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Leland Estes Andrews (BSHE ’54) is a part-time substitute teacher for English-as-a-Second-Language classes.

Evanthia Pano Dukakis (BSHE ’57, Early Childhood Education) has written and published a Greek cookbook entitled YiaYia’s Kitche from Yia Yia’s Kitchen. She also teaches cooking classes part-time.

Mary Kramer Farrell (BSHE ’51, Home Economics; MSHE ’53, Experimental Foods) and Donald Arthur Farrell, who received a business degree from UGA, recently celebrated 50 years of marriage with a weekend trip to Manhattan. The Farrells are retired and have four grandchildren.

Sally Shapard Hill (BSHE ’57) and her husband, Lewis, visited France this spring for the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Lewis Hall was a part of the historic invasion. The Halls have six grandchildren.

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Carolyne Sowell Graham (BSHE ’67, Home Economics Education) is employed as an independent artist and sculptor. She is also a certified art teacher in Georgia.

Dorothy Morgan Ham (BSHE ’62, Home Economics Education) and her husband, Judge Huey Ronald Ham, who earned his degree in agricultural education, are enjoying retirement on their family farm in Nahunta, Ga., with their children and grandchildren.

Gloria Doster Kellogg (BSHE ’63, Home Economics Education; MEd ’68, Home Economics Education; EdS ’94, Educational Administration) retired from the Cherokee County School District on May 28. She worked for the school district and the Georgia Department of Education for more than 40 years in the capacity of FACS teacher, vocational supervisor, and, for 16 years, as an assistant superintendent in curriculum. She received the FACSTA Distinguished Administrator Award in January 2004.

Beverly Mallard Thomas (BSHE ’60, Home Economics Education) is employed as a teacher at Satilla Elementary in Coffee County. She is entering her 27th year as an educator.

Priscilla Randall Watkins (BSHE ’63, Home Economics Education) has retired from full-time teaching, but continues to work part-time.

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Gloria Conner Berry (BSHE ’74, Home Economics Education) retired recently from her position as director of community and government relations for Walton Electric Membership Corp. in Snellville.

Mary Beth Ellis Burrell (BSHE ’79, Home Economics Education) is employed as the lead instructor for Scrap Happy in Griffin and McDonough.

Janis Holt Collins (BSHE ’73, Home Economics and Art) is employed with Family Physicians of North Augusta. She also takes annual missions trips to Bolivia to serve the underprivileged.

Carole Sue-Queen Hamby (BSHE ’78, Home Economics Education) is the owner of an antiques and collectibles store in Monroe.

Virginia Thomas Hart (BSHE ’70, Home Economics Education; MEd ’73, Home Economics Education; EdS ’85, Home Economics Education) retired April 30 from the Colquitt County Board of Education. She worked in public education for 33 years and was the director of food science for Colquitt County.

Claire Hayes Maddox (BSHE ’74, Early Childhood Education) is the creator and executive director of Cross Training Sports Camp in Gainesville. The mission-based organization travels internationally to promote the nuclear family.

Marilyn LeCroy Poole (BSHE ’75, Home Economics Education, MEd ’87, Adult Education) is now serving as the 4-H program development coordinator for the Northeast Georgia district. She previously served as a county Extension agent for Clarke County for 22 years.

Hilda Johnson Smith (BSHE ’74, Home Economics Education; MEd ’75, Home Economics Education) is currently teaching family and consumer sciences at a high school in Jacksonville, Fla., where she lives with her husband, John, and their four children.

Lynn Hopper Wells (BSHE ’78, Home Economics and Journalism) is the owner of Table Décor International in Atlanta. The company designs upscale table lighting and accessories for five-star resorts.

Kendall Wynn Wester (BSHE ’74, Child Development-Mental Retardation) recently retired after 31 years of teaching with the Rome City Schools where she also served as the chair of the special education department for seven years. Wester was recognized as the Teacher of the Year in 1978 and 1999. She has served as a therapeutic foster parent, a basketball and track and field coach for the Special Olympics, as chair of the Coosa Valley chapter of the March of Dimes and as a coordinator for supported employment with Vocational Rehabilitation.

