Home Economics Echo Haven Provides Practical Experience Sharen Crockett served as president of the Arkansas Home Economics Association during the 1981·82 academic year. In preparation for this responsibil· ity, she attended the American Home Economics Association meeting in Atlantic City last June, accompanied by Lori Deacon, a senior home economics major who served this year as president for the student member section of the Arkansas Home Economics Association. Mrs. Crockett made plans to attend the 1982 national convention in Cincinnati and to take with her Cynthia Nichols who was elected president of the student member section of the Arkan· sas Home Economics Association for 1982·83. Mrs. Crockett also served as chairman of the Parenting Committee of the Arkansas Association for Children Under Six and as treasurer for the White County Association for Children Under Six. All members of the home economics faculty attended the state AHEA convention in Little Rock accompanied by five student delegates. Elaine Thomp· son served as chairman of the colleges and universities section of the state association and Beth Wilson served as program chairman for the state convention and as sponsor of the student member section. Mrs. Wilson also attended the Food and Drug Administration Consumer Exchange in Little Rock and the Nutrition Symposium, both of which were held in Little Rock. Dr. Mildred Bell , chairman of the home economics department, attended the Arkansas Dietetics Association meeting in Little Rock in April. She also attended four meetings of the Arkansas Council for Women in Higher Education. Mrs. Thomp· son attended the in·service meeting for vocational home economics teachers and the Arkansas Vocational Home Economics Association meet· ing. Four of the 1981 vocational home economics majors accepted teaching positions in Arkansas. Several dietetics rna92 -Home Economics jors were accepted for dietetic internships. During the 1981·82 year, members of the home economics faculty worked on a common filing system to be used by home economics majors in all courses. Following the completion of the new Academy Building in January, 1981 , the kindergar· ten that had been conducted by the home econom ics depart· ment in the nursery school facilities was moved to the Academy at the beginning of the 1981·82 academic year.~ Harding's chapter of AHEA, the American Home Economics Association, hosted the state's leadership workshop this year and provided much of the guidance for Arkansas' AHEA through its student officers and faculty input. The group sponsored the eight other chapters represent- , Mildred Bell, PhD Prof.• ChairmllO Sharen Crockett, MS Assoc. Prof. Lynn England, MS Asst. Prof. Elaine Thomp.on, MA Asst. Prof. Eva Thompaon, PhD Assoc. Prof. elizabeth Wllaon, IlIA Assoc. Prof.
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