ball State University, Fax 336-334-7265, [email protected] Extension Agent, Ohio State University AT 201K, Muncie, IN 47306; Phone 765-285- Walters, Connor Extension, 7199 Central College Road, Co- 5941, [email protected] Illinois State University, Department operative Extension Service, New Albany, Tippett, Deborah T., CFCS of Family & Child Sciences, Turner Hall, OH 43054; Phone 614-866-6900, Human Environmental Sciences Campus Box 5060, Normal, IL 61790; Fax 614-868-8280, [email protected] Department, Meredith College, 3800 Phone 309-438-2517, Fax 309-438-5659, Smith, Michael Wade Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27607; [email protected] National FCCLA President, 1606 Sherman Phone 919-760-8525, Fax 919-760-2819, Wang, Nai Street, Goodland, KS 67735; Phone 785-821- [email protected] KP Education Systems, 3721 East 1121, [email protected] Toews, Michelle L. Sunnyside Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85028; Spencer-May, Karen Assistant Professor, Texas State University- Phone 800-701-6323, ext. 913, Supervisor, Career Education, Omaha San Marcos, Department of Family and Fax 602-485-4168, [email protected] Public Schools, 3215 Cuming, Omaha, NE Consumer Sciences, 601 University Drive, Warner, Kristin L. 68131; Phone 402-557-2611, San Marcos, TX 78666; Phone 512-245-2405, Student Unit Chair-Elect, 4611 Old Cheney [email protected] Fax 512-245-3829, [email protected] Road #28, Lincoln, NE 68516; St. John, Nancy W., CFCS Trost, Betty Chamness, CFCS Phone 308-962-4217, [email protected] Professor, Bridgewater College, Lecturer, Iowa State University, College Waters, Joe Department of Family & Consumer of Human Sciences, 34A MacKay Hall, Regional Housing Manager, Rural Sciences, Moomaw 106, Bridgewater, VA Ames, IA 50011-1121; Phone 515-250-7929, Community Assistance Corporation, 22812; Phone 540-828-5459, Fax 515 294 6364, [email protected] Goodyear, AZ 85338; Phone 623-925-2958, [email protected] Turgeson, Susan M. [email protected] Strand, Janice FCS Instructor, Menomonie High School, Watkins, Carol A., CFCS 7 Avenida Vista Grande #265, Santa Fe, 1715 5th Street West, Menomonie, WI 54751; FCS Teacher, 1144 Eagle Ridge Road, Daw- NM 87508; Phone 505-466-1626, Phone 715-232-2609, ext. 194, Fax 715-232- sonville, GA 30534; Phone 706-265-8501, [email protected] 2629, [email protected] [email protected] Stufflebean, Tana W., CFCS van Delden, Kari Welling, Sommer Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, Assistant Professor of Extension, Coopera- Information Program Manager, Federal HES Box 118, Edmond, OK 73034; tive Extension Service UAF, Northwest Dis- Citizen Information Center/GSA, 1800 F Phone 405-974-5807, Fax 405-974-3850, trict Office, PO Box 1298, Nome, AK 99762; Street, NW, Room G-142, Washington, DC [email protected] Phone 907-443-2320, [email protected] 20405; Phone 202-501-1795, Fax 202-501- Swafford, Melinda K. Vincenti, Virginia B., CFCS 4281, [email protected] Assistant Professor, Tennessee Technologi- Professor, University of Wyoming, 1000 cal University, School of Human Ecology, East University Ave, Dept 3354, Laramie, Box 5035, Cookeville, TN 38505; WY 82071; Phone 307-766-4079, Phone 931-372-6157, Fax 931- 372-3150, [email protected] [email protected] p 62 ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ presenters

Werhan, Carol, CFCS Whitbeck, Duane A. Wilmarth, Melissa J. Director of Clinical and Field Experience, Department Chair, Family & Student Unit Chair, 112 Barrington Drive Minnesota State University, College of Consumer Sciences, 1701 S. Broadway, #3, Athens, GA 30605; Phone 706-206- Education, 119 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, Pittsburg, KS 66762; Phone 620-235-4456, 0020, [email protected] MN 56001; Phone 507-389-1123, [email protected] Wittenberg, Brittany M. [email protected] White, Robin Trimble Student, 14903 Pine Point Court, Houston, Wheeler, Julie P. Professor and Education Department TX 77070-2378; Phone 281-370-0880, Instructor, Utah State University,2920 Old Chair, Grand View College, 1200 Grand [email protected] Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-2920; Phone View Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50316-1529; Wooldridge, Deborah 435-7977521, [email protected] Phone 515-263-2845, [email protected] Director and Professor, Bowling Green Whitaker, Sue H., CFCS Wild, Peggy, CFCS State University, Johnston Hall 217, Bowl- Associate Professor, Department of Family State Specialist, 4526 Sylvan Road, India- ing Green, OH 43403; Phone 419-372-7851, and Consumer Sciences, Ball State Univer- napolis, IN 46228-2847; Phone 317-232-9169, Fax 419-372-7854, [email protected] sity, Muncie, IN 47306; Phone 765-285-2297, Fax 317-232-9121, [email protected] Worthy, Sheri Lokken, CFCS Fax 765-285-2314, [email protected] Williams, Sue E. Associate Professor, PO Box 9745, 222 HES, Oklahoma State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762; Phone Stillwater, OK 74078; Phone 405-744-6282, 662-325-0918, Fax 662-325-8188, AAFCS_ConfBk07_BW 4/20/07 11:14 AM [email protected] 1 [email protected]

