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Announcing Latest Issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues
by Jackie McClelland 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Greetings: This note is to introduce the latest issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues found at http://ncsu.edu/ffci. You may have already read this issue as I should have sent this announcement out quite a while back. I am including the Welcome and the paper abstracts below: Welcome! Promoting the health and wellbeing of our country’s youth is an effort I believe all citizens and professionals support. Our youth and their families play pivotal roles in our society. Yet there is much that we need to learn about our youth and how they as a population have increased in size and have changed in needs and behavior over the years. For instance, children and adolescents from birth to age 17 now constitute one-fourth of our country’s population. The U.S. adolescent population increased by 16.6 percent from 1990 to 2000 and the population is projected to increase to an estimated 41.6 million by the year 2010. While the youth are healthier than adults in general, from 13 to 23 percent experience special health care needs or chronic illnesses and disabilities. In 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey showed that 14.5% of students in grades 9 to 12 had lifetime asthma and 13.1% were overweight. To add to the health issues large differences exist between the stresses, pressures and lifestyles lived by today’s youth than that previously experienced by earlier generations. Seventy one percent of all deaths among persons aged 10 to 24 years result from four causes: motor vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide and suicide. Professionals who serve our population of youth need more knowledge, skills, tools, and training to promote positive outcomes. In this issue we offer a diversity of papers that focus on a variety of approaches to and issues that surround our youth and their eventual growth, health and wellbeing. They cover the gamut from older youth reaching younger youth to supporting pediatricians with parenting information, and from direct delivery of educational curriculum to students to looking at the role of parental communication quality on youth behavior. These papers will benefit many areas of your efforts with youth. Enjoy! Paper Abstracts: Recruiting college students to be youth mentors Kathy Dimick,Utah State University Extension System; Brian J. Higginbotham, Stacey MacArthur, Utah State University; Monti Poulson, Utah State University Extension System Abstract Mentoring programs are becoming an increasingly popular intervention to promote positive youth development. However, in the United States there are more at-risk youth than there are mentors. One concentrated source of mentors is students on college and university campuses. This article discusses the recruiting strategies employed by one Extension-sponsored mentoring program. The three strategies outlined have been instrumental in securing committed and caring college-aged mentors. Rites of passage during adolescence Scott D. Scheer, Stephen M. Gavazzi, The Ohio State University; David G. Blumenkrantz, Center for the Advancement of Youth, Family, and Community Services, Inc. Abstract The literature on rites of passage in adolescence is reviewed, with particular attention given to the essential components for positive developmental outcomes. Three human development orientations – life course, life span, and life cycle – are presented to examine rites of passage as they relate to life transitions. Within these orientations, positive rites of passage are framed as requiring both events and cognitive processes of the event. In other words, rites of passage events must be significant for adolescents not only as experiences, but having special meaning, emotion, and understanding. A model is introduced that highlights the potentially positive and negative roles that rites of passage can play in the transition to adulthood. In addition, investigations are discussed to help understand the complex rites of passage mechanisms. Finally, the benefits of employing rites of passage strategies are illustrated through youth development programs. Family life educators supporting pediatricians with parenting information Karen DeBord, Rebecca Stelter, North Carolina State University Abstract Pediatricians report seeing 40 to 60 patients per day. Many parents of these patients have specific questions about behavioral and developmental issues such as discipline, sleep, nutrition, and toileting, all of which are topics that family life educators are prepared to address routinely. Collaboration between Extension educators and pediatricians can benefit patients, parents, and pediatric practices, as well as family life education programs. Adolescent nutrition and exercise behavior: A preliminary investigation into the role of parental communication quality Kay M. Palan, Mary Lynn Damhorst, Iowa State University, Jennifer Paff Ogle, Colorado State University; Cheryl O. Hausafus, Cheryll A. Reitmeier ,Iowa State University ; Grace Marquis, McGill University Abstract This paper addresses an issue that has received little attention within the literature: the role that parents play in shaping children’s nutrition and exercise beliefs and behaviors. Of particular interest was the influence of parental style and the quality of parent-child communication upon children’s nutrition and exercise beliefs