“For both of us, education is our highest priority,” Jennylee ’59 home economics education says, describing the $7,000 gift of stock that she and her husband, Greg ’58 engineering, gave to the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families.
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Jordann Henkelman ’04 was an active student at OSU, volunteering with the Student Dietetic Association and as president and advocate for SPEDA – Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness. Those experiences helped shape Jordann’s career path that started with her 12-month dietetic internship at Oregon Health and Sciences University.
“As an alum of Oregon State and a gerontology educator for the past 30 years, I am so proud of my alma mater’s strong involvement and increasing national-level visibility in gerontology education and research…”
“It changed my life – the harsh conditions there, the things we take for granted here. Now I look past the little things and see the bigger picture, see the people.”
“Fifty years ago this fall, a dream came true for me as I began my freshman year in the College of Home Economics at Oregon State,” wrote Joanne Grabinski ’63 recently.
Maria has enjoyed a multicultural and interdisciplinary education and work experience. After finishing her baccalaureate degree in her native country of Greece and her Master’s in the European degree program, (with long-term study in both Belgium and Finland), Maria completed her PhD in nutrition and exercise science, specializing in movement studies in disability and exercise psychology.