Students and faculty celebrate FLE month at SFASU in Texas

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Student Award to Cassandra Kirkland, a doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Studies at Auburn University, whose concentration is fatherhood in the African American community.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Cindy Winter Award for 2011 on Karen Bluth, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The purpose of the award is to honor a student or new professional who has demonstrated outstanding leadership/service in family studies, human ecology, human development, family science or related field.

The National Council on Family Relations' (NCFR) Feminism and Family Studies Section has conferred its organization's prestigious Jessie Bernard award in feminist research to Barbara Gurr.

We have all heard about the importance of networking since we attended our first conference. Our professors remind us to, "Network network, network!" But what exactly is net-working, and how do we maintain connections created after the annual conference has come and gone?

Three new members join the ACB this year: Rose Allen, Deb Cashen, Josh Shaw