As we head into summer, the Department of Foods and Nutrition is preparing to welcome its ninth group of campers to Camp Calcium. Funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1990, Camp Calcium studies the factors that improve building bone during the rapid growth period of adolescence, as well as the dietary factors that influence weight maintenance and onset of diabetes.

Recently, results from a previous Camp Calcium found that African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls handle sodium and calcium differently, which could explain why the rates of hypertension and osteoporosis are different between the races. This year's camp will focus on the calcium needs of Asian boys and girls.

The work being done through Camp Calcium speaks directly to the issues of how to build stronger bones and muscles, how to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, and how to prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. These are the same issues being addressed by the new 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that were released earlier this year.

Camp Calcium is just one part of the research the department is doing to improve the health and wellness of individuals through diet. With nearly two-thirds of Americans overweight or obese, it has never been more critical to examine this issue.

Hail Purdue!

Dennis Savaiano
Dean

The Fathers and Families Resource/Research Center in Indianapolis received the 2005 Inspiring Families and Building Communities Award from the College of Consumer and Family Sciences. The award recognizes programs in Indiana that have improved the well being of Hoosier families. Read more about the winner and finalists

Beginning in fall 2005, Purdue will offer a dual-title doctorate program that allows students to specialize in aging issues and a related field. Doctoral students can combine gerontology with 10 other areas across the University, including foods and nutrition, consumer sciences and retailing, and child development and family studies. Read more about the new program.

Plans are underway for an exciting Homecoming weekend on October 14-15, and we hope you'll be able to join us. The Boilermakers will take on Northwestern, and tickets are available in the CFS block for $43 each. Reservations for the CFS block can be made from June 15 through August 31 (or until the block is filled). To order your game tickets, call (800) 49-SPORT or go online at www.purduesports.com.

Hoosier native Lora Adams joined the CFS development team as a director in April. Previously, she served as a development officer for the Krannert School of Management at Purdue. She is a Purdue alum who earned a bachelor's in theatre design and technology. Read more about Lora Adams.

Mike Trotter, executive director of the Center for Customer-Driven Quality, was keynote speaker and expert panelist at the Frost and Sullivan Contact Center Summit at Sanibel Hotel in Florida. He also gave the keynote address for a Marcus Evans event in Palm Springs, California.

Richard Widdows, professor and head, Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing, was honored by Gamma Sigma Delta for his research on customer relationship management, consumer satisfaction, and consumer protection. Gamma Sigma Delta is the honor society of agriculture, consumer and family sciences, and veterinary medicine at Purdue.

June 8-10: Home and Family Conference

June 13: Central Indiana Boiler Mixer

June 27, July 12, July 20: Cooking with Chef Carl

October 14-15: Homecoming Weekend

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