JENNIFER BISCEGLIA
About the Award Dr. Agnes (Anderson) Jones was a high school home economics teacher, a supervisor of home economics student teachers at UW-Madison, Home Economics Department Chair at Northern Illinois University, and the head of Home Economics at what was then Wisconsin State College-Stevens Point. Due to Dr. Jones and her faculty's innovation, they helped grow UWSP's home economics program enrollment from 100 to almost 800 and were awarded more than half a million federal dollars. She and Dr. Bonnie McDonald were early pioneers in the Wisconsin Head Start program. Dr. Jones is well known for personality advising over 200 students and for her active role in assuring employment for graduates. Dr. Agnes A. Jones Scholarship Jennifer is a dietetics 4+1 major and will graduate in 2023. She hopes to work in a specialized women's healthcare or prenatal care role. Jennifer enjoys hiking, reading, painting and visiting theme parks.
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