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April 27, 2009 |
1. Teddy Morelock services held Friday
2. Food Science seminar to feature "Ethical Food Manifesto" author - today
3. Annual Beef and Forage Field Day at SEREC Thursday
4. Grant funds personal finance training program study
5. Recycling plan wins Wall-Mart business plan challenge
6. John Snider wins presentation competition
7. Apparel studies program conducts 'green' fashion show
8. HESC 'Cooking for Good Health' demonstration focuses on weight management - Tuesday
9. Frank Jones retirement reception April 28
10. Applications available for National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassador Team
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1. Teddy Morelock services held Friday
Funeral services for Teddy E. Morelock, University Professor of horticulture, were held Friday at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home, with interment at the Baptist Ford Cemetery in Greenland.
Morelock, 65, died April 18 at his home in Fayetteville. He conducted a vegetable crop breeding program that has released many public varieties of southernpea, spinach, mustard and turnip. He taught a vegetable crops course and the graduate-level Genetic Techniques in Plant Breeding course. He has served as major professor to 10 Ph.D. and 21 MS students and was a committee member for over 60 Ph.D. and MS students.
He was an Angus breeder and was active in the National Junior Angus Association.
Morelock joined the horticulture department faculty in 1974 as an assistant professor. He had B.S.A. and M.S. degrees in horticulture from the University of Arkansas and a Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics from the University of Wisconsin.
Survivors include a daughter, Leslie Ann Roye, a granddaughter and several nieces an nephews, all of Fayetteville.
The family request that memorials be made to the Dr. Teddy E. Morelock Memorial Scholarship fund in Horticulture at the University of Arkansas, in care of:
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Attn: Development Office, E108 AFLS Building
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Checks should be made payable to the University of Arkansas Foundation.
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2. Food Science seminar to feature "Ethical Food Manifesto" author - today
Susie L. Hoeller will present "The Ethical Food Manifesto" on Monday at 3:30 p.m. in Room D-2 of the Food Science building. Hoeller is an international business attorney who has been practicing law for 32 years and is currently practicing law in her own law firm in Bentonville. She received her B.A. cum laude in history and government from Colby College and her law degree from Vanderbilt University. Hoeller is the author of three books: Recall, Food and Toy Safety: An American Crisis; Impasse: Border Walls or Welcome the Stranger; and The Ethical Food Manifesto. She will address food safety and other problems in the food industry that she believes are caused by consumers' demand for unrealistically low prices for food.
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3. Annual Beef and Forage Field Day at SEREC Thursday
The annual Beef and Forage Field Day Thursday, April 30, at the Southeast Research and Extension Center at Monticello will include a session about how wildlife interacts with farming decisions. Oher topics will include Cattle disease management, the economics of buying feed and managing forage resources, and the condition of a cow after weaning.
Registration and exhibits open at 4:30 p.m. at the center, and the program begins at 5:30 p.m. with a tour of the research farm. A complimentary dinner will be provided. The event is one of a series of spring and summer Division of Agriculture field days. The current schedule is online at http://aaes.uark.edu/fielddays_09.html.
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4. Grant funds personal finance training program study
The Women's Giving Circle at the University of Arkansas has awarded a grant of $8,800 for a project to evaluate the impact of the "Hope and Power Personal Finance" training program. The program is designed to help survivors of domestic violence improve their knowledge of personal finance management.
Dawna Beeler, an M.S. candidate in human development and family sciences, will conduct the project in the summer of 2009 with Susan Takigiku, Kameri Christy-McMullin, Sue Martin, Allen Powell and Vernoice Baldwin. Beeler will teach five sessions of the Hope and Power Personal Finance one-day workshop at the Peace at Home Family Shelter in Springdale. Evaluation will include pre- and post-tests and a follow-up survey three months after the workshops.
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5. Recycling plan wins Wall-Mart business plan challenge
Cesar Coto, a doctoral candidate in poultry science and master's candidate in agribusiness, was a member of a team that developed a plan that won first place and $20,000 in the Wal-Mart Better Living Business Plan Challenge.
The plan creates a low-cost, environmentally friendly fertilizer from by-products of farms and municipalities. The team also include three master's candidates in business administration: Brandon Barr, Joshua McCullough and Keith Solsvig. Carol Reeves, holder of the Cecil and Gwendolyn Cupp Applied Professorship in Entrepreneurship, was the faculty sponsor.
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6. John Snider wins presentation competition
At the recent Arkansas Academy of Science meeting, John Snider won first place in the graduate student oral presentation competition in Life Sciences with a presentation on "The effect of high temperature on pollen tube growth and energetics in the cotton pistil." Derrick Oosterhuis is Snider's advisor for his PhD program.
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7. Apparel studies program conducts 'green' fashion show
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| Fitter Natalie Johnson sizes up an outfit for model Lelia Nelson before a "green" themed fashion show for the University Women's Club on Earth Day 2009. Nelson's dress was designed by fellow student Zach Ridenour and was a runway winner in a Fashion Group International-sponsored Career Day competition at the World Trade Center in Dallas. |
Students and faculty in the apparel studies program organized and ran a "green" themed fashion show for the University Women's Club at the Fayetteville Country Club on Earth Day April 22. The show was coordinated by apparel studies faculty members Kathy Smith and Laurie Apple.
The show, "Sustainable Fashion: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something green," featured clothing made from sustainable and/or recycled fibers, used clothing recycled into contemporary styles and other "green" fabrics, manufacture or processes.
Some of the featured outfits were designed and made by the students; others were provided by area retailers Dillard's, Talbot's, Town and Country and (for the recycled clothing) Cheap Thrills.
Student fitters and models selected the manufactured clothing, assembled outfits from recycled clothing and even designed some of the garments. The show also featured style and textile board displays showing historic trends and materials that have evolved into today's green fashions.
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8. HESC 'Cooking for Good Health' demonstration focuses on weight management - Tuesday
Human Resources is partnering with the School of Human and Environmental Sciences to provide a series of nutrition education sessions to the campus community. Students in the dietetics program, under the direction of associate professor Marjorie Fitch-Hilgenberg, will make presentations covering healthy food choices and lifestyle behaviors that may prevent or manage specific health conditions. These presentations are class projects for the students and are open to all faculty and staff. A $5 contribution per session to offset expenses will be appreciated.
Each presentation will begin at 4 p.m. and will last approximately one hour. Participants will be invited to sample the food items prepared as part of the demonstrations. All presentations will be held in the Home Economics building, room 109. Seating is limited so advance registration is required. Please register online at http://hr.uark.edu/Training/TrainingCalendar.asp or by calling 575-4432.
The program includes:
March 31: Diabetes - A lifestyle approach
April 7: Cancer: Can we prevent cancer with diet? Plus: Cooking for someone in treatment - helpful tips for the care giver.
April 14: Hypertension - DASH for good health
April 21: Hypertension - a lifestyle approach to controlling BP
April 28: Weight Management for those over 50
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9. Frank Jones retirement reception April 28
The Center of Excellence for Poultry Science is hosting a retirement party for Frank Jones, extension poultry section leader, on Tuesday, April 28th from 3 to 4:30pm at the Poultry Science building, room A 413/414.
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10. Applications available for National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassador Team
Applications for the 2009-10 National team are now available. Selected ambassadors will have the opportunity to promote agriculture awareness around their community and state. Ambassadors will be awarded a $1,500 scholarship, as well as a digital camera and the use of a laptop and LCD projector for the year. Additionally, all expenses will be covered as they travel promoting the importance of agriculture to different audiences. Applications must be postmarked by June 1, 2009 and can be found at www.ffa.org/collegiate. For more information or questions, contact Marty Tatman at mtatman@ffa.org.
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