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Elizabeth Cornelius (BSHE ’59) stays busy as a supporter of Georgia 4-H, substitute teaching, traveling, and working the polls on election days.

Louise Hyers (BSHE ’59, MHE ’69, Housing and Management) is a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty in Athens.

Peggy Miller (BSHE ’59) recently attended the Governor’s Conference on Tourism where she received the Al Burros award for Outstanding Marketing Success. She will retire in August after 17 years with the Macon-Bibb County Convention and Visitors Bureau where she is in charge of Group Tour and International Sales.

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Nancy Denney (BSHE ’67, Home Economics Education) is a real estate agent in Athens and currently serves as Georgia’s President of Certified Residential Specialists, is a board member of the Georgia Association of Realtors Directors, and is on the course development and evaluation committee of the Georgia Association of Realtors.

Diana Goss Freeman (BSHE ’61, MEd ’66, Special Education) recently retired after a career of more than 30 years as a special education teacher and administrator. She is enjoying her retirement in Rome, Georgia.

Becky Jackson (BSHE ’67, Clothing and Textiles and Home Economics Education) is semi-retired and lives on Lake Rabun. She works part-time at Glen-Ella bed-and-breakfast and conference center.

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Gloria Berry (BSHE ’74) of Loganville served as president of the Snellville Rotary Club, which was voted Best Small Club for the Year 2001-2002 in District 6910. She is also director of community and government relations for Walton EMC.

Willie Mae Crittenden (MEd ’76, Home Economics Education) has retired from the Augusta Technical Institute where she was head of the Culinary Arts Department. She currently runs Sophia’s Consignment Shop, Inc., which features antiques and collectibles.

Paula Taylor McGowan (BSHE ’72, Home Economics Education) is chair of the Early Childhood Care and Education Program at the Heart of Georgia Technical College.

Debbie Peters (BSHE ’77, Home Economics Education) heads the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Colquitt County High School.

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 and has developed an on-line consumer education course on long-term care. For more information, contact her at merider1@unl.edu.

Vera Stewart (BSHE ’74, Home Economics Education) is president of Very Vera in Augusta.

Donna Taylor (BSHE ’79, Home Economics Education) is vice chair of the Athens-Clarke County Economic Development Foundation. She is president/senior associate of her own consulting company, Human Capital Developers, which she established in 1992, and specializes in leadership and organizational development. She also sits on the boards of directors of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and St. Mary’s Health Care System, Inc.

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Tammy Tate Gilland (BSHE ’88, Home Economics and Journalism) is currently serving as the assistant to Provost Arnett Mace at the University of Georgia. She was formerly director of resource operations for the UGA Foundation.

Charlotte Ann “Chashe” McNeil (BSHE ’88, Hotel and Restaurant Administration, MEd ’91, Home Economics Education) and Lewis Stevenson Hunnicutt were married on December 28, 2002.

Pamela Monroe (PhD ’85, Child and Family Development) was recently named the first Doris Lasseigne Carville and Jules A. Carville Jr. Professor of Human Ecology at Louisiana State University. In August, she was named associate dean for graduate studies at LSU, where she is responsible for the daily operations and policies of the Graduate School and its nearly 5,000 students. Her major areas of research interests include rural families living in poverty, welfare reform policy, and women’s labor force participation.

Lisa O’Connor (BSHE ’88, Consumer Economics and Home Management) is a Realtor and Associate Director of Sales with Coldwell Banker in Atlanta. She has attained life membership in the Million Dollar Club.

Angela Yarman (BSHE ’89, Home Economics and Journalism; MS ’91, Housing, Home Management and Consumer Economics) is the president of Yarman Solutions, an organization and special project management consulting firm in Monroe, Georgia. Her firm specializes in communication, research, event management, executive coaching, and legislative advocacy, and can be contacted at yarmansolutions@alltel.net.

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Ashlie Anderson (BSFCS ’99, Child and Family Development) is director of development at The Children’s School in midtown Atlanta.

