Family and Consumer Sciences Extension News
Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension members targeted the overwhelmingly increasing drug overdose fatality rate of Kentucky in a very unique way. They created Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours, an event designed to show students and other youth the impact of being involved with illicit and legal substances.
Family and Consumer Sciences Extension welcomed four new County Extension Agents for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) to campus recently for orientation. Green County FCS Agent Jordan Crain, Muhlenberg County FCS Agent Mary Beth Decker, and Jessamine County FCS Agent Jennifer Perry all started in January. Kayla Watts began back in October as the new FCS agent in Breathitt County. All of them are off to a busy start in their new positions. FCS Extension is happy to have them join the team!
The School of Human Environmental Sciences would like to extend a warm welcome to Mindy McCulley and Maria Harris as they join the Family & Consumer Sciences Extension campus based staff.
Congratulations to Rosie Allen for her recognition as one of four national recipients of the Epsilon Sigma Phi Administrative Leadership Award!
The National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) annual session of 2015 was held November 2-5 at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Spring, West Virginia.
Lora Lee Howard has been empowering Kentuckians to lead fuller, healthier lives since 1981 as a University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agent for family and consumer sciences in Clay County.
Imagine a person with no family, no schooling, no transportation and no home. Then, think about that person being only 15. This is a reality for some Kentucky young people who find themselves homeless or unstably housed.
Ready for the experience of a LIFETIME? The University of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences Extension is once again offering FREE camps for military parents and their teenage children ages 14-18 to attend together! These high-octane, high-adventure experiences will provide a variety of exciting challenges for military parents and their teenage children.
LEXINGTON, Ky.