ACES e-alumreport
November 2, 2009
ACES in Places: Eli's Cheesecake Tour and Tasting, Chicago, IL
Join us in Chicago for a tour and tasting at Eli's Cheesecake! An afternoon to indulge your sweet tooth!
Registration Deadline is extended to Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Eli Schulman and his wife Esther opened Eli's The Place for Steak in 1966 in what was then the luxury hotel The Carriage House. Eli's soon became the spot for celebrities and dignitaries to dine. Everyone from Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. to Gayle Sayers of the
Chicago Bears and comedian Henny Youngman, all began to make Eli's their Place for Steak. In 1977, cheesecake dessert hit the menu and quickly became a marquee offering at Eli's the Place for Steak.
Enjoy a tasting of Eli's Couture Cheesecakes and become an official Eli's taste tester. Learn the history, philosophy, and how Eli's make their desserts. Although there is no Saturday production, there will be a walking tour of the factory. We return to the café to enjoy a slice of Eli's Cheesecake and a beverage.
Make your reservations now! The event is limited to 50 people.
Eli's Cheesecake World Cafe and Retail Store
Eli's Cheesecake World is located at:
6701 W. Forest Preserve Dr
Chicago, IL 60634
773-736-3417
Click here for directions.
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: $10.00 - proceeds to benefit the ACES Alumni Association Endowment.
Website: http://www.elicheesecake.com/
Ample parking available; 6701 W. Forest Preserve Drive, Chicago
Hosted by the College of ACES Alumni Association.
ACES in Places: Illinois Governors Mansion
Please join the College of ACES Alumni Association for dinner at the Illinois Governors Mansion in Springfield. Hosted by Vic Riddle, District 5 Director.
Decorated for the holidays, it will be a wonderful way to begin your winter festivities!
We are pleased Illinois Director of Agriculture Tom Jennings '78 will update us on Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Place: Executive Mansion, 410 East Jackson, Springfield, Illinois
Time: Registration 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $35 per person
Dinner will include:
Mansion house salad of mixed greens and vegetables with white balsamic vinaigrette
Herb roasted 'airliner' chicken breast stuffed with smoked gouda
Garlic whipped mashed potatoes with wild mushroom cream sauce
chocolate cake
ACES College Connection - Join the Reunion!
Friday, November 13, 2009 | 6:00 p.m. registration | 6:30 p.m. program
I-Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign
Please join others from the 4-H Family and the College of ACES Alumni Family at ACES College Connection.
We look forward to bringing together members of the 4-H Family and College of ACES Alumni Family to celebrate our past year's accomplishments. Enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages as we honor recipients of the ACES Alumni Association's Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Friend of 4-H Award, 4-H Alumni Award, and the Larry Fischer Leadership & Spirit Award.
Sponsored by ACES Alumni Association and Illinois 4-H Foundation.
Cost: $25 per person
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Where: I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 South First Street, Champaign; located at the southeast corner of St. Mary's Road and First Street.
RSVP: by Monday, November 9
2009 ACES Alumni Association Award Winner
ACES Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Terry Moros, BS '98, MS '00 FSHN
2009 4-H Award Winners
4-H Alumni Award
Curt Jones, Founder and CEO, Dippin' Dots
Barbara Shelton Hundley, Associate Chancellor and Vice President University of Illinois Alumni Association, Retired
Gene Leman, Senior Group Vice President, Tyson Fresh Meats, Retired
Friend of 4-H
Jerry R. Hicks, Extension Partners President
Larry Fischer Leadership and Spirit Award
Randy Seggebruch, Grundy County, Extension Council Chair
Salute to Agriculture - November 14, 2009
Orion Samuelson of WGN Radio will host Salute to Agriculture Day. The event will feature products from various Illinois commodity groups, fun activities for the whole family, and a live auction.
The tent will be located near the corner of Kirby Avenue and First Street and the tailgate will begin two hours before the Fighting Illini take the field vs. Northwestern at 11:00 a.m.
Representatives from the College of ACES, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois State FFA officers, and 4-H Leadership Team members will be present. A live auction will be held to raise money for the 4-H and FFA Foundations, and the Orion Samuelson Scholarship Program. It will include items ranging from University of Illinois athletic memorabilia to packages celebrating the rich traditions of Illinois agriculture.
