Date:    4/06/04
Contact: Nancy Porter, 864-656-5718; nporter@clemson.edu
Editor:  Susan Bedingfield, (864) 656-3876;sbeding@Clemson.edu

Clemson Extension specialist part 
of team that wins national award

	CLEMSON - A Clemson Extension specialist is part of a team that 
will receive the 2004 American Association of Family and Consumer 
Sciences Excellence in Extension Award for a program called "Investing 
For Your Future" (IFYF).
	Nancy Porter, state program leader for Family and Consumer 
Sciences and an Extension family resource management specialist, will 
be recognized by The American Association of Family and Consumer 
Sciences along with seven other team members on June 29 at the 
association's annual meeting in San Diego. 
	"Receiving a national award from a professional association is 
an honor," said Porter. "It not only acknowledges the excellent work of 
this team, but also Clemson's commitment to the people of South 
Carolina through public service."
	IFYF is a basic investor education program that is part of the 
Financial Security in Later Life national initiative of the Cooperative
Extension Service and the United States Department of Agriculture. 
	The program consists of an online course that can be found at 
www.investing.rutgers.edu. A home study course is also available in 
print from the Natural Resource, Agriculture and Engineering Service at
www.nraes.org. The curriculum is also available as a six-week class 
series and monthly investment updates are posted to the course web 
site.
	Other IFYF project team members include: Barbara O'Neill, 
project director, Rutgers University; Patricia Q. Brennan, Rutgers 
University; Linda Kirk Fox, Washington State University; Connie 
Kratzer, New Mexico State University; Irene Leech, Virginia Tech; Jane 
Schuchardt, United States Department of Agriculture; Gerri Walsh, 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
	For more information on the Later Life national initiative see 
www.reeusda.gov/financialsecurity.  For more information on Clemson 
Extension, go to www.clemson.edu/public.
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