Family and Consumer Sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences
College of Education and Human Development
Family and Consumer Sciences provides integrative educational programs and conducts research focused on reciprocal relationships among individuals, families, and their near environments toward the goal of improving the quality of life within a dynamic world community.
Looking for online classes?
Check out the Bachelor of Science in Family Studies/Child and Family Development and the Master of Arts in Career and Technical Education.
Announcements
As of June 1, 2012 graduate advising will be split between Dr. Karen Blaisure and Dr. Adam Manley. Dr. Linda Dannison, the current chair and graduate advisor, will be retiring at the end of June. All CTE graduate students should contact Dr. Manley at to set up an advising appointment. All other graduate students within FCS should contact Dr. Blaisure at to set up an advising appointment. Our new chair, Dr. Gary Bischof, will also be available starting in July if you have any questions. Thank you for your patience during this time of transition!
News
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Senior dietetics majors Dana Porter and Erika Ford had an abstract accepted for presentation at the 2012 Michigan Dietetic Association Annual Conference that will be held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing on April 24 - 27. |
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The Student Dietetic Association (SDA) has started a new outreach program this academic year of 2011-2012 in the Edison Neighborhood of Kalamazoo. |
Dr. Linda Dannison, chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, recently completed a program review for the Department of Human Development and Family Studies for Purdue University,
Calumet.
Family and Consumer Sciences professor Dr. Karen Blaisure co-authored, Serving Military Families in the 21st Century, published April 2012. 
Spotlight
Grandparent Resource Site
The Grandparent Resource Site Grant provides a holistic system of services to grandparents, grandchildren and professionals with the goal of enhancing the abilities of kinship care families to foster school readiness in young children.