Andrea Newman Borden (BSFCS ’97, Child and Family Development) is the coordinator for volunteers at Peachtree Hospice.

Sherry Strickland Bowen (BSFCS ’93, Child and Family Development) is a guidance counselor for Glynn Academy in Brunswick.

Katie Mary Davis (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) married Henry Newkirk Merrill on November 16, 2002.

Kelly McGill Dean (BSHE ’89, Fashion Merchandising; MS ’91, Clothing, Textiles, Interiors and Furnishings) of Sandy Springs has been elected to the University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors and will serve a two-year term.

Suzanne Elbon (MS ’95, Foods and Nutrition, PhD ’98, Foods and Nutrition) is a health education specialist for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also currently training for a triathlon.

Janet Evenson (MS ’99, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors) is a PhD candidate in the Textiles, Clothing and Design program at the University of Nebraska.

Michael Fusco (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) is a sales representative for Verizon Information Services in Duluth.

Lisa Gipson (BSFCS ’95, Consumer Journalism) is a project supervisor for Chick-fil-A, Inc. She completed her master’s degree in December 2001 in adult education.

Tracy Henderson (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) plays basketball with the Cleveland Rockers Women’s NBA team and was featured in a July 2002 Sports Illustrated article. She and her fiancé Robert Edwards (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics), a running back with the New England Patriots, are the parents of Journee.

Melissa Awbrey Hill (BSFCS ’94, Fashion Merchandising) and her husband John have opened Main Street Books and Coffee House in Cartersville. Melissa also still works in the design area of Shaw Industries.

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Kellie Marie Hinesley (BSFCS ’95, Home Economics Education) is a high school FACS teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Linsey Rasch Jarrett (BSFCS ’97, Child and Family Development) and her husband Johnny announce the birth of their daughter, Seele Hayes, born on April 27, 2002. Seele joins her older sister Millican.

Stacy Bishop Jones (BSFCS ’93, Home Economics and Journalism) has been elected to a two-year term on the University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors. She is also the current president of the FACS Alumni Board She and her husband, David, are the parents of a son, Hendley Stockton Jones, born on November 5, 2002.

Karen Kelly (BSFCS ’90, Child and Family Development) is a flight attendant with Southwest Airlines. She is also on the UGA Alumni Association Board and has served as the regional contact for Houston since 1999.

Kennita Kind (MS ’95, Textiles, Interiors and Furnishings; PhD ’99, Housing and Consumer Economics) and her husband John are the proud parents of Evan Charles Kind, born March 21.

Avni K. Kumar (BSFCS ’99, Consumer Economics) married Tarun Patel on March 24, 2002. The couple resides in Brunswick where Avni is employed by the Bank of America as a personal banker.

Tiffany McIntyre (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) works for Liebert Joe Powell & Associates, Inc. in Norcross.

Cynthia Pilcher Sanseverino (BSFCS ’93, Home Economics and Journalism) is a consultant for Franklin Industries and Wolfgang Puck Appliances. She also is the owner of the Betty Crocker license for small kitchen appliances, an active member of the Consumer Trends Forum International, and served as the program chair for the 2002 Trends forum. She is the mother of Kayla, age 1.

Ajoy Sarkar (MS ’92, Textile Science; PhD ’00, Textile Science) and his wife Suparna are the proud parents of a son, Neil Aroon Sarkar, born February 20, 2003. Ajoy is a faculty member in the Textile Science Department at Colorado State University.

Scott Sweitzer (BSFCS ’94, Consumer Economics) serves as the regional contact for the University of Georgia Alumni Association for Louisville, Kentucky.

Carrie Temkin (BSFCS ’97, Dietetics) works for ADP and is coordinator for a Bulldog Club in South Florida.

Tonya Born Thompson (BSFCS ’99, Consumer Economics) and her husband, Brett, announce the birth of their son, Mason Brett, born on February 11, 2002. Tonya is currently pursuing her master’s degree in education at Piedmont College.

