Prospectus, September 9, 1978

STUDENT ACTIVITIES DAY -- TODAY; Where\u27s my money? Is the cry of over 2,000 Parkland students still waiting for an answer from the I.S.S.C.; WPCD adds German program; WPCD\u27s Top 15 For The Week Of Sept. 4!!!; Candidates get ready as campaigning starts today; Students will vote on new amendments; Photos and prints exhibit at U of I museum; Tenants can retaliate; Attention! players sought; Poet contest supported; Free Classifieds; Advertising Policy; To the editor: Science vs. Religion; Dental Care is topic on WPCD; Medea to be at Krannert; Al Larson to compete; Golf team to host dual meet Sept. 7; Gold Schedule; Fast Freddy returns for another season; Cross Country to begin at PC September 23; PC wrestling needs members; Fast Freddy Contesthttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1013/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, October 4, 1978

THE ISSC -- HAS IT FORGOTTEN ME?; CLEP exam given here; College Cuisine; Stu-go has meeting, make new decisions; Tension and stress workshop at Union; Judging Team to be selected; Advertising Policy; President Staerkel believes…Parkland to suffer if Chanute closes; P.C. installs computer for central processing; Rear receives scholarship; Tour given at channel 15; Workshop at PC; PATH requests improvements; Hastings to speak to PTA; Women\u27s program to show film; PC music dept. needs players; Let\u27s be a tree today, class; WPCD\u27s Top 15 For The Week Of Oct. 2; The ISSC and Parkland\u27s applicants-- Checks out, awards in-- looking better; U of I professor goes for graphic, while Princeton writer idealistic; Parkland activities for Oct. 4-Oct. 10; Free Classifieds; Debate reorganizing; Weekly events; Broadcast students form a new club; Birth control to be discussed Oct. 10; Nelson--Country\u27s King; Students meet; V-ball record 3-1; PC golf team places 14th; Cross country meet Oct. 7; Fast Freddy Contest; Perfect score!https://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1009/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, September 20, 1978

NEW STU-GO OFFICERS; letters to the editor: Were Stu-go elections \u2778 really fair?, Parkland to get soccer?, PC student feels voting procedure is unfair, Student thinks Moeller is definitely a coach; College Cuisine; Advertising Policy; Mini-workshop to be Sept. 21; Tranquilizing discussion; Dental care presentation; Veterans dropping; Donna Drysdale helps students to success; Brotherson is new State Sec.; LRC offers a lot; WPCD presents special daily feature programs; Festival Gallert displays Vera Klement\u27s art work; PC Stu-go elections 1978: Student government officers\u27 responsibilities, Reactions vary among winning candidates, Election results; Woolly bears indicate winter; $1,000 contest; WPCD\u27s Top 15 For The Week Of September 18; Men\u27s fall fashions -- \u2778; Classifieds; Homer rushes toward title; LaBadie thinking big for track; Parkland\u27s first meet Saturday; Fast Freddy contestants accurate; Golf team \u2778 improved; P.C. women\u27s volleyball team for \u2778 chosen; Fast Freddy Contest; Parkland Women\u27s Volleyball Roster for 1978; Women\u27s Volleyball Schedulehttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1011/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, September 27, 1978

LOOKING AT CAR REPAIRS; letters to the editor: Student disagrees with Henze\u27s letter; College Cuisine; Corrections; Stugo revises election rules, sweats new members in; Sept. 27-Oct. 3: PC activities for the week; Parkland to have fall play; WPCD plans programs; Spring Student Art Show to be in early May; WPCD new fall program; WPCD\u27s Top 15 For The Week Of September 25; Cholesterol -- Is it more superstition than fact?; Health program coming soon for animals; Parkland seeking truck; PC board member appointed to state; PC transfer is awarded SIU scholarship; Seven-day no smoking program comes to PC; Student nurses to meet tomorrow; Med. technicians can earn ten education units; Learning Lab beneficial to Parkland students; Long living programs now being offered; Car repairs: Pay me now or pay me later; Women\u27s Fashions for Fall -- 1978; Philosophical instructor brings ideas and art; Don\u27t beat me -- dear; Father of PC dies; Classified; $100 increase for state\u27s max. scholarship grant; Santana to be Assembly Hall Oct. 3; Track team expects big year; Three days left for Styx refund; Poetry and fiction at Parkland: Weiss and Curley to give reading; Krannert events this week; WIU rep. here Friday; Kister works in art gallery; Track team expects...; Track team places 12th; Men\u27s Intramural Football; Fast Freddy Contest; Sharp Fast Freddy fans still on winning streak; Fast Freddy Contesthttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1010/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, November 15, 1978

PARKLAND HOSTS NJCAA NATIONALS; PC events of the week; Voices from the Earth to give program; \u27New Glass\u27 accepts PC teachers artwork; Program for engineers to be this Thursday; Pre-register by Nov. 28; Women\u27s program to present workshop; LRC to extend hours Monday; Abortion to be the topic of discussion; Dr. Shaffer to visit PC; PC is offering a new course; PC recieves grant; Ceramics class sign-ups now; Focus \u2779 film contest is worth $32,500 in cash; Champaign\u27s ski club to have fashion show; \u27The Miracle Worker\u27 to open Thursday; Women\u27s art exhibit on display at Illini Union; Many kinds of loans are available to financial troubled PC students; WPCD\u27s Top 15 For The Week of Oct. 9; Wesley Foundation hosts celebration this Wednesday; Foreigner--a dynamic wave of sound; \u27Period of Adjustment\u27 to be performed at Krannert this week;The Nationals: Michigan college wins cross country meet at golf course, PC places 20th in meet, Wren Schafer is special, Sanders gets highest honor in meet, Scruton claims All-American titles Saturday; PC Community Band is a family affair; PC student, a world traveler; Allen is stu-go secretary; Keeping warm can be dangerous if precautions are not taken; Hodgkin to give lecture today in Gregory Hall; Women\u27s volleyball ends with a win; Former Parkland College student Oscar Lambdin makes the NAIA; Last week\u27s tough tie game made Fast Freddy difficult; Fast Freddy Contest; Classifieds; Wrestlers ready for opening meet, says coach Williams; Do You Know...; New basketball season hopeful; Parkland Basketball Rosterhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1003/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, October 25, 1978

