It’s hard to believe another school year is almost over. As we prepare for graduation in May, we take time to recognize the 671 CFS students who will be honored at the University Honors Convocation on April 9. This achievement requires that a student qualify for the Dean’s List or earn Semester Honors for at least one semester in the 2005–06 academic year.

Among those who will be honored are four CFS degree recipients/candidates who earned a 4.0 GPA. They are May 2006 candidates Selena Baker, dietetics; Megan Diaz, dietetics and nutrition, fitness, and health; Kristen Machetti, occupational family and consumer sciences education; and December 2005 graduate Ann Scott, individual and family studies.

Honors student Kristen Melville (HTM) presents her poster at the 2005 Honors Poster Session.

Following the convocation, our college will host a reception for students and their families in conjunction with an Honors Poster Session. Several students enrolled in the CFS Honors program will display posters describing their honors projects. These students are Tugce Atabay, hospitality and tourism management; Megan Diaz, foods and nutrition; Jill Hunt, CFS education; Ashley Keck, consumer sciences and retailing; and Brooke Schantz, foods and nutrition. If you have the opportunity, I encourage you to come by and visit with these outstanding students.

Each year, the students in our college continue to impress me with their intelligence, questioning minds, and determination to succeed. Please join me in congratulating our many students on their accomplishments this year.

Hail Purdue!
Dennis Savaiano
Dean

Get information on the University Honors Convocation and CFS Honors Reception.

Each year, the CFS Alumni Association recognizes distinguished alumni and graduating seniors at its annual awards dinner. At this year’s event on April 7, three Distinguished Alumni awards will be presented along with one Outstanding Young Professional award, two Friend of Purdue awards, and five Outstanding Senior awards. Read about the 2006 Alumni Award winners and our 2006 Outstanding Seniors.

When Connie Weaver, distinguished professor and head, Department of Foods and Nutrition, read a newspaper story about a family whose three of four children have an incurable disease, she asked a national specialist to come to Indiana to help educate the public. Dr. Marc Patterson, an expert in child neurology, will speak about Niemann-Pick disease at 4 p.m. on April 11 in Stewart Center. The program is open to the public. Get more information on the program.

Purdue welcomes the community and alumni back to campus each spring with Spring Fest, an event for the whole family. CFS always participates in Spring Fest with a tent full of activities. Visit us on Memorial Mall on Saturday, April 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or on Sunday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit the Spring Fest site for all event details.

Alumni and friends of Purdue University are invited to attend a reception and dinner on Saturday, April 22 at Union Station in Chicago. This Boilermaker celebration starts at 6 p.m. and also includes dancing to music by the Rich Daniels’ City Lights Orchestra. Plan now to join us as we kick off the Chicago portion of the $1.5 billion Campaign for Purdue. Get event and registration information.

The Department of Foods and Nutrition will share the latest research findings on a variety of nutrition topics at their annual conference on May 11. Presentations will include vitamin D research that pushes the envelope of current accepted practices, a research-based look at policy and intervention practices to improve the health of young people, an overview of the health implications of activity and aging, intriguing research on the consumption of nuts, and new research findings on calcium and weight loss. Visit the conference Web site for information.

April 7: Felker Series
April 7: CFS Awards Dinner
April 8–9: Spring Fest
April 8–10: Gala Week
April 9: University Honors Convocation and CFS Honors Reception
April 21: Kirksey Lecture Series
April 22: Campaign Chicago Kickoff
May 13: CFS Spring Commencement
May 21: HTM Alumni & Industry Reception, Chicago
June 14–16: Home and Family Conference (PDF)

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