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all-stars

In appreciation of the ongoing support of AAFCS, we’re proud to recognize the following loyal exhibitors as

HGOLD All-Stars Exhibiting 40 or more years

The Hoover Company (72 years) Coats & Clark (70 years) Glencoe/McGraw-Hill (67 years) SC Johnson, A Family Company (60 years) NASCO (49 years)

HBLUE All-Stars Exhibiting 25-39 years

The Soap & Detergent Association (SDA) (36 Years) Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) (35 years) Goodheart-Willcox Publisher (28 years) Haan Crafts, LLC (27 years) Johnson & Wales University (26 years)

Hred All-Stars Exhibiting 15-24 years

DEPCO, LLC (24 years) Learning ZoneXpress (23 years) Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society (18 years)

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Thursday, June 21 5:00pm, Expo Ribbon Cutting

5:00pm – 7:00pm, Expo Grand Opening

Friday, June 22 12:00noon – 2:00pm & 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Expo Open

Saturday, June 23 10:00am – 2:30pm, Expo Open

p 66 ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ exhibitors Exhibitor Directory As of May 15, 2007 *Star denotes All-Star Exhibitor.

American Association of Family Learning ZoneXpress*...... Booth # 308

& Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)...... Booth # 229 NASCO*...... Booth # 209 & 211

AAFCS Public Policy Committee...... Booth # 225 National Endowment for Chief Architect, Inc...... Booth # 331 Financial Education...... Booth # 102

Clark County School District...... Booth # 312 National Institute of Child Health

Coats & Clark*...... Booth # 216 and Human Development (NICHD)...... Booth # 106

Cochenille Design Studio...... Booth # 210 Pearson Prentice Hall...... Booth # 104

Consumer Jungle...... Booth # 109 SAGE Publications...... Booth # 217

Cookie Lee Jewelry...... Booth # 103 Sax Arts & Crafts...... Booth # 107

Creative Cookbook Company...... Booth # 101 SC Johnson, A Family Company*...... Booth # 219 DEPCO, LLC*...... Booth # 108 Sew Easy Designs...... Booth # 208 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)*...... Booth # 226 The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA)*...... Booth # 113 Food Stamp Nutrition Connection...... Booth # 110 USDA, Food and Nutrition Service...... Booth # 411 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill*...... Booth # 206

Goodheart-Willcox Publisher*...... Booth # 200 & 202

Haan Crafts, LLC*...... Booth # 213

The Hoover Company*...... Booth # 324

International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation...... Booth # 111

Johnson & Wales University*...... Booth # 212

KP Education Systems...... Booth # 316 & 318

Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society*...... Booth # 310

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American Association of Clark County School District 2 Years Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) 2832 E. Flamingo Road Booth/Bookstore/Journal of Family & Consumer Las Vegas, NV 89121 Sciences/Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal 702-855-5414 400 North Columbus Street, Suite 202 702-799-5202 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.ccsd.net/jobs 703-706-4600/800-424-8080 Booth # 312 Fax : 703-706-4663 The Clark County School District is currently the fifth www.aafcs.org largest nationwide. CCSD offers excellent benefits, Booth # 229 teaching and career advancement opportunities, Visit our booth for information about AAFCS programs. competitive salaries, and a $2,000 teacher bonus for Also, visit the bookstore to purchase FCS-related books new Nevada teachers. and logo merchandise.

AAFCS Public Policy Committee ★ ★ ★ ★ Gold All-Star ★ ★ ★ ★ Illinois State University Normal, IL 61761 Coats & Clark 70 Years 309-438-8748 3430 Toringdon Way, Suite 301 Fax: 309-438-5037 Charlotte, NC 28277 Booth # 225 800-648-1479 On display will be the book Family and Community www.coatsandclark.com Policy: Strategies for Civic Engagement; Sizing Up America Booth # 216 materials helpful to facilitating deliberative forums; on Coats & Clark offers a full range of products for sewing the issue of obesity; the electronic Public Policy Tool Kit; and quilting, knitting and crochet, and machine and information about the Chalkley-Fenn Visiting Public hand embroidery. Through our Stitch-In-Time® educator Policy Scholar Award; and information about past and program, we offer educators materials and products for current policy resolutions. teaching sewing and needlecrafts.

