DATE:    11/17/97
CONTACT: Dr. Katherine Cason, (864) 656-5722
WRITER:  Giles Singleton, (864) 656-3876

Clemson Extension Specialist Receives Award

     COLUMBIA -- Clemson Extension Specialist Katherine L. Cason 
is the 1998 recipient of the Epsilon Sigma Phi State Early Career
Award.
     The award was presented recently at the annual conference
awards luncheon in Columbia. Epsilon Sigma Phi is the National
Honorary Extension Fraternity, the professional organization
for the Cooperative Extension Service.
     Cason is the program coordinator for the Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), a statewide nutrition
education program for limited resource audiences. She has
provided leadership to this successful Extension program since
she came to South Carolina in 1989. Each year EFNEP reaches over
4,000 adults, and 7,000 youth throughout the state. 
     Cason has a Ph.D. in nutrition from Virginia Tech, a
master's degree from Texas Woman's University, and a bachelor's
degree from Penn State. She is a registered dietitian with
expertise in maternal and infant nutrition, nutrition for young
children, and nutrition for the elderly.
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