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Dorothy McClain Duncan (BSHE ’44, Home Economics Education) has retired after 41 years of teaching home economics.

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Anne Byrn (BSHE ’78, Home Economics and Journalism), author of The Cake Mix Doctor and Cupcakes From the Cake Mix Doctor , was recently featured in Newsweek magazine for her tips on making homemade frosting and turning cake mix into cupcakes.

Carol Jacobson Fuller (BSHE ’74, Early Childhood Education) has retired after 30 years with the Richmond County School System.

Marie LeCroy Garaventa (BSHE ’77, Home Economics Education; MEd ’78, Home Economics Education) is a staffing consultant in Connecticut.

Lynn Graham Hammond (BSHE ’73, Home Economics Education; MEd ’78, Home Economics Education; EdS ’84, Home Economics Education) lives in Winder and is retired as principal of Russell Middle School in Barrow County. She currently works as a recruitment/retention specialist for the school system.

Deborah Garrison Lowery (BSHE ’79, Home Economics and Journalism; MA ’81, Journalism) is the southern marketing manager for Cabot.

Vera Stewart (BSFCS ’74, Home Economics Education) was recently featured on the Food Network cable television network. Her business, Very Vera, was selected for a segment titled Southern Country Classics . Very Vera specializes in catering and mail order gourmet dishes and cakes.

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Vickie Austin Brown (BSHE ’80, Home Economics Education) is a family and consumer sciences instructor and FCCLA advisor for Turner County High School. She has a master’s degree and an education specialist’s degree from Albany State University. She has two daughters, Jessica, a junior at UGA, and Ashley, a freshman at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Anna Lott Cothern (BSHE ’87, Human Development and Family Science) and her husband, David, are the parents of a son, Brady Cothern, born Sept. 23, 2003.

Bethany Rosenfield Diamond (BSHE ’81, Fashion Merchandising) founded the Ovarian Cycle Inc., which raises money to fund diagnosis and treatment for ovarian cancer. She raised $75,000 in 2004, the foundation’s first year.

Tammy Tate Gilland (BSHE ’88, Home Economics and Journalism) received the 2005 Athena Award from the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce. The Athena Award recognizes community service, leadership and contributions to the advancement of women and the community.

Cathy M. Goeddeke-Merickel (BSHE ’89, Dietetics and Institutional Management; MS ’93, Foods and Nutrition) has written a chapter on kidney disease and diabetes for a diabetes textbook and a manuscript for the Journal of Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease .

Michael Kenneth McIntosh (PhD ’87, Foods and Nutrition) has been named a research professor at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.

Dee Prince (BSHE ’85, Dietetics and Institutional Management) is the owner of Athens Personal Fitness, a personal training facility.

Jennifer Willoughby Richardson (BSHE ’88, Consumer Economics) is the health educator for the Athens Neighborhood Health Center.

Rosemary Casey Wander (PhD ’84, Foods and Nutrition) is the associate provost for research and public and private sector partnerships with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Angela Green Yarman (BSFCS ’89, Home Economics and Journalism; MS ’91, Consumer Economics) was named the 2004 Ambassador of the Year by the Walton County Chamber of Commerce. She is the owner of Yarman Solutions, an organization management consulting firm. She and her husband Greg, live in Monroe with their two sons, Christopher and Daniel.

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Katy O’Neal Arrowood (BSFCS ’94, Human Development and Family Science) is the owner of Champions for Children child-care center, which has been named a Center of Distinction by the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. The certificate means that the center is providing exemplary care, according to Marsha Moore, commissioner of the early care and learning department.

David Bender Askew (BSFCS ’93, Housing) and his wife, Melinda, are the parents of a son, David Pender “Pen” Askew Jr., born Dec. 27, 2003.

Timothy David Barrett (BSFCS ’98, Consumer Journalism) is a certified meeting professional with the Convention Industry Council. He has worked as an event manager and meeting planner at the Georgia Center of Continuing Education in Athens for five years.

Elizabeth Chance Brinson (BSFCS ’97, Human Development and Family Science) married Abeno Patrick Garbin on June 12, 2004, in Snellville. She has earned a master’s degree in early childhood education from Piedmont College and is employed with Gwinnett County Schools at Simonton Elementary.