Cochenille Design Studio 7 Years Chief Architect, Inc. PO Box 235604 6500 N. Mineral Drive Encinitas, CA 92023 NEW Coeur D’Alene, ID 83815 858-259-1698 EXHIBITOR! 800-482-4433 Fax: 760-564-2691 Fax: 208-955-7861 www.cochenille.com www.chiefarchitect.com Booth # 210 Booth # 331 Cochenille develops software for crafts, including pattern Since 1981, Chief Architect, Inc. has been a leading drafting for sewing and knitting, as well as designing for developer of home design software for the building/ beading, cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilting, etc. design and educational marketplace. Chief’s staff offers skill, dedication, and knowledge to the educational community and offers curriculum focused on interior/ architectural design and presentation graphics.

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Consumer Jungle 2 Years ★ ★ ★ ★ Red All-Star ★ ★ ★ ★ PO Box 638 Wenatchee, WA 98807 DEPCO, LLC 24 Years 866-282-4652 PO Box 178 Fax: 866-539-6997 3305 Airport Drive www.consumerjungle.org Pittsburg, KS 66762 Booth # 109 800-767-1062 Consumer Jungle is a non-profit organization that offers Fax: 620-231-0024 free curriculum designed for students ages 14-18, covering www.depcollc.com/facs six consumer topics: Booth # 108 1. Cars 2. Credit 3. Computers 4. Health 5. Independent DEPCO’s innovative high school curriculum, Ready 4 Life, Living 6. Wireless Phones. meets 100% of the national FCS standards while incorpo- Each unit includes PowerPoint® presentations, vocabulary rating life lessons and skill development. DEPCO’s middle quizzes, and decision-making games. school level curriculum, Ready 4 Careers, focuses on career investigation within segments of the FCS industry. Cookie Lee Jewelry 2 Years

860 Cyprus Court, NW ★ ★ ★ ★ Blue All-Star ★ ★ ★ ★ Issaquah, WA 98027 485-369-9426 Family, Career and Community www.cookielee.com/LizRudolph Leaders of America (FCCLA) 35 Years Booth # 103 1910 Association Drive Cookie Lee Jewelry offers gorgeous, quality semi-precious Reston, VA 20191 stones, shells, sterling silver, CZ, and crystal jewelry from 703-476-4900 high fashion styles to traditional. Enter our prize drawing www.fcclainc.org for $25 FREE jewelry! Looking for a fun business with no Booth # 226 quotas/presentations? Come see us in #103! FCCLA is a national student organization that focuses on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner, Creative Cookbook Company and community leader. Members develop skills for life 8332 Brush Drive through character development, creative and critical Huntington Beach, CA 92647 NEW thinking, interpersonal communications, practical 714-842-0567 EXHIBITOR! knowledge, and career preparation. Fax: 714-842-4929 www.creativecookbook.com Food Stamp Nutrition Connection Booth # 101 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 105 We are a school fundraising organization, working almost Beltsville, MD 20705 exclusively with FCS departments and teachers. Each year, 301-504-5368 NEW EXHIBITOR! we produce a new cookbook with a new theme. All recipes Fax: 301-504-6409 are from FCS teachers. FCS classes sell them to raise money foodstamp.nal.usda.gov for scholarships, equipment, labs, new technology, etc. In Booth # 110 business since 1981, we believe in simple fundraising with great customer service. No shipping charges, no minimums.

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Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 67 Years Haan Crafts, LLC 27 Years 8787 Orion Place 506 East Second Street Columbus, OH 43240 2007 PO Box 268 1-800-334-7344 Sponsor Otterbein, IN 47970 Fax: 614-430-4272 765-583-4496 www.glencoe.com Fax: 765-583-4510 Booth # 206 www.haancrafts.com Visit Glencoe/McGraw-Hill to see our newest programs: Booth # 213 The Developing Child, Food for Today, Discovering Life Haan Crafts offers a wide range of sewing kits spe- Skills, Applying Life Skills, Parenting Rewards & Respon- cifically designed for students. Clear, well-illustrated sibilities, Culinary Essentials, Clothing: Fashion, Fabrics instructions, quality fabrics, fast shipment, and unbeat- & Construction, Homes & Interiors, and Consumer Edu- able customer service make it easy to use our kits in the cation & Economics. classroom. Our appealing designs get students excited about sewing.

