February 14,
2006
USDA official to deliver centennial
lecture
MARYVILLE, Mo. –Dr.
Anna-Mae Kobbe, director of family consumer sciences and nutrition
for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension Service, will deliver
the next Northwest centennial lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March
14, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom.
Kobbe’s speech, “Listening to
the Voices: A Call to Public Service,” will explore her
journey toward professional success, including her years as a
family and consumer sciences major at Northwest.
On Wednesday, March 15, Kobbe plans to meet
with faculty members and students before attending the annual
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Banquet, which begins
at 6 p.m. in the union ballroom.
Kobbe joined the USDA in 1997 as the national
program leader for family and human development. In that position,
she implemented extension and research programs in partnership
with land-grant universities nationwide.
In 2002, after the USDA created the new
Division of Family Consumer Sciences and Nutrition, Kobbe became
the agency’s first director. Working out of Washington,
D.C., she supervises a staff of 15 and administers a number of
federal programs.
Prior to entering government service, Kobbe
was a tenured associate professor and extension family life specialist
for the University of Tennessee Extension Service. She began her
career with the Missouri Extension Service as a home economist.
After earning a B.S.Ed. degree from Northwest,
she went on to earn a master’s degree in child and family
development from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D.
in human ecology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Kobbe is a past national president of the
National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
and plays a leadership role in a number of professional and civic
associations. She was recently chosen to receive the Citation
of Merit from the University of Missouri College of Human Environmental
Sciences during ceremonies scheduled for later this spring.
Kobbe was nominated as a centennial
speaker by Northwest’s Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences. The event is free and open to the public
For more information,
please contact:
Anthony Brown,
Media Relations Specialist
E-Mail: abrown@nwmissouri.edu
Phone (660) 562-1704
Fax (660) 562-1900
Northwest Missouri State University
218 Administration Building,
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO 64469
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