Becky Wood Carlan (BSFCS ’98, Consumer Economics) and her husband, Tim, announce the birth of a daughter, Timberly Brooke, on Dec. 9. She joins her brother, Ben, age 2. Carlan is employed with John Massey State Farm Insurance. Diane Wood , degree program specialist in the Office of Student Services, is the grandmother of Brooke and Ben. The family lives in Homer.

Andrea Hill Carvalho (BSFCS ’93, Fashion Merchandising) designs custom handbags, HoBags by Andi. She lives in San Rafael, Calif., with her husband and two sons.

Michelle Toucey Coates (BSFCS ’98, Human Development and Family Science) and her husband, Damon Coates, live in Lexington, Ky., with their two sons. They own and operate a Mellow Mushroom Pizza Restaurant near the University of Kentucky campus.

Helen Breitmaier Everts (MS ’95, Foods and Nutrition; PhD ’00, Foods and Nutrition) is employed in the biochemistry department of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Clayton Elwood Mathews (MS ’94, Foods and Nutrition; PhD ’97 Foods and Nutrition) is employed as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School.

Kimberly Fowler Parente (BSHE ’90, Nutrition Science; MS ’92, Foods and Nutrition) is a pediatrician in Westborough, Mass. Her husband, John Parente, (MS ’91, Foods and Nutrition; PhD ’94, Foods and Nutrition) is a national key account manager for QIAGEN. They have three children, Michael, age six, Austin, age four, and Evan, nine months.

Julie Smith Patrick (BSFCS ’90, Child Development/Mental Retardation; MEd ’95, Early Childhood Education; EdS ’98, Educational Leadership) is an assistant principal with the Madison County School District in Danielsville.

James Willis Paul II (BSHE ’92, Hotel and Restaurant Administration) was appointed chair of the culinary arts program at the Art Institute of Atlanta. He began teaching at the college in 1999 and is a member of the American Culinary Federation Board of Directors, chapter secretary and a certified culinary educator. He also holds a master of science degree in hospitality management from the University of Wisconsin.

Shannon Ferrell Register (BSFCS ’98, Consumer Economics) has earned her teacher certification in special education at Tarleton State University. She is employed as a special education teacher in Texas.

Ayisha Fleming Savage (BSFCS ’99, Dietetics) is a healthcare marketing specialist for CYSCO in Atlanta.

Kyle Warner Shadix (BSFCS ’94, Consumer Foods) was recently awarded a full scholarship to Le Cordon Bleu Paris by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He also has been elected to the American Dietetic Association House of Delegates for a two-year term as an at-large delegate.

Amy Hough Simmon (BSED ’92, Early Childhood Education; PhD ’04, Human Development and Family Science) is the director of the Human Development and Family Science program at Southwest Georgia Technical College in Thomasville.

Lee Vaughn (BSFCS ’95, Consumer Economics) has been promoted to senior vice president for the Timothy Road branch of Main Street Bank in Athens. He joined Main Street Bank in 2002 and has been in the banking industry for more than nine years.

Allen Wilbanks (BSFCS ’94, Consumer Journalism) is making a feature-length horror film titled “Motor Home Massacre.” Information can be found on the website www.motorhomemassacre.com. Much of the film was shot in Atlanta and the surrounding area.

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Carla Abshire (PhD ’04, Child and Family Development) earned her doctoral degree in fall 2004. The title of her dissertation is, “Dimensions of Credibility: Juror Perceptions of Children’s Credibility.” Her major professor was Lynda Walters.

Caroline Almand (MS ’04, Human Development and Family Science) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “Parenting Daily Hassles and Parents of Children with Disabilities: Relationships to Maternal Efficacy, Maternal Satisfaction, and Social Support.” Zo Stoneman was her major professor.

Carrie Michelle Atkinson (BSFCS ’02, Housing) works as a litigation paralegal for an attorney in Marietta.

Laurie Barton (BSFCS ’02, Human Development and Family Science) is a legislative correspondent for U.S. Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio covering issues related to his work on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Caroline Finley Beall (BSFCS ’01, Furnishings and Interiors) married Whitney Bryan Brackett on Sept. 18, 2004 at First Presbyterian Church in Lenoir, NC. She is employed by Sheryl Vandermolen Interiors in Charlotte as a project manager and designer.

John Paul Carpenter (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics) is director of food and nutrition services at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center in South Carolina.

Whitney Lynn Carter (BSFCS ’04, Housing) is a Realtor with Keller Williams in Athens.

Shilesa Chandler (MFCS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004.

