Pesci is director of K-State’s hotel and restaurant management program.

Students are invited to don their professional business attire for the workshop, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in Derby Dining Center’s Gold Room. It is an opportunity for students to brush up on their table manners as a way to prepare for  job interviews that may be conducted over a meal or in a social setting.

Co-sponsors are K-State’s career and employment services and Department of Hospitality Management and Dietetics.

The cost of the workshop is $9, or $5 for students with a K-State meal plan. Reservations and payment are due Friday, Oct. 30, and are available at career and employment services in 100 Holtz Hall or by calling 785-532-6506.

The meeting will be held Monday, October 19 from 3:45-4:30pm in 139 Campus Creek Complex, Room 223.

If you have any questions please contact Robert Garcia, Program Director by email at rgarcia@ksu.edu or telephone (785 532-6879).

A copy of the Standards for Accreditation and/or the CAA’s Policy on Public Comment may be obtained by:

• Contacting the Accreditation Office, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2200 Research Boulevard #310, Rockville, MD, 20850;
• Calling ASHA’s Action Center at 800-498-2071; or
• Accessing the documents on ASHA’s Web site

Col. George Dilly, PhD, RD
Distinguished Service Award

Dilly, who was awarded a PhD in human ecology with a specialization in foodservice and hospitality management at K-State in 1998, is the U.S. Army Chief Dietitian and Medical Command Nutrition Program Manager stationed in San Antonio. He oversees 135 dietitians on active duty, health and nutrition aspects of military training, and the function of hospital nutrition services throughout the Army.

The colonel has held a variety of policy, force structure, operational and clinical positions in the Army Medical Department. He has served as the Corps-Specific Branch Proponent Officer in the Office of the Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps. Overseas assignments include SHAPE Belgium and a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he served as the Deputy Commander of Administration and Chief of Nutrition Services for the 115th Field Hospital.

Tatyana El-Kour, MS, RD, CNSC
Young Professional Award

A native of Jordan, El-Kour graduated from K-State in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in dietetics. She works with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a program officer for health promotion and disease prevention — a position never before occupied by a non-medical professional — and serves as a WHO regional nutrition surveillance expert.

This year El-Kour obtained specialty board certification in nutrition support to work in integrate nutrition with patient safety initiatives. Her national and international work is grounded in knowledge and field experience she gained in the Middle East, North Africa and the United States. She earned her combined master’s/dietetic internship degree in medical nutrition therapy from Tufts University in Boston, Mass.

Greg B. Miller, PT
Entrepreneurial Award

A native of Minneapolis, Kan., Miller came to K-State to work as a student athletic trainer and to be mentored by Hall of Fame athletic trainer Lawrence “Porky” Morgan. He owns Florida West Coast Physical Therapy (FWCPT) in Venice, Fla., and four other clinics along the Florida Gulf Coast. FWCPT offers “professional, personalized, hands-on care” to primarily senior, out-patient orthopedic patients.

Miller sponsors the Greg B. Miller Scholarship, awarded annually to student athletic trainers. He returns to K-State each year to meet with faculty and students in the athletic training curriculum. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health education in 1976, and earned a second bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Wichita State University in 1978.

Diana Durbin and Lt. Gen. Robert E. Durbin
Public Advocacy Award

Diana Durbin has been instrumental in the development of programs and initiatives for the benefit and support of military families. Before her husband served as the commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, she worked in public school systems throughout the United States, Germany and Korea. She is currently a special projects consultant for a growing technical company.

Lieutenant General Durbin is the special assistant to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff for Enterprise Management. During Operation Enduring Freedom, he commanded the Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan.

1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley
Human Ecology Partner Award

The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley are being recognized for leadership and contributions to the well being of military families in the central Flint Hills region. Fort Riley has demonstrated a willingness to create partnerships with communities and institutions such as K-State that have enabled new ways of exploring and engaging the needs of military families.

The 1st Infantry Division – the historic Big Red One – is one of the Army’s premier warfighting divisions. Since 1917, the 1st Infantry has contributed to the economic, health, social and community efforts in Kansas and the central Flint Hills region. In 2009, nearly 4,500 Fort Riley soldiers live in 22 local towns in the area. There are approximately 7,000 military families living in the local area, with an estimated 10,000 family members living with them off-post.

Fort Riley and the College of Human Ecology have developed an extensive collaboration that includes the new K-State Cooperative Extension Program at Fort Riley, major research and education initiatives in support of military service members and their families and the new Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families.

Sharon Y. Nickols, PhD
Distinguished Research Award

Nickols has spent more than 30 years in teaching, research and administration at land-grant universities, including Oklahoma State University, University of Illinois and currently University of Georgia where she served as dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. She was most recently awarded the Janette M. Barber Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics.

She graduated in 1965 from K-State with a bachelor’s degree in home economics education. She served as president of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, chair of the Board on Human Sciences, and chair of the Family and Consumer Science Administrative Leadership Council. Nickols was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Malawi.

Mary and Carl Ice
Friend of the College Award

Mary How Ice graduated from K-State in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in home economics education, and completed her master’s degree in adult and occupational education in 1988. She has worked as a substitute teacher and volunteer in the Kansas, Illinois and Texas communities where they have lived.

Carl Ice, executive vice president and chief operations officer with BNSF Railway in Texas, earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from K-State in 1979.

