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Gail Paulk (BSHE ’58, Education) retired from her position as a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Effingham County High School in 2000. She was featured in the Effingham Herald on February 28, 2002 in an article focusing on the importance of home economics and how the field has changed in the past 20 years.
 

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Claire Guined (BSHE ’78, Furnishings and Interiors) is a marketing/member services representative for Jackson Electric Membership Corporation in Jefferson.

Michael Martin (MS ’75, PhD ’79, Child and Family Development) has been named director of the University Honors Program at Northern Illinois University. He retains his position as professor in the School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences.

Winky Parker (BSHE ’66, Family Development; MAEX ’79, Agricultural Extension) has been named to the University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors. Her term of office began July 1, 2002 and will continue until June 30, 2005.

Mary Ellen Rider (MS ’78, Housing, Furnishings and Management) is an assistant professor and state specialist in health-care policy at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She has developed an on-line consumer education course on long term care that is available at www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/he-forms/hef513. html.

Kathy Floyd (BSHE ’73, Home Economics; MEd ’75, Home Economics Education) and Patricia Fletcher (BSHE ’75, Home Economics Education) have been awarded the 2002 William H. Booth Award for outstanding work as 4-H county agents. Kathy Floyd represents Bartow, Floyd, and Gordon counties, while Patricia Fletcher is based in Butts, Jasper, Monroe, and Jones counties.

Cathie Wilson (BSHE ’72, Housing and Management; MEd ’82, Home Economics Education) has been named an outstanding teacher at Stephens County High School. Recently, she and her colleague Tammay Gearhart received the Georgia Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Recertifi-cation of the Family and Consumer Sciences program.
 

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Michael Hackett (BSHE ’81, Child and Family Development) is the executive director of the Athens Boys and Girls Club. He formerly oversaw the Boys and Girls Clubs in Jacksonville, Fla.

Patricia McLean (BSHE ’83, Furnishing and Interiors) is the owner of Patricia McLean Interiors, Inc. in Atlanta. She recently designed a living room in the Atlanta Symphony’s Decorators’ Show House.

J. Elizabeth Miller (PhD ’84, Child and Family Development) is a coordinator in the Office of Teaching Assistant Training and Development at Northern Illinois University.

Becky C. Ryles (BSHE ’84, Consumer Economics and Home Management) is the Director of Governmental Affairs for Omni Resource Group, Inc. in Atlanta.

Patta Wolford (BSHE ’89, Home Economics Education) is a public housing advisor for the Lithonia Housing Authority.

Teresa Harvey (BSHE ’80, Home Economics Education) has been awarded the 2002 William H. Booth Award for outstanding work as a 4-H county agent. She works in Johnson and Laurens counties.

Tammay Gearhart (BSHE ’83, Home Economics Education; MEd ’85, Home Economics Education) has been named an outstanding teacher at Stephens County High School. Recently, she and her colleague Cathie Wilson received the Georgia Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Recertification of the Family and Consumer Sciences program.

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Pete Arenas (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) is the director of sales for Horton Sports in Eatonton.

Jimmie Barnett (BSHE ’76, Clothing and Textiles; MEd ’82, Home Economics Education; EDS ’95, Home Economics Education) is the assistant director of the School Nutrition Program for Muscogee County School District.

Celeste Green Cannon (BSFCS ’94, Home Economics Education) is a family and consumer sciences teacher at Jasper County High School. She is also a regional director of the Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association.

Elizabeth Guyton Cely (BSFCS ’98, Child and Family Development) married Andrew Michael Johnson on May 25, 2002. The couple lives in Atlanta where Elizabeth is a flight attendant with Delta Airlines.

Kelly Dean (BSHE ’89, Fashion Merchandising; MS ’91, Clothing, Textiles, Interiors and Furnishings) has been named to the University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors. Her term of office began July 1, 2002 and will continue until June 30, 2005.

Bryan Dobson (MS ’92, Housing and Consumer Economics) is employed by Christian Remodeling in Watkinsville.

Glenn T. Ford, Jr. (BSFCS ’99, Consumer Economics) is a representative of Primerica Financial Services in Lithonia.

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Louis Shaun Golden (BSFCS ’93, Consumer Economics) is the assistant coach of the Winthrop College Eagles men’s basketball team in South Carolina.

Judy Harrison (Ph.D. ’92, Foods and Nutrition) has received the Distinguished Extension Award from Gamma Sigma Delta. She is an associate professor and Extension foods specialist for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Georgia Extension Service.

Harriet Holton (BSFCS ’99, Consumer Economics) is an account executive for Primark Tool Group in Louisville.

Melissa Mosby (BSFCS ’99, Furnish-ings and Interiors) is an interior designer for Kay Fuller Interiors in Albany.

Gina Granato O’Brien (BSHE ’90, Home Economics and Journalism) will join 4,000 other participants in walking 20 miles per day for three days as part of the Atlanta Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk October 4-6, 2002.

Daniel Peiken (BSFCS ’92, Hotel and Restaurant Administration) is a Realtor for Upchurch Realty in Athens.

Michelle Sears (BSFCS ’91, Child and Family Development) completed her master’s degree at Cambridge University in December 2001.

Kyle Shadix (BSHE ’94, Consumer Foods) provides cooking techniques geared particularly toward men on the Slim-Fast website, www.slim-fast.com/mens/index.asp.

Matthew White (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) is a personal banker with First Commerce Bank in Commerce.

Allen R. Wilbanks (BSFCS ’94, Consumer Journalism) is a partner with International Stream in Atlanta.

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Amanda Connor (BSFCS ’02, Dietetics) has been selected as a 2002 Blue Key initiate.

Alison Gordon DeJoseph (BSFCS ’00, Child and Family Development) married Scott DeJoseph in March 2002.

Chantal Desplanque (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) is a marketing communications associate for CompBenefits in Roswell.

Megan J. Gates (BSFCS ’01, Furnishings and Interiors) is an interior designer for Image Design, Inc. in Atlanta.

Shera Gibson-Loveless (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) and Matthew James Loveless married December 29, 2001. They live in Cumming, Ga.

Juliette Owings Gore (BSFCS ’00, Consumer Economics) married Lyle Gore in November 2001. The couple lives in Suwanee and Juliette is currently employed by Equifax.

Beth Thompson Gulley (BSFCS ’02, Furnishings and Interiors) is a sales consultant for Bella Maria in Athens.

Lindsay Harper (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Journalism) is the credit administrator for GoldKist, Inc. in Atlanta.

Emma Monkhouse Laing (MS ’00, Foods and Nutrition) has been named this year’s recipient of the American Dietetic Association Foundation Scholarship honoring Sue Borra, 2001-2002 ADA President.

Anand Kanchagar (PhD ’02, Textile Sciences) received recognition from UGA’s Office of Instructional Support and Development as an “Outstanding Teaching Assistant,” prior to his graduation in August.

Polly Louise Marcum (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) is employed by Flournoy Development in Columbus, Georgia. The company develops, constructs and manages apartment complexes in eight states.

Laura Henderson Matthews (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) and Patrick Matthews were married January 19, 2002 and have settled in Dacula. She is the assistant women’s golf coach at the University of Georgia.

Alison Quod (MS ’01, Child and Family Development) is the program coordinator for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation.

Darby Thompson Sewell (BSFCS ’00, Family and Consumer Sciences Education; MEd ’01, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) and Jeffrey Lee Sewell were married May 18, 2002. The couple has settled in Moultrie. Darby is coordinator of the Family and Consumer Sciences program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Carlos Toledo (MS ’98, Child and Family Development, PhD ’01, Child and Family Development) has accepted a post-doctoral position with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.

Melissa Yonce (BSFCS ’02, Fashion Merchandising) was named to the 2002 SEC Track and Field Honor Roll by SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer