ADVISORY/ This Weekend @ Drexel: Community 'Fixer-Upper Day,' Developing Nutrition Web Sites at Tech Zone Workshops

Business Wire, Oct 18, 2002

Assignment/News Editors

ADVISORY..for Sat. (Oct. 19)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Drexel University

    Community "Fixer-Upper Day"

What:        More than 150 Drexel students will be rehabbing porches
             and fences, replacing and edging windows and planting oak
             trees and hydrangea shrubs on and around properties in
             Powelton Village on Saturday as part of the University's
             inaugural Community Renaissance Day Saturday.

             Working with local contractors to ensure safety, Drexel
             students from campus service groups will be working on
             approximately a dozen properties. Powelton Village area
             landlords and property owners have also signed on.

Visuals:     Before and after scenes ... Students working in tandem
             planting oak saplings, replacing rotted porch planks and
             painting fences ... Contractors providing advice to
             students ... Students and neighborhood residents working
             together ... The neighborhood residents working on their
             own properties ... The flurry of activity surrounding the
             event.

When:        Saturday, October 19, 2002, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where:       The south side of the 3200 block of Powelton Ave.

On-site
Contact:     Kelly Cabot-Armour, Drexel Campus Community Development
             Center 215/380-5231 (cell)

News Media
Contact:     Kevin C. Kaufman, Drexel University News Bureau Director
             215/895-2705 (office), 267/228-5599 (cell)
              or kauf@drexel.edu

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    Developing Nutrition Web Sites at Tech Zone Workshops

What:        Obesity, weight loss and weight management dominate
             consumers' concerns. To encourage dietitians in
             developing web sites for their businesses, Drexel will
             co-sponsor a series of Tech Zone workshops for more than
             100 dietitians attending the American Dietitians
             Association (ADA) conference in Philadelphia. Dr. Shortie
             McKinney, associate dean at Drexel will identify the top
             five nutrition sites for consumers and analyze what
             distinguishes them and conduct a workshop on designing
             and developing web sites.

When:        Saturday, Oct. 19, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Top five nutrition
             sites revealed at 1 p.m.)
Where:       111 Korman Center (Between 32nd & 33rd and Chestnut and
             Market streets)

Visuals:     Enlightened often-frustrated faces of dietitians
             attempting to create a web site...McKinney projecting
             examples of web site construction...

News Media
Contact:     Niki Gianakaris, Drexel Assistant News Bureau Director
             215/895-6741 or ngianakaris@drexel.edu