A public relations plan for the New Jersey Association of Family and Consumer Sciences regarding the association name change and its impact on the profession

The purpose of this project was to create a public relations plan to help promote wide acceptance of the name change, Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and a better understanding of the profession\u27s future in New Jersey among its members. For non-Association members, awareness of the name change and its ramifications are the goals. A scientific random survey of approximately 10 percent of Association members in November 1995 revealed an almost equal split in opinion about the name change among those questioned. When most of the membership understands the benefits of the name change, the feeling will become more favorable. At that time, promotion to audiences outside the association will be much more effective and successful. The plan targets both internal audiences and specialized publics, such as legislators and school administrators. Building a positive image and favorable feeling about the name change will occur with careful planning, continued effort, and influential communicators

Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, 1949

Letter dated April 5, 1949 from Pastor T. W. Strieter of Our Savior\u27s Lutheran Church in Chicago to Senator William Langer regarding the Martin Sandberger. This letter mentions a prior letter that Strieter wrote to Langer regarding the Sandberger\u27s case and asking that the testimony included with this letter be added to the materials included with the previous letter in hopes of staying or eliminating entirely Sandberger\u27s planned execution. See also: Letter from Pastor T.W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, March 19, 1949 Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding 11 Affidavits, Requesting Langer\u27s reply, April 21, 1949https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1096/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Pastor T.W. Strieter to Senator Langer regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding a 3rd Set of Documents, May 17, 1949

Letter dated May 17, 1949 from T. W. Strieter to Senator William Langer stating his hopes that Langer can influence the Supreme Court on behalf of condemned prisoner Martin Sandberger\u27s death. Strieter includes a letter and more documents from Martin Sandberger\u27s father, and notes that Langer and his office have not yet replied to his previous letters, but that he is confident that Langer will give the Sandberger case the proper attention. See also: Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding 11 Affidavits, Requesting Langer\u27s reply, April 21, 1949 Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding Affidavit from Sandbergers Father, May 20, 1949https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1098/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Pastor T.W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, 1949

A letter dated March 19, 1949 from T.W. Strieter, Pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chicago and, during WWII, director of the Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War, to Senator William Langer asking Langer for help in getting the execution of Martin Sandberger stayed. See also: Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, April 5, 1949https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1083/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding 11 Affidavits, Requesting Langer\u27s reply, April 21, 1949

Letter dated April 21, 1949 from T. W. Strieter to Senator William Langer asking Langer for his help in preventing the execution of Martin Sandberger. Strieter mentions previous letters he has sent Langer, remarking that it has been several weeks since he sent them and Langer has still not replied. Strieter includes 11 affidavits from men opposing the Sandberger\u27s death sentence and urges Langer to do something. See also: Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, April 5, 1949 Pastor T.W. Strieter to Senator Langer regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding a 3rd Set of Documents, May 17, 1949https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1097/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding Affidavit from Sandbergers Father, May 20, 1949,

Letter dated May 20th, 1949 from T.W. Strieter to William Langer forwarding an affidavit Strieter received from Karl V. Sandberger, father of condemned prisoner Martin Sandberger. The affidavit is from the former Chief of State of Estonia. See also: Letter from Pastor T.W. Strieter to Senator Langer regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding a 3rd Set of Documents, May 17, 1949 Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding More Affidavits, May 24, 1949https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1101/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding More Affidavits, May 24, 1949

Letter dated May 24, 1949 from T. W Strieter to Senator William Langer forwarding more affidavits in defense of Sandberger. Strieter mentions that Sandberger is condemned to hanging on April 10, 1948, that General Clay confirmed the sentence on March 4, 1949, and that this death sentence would be murdering an innocent. See also: Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, Forwarding Affidavit from Sandbergers Father, May 20, 1949 Letter from Senator Langer to Lt. Gen. Clarence Huebner, Commanding General of U.S. Army, Europe, Conveying Affidavits Attesting to the Innocence of Martin Sandberger, May 25, 1949https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1102/thumbnail.jp

The Skillathon: Program Evaluation Can Be Fun!

Extension professionals continue to look for innovative methods to evaluate programs, especially tools that capture improvements in skills but are not burdensome to participants. This article describes how an often-used educational activity, the skillathon, can be adapted easily for use as an assessment tool well suited for documenting skill changes. The authors used this technique successfully for 3 years with up to 35 special needs youth per session to assess skills learned in the RCE Youth Farmstand Program. Participants describe the skillathon assessment as fun and one of the best parts of the program

Fibrocytes and the pathogenesis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Fibrosis is fundamental to the pathogenesis of many chronic lung diseases, including some lung infections, airway diseases such as bronchiectasis and asthma, and most of the diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the prototypical fibrotic lung disease, is amongst the most common diffuse parenchymal lung diseases and is characterized by progressive decline in lung function and premature death from respiratory failure. The clinical management of patients with this illness is hampered by our current inability to predict clinical deterioration and lack of an effective therapy. Fibrocytes are a population of bone marrow-derived circulating progenitor cells that home to injured tissues and differentiate into fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, thus contributing to scar formation. We summarize the evidence supporting the role of these cells in the pathogenesis of fibrotic lung diseases