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Goodheart-Willcox Publisher 28 Years The Hoover Company 72 Years 18604 West Creek Drive Hoover Sales & Service Tinley Park, IL 60477 3434 West Bell Road 708-687-5000 Phoenix, AZ 85853 Fax: 708-687-0315 602-439-2751 www.g-w.com Fax: 602-564-0938 Booth # 200 & 202 www.hoover.com Visit Goodheart-Willcox to see the most authoritative, Booth # 324 up-to-date textbooks and instructional resources for We offer a full array of floor care products, including teaching life’s important skills. Preview nine newly upright, canister, stick, and hand held vacuum cleaners, revised titles that include the new MyPyramid Food carpet deep cleaners, and hard floor cleaners. Guidance System and the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Ask for a free Multimedia Demo CD that International Food provides samples of Teacher’s PowerPoint® Presentations Information Council (IFIC) Foundation 9 Years for popular Goodheart-Willcox titles. 1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 430 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-6540 Fax: 202-296-6547 www.ific.org Booth # 111 IFIC is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health professionals, educators,

p 70 ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ exhibitors government officials, journalists, and others providing ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ information to consumers. IFIC is supported primarily by Red All-Star the broad-based food, beverage, and agricultural industries. 18 Years IFIC Foundation was established as the educational arm Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society 4990 Northwind Drive, Suite 140 of IFIC to further support the mission. East Lansing, MI 48823-5031 517-351-8335

★ ★ ★ ★ Blue All-Star ★ ★ ★ ★ Fax: 517-351-8336 www.kon.org Johnson & Wales University 26 Years Booth # 310 8 Abbott Park Place Visit this welcome center to learn about new Kappa Providence, RI 02903 Omicron Nu directions, educational materials, fellowships 401-598-1000 2007 and grants, and membership benefits. Fax: 401-598-4000 Sponsor www.jwu.edu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Booth # 212 Red All-Star Johnson & Wales, America’s Career University®, offers 45 Learning ZoneXpress 23 Years degree programs in the fields of business, culinary arts, PO Box 1022 hospitality, teacher education, and technology. Campuses Owatonna, MN 55060 are in Providence, RI, North Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and 888-455-7003 Charlotte, NC. Fax: 507-455-3380 KP Education Systems 2 Years www.learningzonexpress.com 3721 East Sunnyside Drive Booth # 308 Phoenix, AZ 85028 Learning Zone Express offers you, and teachers like you, 800-701-6323 the educational tools to teach life skills using fun, innova- Fax: 602-485-4168 tion, and relevance. We’ve collected, designed, and devel- www.kpculinary.com oped teaching aids that include reproducible curricula, Booth # 316 & 318 instructional videos, creative games, and skill-building The Sous Chef from KP Systems is a computer-based, mul- posters all based upon best practices as determined by a timedia culinary training resource with 250 videos, plus nationwide network of FCS and home economics teachers. text and illustrations. It covers both basic and advanced skills and techniques; it can replace or supplement your ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ textbook. The Sous Chef will increase learning, decrease Gold All-Star waste, and save time in your culinary classroom. NASCO 49 Years 901 Janesville Avenue 2007 Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 Sponsor 920-568-5558 Fax: 920-568-5758 www.eNASCO.com Booth # 209 & 211 From careers to food science to special needs, our catalog

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includes products to help address healthy living, job Pearson Prentice Hall 2 Years training, and contemporary issues for students of all 1 Lake Street ages. Learning resources include: food replicas, parent- Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 ing manikins, games, videos, books, and miscellaneous 800-848-9500 teaching material. Our housewares and sewing sections Fax: 877-260-2530 offer a complete selection of the products currently used, www.PHSchool.com/career_technical along with the latest in new technology. NASCO has two Booth # 104 locations to serve you: Modesto, CA, and Fort Atkinson, SAGE Publications 3 Years WI. Visit us on the web at www.enasco.com. 2455 Teller Road National Endowment for Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Financial Education 800-818-7243 5299 DTC Blvd, Suite 1300 Fax: 805-499-7881 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 NEW www.sagepub.com 303-741-6333 EXHIBITOR! Booth # 217 Fax: 303-220-0838 SAGE Publications is an independent international www.nefe.org publisher in the social sciences, technology, and Booth # 102 medicine. Please stop by our booth or visit us at National Institute of Child www.sagepublications.com. Health and Human Development (NICHD) Sax Arts & Crafts 3 Years 2725 S. Moorland Road, Ste. 101 31 Center Drive, Bldg. 31 Room 2A32 New Berlin, WI 53151 Bethesda, MD 20892 800-558-6696 301-496-5133 NEW Fax: 800-328-4729 Fax: 301-496-7101 EXHIBITOR! www.saxfcs.com www.nichd.nih.gov Booth # 107 Booth # 106 Offering the newest and best products to enhance and The NICHD conducts/supports research on the health of expand your curriculum. Our wide selection includes children, adults, and families, and provides information resources, supplies, small appliances, and equipment about these topics. It also manages health outreach, in- relating to life skills, nutrition and food preparation, cluding Media-Smart Youth, helping kids become media parenting and teen pregnancy, and sewing and crafts. savvy about health/fitness; and Milk Matters, educating kids about calcium.

