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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ann Beth Presley, a Textiles and
Apparel Merchandising alum, who has been
selected as one of 24 recipients from North and South America for the
Attingham Trust Summer School class of 2009! The Attingham Trust
is an educational charitable trust that offers
specialised study courses, primarily for people professionally engaged
in the field, on country houses, their collections and settings, and on
the history and contents of English royal palaces.
Since its foundation in 1952,
THE ATTINGHAM SUMMER SCHOOL has enjoyed outstanding success and is
highly regarded by museums, universities and historic preservation
societies throughout the world for its careful selection of members,
and
sustained academic standards. Please see the Attingham Trust
website for more information: http://www.attinghamtrust.org/courses_summer_school.html
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According
to a press
release
dated April 10, 2009, from the United States Department of Agriculture,
a WKU Family and Consumer Sciences Education graduate, Dr. Janey K.
Thornton, was named Deputy Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and
Consumer Services. Dr. Thornton will provide policy direction for
the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which administers the national food
assistance programs, and the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
(CNPP), which "develops and promotes dietery guidance that links
scientific research to the nturition needs of consumers."
Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack says of her, "Dr. Thornton has an outstanding,
hand-on background in childhood nutrition. She is a leader in
this
area.... I look forward to working with Dr. Thornton as we tackle
challenges of childhood obesity, childhood hunger, and school-focused
nutrition."
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The CFS department is proud to announce that Textile and Apparel
Management graduate, Laura Planck, (aka LK), has been chosen
as one of the top six designers in the St.
Louis Design Week Bakers Project: Design! competition.
According to the Project: Design! website, this competition is held to
support "up-and-coming designers by giving them the exposure and tools
they need to go from runway to retail." LK and the other five
designers chosen now get the opportunity to show their lines at a
high-profile runway show at the St. Louis Fashion week, March 23-28,
2009, and will recieve photo and video coverage of the show on
stlouisfashionweek.com, and PR services to promote the runway
show. The prize they are trying to capture is a $20,000 website
created by web designers 963 Collective to showcase the winning line,
and a $10,000 photo shoot of the winning collection using top
international models from NEXT and Mother Model Management with makeup
by MAC and hair by L'Oreal Professionnel.
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A
new minor in Meeting,
Convention, and Exposition Planning was approved by the WKU Board
of Regents on Janaury 30, 2009. This minor will be available for
students to declare in the Spring, 2009 semester. Students will
take CFS-171 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality
Industry, CFS-313 Practicum (must be in Meeting,
Convention, and Exposition Planning), CFS-375 Meeting and Convention
Management, REC-306 Recreation Program Planning, MKT-325
Personal Selling and an additional 6 hours of selected electives chosen
from courses in CFS, Communications, Horticulutre, Management,
Marketing, Psychology or Recreation. For more information or to
speak with an advisor for this minor, please contact the department.
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The
CFS Department is in the process of hiring three new faculty members,
who will have work assignments in Dietetics, Family and Consumer
Sciences Educatin, and Interior Design. More information about
those faculty members selected will be available in the Fall edition of
the Linkages Online newsletter. |