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Year
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Speaker
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Title of Presentation
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1987
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Dr. Carole A. Vickers
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Associate Dean and Professor of Home Economics, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
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“Taking a Look at Our Profession: Where are We Taking It?”
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1988
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Dr. Alberta Hill
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Graduate of UI, Past President of American Home Economics Assoc., Dean of WSU School of Home Economics
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“Where Traditions in Home Economics Meet the Future”
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1989
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Doris Badir
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President, International Federation of Home Economics, Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, Canada.
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“Building Academic Bridges: Meeting the Challenges of Today’s World”
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1990
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Panel: Idaho Food: Is It Safe?
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“How Safe is Our Food?”
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Scott Fedale, Head of Agricultural Communications, WSU; Timothy Miller, Extension Agricultural Agent, UI; Nancy Taylor, Representative, Idaho’s Organix Advising Council; James Nelson, Head of Agricultural Economics, UI; John Brown, Associate Professor of Entomology, WSU; Marilyn Swanson, Extension Food Safety Specialist, UI
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1991
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No Speaker
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1992
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Tom Jenness
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Professor of Communication at UI
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2 Seminars on techniques for making computer-generated slides to use in oral presentations
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1993
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Dr. Carol Cassell
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Community Health Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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“How and Why Should I Talk to My Kids About Sex?” Also, “Women, Sex and Power: Beyond the Cliches.”
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1994
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Dr. Barbara Bovy
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Director of Human Environmental Sciences, Seattle Pacific University
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Teaching, Learning and Leading for the 21st Century”
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1995
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Janet Hethorn
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Professor U California-Davis
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“Gang Identity, Clothing and Street Style”
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1996
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John H. Renner, M.D.
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Family physician, educator, consumer advocate, and President of the Consumer Health Information Research Institute in Kansas City, Missouri
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“Health Care in the Internet: Look Out!” Also, “Health and Nutrition Misinformation, Fraud, and Quackery”
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1997
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Dr. Thelma Harms
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Curriculum Director and research professor at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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“The Role of Quality Early Childhood Education in Child and Family Development”
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1998
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Dr. Francine Hultgren
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Professor of Curriculum Theory , Department of Education Policy, Planning, and Administration, University of Maryland
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“Researching Our Experience and Experiencing Our Research: The Phenomenology of ‘Doing Phenomenology’” Also, “The Life Force fo Family Stories: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us”
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1999
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Susan Calvert Finn, PhD, RD, FADA
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Director Nutrition Services, Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories; Past President of the American Dietetic Association
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“Nutrition, The Best Opportunity to Improve the Health of Women”
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2000
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Dr. Janet K. Poley
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President of the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC), Principal Investigator on the USDA Agricultural Telecommunications Grant ; Liaison to the NASULGC commission on Information Technology
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“Technology: Anchor or Lifesaver”
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2001
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Dr. Susan Johnson
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Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, U of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
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“Developmental Perspectives on Children’s Eating Behaviors: Links to Childhood Obesity”; Also” “Opportunities to Respond to an Epidemic: Childhood Obesity”
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2002
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Stephanie Coontz
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Author, Lecturer, and Educator at the Evergreen State College, Olympia WA.
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“Ozzie and Harriet Don’t Live Here Anymore: Coming t terms with America’s changing families”
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2003
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Dr. Joanne Eicher
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Regent’s Professor, Department of Design, Housing and Apparel at the U of Minnesota
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“The Display of Skin: From Africa to the Academy Awards”
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2004
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Joanne Ikeda
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Extension Nutrition Education Specialist & Lecturer, Co-Director of the Center for Weight and Health
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Obesity: Problems, Issues and Change
“Why Abandon Dieting for Health at Every Size?” Also, “Establishing Eating and Activity Habits in Children that will Prevent Overweight: What Can We Learn from Research?”
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2005
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Dr. Virginia Vincenti
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Professor of Family & Consumer Sciences, U of Wyoming; Past President of the American Association of FCS
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“Legacies of the Past Influence the Future”
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25th Anniversary Celebration of the MRDS Series
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“A Tribute to Margaret Ritchie” video was produced and shown.
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2006
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Dr. Jeanne M. Hogarth
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Program Manager for the Consumer Education and Research section, Federal Reserve Board
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Financial Security in a Complex World; “Where’s the American Dream?” “Closing the financial Security Gap?; Credit: Who’s in Charge?”
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2007
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Dr. June Henton
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Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University
Dean Henton has been instrumental in organizing the War on Hunger campaign on university campuses nation wide, in conjunction with the United Nations World Food Programme
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“Engaging the Community in Sustainable Solutions for Global Issues”; Universities Fighting World Hunger: Accelerating the Movement”
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2008
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Mary Schmidt
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Hunger Here & Now: Palouse Solutions
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Project Director for the Northwest Area Foundation’s Idaho Horizons Project
“The Horizons Story: How Northern Idaho Residents are Building Community to End Poverty”
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Panel Discussion:
Amy Grey, Backyard Harvest
John Mix, Empowering Families
Linda Nickels, Moscow Food Bank
Connie Salisbury, The HOPE Center
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2009
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Pushpika Freitas
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Fashion Show
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Co-founder of MarketPlace: Handwork of India and spoke on “Bridging Skills and Market and the Impact on Communities”
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Fashion show of MarketPlace apparel and accessories
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2010
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Mary Schmidt & Kathee Tifft
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Poverty Simulation
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Co-founders of The Center, spoke to students on the work and impact of The Center. “Bridges Out of Poverty”
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Activity poverty simulation facilitated by Lisa Horan, director of The Center for Community Building to End Poverty
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2011
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Dr. Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan
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“Creating a Village”
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Co-founder and President of The Praxis Institute for Early Childhood Education, a non-profit organization that provides professional development and continuing education for those who work with young children, their families, and communities
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and an Idaho Stars accredited 2hr workshop “Linking Curriculum with Assessment”
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