Elizabeth Andress (Associate Professor, Foods and Nutrition) has been promoted to professor.

Jorge Atiles (Associate Dean for Outreach and Extension) has been promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure in the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics. He also has been appointed as a participant in the National Center for Housing and the Environment University Consortium, a Washington-based non-profit organization seeking to balance conservation of natural resources while meeting housing needs.

The Georgia Joint Council of Extension Professionals Team has been selected to receive the 2004 Excellence in Teamwork Award to be presented at each of the national Extension association meetings, including NEAFCS. Jan Baggarly (BSHE ’74, Clothing and Textiles; MEd ’78, Home Economics Education), president of GEAFCS and FACS Alumni Board member will accept the award on behalf of the team representing FACS, 4-H, Agricultural and Natural Resources, and Epsilon Sigma Phi.

Carolyn Berdanier (Professor Emerita, Foods and Nutrition) is co-author of Proteomics and Genomics in Nutrition, co-edited with Naima Moussa-Moustaid. The book includes chapters written by Arthur Grider (Associate Professor, Foods and Nutrition) and Gary Hausman (Adjunct Professor, Foods and Nutrition). Berdanier wrote four chapters and edited the remaining in Mitochondria in Health and Disease, which will be published this fall. She lectured on nutrient gene interaction pertaining to diabetes at the American Diabetes Association meeting in June and has served as a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkley’s Children’s Health Center.

Helen Epps (Professor, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) will receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Committee D13 of the American Society of Testing Materials at the fall meeting in Washington, D.C.

Gail Hanula (Public Service Assistant, Foods and Nutrition; BSHE ’82 Home Economics Education; MHE ’83, Foods and Nutrition; EdS ’84, Home Economics Education) has been appointed to the national ESCOP Expanded Foods and Nutrition Education Program Task Force.

Julia Marlowe (Associate Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) was inducted into the Hall of Honor at Forney High School, Forney, Texas, this fall.

Yoko Mimura (Research Technician, Housing and Consumer Economics; PhD ’01, Housing and Consumer Economics) presented a research paper titled, “Housing Cost Burden, Poverty Status and Economic Hardship Among Black, White and Hispanic Families with Children,” at the International Federation for Home Economics in Kyoto, Japan, in August.

Sharon Nickols (Dean, College of Family and Consumer Sciences) was a keynote speaker for the closing plenary session of the International Federation for Home Economics in Kyoto, Japan, in August. Her presentation was titled, “A 21st Century Vision for Home Economics as a Healthy Community.” She also presented, “We Need a Teacher: Challenges and Responses in Family and Consumer Sciences in the United States,” as a member of a panel focusing on teacher education programs in South Africa, Germany, Japan and the United States.

Lance Palmer (Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) has passed the examination for Certified Financial Planner credentialing.

William Quinn (Professor, Child and Family Development) has written a new book, Family Solutions for Youth at Risk: Applications to Juvenile Delinquency, Truancy and Behavior Problems.

Tom Rodgers (Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Georgia 4-H at the100th Anniversary Gala this summer.

Hui-Chin Hsu (Assistant Professor, Child and Family Development) has been promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure.

Maureen Grasso (Professor, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors), who serves as dean of the UGA Graduate School, has been elected president of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools for 2004-05.

John Weber (Dissemination Coordinator, Institute on Human Development and Disability) has retired effective Sept. 30, after spending 10 years with IHDD producing a variety of publications.