and behaviors. Twenty family units with a child in middle school were studied during home visits. Data were collected with a survey instrument, including measures related to parent-adolescent communication quality, warm and restrictive parenting styles, adolescent nutrition concern, adolescent weight loss behaviors, and adolescent exercise commitment and satisfaction. Results suggest that adolescents’ nutrition concerns were positively related to good communication quality and restrictive parenting behaviors, and they support the significance of parental communication on adolescents’ nutrition and exercise attitudes and behaviors. Implications for education and intervention are identified. Morality and money: Relating character and values to financial education in grades K-4 Thomas A. Lucey, Illinois State University; Duane M. Giannangelo, The University of Memphis; Jeffrey M. Hawkins, Oklahoma State University (Tulsa Campus); Julia A. Heath, Michael M. Grant, The University of Memphis Abstract This study examines the inclusion of a moral component to teaching financial education to children in grades K-4. Comparisons were made between current financial education areas and suggested moral items. Morality was defined and measured by modifying items from the courtesy, generosity, and sportsmanship subscales of Bulach and Butler’s (2002) survey. The study found that levels of agreement with financial morality items were similar to the levels of agreement with the generally accepted areas. Findings must be extended to a larger sample for confirmation or refutation, using a more extensive measure of financial morality. The authors invite further examination into the prospect of developing moral tenets within financial education. Got Calcium? - A youth curriculum that promotes dairy and non-dairy sources of calcium Martha Raidl, Rhea Lanting, Katie Miner, Joey Peutz, University of Idaho Abstract Most children are not meeting dietary calcium requirements. To address this issue, a four-lesson youth curriculum called Got Calcium?, which promotes dairy and non-dairy calcium-rich foods, was developed. Two hundred and thirty-two students and 196 family members participated in the study. After four lessons, students significantly increased (p<0.001) their knowledge of calcium and calcium-rich foods. A parent take-home food frequency form revealed that students’ current intake of calcium came from dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt) products. By the end of the four lessons, approximately 40 percent to 70 percent of students selected non-dairy calcium-rich foods (kale, greens, tofu, and salmon) when planning calcium-rich meals. Strengthening Families Through Military 4-H Partnerships Debra A. Jones, Joanne Roueche, Utah State University Extension Abstract Extension, 4-H, and the military have been partners since World War I. Through the recent decade, the U.S. Army, Air Force, and 4-H have partnered to provide positive youth development on military installations involving over 7,000 youth in 4-H clubs in the U.S. and abroad. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a new initiative extends this same support to military youth and families who are not affiliated with military installations, but who are dispersed in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the nation through the National Guard and Reserve. All youth involved through military outreach are enrolled as 4-H members through their respective counties. As the program becomes more widely known, counties integrate these youth in local, state, regional, and national 4-H activities and events. Authors share their experience developing relationships, implementing positive youth development programs, and explain how these successful actions resulted in funding sources for increased outreach. Youth Teaching Youth: Evaluation of the Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions cross-age teaching program Carly Emil, Jodi Dworkin, Carol Skelly, University of Minnesota Extension Abstract The Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions (ATD) program was developed by the Extension Service in a midwestern state. The program’s unique format of cross-age teaching uses local high school students to instruct fourth-grade students, rather than the typical teacher-to-student format. The ATD program operates under the 4-H model of promoting positive youth development and older youth teaching younger youth. To begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the ATD program in changing students’ knowledge of alcohol, tobacco, and advertising, students completed a pre- and post-test. This pilot evaluation yielded statistically significant improvements in knowledge in all content areas. Future directions for evaluation of cross-age teaching programs are explored. -- ***************************************************************** Jacquelyn W. McClelland, Ph.D. Professor, Department Extension Leader,and Nutrition Specialist Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences North Carolina Cooperative Extension, CALS, NC State University Campus Box 7605, 112 Ricks Hall Raleigh, NC 27695-7605 Phone: 919-515-9148 FAX: 919-515-2786 Email: jackie_mcclelland(a)ncsu.edu Department Home Page: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/dept/fcs/faculty/jmcclell.html Editor-In-Chief, The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues (FFCI) http://www.ncsu.edu/ffci/ Author: Give Your Heart a Healthy Beat! http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/food/hhb/

