Applications are open for the Iowa AFCS Awards have been extended to March 29, 2021! Below is the link to nomination form. The following is the listing of award opportunities:
Teacher of the Year--This award was established to provide recognition for innovative, creative programming and teaching methods in family and consumer sciences and for effectiveness in stimulating student motivation plus personal growth.
New Achiever—This award was established to identify and honor emerging members with potential for achieving significant accomplishments in, and through, family and consumer sciences.
Distinguished Service-- This award was established in 1983 to provide recognition for professional excellence and achievement in family and consumer sciences with outstanding service to AAFCS-Iowa Affiliate.
Hall of Fame-- Recognize the lifelong contributions of a retired or deceased family and consumer scientist to the profession and association.
University Student Award-- This award is for a junior or senior student member of AAFCS-Iowa Affiliate, who has demonstrated qualities of leadership, contributions, and achievements in the Family & Consumer Sciences program, leading to a degree and employment in a FCS career.
Public Service Award—
This award was established to provide recognition for a non-family and consumer scientist who has provided significant contributions towards furthering the AAFCS-Iowa Affiliate program and improving family life in Iowa.
Adult Research Award—Elva Davies Fund—
This award was established to provide recognition for important contributions to the information base of family and consumer sciences. Recipient will be an AAFCS-Iowa Affiliate member in good standing for 5 consecutive years prior to nomination. The Elva Davies Fund will solicit proposals annually from members desiring financial support of proposed enrichment programs related to family and consumer sciences.
Student Research Award—
This award recognizes contributions, made by a college student member, in research that adds to the information base for family and consumer sciences.
AAFCS-Iowa Affiliate Undergraduate Professional Leadership Scholarship to attend AAFCS Annual Conference
This Professional Leadership Scholarship is awarded in honor of Dr. Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet, who served as President of AHEA (AAFCS) in 1986-87. Interest from an endowment fund set up in her name will be awarded to a student or students to help defray expenses to attend the AAFCS Annual Conference.
Awards Nomination Form
Submit completed form to:
Dr. Cindy Waters, Awards & Recognition Chair
cwaters255@gmail.com
1586 260th St., Independence, IA 50644
319-361-6486
NEW DEADLINE: March 29, 2021