Student Chapters
Invest in YOUR future. As a student in a discipline dedicated to empowering families, you are eligible for membership in AAFCS/OAFCS. Membership in the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) and the Ohio affiliate (OAFCS) is an essential part of investing in your career. As an undergraduate or graduate student member, you can take action now to expand your knowledge and skills outside the classroom.
Membership form is on line here.
As a member of the Pre-professional/Graduate Student Section, you will receive Futurescope, the quarterly newsletter written by and about pre-professionals. Other opportunities as an AAFCS/OAFCS member include:
- Action Newsletter
- Mentoring Avenue
- Professional Development
- Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
- Publication Opportunities
- Leadership Opportunities
- Ohio Newsletter, The Lamplight
- Scholarships
- Networking with peers nationwide
Colleges and Universities in Ohio with Family and Consumer Sciences Chapters
- Ashland University
- Baldwin Wallace College
- Bluffton College
- Bowling Green State University
- Kent State University
- Mount Vernon Nazarene College
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- University of Akron
- Youngstown State University
OAFCS Pre-Professional/Graduate Student Section Officers 2008
Chair: Colleen Kline
532 Spring Ave.
Washington CH Oh, 43160
ck214804@ohio.edu
Vice-Chair: Erika Luevano
4588 US Highway 224 West
Willard OH, 44890
eluevano@ashland.edu
Secretary: Kelly Schalk
9563 West Township Road 96
New Riegel OH, 44853
kschalk@ashland.edu
Communication Liason: Ellen Blowers
830 East Village Dr
Newark OH, 43055
eblowers@ashland.edu
Co-Advisors:
Mrs. Pam Schulze at U Akron schulze@uakron.edu
Mrs. Ruth Dohner at OSU RDohner@ehe.osu.edu
Scholarships
The Ohio Association of Family and Consumer Sciences offers three $1000 scholarships to sophomores or juniors who have completed a minimum of one term with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and are enrolled in a Family and Consumer Sciences program. Scholarships are paid on a semester or quarter basis directly to the college or university attended.
Student Scholarship Application in .pdf format
Applicants must be members of AAFCS/OAFCS. Scholarship applications are available from Ohio Family and Consumer Sciences college and university unit administrators, county extension agents, and the OAFCS scholarship chair.
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This year, the AAFCS Student Unit is partnering with Feeding America and the Cleveland Food Bank to provide quality, hand-held can openers for Cleveland’s kids.
The food bank facilitates an outreach program for children who utilize government funded feeding programs through the week and have difficulty meeting their nutritional needs over the weekend. Each Friday the students are invited to visit the food bank and collect a variety of nutritious food to use. Along with this food, the food bank loves to send a can opener home with the children who carry home cans. Light-weight and easy to pack, this can opener project is an exciting opportunity for FCS professionals and classrooms from all over the country to get involved.
We'd love to have your support as we want to provide a can opener from AAFCS for every kid that needs one!
Quality, hand-held can openers will be collected by the Student Unit in Cleveland at the Annual Conference this June. If you're unable to join us in Cleveland, send a can opener with a colleague!
And, we encourage you to contact your local food bank to see how you can help support an outreach project in your community.
For more information visit, http://www.aafcs.org/students/ServiceProject.html.
Thank you so much for your support,
Amanda Repp
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