Kim Bland (Master’s Student, Child and Family Development; BSFCS ’04, Child and Family Development, Early Childhood Education Pre-K-Grade 2), Brendan Carnes (Senior, Fashion Merchandising), Brandon Esco (Junior, Nutrition Science), Michele Santilli (Senior, Child and Family Development), Emily Tomayko (Senior, Dietetics) and Stephanie Vanderford (PhD Student, Housing and Consumer Economics) will be listed in Who’s Who in Universities and Colleges, 2005.

Angela Black (PhD Student, Child and Family Development) has received a scholarship to attend the Rural Women’s Health Conference in Pennsylvania.

Erendira Casas (Senior, Consumer Economics) and Natalia Nichols (Senior, Consumer Economics) presented a poster on their research about the hidden costs of pre-paid calling cards in the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities symposium at UGA. Julia Marlowe (Associate Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) is their advisor on the project, which is funded in part by the UGA President’s Venture Fund.

Nicole Childs (Ph.D. Student, Child and Family Development) won the University of Georgia’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award this spring.

Candace Coats (Senior, Dietetics and Consumer Foods) has been awarded a scholarship by the Northeast Georgia Dietetic Association.

Theresa Glasheen (Junior, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) has been inducted into the Blue Key National Honor Society. She also has been awarded the Jackman Scholarship from the Educational Foundation of Phi Upsilon Omicron.

Cassie Hobby (Senior, Fashion Merchandising and Consumer Journalism) has been selected as the FACS representative for the UGA Rotary Club’s “Top 12.” UGA Colleges and Schools nominated outstanding students who were selected by the Athens Rotary Club for their leadership qualities.

Patricia Michaud (Senior, FACS Education) has been awarded the Tommie J. Hamner Scholarship from the Educational Foundation of Phi Upsilon Omicron.

Students in Free Enterprise , which includes FACS students and students in the Terry College of Business, has received a grant from the Marcus Foundation of Atlanta to teach students at the Classic City Performance Learning Center high school about the stock market. SIFE brings university students into partnerships with businesses and provides them the opportunity to develop leadership, teamwork, and communication skills. Joan Koonce Moss (Associate Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) is an advisor for the group.

Stephanie Vanderford (PhD Student, Housing and Consumer Economics), Yiping Lu (PhD Student, Textile Sciences), Julie Askew (PhD Student, Child and Family Development), and Sylvia Poulos (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition) have been selected to receive Graduate School Dissertation Completion Assistantship Awards for 2005-06. These awards allow students to devote full time to the completion of their dissertations.

Wang Lu (PhD Student, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) won the Best Graduate Student Paper Competition at the American Association of Textile Colorists and Chemists meeting in September.