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…..to have lots of great applicants for our recently posted job positions.

Assistant Professor in聽Nutrition:聽

Assistant Professor in General FACS:聽

Clinical Instructor I in聽Interior Design:聽

 

Remember to use #SayYestoFCS with your social media posts!

The social media campaign, 鈥淢aking a Difference Through Family & Consumer Sciences,鈥� highlights a different theme and strategies that can be carried out through family and consumer sciences education programs (school-based or community-based) each month, all focused on recognizing the importance of both family and consumer sciences educators and programs. We want to engage family and consumer sciences professionals, advocates, and ESPECIALLY program participants who will reach out to their respective social media networks–therefore reaching other prospective family and consumer sciences educators! For October:

• Educators share about why they are a family and consumer sciences educator and the impact they make. Change profile photo to 鈥淧roud Educator鈥� image on Twitter and Facebook. Profile photo can be used throughout the campaign. ().
• University family and consumer sciences education majors share why they chose the major and change profile photo to 鈥淔uture Educator鈥� image on Twitter and Facebook. Profile photo can be used throughout the campaign. ().
• Program advocates who are not educators or planning to become an educator can use the 鈥淪ay Yes to FCS鈥� profile image on Twitter and Facebook. Profile photo can be used throughout the campaign. ()
• Program participants share photos or videos illustrating what they鈥檝e learned through family and consumer sciences programs/organizations鈥�all possible because of a family and consumer sciences educator.

Dr. Landry and several of the dietetic interns hosted聽the Art of Food at UCA Downtown on聽Saturday October 1st. Visitors learned about MyPlate, played games, and then made聽a portrait of themselves using fruits and veggies.

On Friday September 30th, Dr. Roofe and two dietetic interns, Melissa Minnich and Taylor Sherrill demonstrated Nutrition Focused Physical Exam (NFPE) skills to attendees at the聽聽fall seminar. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics,聽NFPE is a systematic head-to-toe examination of a patient’s physical appearance and function to help determine nutritional status by uncovering any signs of malnutrition, nutrient deficiencies, or nutrient toxicities.聽NFPE is one of the five domains of a nutrition assessment, along with diet history, medical history, BMI, and clinical data. Earlier this year Conway Regional Medical Center hosted the first NFPE workshop in the state where聽attendees had the opportunity to practice on real patients during rounds with Academy trainers in very small groups (6 participants and 1 trainer) and became聽prepared to return to their facility and train RDN colleagues.

Our very own dietetic intern, Rachel Bilderback, knocked it out of the park this month with her newsletter submission to聽Arkansas Department of Health鈥檚 Arkansas Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program newsletter. Rachel wrote all about fruits and veggies and provided a great recipe. Click to read the article.

Great job Rachel, we are proud of you!

UCA鈥檚 Residential Interior Design class was given a 2-week timeline to create a self-sufficient container community for a non-profit organization to benefit a chosen demographic. The students worked as a team聽and chose to create a camp for troubled teens. They utilized 95, 20-foot containers and created a two-acre site for the camp, 鈥淗ope Mountain,鈥� which has the聽capacity to house 50 students and 25 counselors. The camp contains student living quarters, community areas, 3 food trucks, greenhouse, community kitchen, counselor quarters, and schoolhouse.

Thursday, September 15, the students presented their project and self-sufficient living research to their instructor, Danielle Barron, along with guests Dr. Nina Roofe and Maria Posada. Their work will be on display in MAC 205 until Tuesday, September 27.

 

Why Belong:聽Benefits of participating in youth聽organizations

This month we’re focusing on promoting the developmental value of FCS-related youth membership organizations. Share your “Why Belong” post and don’t forget to use the #sayyestofcs 聽

What can you share?聽

• Educators: Why is it important to you to promote involvement in FCS-related youth organizations?
• Alumni: What were and are some benefits of being involved in FCS-related youth organizations?

Officers of the聽American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) UCA affiliate聽at UCA want YOU聽to know YOU聽are welcome to come to AAFCS聽meetings this semester. They have an action packed plan for this聽year and you don’t want to miss out on great friends, worthwhile experience, and tons of fun! The schedule is below. They would also like to remind you that NOT聽joining AAFCS @ 51青楼 is a DUM thing to do.

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Students are returning to school, the weather is changing, football season is starting…… big changes are happening. See below for what is current in FACS.

• Elizabeth Skinner, BA, MA, MS, MAT has accepted a teaching appointment with the Bentonville School District. Mrs. Skinner聽was an Administrative Assistant in FACS for 8 years and聽will be teaching Human Relations courses, beginning this fall. Mrs. Skinner is a summer 2012 graduate of the UCA Department of Family & Consumer Sciences, a spring 2016 graduate of the UCA Masters of Arts in Teaching program, and a summer 1997 graduate of the UCA Department of English. She also is a 2002 graduate from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville with a Masters in Drama.

 

 

 

• Tara Francis started August 1st as our new Administrative Assistant. Tara comes to us from Arizona where she worked as a Special Education
  

  Tara Francis and Family

  teacher. She is married and has two wonderful children. They all enjoy spending time with their family and friends, going to church, and playing anything outside. Both of Tara鈥檚 children have started school this year and, while she loves teaching, she has the desire to further her own education while joining our FACS family here at UCA.

 

 

Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth on her new adventure in life and welcoming Tara to UCA FACS.

If you have new and noteworthy news, please let us know. We LOVE to hear from alumni and will gladly post your great news on the blog. Best of luck to all this school year!