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Higher Ed. Division ... student conference info
by Rena Quinton 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

Dear Higher Ed. Division members, I've attached a flier on student events and other features of interest to students and young professionals at the upcoming SNE conference. Please share this information with your students who will be attending or may be interested in attending. The flier is both in Publisher and pdf for those who don't have Publisher. Regards, Rena Rena Quinton PhD. RD, LDN Chair: Higher Ed. Division Assistant Professor/ Director Dietetic Internship Immaculata University Imaculata, PA 19345

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Please join us on June 24th!
by Margo Wootan 31 May '09

31 May '09

Dear Colleague, I hope you can join us on June 24, 2009. Together, people from around the country will be gathering in Washington, D.C. to support improving school foods. In particular, the day will focus on garnering support for the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act (S934/HR1324), which would require USDA to update the national school nutrition standards for foods sold out of vending machines, school stores and other venues outside of school meals. The bill has growing support, but we need your help to pass it this year. There is no cost to participate in the events of the Advocacy Day, which will include a breakfast, lunch and meetings with Members of Congress (which will be set up for you). We just need you to get yourself to Washington, D.C. for the day. Click on http://fs2.formsite.com/OliviaH/FoodInc/index.html or the link below to register. If you have questions contact me or Lauren McLarney at 202-777-8387 or lmclarney(a)cspinet.org. The event is sponsored by Participant Media, which CSPI and other organizations are working closely with on the event. Also, please pass this invitation on to friends, colleagues, members of your organization, etc. and encourage them to participate. Margo G. Wootan, D.Sc. Director, Nutrition Policy Center for Science in the Public Interest 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009 202-777-8354 202-265-4954 (fax) mwootan(a)cspinet.org www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy Make your voice heard on important health and nutrition issues! Join CSPI's online action network at www.takeaction.cspinet.org.

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June Nutrition Education Links
by Judy Doherty 30 May '09

30 May '09

3 new color handouts are now ready for you to download and use for educational purposes: --June 2009 Calendar - a Word file ready for you to customize with clients, complete with vacation tips and a beautiful photo of a luscious sliced peach --15 Ways to More Fruits and Veggies - just in time for summer. --Avoid 8 Common Shopping Mistakes http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=NEW Visit A Farmer's Market Farmer's markets are wonderful to get people active outdoors, buy more fruits and vegetables that taste better than supermarket produce and support local growers. Find recipes, tips, photos and resources here http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=BLOG2 Cooking Demo Tips and Equipment Read what our chef has to say about all the right equipment for your cooking demos. More tips and resources listed, too. http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=BLOG1 Make a Vinegar Display Looking for tips to help weight loss clients and those looking to consume less sodium? Do both with this tip about making a vinegar display for your table. http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=BLOG June Clipart - father's day, dairy, fruits and veggies http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=CAJ View all links here: http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=epicks Enjoy! -- Judy Doherty www.foodandhealth.com 3979 Nighthawk Drive Weston, FL 33331 800-462-2352

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NYC Sign-On Opportunity- Child Nutrition Reauthorization
by Fern Gale Estrow 28 May '09

28 May '09

PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING ON!!!! Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN Chair, Food Systems Network NYC (FSNYC) www.foodsystemsnyc.org and Founder, The FGE Food & Nutrition Team 200 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011 212/691-5154 (phone) 212/627-7641 (fax) fge2(a)earthlink.net Begin forwarded message: > From: FSNYC <jane(a)foodsystemsnyc.org> > Date: May 28, 2009 1:24:09 PM EDT > To: fge2(a)earthlink.com > Subject: Sign-On Opportunity- Child Nutrition Reauthorization > Reply-To: jane(a)foodsystemsnyc.org > > > NYC Alliance for Child > Nutrition Reauthorization > > A Collaboration of NYC Organizations Committed > to Ending Hunger and Improving the Health of Our Children > FSNYC Members - > > Please sign on to this platform for NYC priorities for Child > Nutrition Reauthorization...simply email me at kmackenzie(a)cityharvest.org > and we will add your name or organization. THANK YOU. > > Kate MacKenzie > > Dear FSNYC members: > > As you may know, over the next few months, Congress will have the > opportunity to make serious improvements to programs that feed > millions of children each day. By passing a strong Child Nutrition > and WIC Reauthorization Act this year, Congress can take steps > towards ending child hunger and to significantly improving the > nutritional health and awareness of our children. > > This legislation includes all the Federal child nutrition programs, > including: the School Breakfast Program, the National School Lunch > Program, the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), the Child and Adult > Care Food Program (CACFP), and the Special Supplemental Nutrition > Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). In reauthorizing the > bill, Congress and the President will jointly decide how much will > be spent on feeding hungry children, how many children will be > aided, how much schools and non-profit groups will be reimbursed > for providing meals, and what the nutritional qualities of the meals > will be. > > We cannot overstate the importance of these decisions. A strong > Reauthorization will allow the United States to move towards ending > child hunger and to considerably improve the nutritional health and > awareness of our children. In order to help Congress achieve these > objectives through this Reauthorization, the NYC Alliance for Child > Nutrition Reauthorization has been working over the past several > months to prepare a comprehensive set of recommendations. > > Please see the enclosed document that briefly explains our > recommendations. We hope that you will sign on to these > recommendations and become an organizational supporter of the NYC > Alliance for Child Nutrition Reauthorization. In addition, we hope > that you will consider participating in an event with elected > officials and community members to help spread the word about the > importance of the CNR Act. We must use this opportunity not only to > improve the federal nutrition programs but also to raise awareness > about these important issues. > > Thank you for your daily work in New York City. We look forward to > working with you to improve the federal child nutrition programs and > to ensure a healthier generation of children in the United States. > This is an historic opportunity and we hope you will be a vital part > of this effort. > Please contact Kristen Mancinelli (City Harvest) at (917) 351-8706 > or visit our website at http://sites.google.com/site/nycallianceforcnr/ > to learn how you can join the campaign, mobilize your community, or > propose your own recommendations to your elected officials. > > Sincerely, > > Kate MacKenzie > > _______________________ > Kate MacKenzie, MS, RD > Director, Policy and Government Affairs > City Harvest, Inc. > 575 Eighth Ave, 4th Flr. > New York, NY 10018 > P: 917-351-8751 > F: 917-351-8720 > www.cityharvest.org > Forward email > > This email was sent to fge2(a)earthlink.com by jane(a)foodsystemsnyc.org. > Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ > | Privacy Policy. > Email Marketing by > > Food Systems Network NYC | 5454 Palisade Ave | Bronx | NY | 10471 >