Jeff Varon (BSFCS ’92, Hotel and Restaurant Administration) is currently an assistant administrator with a family business of nursing homes. He and his wife, Michelle, enjoy hosting football events in Louisiana.

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Amanda Corinne Avant (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) is a kindergarten teacher at Auburn Elementary.

Laurie Lynn Barton (BSFCS ’02, Child and Family Development) is a staff assistant in the Washington, D.C., office of Con-gressman Mac Collins. Congressman Collins represents Georgia’s 8th congressional district.

Bentley Norris Bickerstaff (BSFCS ’00, Consumer Economics) works for AOL/Time-Warner Cartoon Network in Atlanta. Her civic commitments include membership in the Atlanta Junior League and coaching for the Atlanta Tophat Girls Soccer League.

April Brooks (BSFCS ’01, Fashion Merchandising) competed in the Miss Georgia Scholarship Pageant as the reigning Miss Southeast Georgia.

Terri Cameron (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) is an Extension agent in Early County.

Emilie Collins (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Journalism) works for Kiawah Development Partners, Inc. in Charleston.

Julie DeFabrique (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) is working for the architecture and design firm of Larick Alan Hill, Inc., in Portola Valley, CA. She is working in design development of commercial and residential spaces.

Marcus Dill (BSFCS ’02, Housing) is a certified tax appraiser for real estate in Washington, Georgia.

Amy Emling (BSFCS ’00, Consumer Economics) is the communications and membership manager for the Council for Quality Growth, a not-for-profit organization that promotes balanced and responsible growth for Gwinnett County.

Corbett Gilliam (BSFCS ’00, Consumer Economics) is the vice president of corporate development for Hartsfield Capital in Alpharetta.

Laura Henderson-Matthews (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) won the Ontario Women’s Amateur Golf Championship in July. She also has been named assistant women’s golf coach for the University of Georgia.

Teresa Deshon Hooper (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) is a social services case manager with the Clarke County Department of Family and Children Services.

Ginger Knowles Horne (BSFCS ’01, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) and BL Horne were married July 20, 2002. The couple lives in Glenwood. Ginger is the FACS County Agent for Telfair, Jeff Davis, and Wheeler counties.

Elizabeth Joan McNally (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) married David Cochran Walters on June 8, 2002. The couple now resides in Lawrenceville.

Rachel P. Merry (BSFCS ’02, Consumer Journalism) is the Oconee District Executive for the Boy Scouts of America.

Jeanna Milburn (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) is currently working at Perimeter Church in Duluth with Campus Outreach, an interdenominational college ministry.

Melissa Mullin (BSFCS ’02, Child and Family Development) is the program service director for Morningside Assisted Living in Athens.

Jeffrey D. Ogletree (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) is a managed care analyst for Athens Regional Medical Center.

Lea Carol Phillips (BSFCS ’02, Furnishings and Interiors) is an interior designer for Kay Fuller Interiors in Atlanta.

Brent Sapp (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics) is the chief clinical dietitian for Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Kate Silvas (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics; MS ’02, Foods and Nutrition) and Kiki Smalley (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics) are education program specialists with the DeKalb County Extension office.

Stacy Brock Stepler (MS ’02, Housing and Consumer Economics) is a housing counselor for Community Action Agency in Oklahoma City.

Rachel Eve Stern (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Foods) and Stuart Hopewell Hammond (BSFCS ’00, Consumer Foods) were married on July 2, 2002. The couple now resides in Bogart and both work for the University of Georgia.

Michelle Thomas (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) is an associate with Bank of America in Charlotte, NC, working in product communications and training and Global Treasury Services.

Tippi Amanda Vickery (BSFCS ’02, Furnishings and Interiors) is the sole proprietor of Tips on Design, an Eatonton-based interior design company.

Minah Yacher (BSFCS ’02, Child and Family Development) is a plasma data administrator for Inhibitex, Inc., in Alpharetta.