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SC Johnson, A Family Company 60 Years The Soap and Detergent 1525 Howe Street Association (SDA) 36 Years Racine, WI 53403 1500 K Street, NW 262-260-4843 Suite 300 Fax: 262-260-3414 Washington, DC 20005 www.scjbrands.com 202-662-2507 Booth # 219 www.cleaning101.com SC Johnson is a 121-year-old, family-owned and managed Booth # 113 business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, SDA is proud to support your ongoing efforts to excellence in the workplace, and a long-term commitment educate consumers! Our industry is built on a solid to the environment and the communities in which it oper- history of producing safe and effective cleaning ates. Please visit Booth 219 to find out what’s new from products, used by millions of consumers daily. brands including OFF!®, GLADE®, and WINDEX®. Stop by our booth to see what’s new and participate in our Clean Hands Report CardSM project. Sew Easy Designs 3 Years 6424 Newton Avenue South USDA, Food and Nutrition Service 6 Years Richfield, MN 55423 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 632 612-861-5254 Alexandria, VA 22302 Fax: 612-861-5254 703-305-2435 www.seweasydesigns.com Fax: 703-305-2549 Booth # 208 www.teamnutrition.usda.gov Sew Easy Designs offers quality sewing kits at afford- Booth # 411 able prices as well as fast and friendly service. Our line of USDA’s Team Nutrition and the Federal Child Nutrition sewing kits includes various Cordura duffel bags, flannel Programs provide training and technical assistance for pillow cases, and nylon drawstring bags. Our kits are quick school food service and nutrition education for children and easy! And, each new teacher who orders our products and their caregivers. will receive a free teacher kit with worksheets, answer keys, and activities to go with our various sewing kits.

~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ p 73 honor roll In Grateful Acknowledgement AAFCS thanks the following major donors for their generous non-dues contributions in support of the Association’s many education, communications, professional development, scholarship, and endowment programs. If you feel you have made a major gift(s) and your name is missing or represented incorrectly, we sincerely apologize and would like to hear from you. Please call us at (800) 424-8080.

Ellen H. Richards Society Lifetime Cumulative Donors of $100,000 or more Betty E. Hawthorne* Betty Jane Johnston* Florence M. Van Norden*

Lake Placid Society Lifetime Cumulative Donors of $50,000 - $99,999

Cheseborough-Pond’s, Inc. Kappa Omicron Phi Louise A. Young* Mary Josephine Cochran* Gwendolyn A. Newkirk, CFCS, Retired 21st Century Society Lifetime Cumulative Donors of $15,000 - $49,999 Naomi G. Albanese* J.C. Penney Company Inc. Betty L. Oberg* Borden Foundation, Inc. Jennie C. Kitching, CFCS, Retired Marion K. Piper* Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet Naomi Koehler* Inez Eleanor Radell* CEV Multimedia Kraft, Inc. Jean T. Seckinger* Margaret S. Chaney* Lillian Kwas, CFCS Virginia Seidel* The Clorox Company March of Dimes Birth Opal D. Stech* Elizabeth W. Crandall Defects Foundation Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Jeannette H. Crum The McGraw-Hill Companies Virginia B. Vincenti, CFCS Elizabeth Y. Davis, CFCS, Retired Dorothy I. Mitstifer, CFCS Loris Welhausen* Karen P. Goebel, CFCS Sharon Y. Nickols Anna K. Williams* Mildred Howard* The NutraSweet Company 2006-2007 Annual Major Donors Cumulative gifts for the fiscal year May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2007

Benefactors ($10,000 and above) Estate of Virginia Seidel Estate of Opal D. Stech Estate of Louise A. Young

Platinum Fellows ($5,000 - $9,999) Gwendolyn A. Newkirk, CFCS, Retired

Diamond Fellows ($2,500 - $4,999) Karen P. Goebel, CFCS Joyce B. Miles, CFCS, Retired Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Indiana AFCS Sharon Y. Nickols Peggy Wild, CFCS Amy Jean Knorr South Carolina AFCS

* Deceased

p 74 ~ American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 98th Annual Conference & Expo ~ honor roll Gold Fellows Julia Miller Luann K. Boyer, CFCS Kimberlee Davis ($1,000 - $2,499) Minnesota AFCS Roma Jean Bradburn Marian L. Davis Hazel M. Anthony NASCO Amber Ellen Bradley Savannah S. Day Deborah J. Nelson, CFCS Judy H. Branch, CFCS Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS Nancy C. Billings, CFCS Linda Nelson Denise J. Brandon Mary De Baca Don Bower, CFCS New Hampshire AFCS Peter & Diana Brauer Sharon A. DeVaney, CFCS Audrey C. Burkart New Mexico AFCS Bonnie Braun, CFCS Jack & Janice Dixon Marcia K. Copeland Sandra Nichols Judith Edwards Breland Marjorie East Elizabeth Y. Davis, CFCS, Retired Oklahoma AFCS Mary-Em F. Bristow Mary E. Echols, CFCS Geraldine I. Olson Katherine H. Brophy Carolyn Emery Jewell Deene Ellis, CFCS Wanda W. Olson Amelia Brown, CFCS JoAnn M. Emmel Georgia AFCS Kevin Oltjenbruns Elizabeth S. Brown Katherine A. Endres Carolyn W. Jackson Phyllis Richards Lorna Browne Sandra H. Engen Jennie C. Kitching, CFCS, Carolee A. Samuels, CFCS Kathryn T. Bryan, CFCS Edith Evans Retired Twyla Shear Margaret Bubolz Marlene R. Evans Carole J. Makela, CFCS Sarah Shoffner Susan Buckheit Nancy Fain, CFCS Charity E. Singletary, CFCS, Retired Nancy H. Bull, CFCS Ethel F. Farnsworth The McGraw-Hill Companies Karen Marie Smith Frances Burbank Virginia Felstehausen Helen F. McHugh Marilyn R. Swierk, CFCS Sandra Burke Edith Felts-Podoll Juanita Mendenhall, CFCS Maude T. Thevenot Rita M. Burns, CFCS Joan P. Firmery Dorothy I. Mitstifer, CFCS Turner - Gilliland Family Fund Chamus R. Burnside, CFCS Florida AFCS Estate of Mary E. Murphy Ann Vail Adrienne Butler Hazel Forsythe, CFCS Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson Retia Scott Walker Robert Butler Judy G. Foster Kay M. Wilder, CFCS Roberta Butler R. E. Found Kathleen Norquist Melissa Wilmarth Sue Byrd, CFCS Helen S. Fountain Martha Perkins Janice R. Wissman, CFCS Edith Cage Sharon Frankenbery Dorothy J. Williamson Polly Womack Lucille Caldecott Iris Franklin Margy Woodburn Virginia I. Zirkle Marianne Calhoun-McKeon, CFCS Mary T. Friel, CFCS Jean Caminiti Rebecca Garneau Barbara S. Cannon Sammie Garner, CFCS Fellows ($250 - $999) Friends (Up to $249) Beverly Card Ruth Gates Sarah Abernethy Leola Adams, CFCS Antonette S. Carlton Margaret J. Gavillet, CFCS Lois J. Alfsen Carol Anderson, CFCS Audrey Carr Mary Ann Gaydos Joan Allen-Peters Mary P. Andrews Enid A. Carter Theresa Glasheen Isabelle B. Anderson Valeria L. Barlau Maryanna S. Cassady, CFCS, Retired Lori Glenn Jacqueline Anderson Flossie Byrd, CFCS, Retired Effie Cato Elizabeth Goldsmith Frances E. Andrews, CFCS Virginia Caples Mary L. Cesa, CFCS Joann Goodlaxson Grace Angotti, CFCS Joanne Cavis, CFCS Mary Cessna Mary W. Goodwin Maryann Antoine Beverly Crabtree, CFCS, Retired Sharon A. Christie Ellen D. Gordon Cynthia Armbruster, CFCS Ruth Deacon Betty Church, CFCS Marianna Goslau Sara Askin, CFCS Eileen M. Earhart Evelyn L. Clarke Wilma H. Graesser Ann M. B. Austin Patsy Elmore Kermeta “Kay” Clayton Mary Jane Gregory Carol Avery Dorothy Evans, CFCS, Retired Patricia Clemens Donna Bundrick Griffin Beatrice H. Bagby Family Economics and Resource Beatrice Cleveland Harriet H. Griggs June Bailey Management Division Judith Clock Frank & Clura Faye Gripka Mina B. Baker-Roelofs Francille Firebaugh Kitty Coffey, CFCS Grace B. Halifax, CFCS Elva H. Baldwin Margaret Edsel Fitch S. Coleman-Massingue Inez M. Hall-Williams Judith Barber Lillie Glover, CFCS Billie Collier Charlotta R. Hamilton Mary Bedford Victoria M. Gribschaw, SC, CFCS Nina Collins, CFCS Patricia Hammerschmidt, CFCS Peggy Berger Esther I. Hay Valerie Colyard, CFCS Thelma Hansen Mary F. (Tancy) Bird Mary L. Heisler Barbara L. Conklin Doris E. Hanson Lois A. Bjork Alberta D. Hill Nikki L. Conklin Virginia F. Harger Sharon P. Blase, CFCS Peg Hoffman, CFCS, Retired Anne L. Cook Grace A. Harrenstein Marcia G. Blumenthal Ola G. Hudson, CFCS, Retired Gwen Cooke Lynda Harriman Joanne E. Bobb Shirely Hymon-Parker Catherine Cowell Fran & Herb Harris Ellen E. Bolton Geraldine Johnson, CFCS Dixie R. Crase, CFCS Shirley W. Hastings, CFCS Lyda S. Bostick, CFCS, Retired Johnson & Wales University Janet Crites Marilyn S. Hatzenbuhler Cathy Bowen, CFCS Carol E. Kellett Leanne C. Cunningham, CFCS Linda Heaton Katrina L. Bowers Connie J. Ley, CFCS, Retired Alice Darr, CFCS Anne L. Heinsohn Carlyn T. Bowls Rebecca P. Lovingood, CFCS Jane Davidson Mary Henry, CFCS Queen E. Bowman Linda Lupian, CFCS Doris M. Davis June Henton Kaye Boyer, CFCS Allen Martin Ruth F. Davis, CFCS Carol Herron

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Elizabeth H. Hewitt Joanne Lowry-Parsons Sandra L. Poirier, CFCS Elizabeth L. Stephenson MaryAnne Heyman, CFCS June L. Luett Janet Pope Barbara Stewart, CFCS Elizabeth A. Hilbert, CFCS, Karen J. Lustig W. Jean Porter JoAnne Stewart Retired Judith S. Lynd, CFCS Margaret H. Potter Rebekah E. Stewart Verna Hildebrand Ruth H. Lytton Deloris J. Pourchot, CFCS, Retired Amy L. Stine Sharon Hoerr Bonita Y. Manson, CFCS Ida B. Powell, CFCS Naomi F. Stock, CFCS Eileen Holmes Abby L. Marlatt Janet M. Powell Myrtle D. Stogner Patricia R. Huber Dorothy H. Martin Marva Powell Shirley Stow Evangeline Hughes Pat Martinson, CFCS Linda E. Pranger, CFCS Dorothy Struebing Lois Hughes April Mason Mary Pritchard Carolyn Studer Marion R. Hull Beatrice M. May Marie E. Pulvirent, CFCS, Retired Evangeline C. Swain Katherine Humphrey Sadie McCoy Carolyn Raab Barbara E. Taylor Tommie L. Hunter Mary McCray, CFCS Jean E. Raabe Patricia M. Tengel, CFCS Patreese D. Ingram Joan R. McFadden Penny Ralston Dwight Theall Carol E. Jackson, CFCS Mary Ellen McFarland Jean D. Ramsay Irene Thompson Gwendolyn B. Jackson Bonnie McGee Sandra Ranftl Royane Thorpe, CFCS Joy Jacobs, CFCS Frances McKinney Marjorie Rankin Doris Tichenor Glen H. Jennings Janice McKnight-Uerz Arlette Rasmussen Deborah Tippett, CFCS Jacquelyn Jensen, CFCS Carol L. McNary Jane D. Reagor Bette Todd Freddie L. Johnson Ruth Anne Mears, CFCS Frances D. Redditt Kenneth R. Tremblay, Jr. Janet Johnson Peggy Meszaros, CFCS Emma Reese Patricia Tripple Nancy L. Johnson Judith L. Midkiff Lillian Reguero, CFCS Anna S. Turner Restee L. Johnson, CFCS C. Sue Miles Millicent C. Reid-Loomis Carolyn S. Turner, CFCS Ruth L. Johnson Dorothy S. Miller Lou Ann Restad Karen B. Turner Virginia Johnson Susan Mills Carolyn S. Reynolds, CFCS Twin City Home and Ethel G. Jones, CFCS Daryl L. Minch, CFCS Susan S. Rickards Community Heather M. Jones, CFCS Betty E. Miner Mary Ellen Rider Linda Valentine, CFCS Mildred Jordan Kathleen D. Mitchell Emma Riggs Janis Van Buren, CFCS Stephen Jorgensen Marvin and Ellen Mitterer Inez Roberts Barbara J. Vance, CFCS Lois Joseph, CFCS, Retired Wanda Montgomery Doris Y. Rogers, CFCS, Retired Virginia B. Vincenti, CFCS Ruth L. Juracka Evelyn W. Moore Carol Roskey JaRee Walker Kim A. Kamin, CFCS Helen H. Morgan Jody L. Roubanis, CFCS Janelle Walter, CFCS Dannie L. Keepler Beth A. Morrison, CFCS Jo Anne Rowe Chris Ward Margaret Kelly Margaret I. Morton Nancy L. Sampson, CFCS Naomi I. Warner Jean Kennedy Gayle E. Muggli Billie L. Sands Glenda L. Warren Una Mae Kernodle, CFCS Eunice H. Murphy Linda Schaeffer Jenny Watson, CFCS Zoe Kilbourne Joan E. Murphy Pauline Schatz Evelyn Weber Avanelle Kirksey Lochie E. Musso Rachel A. Schemmel Mildred Weidermann Alice Koenecke Martha A. Nall, CFCS Eureath F. Schoeppel Kelly Welker Marguerite Krackhardt Patricia Nelson Genevieve A. Schroeder, CFCS Lynn A. Werner Ellen Kreighbaum Matilda Nieri Linda D. Schuessler Lula Whigham-Marable Judith Rae Kreutzer, CFCS Kathy and Wayne Noland Frankie Schwenk Whirlpool Foundation Sophia Krill North Carolina AFCS M. Marguerite Scruggs, CFCS, Alonza and Caponier Whitaker Laurel Kubin, CFCS Marjorie T. Norton Retired Barbara S. White Missale Kumelachew Meta M. Van Nostran Alice K. Seitz, CFCS, Retired Sue Williams Lillian M. Kwas, CFCS Juanita Odom Beverly Shachtman, CFCS, Elizabeth Wilson, CFCS Linda Ladd Sister Sheila O’Friel, DC Retired Irma Wilson Sara Lampert Lynette Olson Maxine C. Shaw Beulah N. Wingett Helen O. Landreth, CFCS, Retired Barbara M. O’Neill, CFCS Gladys Shelton Sallyann R. Wolf Mary B. Lanier Kathleen O’Rourke Anna Frances Shipley, CFCS Irene H. Wolgamot June Latshaw, CFCS Irene Ott Susan Shockey, CFCS Mary Lee Wood, CFCS, Retired Aretha Lawrence & Brenda Owen Sue E. Simon Janice Woodward Lincoln Brown Raygene Paige, CFCS, Retired Diane G. Smathers Elizabeth W. Worden Irene E. Leech Jean S. Park Alice Helen Smith, CFCS Bettie Lee Yerka Jean P. Lehmann Beth B. Parker Frances M. Smith Frances A. Yuhas Nancy B. Leidenfrost, CFCS, Jane G. Parker, CFCS Jean Snyder Jean Crownhart Zeithaml, CFCS Retired Gwendolyn Paschall Helen Sorensen Linda Zimbelmann Sumiye N. Leonard Karen E. Pearson Gretchen Ann Speerstra, CFCS Sheila Littlejohn, CFCS Erwina B. Peterson, CFCS Elizabeth Jane Steiner, CFCS Ada M. Loewer Florence Petzel Janet Stephens In-Kind Contributions Honors Bootcamp Carol T. Long, CFCS Norma D. Pitts Betty Stephenson The Kellet Group LLC

