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8 HALO MAGAZINE<br />
Greetings from Family and Consumer Sciences<br />
We are excited about this inaugural issue of HALO for alumnae of<br />
Human Environmental Sciences. Family and Consumer Sciences is<br />
the major which incorporates all program areas in HES and was<br />
known as Home Economics until 1996.<br />
Last year was my first year at <strong>Meredith</strong> as a full-time faculty member.<br />
As a graduate of <strong>Meredith</strong> in 1996, I am delighted to be back teaching<br />
in FCS and Fashion Merchandising. As Program Coordinator for<br />
FCS, I supervise the non-licensure students and teach the introductory<br />
course, FCS 290 for all students in HES. My students completed<br />
meaningful internships in the spring in a variety of settings such as<br />
cooperative extension and local TV stations.<br />
Dr. Deborah Tippett coordinates the FCS licensure students. Last<br />
year, four students completed their FCS teaching license in 2009-2010.<br />
All of the graduates had multiple job offers which illustrate the<br />
shortage of teachers in Family and Consumer Sciences. Julia Weaver<br />
was recognized with the ―Bonnie Togerson Award for Outstanding<br />
Student Teaching.‖<br />
Students were active in the <strong>Meredith</strong> Association of Family and<br />
Consumer Sciences. Mary Kathryn Hardison served as state chair of<br />
the NC Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Students had<br />
active community service projects. Kala Stanton was awarded the<br />
Outstanding Senior Award from HES.<br />
Dr. Tippett advised the student honorary society, Kappa Omicron Nu<br />
for all students in HES. In August, Dr. Tippett and Anne Mosteller,<br />
an officer of KON, attended the KON Conclave in Nashville, TN.<br />
While at the KON Conclave, the <strong>Meredith</strong> chapter won two<br />
Exemplary Chapter Awards for 2008 and 2009. KON inducted 46<br />
students in March of 2010.<br />
In January of 2010, Dr. Tippett became the national chair of KON.<br />
Dr. Tippett is also an officer in the International Federation of Home<br />
Economics for the United States and attended the IFHE World<br />
Council Meeting in Sligo, Ireland in July of 2010. She and a 2010<br />
graduate, Kala Stanton presented a paper in Ireland on ―How the<br />
Millennials Are Contributing to the UN Millennium Development<br />
Goals.‖<br />
We hope that you‘ll contact us if you are either a Home Economics or<br />
Family and Consumer Sciences major from <strong>Meredith</strong>. I am excited to<br />
serve as the program coordinator for FCS and look forward to hearing<br />
from you.<br />
Best wishes,<br />
Nina Bostic<br />
FCS Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor<br />
bosticni@meredith.edu<br />
Family & Consumer Sciences<br />
―My students<br />
completed<br />
meaningful<br />
internships in…a<br />
variety of settings<br />
such as cooperative<br />
extension and local<br />
TV stations.‖<br />
FCS students<br />
busy at work<br />
during their<br />
internship<br />
experiences.
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