Aurelia Drake Wood (BSHE ’73, Early Childhood Education; MHE ’75, Human Development and Family Science) is currently employed as the director of children’s ministries at Tuckston United Methodist Church in Athens.

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Catherine Leigh Johansen (BSHE ’88, Fashion Merchandising) is currently employed in advertising and sales for Infinity Broadcasting in Houston, Texas.

Tonja Houston Bridges (BSHE ’89, Home Economics and Journalism) is a supervisor for the Early County Department of Family and Children Services. She and her husband Chas live in Damascus, Ga., with their three daughters.

Jerri Jaudon Kropp (MS ’79, Human Development and Family Science; PhD ’83, Human Development and Family Science) is director of the GSU Family Life Center, a child development laboratory school; project director for the Little Infant/Toddler Eagles Program for the children of Georgia Southern students; and an associate professor in the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Family and Consumer Sciences at Georgia Southern University.

Pamela Monroe (PhD ’85, Human Development and Family Science) is president-elect of the National Council on Family Relations. She will serve as president from 2005-2007. She also is associate dean for graduate studies and the Carville Professor of Human Ecology at Louisiana State University.

Julia Cleary Wright (BSHE ’84, Home Economics Education) teaches at West Virginia State College.

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Susan Ridlehuber Buchanan (BSHE ’90, Consumer Economics and Home Management) lives in Athens with her husband, Jack, and their children, Anna, 7, and Ally, 1.

Kelly Dawn Cordray (BSFCS ’99, Dietetics, MS ’01, Foods and Nutrition) is an Extension nutrition specialist for UGA’s Cooperative Extension Service for the Expanded Foods and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). She was recently recognized as the Young Dietitian of the Year for 2004 at the Georgia Dietetics Association Conference.

Regina Cannon Dunn (BSFCS’95, Home Economics Education) is a food service director with the Lee County Board of Education.

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Heather Renee Freeman Favors (BSFCS ’99, Fashion Merchandising) is employed in the retail division of Wakefield, Beasley and Associates in Norcross.

Michael Thomas Hogue (BSFCS ’94, Hotel and Restaurant Administration) has owned Walton Way Deli in Augusta for five years.

Krista Kay Holthaus (BSFCS ’98, Dietetics) is a nutrition sales specialist for Novartis Nutrition in Columbia, S.C.

Elizabeth Bagarozzi Hutcheson (BSFCS ’94, Furnishings and Interiors) with H&L Design Group Inc. is on the design team for the “Brookfield” Southern Living Idea House that opened June 12 at the Georgia Club outside of Athens.

Kelly Waite King (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Foods) is a pharmaceutical representative for AstraZeneca and is responsible for the Athens territory.

Donald Thomas McNeill, Jr. (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Economics) is the owner of McNeill Financial, an insurance and investment company in Atlanta.

Sayge Medlin (BSFCS ’98, Human Development and Family Science) is a community facilitator for 12 counties in the Georgia Family Connection Program. She received her master’s degree in social work in 2003.

Cynthia Graham Metzger (BSFCS ’99, Consumer Journalism) and her husband, Alec, are the parents of a son, Graham Alexander, born January 1, 2003.

Deanna O’Steen Morgan (BSHE ’91, Home Economics Education, MEd ’94, Home Economics Education, PhD ’01, Educational Psychology) is a psychometrician at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ, where she works on K-12 tests required for states under the No Child Left Behind Act. She also teaches courses at Rutgers University as an adjunct professor. She and her husband, Jeff, live in Levittown, Pa., with their children, Nick, 13 and Allie 9.

Kristi Ellis Ogle (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Economics) and her husband, David, are the parents of a daughter, Madison Grace, born March 4, 2003.

Leslie Rodriguez (BSFCS ’98, Dietetics) is one of six graduate students to be named Goizueta Foundation Graduate Scholars for 2004-2005. She is a master’s student in health promotion and behavior at UGA.

Tracy Brown Rollins (BSFCS ’95, Human Development and Family Science; MEd ’98, Communication Sciences and Disorders) and her husband, Jonathan, are the parents of twins, Matthew Cole and Merideth Claire, born Feb. 16, 2004.

