UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 38, Page 7
August 3, 1995
Students honored at annual Marion H. Steele Symposium

     The annual Marion H. Steele Symposium, held in May, honored the
work of several students in the College of Human Resources.
     Sponsored by the Delaware Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences (DAFCS) the symposium honors the late alumna (Delaware '28),
who was a staff member of the American Home Economics Association, now
the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS),
headquarters for 41 years and served as managing editor of the Journal
of Home Economics. It provides an opportunity for students to present
research papers on topics of concern in family and consumer sciences.
     In the graduate student category, Margie L. Kiter of Landenberg,
Pa. was awarded first-place honors for her presentation, "Life on the
Run: Rural Poverty and Homelessness." Carolyn Graffe-Bachman of
Lancaster, Pa., won second place for her presentation, "The Impact of
Off-Time Transitions on Individuals and Families: The Early Transition
to Grandparenthood."
     In the undergraduate category, first place was awarded to Amanda
L. Radmer, Delaware '95, of Clarksville, Md., who spoke on
"Nutritional Science: Calcium:Phosphorus Ratios in Self-Selected
Diets." Senior Emma S. Monkhouse of Radnor, Pa., won second place for
her presentation entitled "The Nutritional Significance of Chromium."
     The organization also named Karen Cook of Oxford, Pa., a family
and consumer sciences teacher at Glasgow High School, as Delaware's
Teacher of the Year.
     At the national level, Fran Griffith of Bear, Del., a Delaware
doctoral student in political science and international relations and
a board member of DAFCS, was awarded the Gladys Branegan Chalkley
Public Policy Internship by AAFCS.
     Her dissertation topic is a comparative study of national family
policies in the Americas. As part of her internship, she will spend 10
weeks in Washington, D.C., training in U.S. family public policy
development and will attend the AAFCS annual meeting in New Orleans on
youth-related issues.