Melinda Bell (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition) is a recipient of a university-wide graduate assistantship for the 2006-07 academic year. Her major professor is Mary Ann Johnson.

Ryan Connor (Senior, Consumer Economics) was selected as an orientation leader for UGA for summer 2006. More than 120 students applied and only 12 were selected.

Jaime Dice (PhD Student, Human Development and Family Science), Heather Marlowe (Senior, Foods and Nutrition) and Joshua Zaffos (Senior, Foods and Nutrition) were inducted into the Blue Key Honor Society in the spring. Membership requires scholastic excellence, leadership and service.

Jennifer Fitzgerald (BSFCS ’06, Dietetics), Anna Garrett (Senior, Family and Consumer Sciences Education), Caree Jackson (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition; MS ’04, Foods and Nutrition), Anita Kolmers (Dual Bachelor’s and Master’s Student, Dietetics) and Joanna Miragaya (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition) have been selected for Gamma Sigma Delta membership. Gamma Sigma Delta encourages high standards of scholarship and worthy achievement in family and consumer sciences, forestry and natural resources, and agriculture.

Ji-Hyun Kim (PhD Student, Human Development and Family Science) has been awarded a university-wide assistantship for the 2006-07 academic year. Her major professor is Jerry Gale.

Ariadne Legendre (Master’s Student, Foods and Nutrition) and Joanna Miragaya (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition) were each awarded a New Investigator Travel Award by the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior to defray the cost of their attendance at the annual meeting in Florida where they presented their research. SSIB is an international society for scientists interested in mechanisms and behaviors that determine food selection and food choice. Ruth Harris is their major professor.

Hang Liu (PhD Student, Textile Sciences) and Hong Yu (PhD Student, Textile Sciences) received the second place award for their design of a multilayer disposable surgical gown in the 2006 Materials Interest Group Design Competition sponsored by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. They were awarded $250 each and complimentary student registrations to the 2006 International Conference and Exhibition in Atlanta in October. Karen Leonas is their major professor.

Sarah Patterson (Master’s Student, Foods and Nutrition) is the recipient of a university-wide graduate assistantship for the 2006-07 academic year. Joan Fischer is her major professor

Desiree Paulin (PhD Student, Human Development and Family Science) received a university-wide graduate assistantship for the 2006-07 academic year, as well as a gerontology seed grant for her project on the intergenerational interactions of grandmothers and granddaughters. Denise Lewis is her major professor.

Ryan Peterson (PhD Student, Human Development and Family Science) received a University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in May.

Alexis Ratowsky (Junior, Dietetics) was selected as the FACS Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Sophomore for 2006.

Nicki Sauls (Master’s Student, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) has received the Hazel Putnam Roach National Fellowship in the amount of $3,500. The fellowship is awarded to a master’s student through the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. She is studying the historic changes in female clothing due to economic changes relative to specific time periods. Her major professor is Patricia Hunt-Hurst.

Yogendra Shrestha (PhD Student, Foods and Nutrition) has been awarded a doctoral dissertation completion award for the 2006-07 academic year. Her major professor is Silvia Giraudo.

Rebecca Sowell (Senior, Human Development and Family Science) was selected by Rotary as the FACS Outstanding Student. Each year, Rotary chooses an outstanding student from each college or school on the UGA campus.

Erica Wilson (Master’s Student, Human Development and Family Science), Ruth Neustifter (PhD Student, Human Development and Family Science) and Nicki Sauls (Master’s Student, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors), were three members of a team of nine students from the university who participated in a multi-disciplinary course and learning service project in Tunisia in July. Sharon Gibson (FACS Extension Coordinator for Children, Youth and Families At Risk) was a faculty member on the project.

Hui Yang (PhD Student, Textile Science) received the Endsley-Peifer Student Research Award for his publication record and significant contributions to advancing knowledge in a specialty area in family and consumer sciences. He has received a dissertation completion assistantship for 2006-07. Charles Yang is his major professor.