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FW: APA eating disorders udpate
by Suzy Pelican 28 May '09

28 May '09

Greetings, WIN Wyomingites, SNE members, and FNSPEC listserv members: **Apologies for cross-postings** Below is groundbreaking information and links to an important resolution and valuable articles from the American Psychological Association. As we all know, this is a professional organization with enormous influence around the world as well as in the United States. Hats off to APA's Joslyn Smith for her tireless efforts to promote these progressive perspectives within and beyond APA. Thank you, Joslyn! Suzy Suzanne Pelican, MS, RD Food & Nutrition Specialist / WIN Wyoming Coordinator Family & Consumer Sciences University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service Dept. 3354, 1000 E. University Laramie, WY 82071 307-766-5177; fax: 307-766-5686 pelican(a)uwyo.edu www.uwyo.edu/cesnutrition www.uwyo.edu/winwyoming From: Smith, Joslyn [mailto:jsmith@apa.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:53 AM Subject: APA eating disorder udpate I wanted to write with a brief update regarding two significant APA activities related to eating disorders. In February, the APA Council of Representatives adopted the " APA Resolution on Promotion of Healthy Active Lifestyles and Prevention of Obesity and Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors in Children and Youth." The Public Interest Government Relations Office (PI-GRO) was actively involved in the process of developing the language of the resolution - especially related to unhealthy weight control behaviors and the importance of joint prevention of obesity and disordered eating. The resolution can be viewed at: http://www.apa.org/pi/cyf/policy-obesity.html. In addition, with significant input from PI-GRO, the April issue of the Monitor on Psychology highlighted eating disorders and Health at Every Size. Many thanks to those of you who discussed your work so that such important information could be shared with the broader APA membership. The three articles specific to these issues can be viewed at: * Revamping our definitions of eating disorders<http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/04/eating-disorder.html> Psychologists are members of two groups that promise to make DSM-V eating-disorder classifications more accurate. * New solutions<http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/04/treatments.html> New treatments and novel research are combating eating disorders. * Goodbye, scale. Hello, health.<http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/04/weight.html> A grassroots movement helps women gain health and self-esteem by losing their obsession with weight. If you have any questions about these or other activities, please feel free to contact me. Warm regards, Joslyn Joslyn P. Smith Senior Legislative Assistant Government Relations Office Public Interest Directorate American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 336-6097 (202) 336-6063 fax jsmith(a)apa.org<mailto:jsmith@apa.org>

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Re: [Fnspec] 3-5th grade nutrition curricula
by Julie Garden-Robinson 27 May '09