They serve as members of the KSU Foundation Board of Trustees and the Wildcat Victory Campaign. Their son, Marshall, and his wife, Megan, live in Arkansas City, Kan., and their daughter, Karen, lives in Barrington, Ill.

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Sophia Dongilli and Annie McBee

The food was spicy. The noise level was boisterous. The traffic was heavy. Hundreds of new and returning students lined up for free food and door prizes, joining college faculty and staff to celebrate the first week of school with a Nacho Fiesta Thursday. The event in Justin Hall’s Hoffman Lounge was part of Welcome Week at K-State.

Kelsha Donnell

Garrett Whollery

Amy Calderwood

For more, view the “Nacho Fiesta! 2009” photo set on Flickr.

“We prepare them to get jobs, yes. But more important, we want them to leave our college ready to begin their ascent to the top of their fields,” she said, speaking at the College of Human Ecology’s annual Fall Forum this week.

“Our students need to become fans of the work of this college – immersed in the culture of the human sciences, tutored by caring faculty and staff, helped along their way to career and life success,” Moxley added.

Other hallmarks of learning to nourish, she told faculty, are:

• Fluency in thinking about and communicating complicated ideas,
• Confidence in their cultural and international capabilities,
• Autonomy in their ability to continue learning,
• Skill to understand and apply disciplinary knowledge with finesse and insight,
• Ability to achieve good outcomes under conditions of ambiguity and/or conflict, and
• Ability to apply knowledge about how human systems work to their professional and leadership roles.

Classes start Monday, Aug. 24.

Nacho Fiesta! will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in Hoffman Lounge and Patio in Justin Hall. New and returning students will have an opportunity to win gift certificates from Manhattan merchant. Students, faculty and staff are invited for nachos, cookies and Pepsi products.

Other welcome week activities include K-State Traditions Day Sunday, Aug. 23, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium; Culture Day on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the International Student Center and The School of Leadership Studies; ”Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular,” from noon to 1 p.m. on the Bosco Student Plaza; and Friday Fun Day on Aug. 28 starting with “Scream, Scream, Friday, Ice Cream” from 3-4 p.m. at the Union’s Caribou Coffee.

The schedule of events is available on the K-State Week of Welcome web site.

You can also RSVP for Nacho Fiesta! on Facebook.

Athletic Training Student Camp will be held on the campus of KSU July 17-19. This camp will give you the opportunity to learn and experience athletic training skills at the collegiate level and gain new up to date information in the world of sports medicine that can assist your athletes so that they can maximize their performance.

You will learn taping techniques, heat illnesses, stretching techniques and a variety of other sports medicine topics.

For more information, download the Registration Form (Adobe Acrobat), or contact Shawna Jordan by phone at (785) 532-0151 or by e-mail at jordan@ksu.edu. Registration forms must be returned by June 19.

The panel discussion, open to the public, will be at 6 p.m. in Room 172 in K-State at Salina’s Tech Center. It is sponsored by the Family Studies and Human Services Interest Group.

“The five panel members have careers that family studies and human services graduates might go into, from early childhood to the elderly,” said Mindy Markham, instructor of family studies and human services at K-State at Salina. “They’ll discuss their education, how they got into the field and what their job entails.”

The panel includes:

• Robert Cunningham, director of special programs, The City
• Rachel Kimmi, family consultant, Heartland Programs
• Brandon Ebert, financial adviser, Waddell & Reed
• Mary Lou Odle, district extension agent, K-State Research and Extension
• Mary Sue Wells, director, Sunflower Adult Day Services

Miller’s lecture, “The Latest Trends in Health Care and Food Service: Secrets to Success,” will be at 2:30 p.m. in the K-State Student Union’s Forum Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Miller, a consultant and 33-year veteran in food-service management, is one of only five people in the nation who is both a registered dietitian and a certified executive chef. He is known for being instrumental in improving hospital food service.

“Don Miller is nationally known for his passion about quality improvement in health care food-service. His consulting firm has helped hospitals around the country to revitalize and revolutionize their patient, employee and guest food-service operations,” said Deborah D. Canter, head of the Department of Hospitality Management and Dietetics.

Miller founded and is chair of Don Miller Associates, the largest group of health care food-service consultants in North America. He is past president of the California Dietetic Association’s San Diego chapter and helped to found the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Healthcare Food Service Administrators. He has also been a contributing editor to the National Culinary Review and has been nationally recognized for improving food quality and service in the noncommercial sector.

At Justin Hall, a few of the Human Ecology activities:

• Munch at the Open Air Café where hotel and restaurant management students will serve grilled hot dogs, chips, cookies and Pepsi, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,  patio.

• Have your picture taken with your  own milk mustache.

• Watch students transform a block of ice into an artistic creation, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

• Learn about sustainable design by recycling vintage silk ties into stylish buttons, 350 Justin Hall.

• See how an original print is silk-screened onto a muslin tote bag, on the hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 251 Justin Hall.

• Make an “ants on a log” snack and learn about healthy eating.

Other open house highlights:

• Climb a rock wall tower, Bosco Student Plaza.

• Decorate a gingerbread woman and learn about women in Kansas history, ground floor, Union.

• Check out the carnival of conservation and culture, play recycling games, see a water pollution display and learn how K-State students are making a difference, quad between Waters Hall and Hale Library.

• Watch tightrope-walking rats, ground floor, Union.

• See a full-size cast of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull and look through a slice of solid rock, ground floor, Union.

A complete listing of events can be found on the All-University Open House web site.