Whatcha got cookin? She can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let you forget she's in AHEA. Michelle Sullivan, a senior from Mesquite, TX, bakes cookies for her husband. AHEA was an organization designed to help home economics majors get practical experience. - photo by Bill Tripp. AHEA American Home Economics Association. Front row: Langston, Sullivan, Humble, Fogle, Allison, Shipp, Hinton, Osgood. Back row: Byrd, Simmons, Higginbotham - sponsor, Brown, Wyman. -photo by Bill Tripp. AMA American Marketing Association. Front row: Walker, Harvey, Wharton, Price, Buder. Back row: Ferguson, Hill, Green, Bray, Puckett. - photo by Bill Tripp. arding's Marketing club, an affiliate of AMA (American Marketing Association), provided benefits to students both in leadership opportunities and in basic business training. The club was active throughout the entire year in a number of efforts to promote student interest and encourage club participation. Speakers were brought to campus from Little Rock, Memphis, Dallas, and Atlanta to discuss various topics such as sales investments, real estate, and insurance. A delegation of students were sent to the International Collegiate Conference again this year, making a third year for Harding's participation. In February, delegates were also sent to the regional Southern conference at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches , Texas. In March, the club competed as one of four finalists to present and defend its case competition for the National American Red Cross. The marketing club was also instrumental in bringing Zig Ziglar to campus last fall. Harding's chapter of AHEA, American Home Economics Association, throughout the school year provided students with the opportunity to develop their areas of expertise in the field of Home Economics. A host of activities and programs surfaced throughout the year, including programs in color analysis as well as a variety of food demonstrations. For the club is service project members donated money in order to provide medicine and supplies to send to the African Christian Hospital. Dietician Nancy Froman of White County Hospital, served as a key speaker. Also, the students were able to hear a presentation on child care centers. Two state officers emerged from Harding's local organization of AHEA. Amy Thompson returned for the third consecutive year as state chairperson. Sarah Brown served as first vice-president. Several members of Harding's chapter attended a state convention in April, held at the Holiday Inn in Little Rock, AR. The group strove throughout the year to center a program around each individual facet of the Home Economics department. - Karen Reynolds American AJarketing Association 5 American Home Economics Association .
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