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Marjorie E. Annin Jessie B. Jackson* Billie L. Sands Beatrice H. Bagby Betty Jane Johnston* Jean T. Seckinger* Nancy C. Billings, CFCS Carol E. Kellett Virginia Seidel* Katherine K. Burgum* Zoe M. Kilbourne Coby B. Simerly Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet Jennie C. Kitching, CFCS, Retired Diane G. Smathers Helen E. Clark* Linda L. Lupian, CFCS Marjorie A Smith* Marcia K. Copeland Henrietta R. Matz* Opal D. Stech* Beverly J. Crabtree, CFCS, Retired Sharon V. McManus, CFCS Marilyn R. Swierk, CFCS Karen P. Goebel, CFCS Joyce B. Miles, CFCS, Retired Jean Shippey Taylor* Kinsey Bass Green, CFCS Barbara Jeanette Miller Wilbur H. and Emily P. Thies* Shirley W. Hastings, CFCS, and Mary E. Murphy* Patricia A. Tripple Rod C. Hastings Deborah J. Nelson, CFCS Florence M. Van Norden* Tahira K. Hira Sharon M. (Shelly) Connor Walters Peg Hoffman, CFCS, Retired Nickols-Richardson Patricia (Peggy) Wild, CFCS Mildred Howard* Betty L. Oberg* Rita T. Wood, CFCS Rena S. Humerickhouse Barbara M. O’Neill, CFCS Louise A. Young* Louise Head Reynolds* *Deceased

Ellen Richards Sustaining Members Ellen Richards Sustaining members further the purposes of AAFCS through an additional contribution as part of their annual membership dues.

Elizabeth L. Andress Sharon Fortner-Seitz Howard Barnes Mildred S. Miller Nancy Bredemeyer Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson Marcia K. Copeland Reta Simmons Alice D. Darr, CFCS Constantina T. Turk Elizabeth Y. Davis, CFCS, Retired Ann Vail Lea L. Ebro Janet R. Wilson Cheryl G. Fedje

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Annual Conference & Expo Online Survey

Your feedback about your AAFCS Annual Conference & Expo experience is very important to AAFCS. The information we receive helps us in planning future conferences to better meet your needs. On June 26, AAFCS will post a link to the 98th Annual Conference & Expo online survey on the AAFCS home page (www.aafcs.org). You will have two weeks to complete the survey. In order to help you complete the survey as accurately as possible, we have provided some topics for you to consider and take notes on during the Annual Conference & Expo: • Annual Conference theme and educational objectives (see page 9) • Reasons for attending the Annual Conference & Expo • Overall value of the Annual Conference and sessions • Quality and relevance of the keynote speakers • Value of the educational excursions • Open hours and value of the Expo • Usefulness of the onsite program book • Types of continuing education units or credit available • Suggestions for future conferences • Reasons why you would attend next year’s conference

We look forward to receiving your feedback in the online survey.

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