Special thanks to our ACES Corporate Partners program sponsors
: Bunge North America, Inc., CGB Enterprises, Farm Credit Services, Illinois Farm Bureau, Monsanto, Stone Seed Group, Ball Horticultural Company, Helena Chemical, and Wyffels Hybrids.Tailgate will begin at 9am. Illinois vs. Northwestern Game kick off at 11am.
Registration deadline is November 6, 2009
https://ecommerce.aces.illinois.edu/salutetoagriculture
The meal includes your choice of beef brisket, pork loin, or soy burger, plus chips, cheese, soy chili, fruit, and a variety of beverages.
TAILGATE MEAL TICKET ONLY (purchase online or mail in coupon below)
Adult Meal ......................................... $15 Student Meal .................................. $10
TAILGATE MEAL & FOOTBALL TICKET (+$3 handling charge per football ticket)
Adult Ticket ...................................... $45 Student Ticket ................................ $40
FOOTBALL TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE SOLD ONLINE ONLY AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE PURCHASE OF A MEAL.
Please note that there are a limited number of football tickets for sale, available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each registrant may purchase up to 10 football and meal tickets online https://ecommerce.aces.illinois.edu/salutetoagriculture
Auction items for this year's event include:
- Grand Champion Ham and Bacon from the Illinois State Fair – donated by Illinois State Auctioneers Association
- A basket of 4-H items from 4-H Foundation.
- A basket of FFA items from FFA.
- Award winning wine donated by Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association.
- A framed print donated by ACES Alumnae Heather Cupps-Miller highlighting the ACES Campus.
- Several varieties of meat packages
Interim Dean, Bob Hauser, ACES in Places Tours a Hydroponics Farm
Celebrate ABE at Illinois a SUCCESS
With 75 years under its belt, a national ranking in US News and World Report, and the ASABE ¼ Scale Tractor Design championship, the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering had much to celebrate at the second annual "Celebrate ABE@Illinois."
The festivities were held September 25th and 26th on the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana campus. More than 80 alumni, faculty, students and staff came together to toast the Department for 75 years of excellence in research, scholarship and service.
Jim Steck, '90 AgM, was the ABE's "Professor for a Day" and gave a brief presentation on his position as president of Sloan Implement, the largest privately-owned John Deere dealership in the world.
Friday afternoon, participants enjoyed campus tours of The Cave, an immersive virtual environment; The Cube, an immersive, stereo-capable visualization chamber; and the new Business Instructional Facility (BIF) with the College of Business. More than 20 emeriti, alumni, faculty, and students attended these tours. Internal tours of the research laboratories in AESB followed the campus tours.
Friday evening, the festivities began to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Department at the I-Hotel. Saturday morning, students and alumni gathered at the ABE Farm to enjoy food, fellowship, and an exhibition tractor pull.
The weekend wound down at Jupiters at the Crossing, where several alumni, faculty and staff watched the Fighting Illini take on Ohio State.
"Our department has had much to celebrate this year," Dr. K.C. Ting, ABE Department Head acknowledged, "and we enjoyed the privilege of celebrating with our students and our alumni."
Veal Appointed to Board of Directors for National Agricultural Organization
Tina Veal, Director of Alumni Relations at University of Illinois, was appointed to a one-year term on the Board of Directors for the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association (NAADA). Veal will serve as the organization's Membership Committee Chair, and will be responsible for encouraging and exploring additional NAADA membership and providing member services.
Veal's term of service began on June 17 with that of more than 20 other board members from across the United States during NAADA's 34th Annual Conference hosted by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN.
NAADA is dedicated to the professional advancement of the members and in turn the institutions they serve. The organization provides education and support for professionals, volunteers and student leaders who are dedicated to serving land-grant colleges of agricultural sciences and related programs. The network of members includes nearly 50 institutions from across the United States. The University of Georgia will host the next Annual Conference from June 6-9, 2010. For more information, please visit www.naada.org.
4-H Cookbooks Available for Holiday Season
-H Cookbooks Available for Holiday Season
Available for a limited time only
Get ready for the holiday season by making an old favorite 4-H recipe, such as snickerdoodles, wheat bread, funny cake, or brownies. Many 4-H members remember the treats while learning food skills as part of their 4-H project work. Over the years, the memories remained, but the recipes were lost. A new cookbook, Favorite Recipes of Illinois 4-H Through the Years, includes all of the most requested recipes from the past 60 years and is available from the Illinois 4-H Foundation.