HAPPY HALLOWEEN; Editorial ---- Is bookstore nonprofit?; Tobacco chewers. a minority; Gaybars, no interest to straights; letters to the editor: Bulldozed trees anger teacher; Bridge tourney to be Dec. 7; PC debaters attend tourney; Foreign language clubs have dinner; Parkland activities for Oct. 25-31; Christie hosts program; Final night for mime workers; PC speech team places tenth; Visitation day set at Parkland; PC board meeting: Parkland is in top ten in financial aid provided; Dance held for shelter; Illinois harvest \u2778; After the Illinois Harvest; Unspectacular season; Halloween gained popularity by potato famine; PC to celebrate Halloween; Women\u27s program is a success; African student gives his opinions of America; WPCD Top Ten Singles, Top Five Albums, Top Five Country Singles; Electronic club visits computer of Busey Bank; Free Classifieds; Tourney is this weekend; Little Feat better than ever; Volleyball to play six games; CC to run at state; Hartman places 3rd; Fast Freddy Contest; Seven score perfect in Fast Freddyhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1006/thumbnail.jp

2018 Scholars at Work Conference Program

Program for the 2018 Scholars at Work Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato on March 30, 2018

The Importance of Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation: Lifelong Consequences.

Most women in the United States do not meet the recommendations for healthful nutrition and weight before and during pregnancy. Women and providers often ask what a healthy diet for a pregnant woman should look like. The message should be “eat better, not more.” This can be achieved by basing diet on a variety of nutrient-dense, whole foods, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, healthy fats with omega-3 fatty acids that include nuts and seeds, and fish, in place of poorer quality highly processed foods. Such a diet embodies nutritional density and is less likely to be accompanied by excessive energy intake than the standard American diet consisting of increased intakes of processed foods, fatty red meat, and sweetened foods and beverages. Women who report “prudent” or “health-conscious” eating patterns before and/or during pregnancy may have fewer pregnancy complications and adverse child health outcomes. Comprehensive nutritional supplementation (multiple micronutrients plus balanced protein energy) among women with inadequate nutrition has been associated with improved birth outcomes, including decreased rates of low birthweight. A diet that severely restricts any macronutrient class should be avoided, specifically the ketogenic diet that lacks carbohydrates, the Paleo diet because of dairy restriction, and any diet characterized by excess saturated fats. User-friendly tools to facilitate a quick evaluation of dietary patterns with clear guidance on how to address dietary inadequacies and embedded support from trained healthcare providers are urgently needed. Recent evidence has shown that although excessive gestational weight gain predicts adverse perinatal outcomes among women with normal weight, the degree of prepregnancy obesity predicts adverse perinatal outcomes to a greater degree than gestational weight gain among women with obesity. Furthermore, low body mass index and insufficient gestational weight gain are associated with poor perinatal outcomes. Observational data have shown that first-trimester gain is the strongest predictor of adverse outcomes. Interventions beginning in early pregnancy or preconception are needed to prevent downstream complications for mothers and their children. For neonates, human milk provides personalized nutrition and is associated with short- and long-term health benefits for infants and mothers. Eating a healthy diet is a way for lactating mothers to support optimal health for themselves and their infants

Genetic Determinants of Lipid Traits in Diverse Populations from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study

For the past five years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of common variants associated with human diseases and traits, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglyceride (TG) levels. Approximately 95 loci associated with lipid levels have been identified primarily among populations of European ancestry. The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study was established in 2008 to characterize GWAS–identified variants in diverse population-based studies. We genotyped 49 GWAS–identified SNPs associated with one or more lipid traits in at least two PAGE studies and across six racial/ethnic groups. We performed a meta-analysis testing for SNP associations with fasting HDL-C, LDL-C, and ln(TG) levels in self-identified European American (∼20,000), African American (∼9,000), American Indian (∼6,000), Mexican American/Hispanic (∼2,500), Japanese/East Asian (∼690), and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian (∼175) adults, regardless of lipid-lowering medication use. We replicated 55 of 60 (92%) SNP associations tested in European Americans at p<0.05. Despite sufficient power, we were unable to replicate ABCA1 rs4149268 and rs1883025, CETP rs1864163, and TTC39B rs471364 previously associated with HDL-C and MAFB rs6102059 previously associated with LDL-C. Based on significance (p<0.05) and consistent direction of effect, a majority of replicated genotype-phentoype associations for HDL-C, LDL-C, and ln(TG) in European Americans generalized to African Americans (48%, 61%, and 57%), American Indians (45%, 64%, and 77%), and Mexican Americans/Hispanics (57%, 56%, and 86%). Overall, 16 associations generalized across all three populations. For the associations that did not generalize, differences in effect sizes, allele frequencies, and linkage disequilibrium offer clues to the next generation of association studies for these traits

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P < 5 × 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms