Berks home economist Wins scholarship
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Michelle S. Rodgers, Berks County
extension home economist, has
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Helen E. Bell, left, congratulates Berks County Extension
home economist Michelle Rodgers. Rodgers received the
$5OO scholarship that was established in honor of Bell, who
retired in 1983 from a long and distinguished career with
Penn State.
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been awarded Penn State’s Helen
E. Bell Scholarship. The $5OO
scholarship was awarded to
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Rodgers to assist her this fall when
she takes a one-year leave of ab
sence to complete a master’s
degree in rural sociology.
Rodgers has worked as a home
economist and with youth
programs with Penn State’s
Cooperative Extension Service for
nearly six years, first in Lancaster
County and most recently in Berks
County. She is responsible for
developing and coordinating
educational programs addressing
family strengths, clothing and
textiles, child development and 4-H
youth home economics programs.
Rodgers writes two newspaper
columns for which she received a
communication award from the
National Association of Extension
Home Economists. She also serves
as an extension computer software
subject matter specialist,
developing computer templates
and sharing her expertise with
Extension colleagues and clients.
Rodgers says her graduate
studies will focus on family stress
and strengths. “Families and
family issues will continue to be an
important priority for Extension in
the future. After all, we’re all
involved in family relationships,”
she continues. “By focusing on
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family studies as I complete my state family living program leader
degree, I feel I can broaden and and professor of home
enhance tlie county extension management extension. The
family living program.” scholarship, for home economists
Rodgers will be based at pursuing graduate studies, was
University Park for one year while established by Dr. Bell’s
completing her studies. The second colleagues when she retired in
recipient of the Helen E. Bell December 1983. Scholarship
.scholarship, she is the (laughter of contributions, which are still being
Ken and Anna Skiles of Narvon. accepted, will be used to establish
Helen E. Bell, who was with an endowment to insure the
Penn State for 19 years, served as scholarship will continue in the
future.
Luzerne Extension (tans homemaker's day
WILKES-BARRE - “Get Ready
for the 90’s” is the theme for the
Annual Luzerne County Extension
Homemaker’s Day set for Thurs
day, April 17,9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at the Genetti’s Best Western
Motor Lodge, Hazelton.
The day’s events will include the
following programs;
• “Diet and Cancer” by Dr. Joy
Armillay, Registered Dietician.
She will discuss what cancer is and
how it starts, how the amount of fat
you eat affects your risk of
developing certain types of cancer,
how to change a dinner menu to
lower fat intakes, and how to
change your ingredient sub
stitution in recipes to lower their
fat content.
• “Decision Making When
Starting a Home-Based Business”
by Dr. Mary Saylor, Ph.D, arts
specialist, and assistant professor
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of Extension. She will present an
introduction to basic concerns and
decisions in starting a home-based
business, including types of
businesses that can be conducted
from the home.
• “Computers-The Wave of the
Future” by Alfred T. Skala,
Northeastern regional computer
specialist. He will offer an in
troduction to computer programs
to help families make wise
decisions when sewing for profit,
family budgeting, avoiding major
stresses in our daily living and
counting cholesterol in the daily
diet.
“Take this day to visit with old
friends, meet new friends, see
displays of many items created by
county homemakers” says Mrs.
Josephine Kotch, Extension home
economist in Luzerne County.
Many handmade door prizes will
be awarded. A nominal fee will be
charged to cover lunch and ex
penses.
For reservations call or write
our office for luncheon tickets:
Homemaker’s Day, Luzerne
County Extension Service,
Courthouse Annex, 5 Water Street,
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711; phone 825-
1701 or 459-0736, ext 701 (Hazelton
Area).
Paid reservations are due no
later than April 9,1986.