Hines Ward (BSFCS ’98, Consumer Economics) and his wife, Simone, are the parents of a son, Jaden Hines, born March 31, 2004. Ward is a professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Marilyn Ottis Wright (BSFCS ’95, Dietetics; MS ’97, Foods and Nutrition) is an area nutrition consultant with the Georgia Department of Education School and Community Nutrition Program.

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Marlo Rouse-Arnett (PhD ’01, Human Development and Family Science) is an assistant professor in the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Family and Consumer Sciences at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.

Alison Norris Asher (BSFCS ’01, Human Development and Family Science) is a preschool music teacher and works with autistic children.

Melissa Maria Bilac (BSFCS ’02, Fashion Merchandising) married Jonathan David McKnight on May 29 at the Crowne Plaza Ravina in Atlanta. She is employed with Lincoln Harris in the medical leasing department.

Heather Madden Bowen (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics; MS ’02, Foods and Nutrition) is a clinical dietician with Elbert Memorial Hospital providing inpatient services, outpatient medical nutrition therapy and weight management counseling.

Jessica Leigh Todd Butler (BSFCS ’00, Human Development and Family Science) and her husband, Morris, are the parents of a daughter Mary Blue, born Oct. 20, 2003.

Jennifer Bragg Chase (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) and her husband are the parents of a son, Jack, born Jan. 31, 2004.

Sally Clifton (BSFCS ’04, Dietetics and Consumer Foods) is pursuing a master’s degree at the University of North Florida. She hopes to attend Culinary School at Johnson and Wales.

Jaya Halepete (MS ’03, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) received Honorable Mention for her paper, “Variables Impacting Micromarketing Merchandising in the Apparel Retail Industry,” from the international Textile and Apparel Association 2004 Graduate Paper Competition. She is a PhD student at Iowa State University. Her master’s advisor was Jan Hathcote (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research).

Lauren Ashley Jamison (BSFCS ’03, Fashion Merchandising) recently earned her real estate license and is a Realtor in Atlanta.

Margaret Cook Kennedy (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) is employed with Design Environments in Kennesaw.

Kristin Julie Lipton (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) has married Benjamin Cleveland Hoots. They live in Fort Valley.

Jennifer Lynn Lumpkin (BSFCS ’03, Fashion Merchandising) married Jason Anthony Dixon on March 27, 2004 in Wadley, Georgia. She is the sales manager for an apartment community in Augusta.

Brandy K. Martin (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) was featured in the March 2003 issue of Georgia’s Good Life magazine for the interior design work she did on an orthodontist’s office. She is the owner of Brandy Martin Interiors in Commerce.

Laura Barton Martin (BSFCS ’00, Clothing and Textiles; MEd ’01, Marketing Education) and her husband, J. Bradley, live in Smyrna where she is the marketing coordinator teacher at Campbell High School in Marietta.

Joannah Len Mason (BSFCS ’03, Human Development and Family Science) is studying for a graduate degree in marriage and family therapy at the Psychological Studies Institute in Atlanta.

Melissa Ann Matthews (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics) is a healthcare marketing specialist with Sysco Foodservice of Atlanta.

Shannon Leigh Miles (BSFCS ’04, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) is an educational program director with the Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center in Covington.

Alison Quod Mueller (MS ’01, Human Development and Family Science) is director of marketing and public relations at the Georgia Transplant Foundation.

Melanie Marie Norman (BSFCS ’04, Human Development and Family Science) is director of children’s programs and community resources with the Memphis, Tenn., Family Shelter.

Mary Margaret Pifko (BSFCS ’02, Fashion Merchandising) is an assistant buyer at the Home Shopping Network in Saint Petersburg, Fla.

Julie Ann Snyder (BSFCS ’03, Fashion Merchandising) lives in Lake Oconee and is a respiratory therapist at Greensboro Hospital.

Blakely Moore York (BSFCS ’03, Nutrition Science) lives in Augusta and will be attending the physician’s assistant program at Emory University.