uHere is just a snapshot of some of the amazing work our faculty are doing. Continue reading “Kudos to faculty and staff”
We are proud of our alumni!
The College of Health and Human Sciences Celebration of Excellence Award honors the significant contributions made by graduates and friends of the college.
We were proud to recognize two award winners from FSHS in October 2019. Continue reading “We are proud of our alumni!”
We want to hear from you!
Please reach out and share your experience and time in the School of Family Studies and Human Services. We are always excited to hear about the amazing work that our alumni are doing and what they have been up to since graduating. –Sonya Lutter, director (lutter@k-state.edu)
A Message from the Interim School Director
Welcome to the first edition of the School of Family Studies and Human Services newsletter. I began my role as interim director of the school in July 2018 and will be continuing in the role until a permanent director is hired later this fall. As with any new job, there have been a number of opportunities to expand my historical knowledge, promote the success, and formulate new ideas for growth of the programs within the school.
What is now known as the School of Family Studies and Human Services within the College of Health and Human Sciences has had a rich history. The college was formed in 1873 with the offering of the first women’s course. The college has evolved into a diverse group of students and faculty focused on promoting the well-being of individuals, families, and communities through research, education, and outreach. “In a world focused on things, we focus first on people” is still our motto today.
Continue reading “A Message from the Interim School Director”
Communicating Our Research
Led by Dr. Amber Vennum, Relevate is a team of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students with two main goals:
- Communicate healthy relationship research to communities through fun and educational public scholarship
- Help scholars develop skills to successfully share their research with their communities
The team takes current relationship research and translates it to be accessible, engaging, and informative for all individuals. They then share this research through the My Relevate website (www.myrelevate.com), at conference and community engagements, and via social media. For example, the Relevate team produces infographics like these to make research easy to navigate! The team also hosts community events to get the public involved in learning more about healthy relationships including through experiential learning and fun engagement activities. In order to engage scholars in this work, Relevate puts on workshop events at conferences to help teach researchers how to translate their own research into public scholarship and make a meaningful impact in their communities. After all, Relevate believes that relationship research should be shared and used to make a positive difference.
Interested in joining Relevate? Email avennum@ksu.edu to learn more about the team.
Recent International Experiences
Dr. Sandi Stith, Couple and Family Therapy, attended a conference in Scotland in March.
Dr. Glade Topham, Couple and Family Therapy, attended a training session in Cambridge, England in March. Continue reading “Recent International Experiences”
Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Student Scholarship Recipients
Applied Family Science
Shelby Astle—master’s student—Robert H. Poresky Assistantship in Family Studies and Human Services and the Jack M. and Ruth C. Rice Graduate Fellowship
Sarah Barrett—doctoral student in Applied Family Science—Edith A. Vohs Scholarship
Kelly Chambers—master’s student—Lois G. and Jerome L. Chandler Scholarship in Human Ecology
Christalina Estrella—master’s student in Applied Family Science— Edith A. Vohs Scholarship
Emily Koochel—doctoral student—Diane Sanders Memorial Scholarship
Jessie Piper—doctoral student—Robert H. Poresky Assistantship in Family Studies and Human Services
Hilary Pippert—doctoral student—Robert H. Poresky Assistantship in Family Studies and Human Services and Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman—Ice Family Scholarship Continue reading “Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Student Scholarship Recipients”
Thankful for our Professorships
Dr. Jane Garcia holds the Jack M. and Ruth C. Rice Distinguished Professorship. Jane has been supporting graduate student participation in scholarly activities related to diet modifications for impaired swallowing (dysphagia) and health education about traumatic brain injury.” Continue reading “Thankful for our Professorships”