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Wesley Collins Forlines (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is a corporate account manager for CDW in Chicago, a Fortune 500 company that is a technology solutions provider.

Brooke Elizabeth Garrett (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty in Athens.

Brighan Lee Gesch (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Foods) is employed with Athens Personal Fitness as a consultant. She is also earning her master’s degree in Foods and Nutrition.

Karen Hill (BSFCS ’04, Furnishings and Interiors) is an account representative for F. Schumacher and Co. in Atlanta.

Elizabeth Colleen Hilton (BSFCS ’02, Dietetics) is a certified lactation counselor.

Amanda Hubbard (MS ’04, Human Development and Family Science) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “Evaluating the Cardiac Camp Experience: Development of the Hubbard Camp Outcome Scale.” Charlotte Wallinga was her major advisor.

Sarah Hurst (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is a civil investigator with the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs.

Caree Jackson (MS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “An Evaluation of the Use of Theater in Nutrition Education for Low-Income African-American Children.” Her major professor was Rebecca Mullis. Jackson is now enrolled as a doctoral student in the Department of Foods and Nutrition.

Megan Janke (PhD ’05, Child and Family Development) earned the Behavioral and Social Sciences Award from the Gerontological Society of America for her doctoral dissertation titled, “Selective Optimization and Compensation in Leisure Patterns of Older Adults.” Her major professor was Adam Davey.

Mary Heather Kaney (BSFCS ’03, Fashion Merchandising) is the owner of BlueBelle Boutique in Savannah, and was recently featured in Southern Lady magazine.

Emma Laing (MS ’00, Foods and Nutrition; PhD ’04, Foods and Nutrition) and her husband, Albert, are the parents of Charles Albert Rentius Laing, born Feb. 7, 2005. Laing is a postdoctoral research associate in the FACS Department of Foods and Nutrition.

Kimberly Gibson Lane (PhD ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her doctoral degree in fall 2004. Her dissertation is titled, “The Evaluation of a Web-Based Food Frequency Questionnaire: My Food Choices.com Among Pre-Adolescents.” Her major professor was Rebecca Mullis.

Danielle Larkins (MS ’04, Child and Family Development) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “An Exploration of Family of Origin and Contextual Influences on African-American Women’s Perception of Men and Their Experience of Romantic Relationships.” Her major professor was Mick Coleman.

Baker Black Leavitt (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) was selected for the 2004-05 class of Leadership Savannah. He is a sales associate with Cora Bett Thomas Realty, LLC, specializing in land, commercial leasing and residential and commercial investment properties. He is a licensed American homeowner educator and counselor and a member of the Historic Savannah Foundation.

Susan Lynn Manown (BSFCS ’02, Consumer Journalism) married Brice Martin Johnston on May 15, 2004 in Dunwoody, Ga. She also completed her MBA degree in May at the University of Alabama.

Alaina Clark McCullough (BSFCS ’01, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) is director of workforce development for the Maryland Hospitality Education Foundation in Columbia. She sells and markets the ProStart Program to county officials, principals and teachers throughout the state of Maryland. She also coordinates and directs fundraising initiatives and coordinated Maryland’s first ProStart Student Invitational Culinary Competition.

Jatun McKenzie (MFCS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004.

Meredith Lauren Meyer (BSFCS ’02, Fashion Merchandising) is an advertising and marketing assistant for Gucci in New York.

Courtney Michelle Morano (BSFCS ’03, Consumer Economics) is general manager of River Walk town homes in Athens.

Robyn Mowery (PhD ’04, Human Development and Family Science) earned her doctoral degree in fall 2004. Her dissertation is titled, “Understanding Ethical Decision-Making in Marriage and Family Therapy: An Ontological Hermeneutic Analysis.” Her major professor was Jerry Gale.

Stephanie Lynn Nelson (BSFCS ’04, Furnishings and Interiors) is a designer with Signature Interiors, Inc. in Duluth.

Adeline Opoku (MS ’04, Housing and Consumer Economics) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “Factors Associated with Community Versus Institutional Long Term Care: Differences by Race and Ethnicity.” Her major professors were Teresa Mauldin and Anne Sweaney.

Marques Tyrone Parks (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is a financial representative for First Investors Corp. in Atlanta.

Rita Patel (BSFCS ’04, Furnishings and Interiors) is an architectural intern for A Classical Studio for Residential Architecture in Norcross.

