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"Family Development Program: 40 years celebrating children & families," March 2025. Link

"Aquaponics in the Classroom: UAPB’s Innovative Approach to Alleviating Food Insecurity," March 2025, Link 

"Holly Students and Staff Win Big at Statewide Family and Consumer Sciences Conference”  Oakland County Times, March 2025. Link

"Creating a legacy: The women who shaped coeducation at UGA," The Red&Black, March 2025, Link

"From the creative, fashion-forward minds in the College of Human Ecology comes the Spring 2025 Cornell Collective Runway Show.," Cornell Chronicle, March 2025. Link

"“Home Making: Artists and the Domestic,” opens on March 8 and will run through July 27. It celebrates a century of applying science and design to the study of the home”  Cornell Chronicle, March 2025. Link

"Emma Laing, clinical professor and director of dietetics in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, spoke with Lose It! about the different types of carbs.," UGA Today, March 2025, Link

"AAFCS and Journal of Consumer Research Sign a Memorandum of Understanding to support Consumer Research," March 2025, Link 

"College of Family and Consumer Sciences honors acclaimed alumna Anne Barge Clegg," March 2025. Link

"Food Connects Us: Celebrating National Nutrition Month with EFNEP," March 2025, Link 

"Howell High School Senior Elaina Pennell claimed [2nd place] in the 2025 Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association National Public Service Announcement," March 2025, Link

"[In] what ways did the biology teacher and FCS teacher demonstrated their PCK in integrated STEM to teach energy through food systems?”  Education Sciences, March 2025. Link

Suraj Sharma, professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, selected for inclusion in the National Academy of Inventors, Feb 2025, Link 

"Class incorporates cutting-edge tech, old-school tools for fabric design," Nebraska Today, Feb 2025, Link

"Bring back Home Economics,"  The Detroit News, Feb 2025. Link

"Students develop life skills in this culinary lab," Feb 2025. Link

"Bolingbrook High School teacher Erin Clifford is a 2025 finalist for the Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching," Patch, Feb 2025, Link

"University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery [now featuring work] from eight high schools in Nebraska and one in Minnesota.," Nebraska Today, Feb 2025. Link

Suraj Sharma, professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, selected for inclusion in the National Academy of Inventors, Feb 2025, Link 

"Considering human development and family science from an HBCU faculty perspective: Commentary on Dyer," Jan 2025. Link

"By the numbers: Ohio State University Extension's impact on Coshocton County," Coshocton Tribune, Feb 2025, Link

2024 AAFCS Annual Report

Exciting News!

The 2024 AAFCS Annual Report is now available! Dive into a year of achievements, insights, and future plans. Discover how we're making a difference in the field of family and consumer sciences. 

Read Now: https://bit.ly/4iDxlN7

Highlights:

New programs: 

  • Affiliate Advocacy Grant
  • AAFCS Collaborative Network
  • Powering the Profession
  • THINK FCS Podcast and learning platform
  • FCS Forward Grantmaking

New projects: 

  • Advocacy
  • FCS Industry Survey
  • CIP Code Revision Recommendations
  • Credential Pilot Testing

"Family and Consumer Sciences celebrates CTE month," Z93, Feb 2025, Link 

Participants a "Passport to FCS" Camp learned about Italian family dynamics, fashion trends, and food, all while being introduced to FCS majors.,  Illinois State University, 2025. Link

"Development of a standardized data collection and intelligent fabric quality prediction system for the weaving department” Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
Volume 20: 1–18, 2025. Link

"Trigg County 4-Her Reaching Great Heights With Family And Consumer Sciences Conference Win," Jan 2025. Link

"Logan County OSU Extension welcomes two new educators." Guthrie News, Jan 2025, Link

"Using the Perspectives of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agents to Develop a Sustainable Eating Sciences Extension Agents to Develop a Sustainable Eating Curriculum ," Journal of Human Sciences and Extension. Link

"Revisiting home ec," "roughly one-third of American adults consider themselves unable to complete basic domestic tasks, like grocery shopping for and preparing a simple dinner." Buffalo Bulletin, November 2024, Link

"What Are Students Reading? An Exploratory Study of Bookstore Acquisitions for Introductory Family Science Courses," Marriage & Family Review Vol 61, December 2024, Link 

"High school and junior high school students recently had the chance to pitch their business ideas during a “Shark Tank” event hosted by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Department of Human Sciences.," USPB News, December 2024. Link

"Managing Stress for Family Caregivers and the Rest of Us," December 2024, Link

"How one Houston County school is teaching life skills with a cooking class," December 2024, Link 

"Skyline Should Offer Students Home Economics Classes," January 2025. Link

"Family and Consumer Sciences Education for Food Literacy," December 2024. Link

"Pittsburgh-based private chef and Bethel Park resident Jon Lloyd visited Mrs. Kelsey Chapin’s Family and Consumer Sciences class to teach students how to make buffalo and sweet chili wings while sharing his culinary journey," November 2024, Link 

"A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), is the 2024 recipient of the Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award.," Purdue University, December 2024. Link

"The Early Show with Alax, supported by UNM-based research teams at the Family Development Program (FDP) and the Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI), received a prestigious regional Emmy from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Academy)," December 2024. Link

"Material Intelligence” exhibit in the School of Human Ecology invites individuals to think about how materials shape the spaces around us," The Daily Cardinal, November 2024. Link

Cold Springs High School Family and Consumer Sciences [...] teacher Stephanie Blair awarded the Doris Patterson and Pat Floyd Award for Excellence in Education," The Cullman Times, November 2024, Link

"Stephen F. Austin State University’s Cooking Matters program has transformed the way families in Nacogdoches think about food, health and budgeting," November 2024, Link 

Stephanie Anderson, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Polson High School selected to receive a $500 grant, 8KPAX, November 2024. YouTube. Link

"Indigenous women in home economics featured in exhibit,"  Cornell Chronicle, October 2024. Link

“She arrived at North Carolina A&T in 2018 with the idea to create a course and conduct research on chocolate, and this support from USDA will enable her to do both. These endeavors will help attract more students to the Family and Consumer Sciences Department and provide more post-graduation opportunities for these students," October 2024. Link

"Researchers Aim to Help Older Population with Technology," Texas Tech Now, 2024, Link

"AAFCS Responds to the Publication of a Modernized Career Clusters Framework," October 2024. Link

"An Interview with Goldie Prelogar-Hernandez ," Journal of Financial Therapy,  2024. Link

"Student research focuses on challenges of accessing nutritious foods," Nebraska Today, 2024, Link

"Estimating family shopping behavior: A
multi-perspective approach to understanding
grocery shopping," 2024, Link 

Family and Consumer Sciences: Overview of a 100-Year-Old Industry Sector

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"Elizabeth Heuisler, a professor at the Norton School of Human Ecology and former fashion designer, emphasized the significance of educating the community about the vital role service dogs play,"  October 2024. Link

"People want to bring home economics classes back to schools to teach kids basic life skills," MSN news, 2024, Link

"Students at the Union-Endicott High School were baking up some treats in their Family and Consumer Sciences classes Wednesday morning and the treats were going to the dogs. Literally," October 2024, Link 

“Good nutrition has been recognized as one of the cornerstones of diabetes self-management,” according to Dr. Ali Berg, Extension nutrition and health specialist with the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024. Link