"4-H, families, and tradition are all part of the holiday season and having fond memories of 4-H. We want to celebrate the past, while we prepare today's youth for the future," said Sheri Seibold, State 4-H Specialist. "Foods projects were part of many 4-H members' experiences and the cookbook allows those fond memories to be shared with current and future generations."
More than 150 recipes from 4-H foods project books such as You Learn to Bake, ABC's of Food, Adventures in Cooking, It's Fun to Cook, Milk and Eggs, Meat in Your Meals, Pastry in Your Meals, and Yeast Breads in Your Meals are included in this 8/12 x 11' spiral bound cookbook. Recipes are listed by book, alphabetically, and by food category for easy reference.
The cookbook costs $15.00 plus shipping. It can be ordered online at www.4hfoundation.illinois.edu or by completing an order form available from your local Extension office. Bundles of 10 cookbooks are also available for a slight discount.
Besides cherished memories, the cookbook can help teach youth. Illustrations from the Pastry in Your Meals book are included to show the different steps to make a pie crust. Also included are illustrations from the Yeast Breads in Your Meals book, which show how to knead bread and form different kinds of rolls.
Proceeds from the cookbook will be used to support current 4-H foods project resources and training for 4-H volunteers. "As of September 2009, we have raised more than $40,000 from the sale of this cookbook," states Illinois 4-H Foundation Director Angie Barnard. "Supplies are limited and we anticipate completing this project in late January 2010. Many thanks to all who purchased this great cookbook! I hope it has sparked many fun memories!"
Favorite Recipes of Illinois 4-H Through the Years… would make a perfect birthday, holiday, or other special occasion gift for mothers, daughters, sons, grandmothers, 4-H leaders, or 4-H alums.
Professor Rodney W. Johnson has been appointed the Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences.
Dr. Johnson is currently Professor of Integrative Immunology and Behavior in the Department of Animal Sciences, College of ACES. He was awarded a B.S. degree in Animal Science from Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana. Dr. Johnson continued his studies as a postdoctoral associate at Iowa State University, Ames, before joining the UIUC faculty in 1993. He has been a member of the Division of Nutritional Sciences Faculty since 1995 and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2003.
Professor Johnson is known for his research on how diet affects neuro-immune interactions and behavior. He has received major research awards from leading scientific professional societies, including the American Society for Nutrition, the International Life Sciences Institute and the American Society of Animal Science. At the UIUC Dr. Johnson has been recognized with the College of ACES Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and named a University Scholar. He currently serves on the editorial board of Brain, Behavior and Immunity and is secretary-treasurer of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society. He has authored more than 90 refereed publications.
Dr. Johnson replaces Professor Sharon M. Donovan, who has served as Director of the Division for the past ten years.
Join us to celebrate the career of Dr. Tom Carr
Save the Date!
JANUARY 23, 2010
Holiday Inn, 1001 Killarney Street, Urbana, IL
12 Noon – 5 PM
Mark your calendar for Dr. Tom Carr's retirement reception. After more than 30 years with the University of Illinois, Department of Animal Sciences, Dr. Carr will be retiring in August 2010. This event will be held in conjunction with the annual Judging Team Reunion. More details to follow.
For more information contact:
Dr. Doug Parrett - (217)333-2647 - dparrett@illinois.edu
Dr. Dan Shike - (217)333-0322 - dshike@illinois.edu
Dr. Floyd McKeith - (217)333-1684 - mckeith@illinois.edu
Illinois Placed 2nd in Solar Decathlon
Members of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) played an important role in the design and construction of the "Gable House," the University of Illinois solar house that took second place in the 2009 Solar Decathlon design competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The competition challenges students to design, build and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar home.
U of I dominated the objective division, taking first place in three of the categories (hot water, appliances and home entertainment) and second place in two of the categories (comfort zone and net metering). U of I also took second place in one of the subjective categories, lighting design.
The U of I team was in first place at one point in the competition, but Germany moved ahead when it received a perfect score (150 points) in the biggest category, net metering. Net metering measures a home's energy use. The U of I Gable House used a 9-kilowatt solar energy system and produced four times the energy it needed, earning 137 points. But Germany's house was covered in black solar panels. Using an 18-kilowatt system, it generated a surplus of power even during three days of rain.
You can read more about the competition and the University of Illinois team at their website:
http://www.solardecathlon.uiuc.edu/
Congratulations to the 2009 Solor Decathlon Team!
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