What's New

Welcome to the new VAFCS website. The new style, icon and logos, provided by AAFCS, will help VAFCS, AAFCS and all the affiliates "stand out as an organization dedicated to the FCS community," said Carolyn Jackson, CFCS Executive Director.

 

 

Branding the FCS Profession

 

A new logo to represent the field of Family & Consumer Sciences as a profession was introduced at the 2011 AAFCS Annual Conference in Phoenix. This icon was designed to capture the essence of FCS:
To Create Healthy
and Sustainable Families.

 

 

The design of the new icon embodies the connection experienced between all individuals touched by FCS, while the use of various silhouette figures depict the diversity that accompanies today’s representation of family. Vibrant colors found in the icon bring to life the physical, emotional, and mental energies shared among individuals, families, and communities impacted by FCS.

Through consistent use of this icon, FCS will experience increased brand awareness and recognition both internally and externally, creating a clear, unified voice within the field as well as today’s complex society.

Virginia Affiliate Student Unit Association

The AAFCS Student Unit Association promotes the professional development of members who are students of family and consumer sciences or related fields through regular communications on association programs geared to students. Students join AAFCS at the student rate and become members of their state affiliate. Students maintain that student rate for one year after graduation. Go here for more information.

AAFCS Student Community

Virginia State University FCS Student Unit is working on a pilot website for the AAFCS Community of FCS Students. Representatives from each of Virginia’s 4 institutions of higher education are needed for this project. Contact Joy Atkins, Pres. of VSU Student Unit here for information about the site.

Specifically, the Student Unit shall:

• Promote knowledge of content and capabilities of the Family and Consumer Sciences discipline.
• Celebrate the past of Family and Consumer Sciences and sustain the future.
• Develop professional interests which lead to active membership in the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences at the local, state, and national level.
• Make available the opportunity to meet and foster relationships with professionals in Family and Consumer Sciences and explore career opportunities.
• Provide the opportunity for leadership development among members.
• Supply experiences to increase mutual understanding among people of all cultures.
• Support Family and Consumer Sciences related community service.

Student Representative on VAFCS Board

Katelyn Seskey, VA Tech
Student Email
Personal Email

Reasons to join an FCS Student Unit

• Hone your leadership skills at the state and national level
• Become connected with other students in your chosen field
• Connect with FCS professionals
• Possible career opportunities may arise through membership

To Become A Member:

Join here
Look into the HUGS program on the AAFCS website here. For a possible discounted rate (Help for Undergraduate Students—is supported by FCS professionals).

For the Student Unit newsletter, In The Know

Go here

Interested in shadowing an FCS professional in their workday?

Contact Kay Burke or your school contact below.

2011—2012 Virginia Institutions offering courses in Family and Consumer Sciences areas:

Bridgewater College
Family and Consumer Science Dept.
Bridgewater College
402 East College St.
Bridgewater, VA 22812
Jenny Watson

Liberty University
Family and Consumer Science Dept.
Liberty University
1971 University Blvd.
Lynchburg, VA 24502
Mrs. Matalie Howard(student unit advisor)
(434) 592 3747
Ms Mary Simpson(department chair)
www.liberty.edu/facs

Virginia State University
Family and Consumer Sciences
Virginia State University
PO Box 9211
Petersburg, VA 23806
(804) 524 5761
Dr. Badiyyah Waaijid (student unit advisor)

Virginia Tech
School of Education
Virginia Tech
101 War Memorial Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Dr. Daisy Stewart
www.soe.vt.edu/cte/index.html

Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management
Virginia Tech
240 Wallace Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540)231-6063
Dr. Julia Beamish
www.ahrm.vt.edu

FCS Students in Action

FCS Students from VA State University make a friend as they help out at VAFCS Taking it to the Streets event at the State Fair of Virginia, Oct. 2011

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