What a wonderful weekend for the College of Consumer and Family Sciences! Our annual Eva Goble Lecture Series on October 26 featured James Morris of the United Nations World Food Programme. Hundreds packed the faculty lounges in the Purdue Memorial Union to hear Mr. Morris speak about world hunger, its consequences, and how we all can participate in working toward a solution.

The next day, we celebrated a $4 million gift from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation for a new building to house the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Announced during the President’s Council Annual Dinner, the contribution is the lead gift for a $12 million state-of-the-art facility worthy of our top-ranked HTM program. (Above, Purdue President Martin Jischke presents J.W. Marriott III with the Distinguished Pinnacle Award.)

Marriott Hall will be located at the northwest corner of State and University streets, just across from Matthews Hall. The facility will house a demonstration classroom, several other classrooms and labs, a career center, and a student services area. There also will be expanded space for quantity food production to service the department’s two restaurants, the HTM Café and John Purdue Room, which serve as training facilities for students as well as eating and gathering places for the campus and community.

This is an exciting time in Consumer and Family Sciences — demand for our programs continues to grow, and the generous support of our alumni, friends, and corporate partners makes it possible to provide a world class learning environment for students and research facilities for faculty.

Hail Purdue!
Dennis Savaiano
Dean

Read more about the gift and Marriott Hall.

With gas prices moderating and three in four homes nationwide connected to the Internet, retail expert Richard Feinberg, Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing, predicts in-store and online holiday sales will ring up significant increases this year. Read more about this season’s holiday shopping forecast.

Ambassadors for Children has established a new chapter at Purdue University. Headed by faculty advisor Thelma Snuggs, assistant professor in the Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing, AFC provides meaningful travel opportunities for students and others to help children in need around the world. The group is planning trips to El Salvador, Cancun, and Belize during spring break and is collecting donations of school supplies, hygiene items, clothing, and toys. Members in the organization also volunteer in the local community. For more information, visit the Purdue chapter’s AFC Web site.

CFS Extension

The Indiana Extension Educator Association honored several CFS Extension educators during their annual conference:

Judi Merkel of Wells County received the Innovator Award for her work in organizing the Kids Health and Safety Fair.

April Uncapher of Starke County received the Junior Award for her contribution to the Get Healthy program.

Dotty Keeton of Jefferson County received the Senior Award for her development and implementation of the It’s My Money You’re Using program.

Nancy Casada of Harrison County received the Career Award recognizing her 25 years of service as an Extension educator.

Joan Younce and Karen Richey from Kosciusko and Marshall counties respectively, received the Consumer and Family Sciences Team Award for their development of a food safety certification program.

Foods and Nutrition

Dorothy Morré, professor, was honored along with 34 other Purdue researchers at the Inventors’ Recognition Dinner on October 11 for research that has or may soon result in commercial applications. Professor Morré and D. James Morré, Dow Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, each received plaques for work they have done jointly. One invention involved developing methods to prevent or treat disorders caused by a specific aging-related protein. For the second invention, antibodies were generated to specifically recognize a protein on the surface of tumor cells.

November 18: President's Council/CFS Scholarship Brunch

November 20: Family Impact Seminar

December 17: Winter Commencement

February 9–13: President’s Council–Naples Weekend

March 23: HTM Black Tie Dinner

April 13: CFS Alumni Awards Dinner

April 14: Spring Fashion Show

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