Mandi Colson (Senior, Consumer Economics and Housing) served as a congressional aide in the Washington, DC, office of Georgia Congressman Max Burns during the summer. The Congressional Aide stipend is provided through the support of Josephine Martin (BSHE ’47).

Linda Garcia (Senior, Nutrition Science) is the vice president for the Hispanic Student Association at the University of Georgia.

Megan Janke (PhD Student, Child and Family Development) has been awarded the first-ever Virginia M. Smyth Scholarship from the Georgia Gerontologoy Society. The scholarship provides $1500.

Wang Lu (PhD Student, Textile Science) won the Best Graduate Student paper competition at American Association of Textile and Color Chemists meeting in September.

Kelly Manley (PhD Student, Housing and Consumer Economics) has been awarded the Dianne Davison Award for Dissertation Research. Her research focuses on consumers’ use of midwives. Her advisor is Brenda Cude, (Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics).

Abigail Mohn (Senior, Fashion Merchandising) received the Jim Liles Travel Award to present her FACS undergraduate research grant project at the Costume Society of America symposium in Nashville in August. She studied the construction of a dress from calico fabric modeled after one from the early 1860s, monitoring the amount of time it took her to sew the various components of the garment. The inspiration for the project was Civil War re-enactments in which garments of the period are worn by the participants. Mohn’s advisor is Patricia Hunt-Hurst (Associate Professor, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors; BSHE ’77, Home Economics Education; MS ’83, Clothing, Textiles, Interiors and Furnishings).

Elizabeth Redmond (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition) received her doctorate degree during August graduation ceremonies. Her advisor was Mary Ann Johnson (Professor, Foods and Nutrition).

Leigh Ann Simmons-Wescott (PhD Student, Child and Family Development) won the National Council on Family Relations Student Award and the Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award. This award is given for the best family studies proposal submitted by a doctoral candidate. Simmons-Wescott’s dissertation is titled “Well-Being in a Rural Context: A Model of Select Factors Influencing Health and Economic Well-Being in Rural, Low Income Mothers.” Her major professor was David Wright (Associate Professor, Child and Family Development; PhD ’85, Child and Family Development).

Michael Sytsma (PhD Student, Child and Family Development) received his doctorate degree during August graduation ceremonies. His advisor was William Quinn (Professor, Child and Family Development).

Catherine Voorhees (Master’s Student, Foods and Nutrition) has received the Margaret Osborn Memorial/Iowa Dietetic Association Scholarship and the Kellogg Child Nutrition Graduate Scholarship from the American Dietetic Association Foundation. Her research focuses on bone density related to zinc. Her advisor is Rick Lewis (Professor, Foods and Nutrition)