Betsy Phillips (BSFCS ’04, Furnishings and Interiors) is a design assistant for Diane Johnson Interiors in Alpharetta.

Norman Pollock (MS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned his master’s degree in fall 2004. His thesis is titled, “Retired Collegiate Artistic Gymnasts Retain High Bone Mass.” His major professor was Rick Lewis. Pollock is now enrolled as a doctoral student.

Ryan Ansley Posner (BSFCS ’00, Child and Family Development) is a management information systems trainer for Oldcastle Architectural, Inc. in Atlanta. He is responsible for training and setting up users in a large accounting system for a manufacturer and distributor of architectural building supplies.

Gwendolyn Pugh (MS ’04, Human Development and Family Science) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “Parenting Style, Maternal Efficacy and Impact of Childhood Disability on the Family and Mother of Children with Disability.” Her major professor was Zo Stoneman.

Cherie Rooks (MS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “Effects of Leptin and the Sympathetic Nervous System on Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Male C57BL/6 Mice and Sprague Dawley Rats.” Her major professor was Ruth Harris. She is now a doctoral student in the Department of Foods and Nutrition.

Marlo Rouse-Arnett (PhD ’01, Human Development and Family Science) April Few (PhD ’00, Human Development and Family Science), and Dionne Stephens (PhD ’03, Human Development and Family Science) received the Outstanding Contributions to Feminist Scholarship Award at the 2004 National Council on Family Relations Conference. Rouse is an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University; Few is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech; and Stephens is an assistant professor at Florida International University. Their paper was titled, “Sister to Sister Talk: Transcending Boundaries in Qualitative Research with Black Women.”

Angela Ruhlen (MFCS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004.

Brent Sapp (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics) and his wife, Heather, are the parents of Garrett Christopher, born Feb. 22, 2005.

Ajoy Sarkar (MS ’92, Clothing, Textiles, Interiors and Furnishings; PhD ’00, Textiles Sciences) received the College of Applied Human Sciences 2005 Tenure-Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award at Colorado State University where he is an assistant professor. He teaches courses in textiles, textile analysis and application of textile technology to design.

Jyoti “Tina” Savla (PhD ’04, Human Development and Family Science) earned her doctoral degree in fall 2004. Her dissertation is titled, “Effects of Missing Data on Statistical Power to Detect Change in Family-Based Preventive Intervention Research.” Her major professor was Adam Davey.

Darby Thompson Sewell (BSFCS ’00, Family and Consumer Sciences Education; MEd ’01, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) has received a Family and Consumer Sciences Education Graduate Fellowship from the National Association of Teacher Educators for Family and Consumer Sciences. She is a doctoral student at Iowa State University.

Purvi Shah (BSFCS ’01, Dietetics) is in physician’s assistant school at the Medical College of Georgia. She and her husband live in Augusta.

Amy Hugh Simmon (PhD ’04, Human Development and Family Science) earned her doctoral degree in fall 2004. Her dissertation is titled, “Perceived Knowledge and Interest of Child Care Professionals in Child Care Training.” Her major professor was Charlotte Wallinga.

Leigh Ann Simmons-Wescott (PhD ’04, Human Development and Family Science) received the Ruth Jewson Award for the best Family Studies Dissertation Proposal Submitted by a Doctoral Candidate and also the National Council on Family Relations Student Award for Excellence as a Student with High Potential for Contribution to the Field of Family Studies at the 2004 NCFR conference. She is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky.

Lara Danielle Stokes (BSFCS ’00, Consumer Economics) has married Christopher James Hobbs. They live in North Charleston, SC.

Jennifer Allison Thorn (BSFCS ’02, Nutrition Science) married Johnathan Spencer Scanlon on Dec. 18, 2004. She is pursuing a medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine.

Jacquelyn Tucker (BSFCS ’02, Child and Family Development) is working in the publishing department of Palmer and Cay, an insurance brokerage company based in Savannah.

Erica Wallace (MS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) earned her master’s degree in fall 2004. Her thesis is titled, “Using Proteomics as a Tool for the Study of Micronutrient Metabolism.” Her major professor was Arthur Grider.

Weidong Wu (PhD ’04, Textile Sciences) earned his doctoral degree in fall 2004. His dissertation is titled, “Flame Retardant Finishes for Cotton Fabric Based on a Hydroxy-Functional Organophosphorus System.” His major professor was Charles Yang.