27 May '09

We have a curriculum ("On the Move to Better Health") available for purchase. We use it with grades 4 and 5 statewide. We received a national Annie E. Casey Family Strengthening Award for it a few years ago. Here's a description with some of our impacts. If you would like information about ordering it, please contact me. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ext- emp/evaluation/reports/fcs/rptmove.pdf Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, LRD Associate Professor and Food and Nutrition Specialist North Dakota State University Extension Service Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences - EML 351 NDSU Dept 7270 P.O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Phone: 701-231-7187 Fax: 701-231-7453 Web site: www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/food.htm On 5/27/09 10:58 AM, "Wendy Wolfe" <ww16(a)cornell.edu> wrote: > > We are looking for healthy eating/active living curricula for youth in > grades 3 to 5 for use in after-school and other non-school settings > (curricula designed for in-school settings may work). > > Ideal curricula include at least 6 sequential sessions, are experiential > (e.g., hands-on, skills-based, with interactive activities and discussion > in which all feel safe), focused on simple steps and small achievable > changes, evidence-based and theory-driven, and evaluated. > > If you know of curricula you recommend that meet at least some of these > criteria, please send names/contact info to me at: > > Wendy Wolfe <ww16(a)cornell.edu> > > Thanks so much, Wendy > > >................................................................ > Wendy Wolfe, Ph.D. > Research Associate > Division of Nutritional Sciences > 351A MVR Hall > Cornell University > Ithaca, New York 14853-4401 > > E-mail: ww16(a)cornell.edu > Telephone: (607) 255-2677 > Facsimile: (607) 255-0027 > - - - - - - - - - - - - Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, LRD Associate Professor and Food and Nutrition Specialist North Dakota State University Extension Service Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences - EML 351 NDSU Dept 7270 P.O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Phone: 701-231-7187 Fax: 701-231-7453 Web site: www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/food.htm

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NYC Summer Local Food Policy Class - deadline Wed May 28
by Fern Gale Estrow 27 May '09

27 May '09

Food Policy for the Local Food Revolution NFDS3201 15 session(s). Mon. & Wed., 6:00 PM-7:50 PM, beg. June 1. $570.00 Register: Non-Credit General Credit Thomas Forster and guests Our current food system relies on industrial farming practices controlled by relatively small clusters of global firms, with negative consequences for farm communities, urban consumers, and the environment. This course explores how ecologically and socially sustainable alternatives, from community-supported agriculture programs to inner-city farms, are generating excitement and energy for policy makers at the city, state, national, and international levels. Readings, lectures, and field trips examine contemporary policy responses to food systems challenges on three levels—city-state, state- federal, and national-international. We discuss how food and farm policy governs markets, provides incentives, and channels individual food choices and emerging social movements and policy coalitions in the United States and internationally. Leaders advocating policy change discuss how community-based solutions might be scaled up to address the interlocking challenges of persistent hunger and poverty, environmental degradation and climate change, growing urban and rural food deserts, epidemics of preventable chronic diseases, and collapsing rural economies. The course provides tools for advocacy through interactive participation and active engagement with food and farm policy. (3 credits) To register go to: http://ceregistration.newschool.edu/register/index.cfm?schoolid=2&semesterp… -- Thomas Forster New School Food Studies Program School Food FOCUS Policy Advisor International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture www.sustainablefoodmonitor.org www.practice2policy.org 301 Degraw Street, Apt 2 Brooklyn, NY 11231 tel 360-421-3781 thomasforster2(a)gmail.com Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN The FGE Food & Nutrition Team 200 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011 212/691-5154 (phone) 212/627-7641 (fax) fge2(a)earthlink.net

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Fwd: 3-5th grade nutrition curricula
by Jamie Dollahite 27 May '09

27 May '09

Colleagues, Please see message below and reply directly to Wendy Wolfe at ww16(a)cornell.edu if you can help. Thanks, Jamie Dollahite >We are looking for healthy eating/active living curricula for youth >in grades 3 to 5 for use in after-school and other non-school >settings (curricula designed for in-school settings may work). > >Ideal curricula include at least 6 sequential sessions, are >experiential (e.g., hands-on, skills-based, with interactive >activities and discussion in which all feel safe), focused on simple >steps and small achievable changes, evidence-based and >theory-driven, and evaluated. > >If you know of curricula you recommend that meet at least some of >these criteria, please send names/contact info to me at: > >Wendy Wolfe <ww16(a)cornell.edu> > >Thanks so much, Wendy > > >................................................................ >Wendy Wolfe, Ph.D. >Research Associate >Division of Nutritional Sciences >351A MVR Hall >Cornell University >Ithaca, New York 14853-4401 > >E-mail: ww16(a)cornell.edu >Telephone: (607) 255-2677 >Facsimile: (607) 255-0027 >

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Fruit and vegetable inventory for children
by Jill Cox 27 May '09

27 May '09

Hello everyone, If you have been using a fruit and vegetable inventory with children or have knowledge of one that has been useful, I would appreciate information about it. We are looking for a means of evaluating changes in consumption. Thanks, Jill Jill N. Cox, M.S., R.D. Extension Associate Specialist, Physical Activity & Nutrition Penn State Cooperative Extension Penn State Nutrition Links 209 Special Services Building (Standing Stone Lane) University Park, PA 16802 (814) 867-1529 (814) 863-6426 FAX jnc14(a)psu.edu <mailto:jnc14@psu.edu> Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.

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