Fashion Camp 2008 – Insight into Style
We are now taking applications for Fashion Camp 2008 in June – the first ever hosted by the college. Fashion Camp 2008 – Insight into Style is available in two sessions for middle school and high school students. The first session begins June 16 and will continue through June 20; the second is slated for June 23-27. Campers will sleep at Sneed Hall Dormitory.
The camp, hosted by the Retailing Division, gives young adults the opportunity to learn more about and experience the fashion industry. Throughout the week campers will learn how to produce and organize a fashion show, which they will present to family and friends on the last evening of camp. Other activities will teach them about fashion design, the color spectrum, fashion history, photo shoot preparation; toga making, jewelry design, visual merchandising and forecasting of fashion trends.
For more information or to sign up for camp, visit the official 2008 Fashion Camp website: www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/nhr/ret/fashion_camp/
Habitat for Humanity Honors Interior Design Students
Interior design students were recently honored by Habitat for Humanity in Lubbock for their unique floor plan designs. These selected plans will be named after each student and made available for future Habitat for Humanity families to choose from.
For three-bedroom houses, 1st place was awarded to Phillip Caekaert, 2nd place was awarded to Jessica Grabham, 3rd place was awarded to Jordan Riley, and 4th place to Cherese Wheeler. Four-bedroom house awards were given to Madison Krueger for 1st place, Kristin Hoffmann for 2nd place, Julie Broyles for 3rd place, and Michael Rodriguez for 4th place.
Interior design students worked with Habitat for Humanity during the spring 2007 semester to identify residential design and construction needs. Students spent the semester designing residential plans that met the Habitat for Humanity housing standards.
Early Childhood Program Earns National NAEYC Accreditation
The Christine DeVitt and Helen DeVitt Jones Child Development Research Center (CDRC) today announced their renewed accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. The CDRC is one of the first early childhood programs in the nation to earn the new higher-standard accreditation status.
The CDRC provides educational/developmental programs for families with children from 6 weeks through five years of age. These programs include an Infant/Toddler program for children six weeks to two-years-old and a Preschool Program for children two- to five-years-old each Fall, Spring, and First Summer Semesters.
These classrooms also serve as college level laboratory classes and are part of the instructional experiences for University students in understanding and facilitating the development of young children. In addition, the CDRC provides interdisciplinary research opportunities for faculty and graduate students, including the study of child behavior and the generation of effective strategies for promoting optimal human development and family interactions. The CDRC also strives to provide a model for developmentally appropriate programs for children.
County FCS agents offer researched-based information to county residents, focusing information on raising children, housing and environmental issues, nutrition, money management and preventative health. The College of Human Sciences is the leading research arm in Texas to offer these agents the most recent and innovative programs.
Experts in the College presented specific information on marriage and family therapy, career pathways, early head start, addiction and recovery and more. Other presenters include specialists with Texas Cooperative Extension as well as representatives from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Health Sciences Center, the West Texas Parenting Education Network and the Texas Beef Council.
Personal Financial Planning Hosts Distinguished Lecture Series
The Personal Financial Planning (PFP) division has begun its 2008 PFP Distinguished Lecture Series. Students, faculty, and staff throughout the college will have an opportunity to hear insight, advice, and technical knowledge this spring from some of the financial planning industry’s brightest minds.
The first guests in the series were Moshe Milevsky from York University on Wednesday, January 23 and Bill Riechenstein from Baylor University on Friday, January 25. More speakers will participate throughout the spring.
Milevsky is an associate professor of finance at the Schulich School of Business at York University. He also is the executive director of the Individual Finance and Insurance Decision (IFID) Center in Toronto, Canada. Milevsky has written five books and published more than 45 articles on the topic of insurance, annuities and pensions and is the co-editor of the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, from Cambridge University Press, and a columnist for Research Magazine.
Riechenstein holds the Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair in Investment Management at Baylor University. Riechenstein is an associate editor of Journal of Investing, contributing editor for Portfolio Strategies for the American Association of Individual Investors Journal and has served two three-year terms as associate editor of Financial Services Review. Riechenstein has written more than 100 articles for professional and academic journals.