January 2015

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Newsletter Registered Dietitian Exam: 100% Pass Rate for Vision Statement 2013-14 Dietetic Interns! The vision of our faculty is to produce Pictured are (l to r) Dr. Jerald Ogg, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; Dr. Sue Byrd, outstanding graduates who use Family chair, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; interns Emily Turbeville, Chelsea Geu- and Consumer Sciences knowledge and therman, Hannah Christiansen, Kristen Hagarty skills to address societal issues to pro- and Denise Bell. Also pictured is Dr. Todd Winter, dean, UT Martin College of Agriculture and mote the global well-being of individu- Applied Sciences. als, families, and communities.

Recently, university officials con- Dietetics (AND). Interns receive level practice delivering nutrition The undergraduate major, Family and gratulated 2013-14 Dietetic In- 1200 hours of supervised prac- therapy in hospitals and commu- Consumer Sciences, is accredited by the terns who earned the distinction tice in clinical nutrition, food nity based nutrition programs in Council for Accreditation of the Ameri- of having a 100% pass rate for systems management and com- order to promote a better quali- can Association of Family and Consumer the Registered Dietitian Exami- munity nutrition with a concen- ty of life for individuals, families, Sciences. The didactic program in die- nation. The Dietetic Internship tration in nutrition therapy. The and communities. For more tetics (undergraduate program) and the (DI) is a post-baccalaureate pro- mission of the Dietetic Internship information about the DI pro- dietetic internship program are accredit- gram accredited by the Accredi- (DI) at the University of Tennes- gram, please contact Internship tation Council for Education in see at Martin is to prepare in- Director, Brian Carroll at 731-881 ed by the Accreditation Council for Edu- Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) terns for the registration exami- -7102 or email him at cation in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and nation and competent entry- [email protected]. (ACEND).

Undergraduate Program Receives Continued Accreditation The undergraduate curriculum leads to a degree with the bachelor of science in The UT Martin Department of was commended for forward about their careers and con- family and consumer sciences. The ma- Family and Consumer Sciences thinking faculty who engage ducts mock interviews to pre- (FCS) has been granted accredi- students in a variety of scholarly pare students for entering their jor is called family and consumer scienc- tation from the Council for Ac- and outreach activities and pro- careers. The accreditation pro- es and offers seven concentrations: creditation of the American vide quality advisement. The cess includes bi-yearly reports  FCS Education Association of Family and Con- advisory council was also com- with a full self-study and site  Child and Family Studies sumer Sciences. This is a reaffir- mended for its effectiveness. visit for reaffirmation every ten  Gerontology mation of accreditation with the The FCS advisory council offers years.  Food and Nutrition program first receiving accredi- input to maintain quality pro-  Dietetics tation in 1973. The department grams, speaks to FCS classes  Hospitality and Food Service Mgt.  Fashion Merchandising. Congratulations to FCS for Accreditation of its under- The graduate program, offered online, graduate program. FCS Advisory Council members, includes two concentrations: Faculty, Students, and the  General Family and Consumer Sci- Dean of the College of Agri- ences culture and Applied Sciences gather to network while the  Dietetics (which incorporates the Advisory Council is on cam- Dietetic Internship).

pus. January 2015 2014-15 Dietetic Interns Child and Family Studies

Students in CFS 421, Adult Development, created a tactile map for freshman FCS major Ashley Jackson. Sharon Robertson from the UTM Services and Success Center suggested this as a need during a meeting with the class members in October. Students traded two other short assignments to undertake this project. Ashley, who is blind and deaf, need- ed a tactile map to help her become familiar with UT Martin campus, especially the many sidewalks on campus. Students used Google maps, an interior design software program, and many hours of sketching, cutting, painting, and gluing to create the map. In addition, Ashley was provided a flash drive of files written by class members describing build- ings where she will have classes. These files contain descriptions of the build- ings including locations of elevators, offices, classrooms, restrooms, emergen- cy exits, and stairways. Ashley has cochlear implants which allow her to hear sounds close to her, and she uses a computer program which “reads” Word The 2014-15 UTM Dietetic Internship Class Pictured are back row left to files. Students in the class presented the map to Ashley during their final ex- right: Jasmine Turner, Sally Harper, Karly Hines, Riley Auvenshire, Hannah am period on December 11. Curran (Dietitian from Ireland) and Mr. Carroll, UTM DI Director. Front row left to right: Alison Owen, Louise Perry, Jaimee Cooper, Megan Sylwanowickz, Lori Henry, Kim Boldt and Dee Pratt, President and CEO of Dietitian Associates, Incorporated.

Ambassadors Continue to Help with Enrollment Numbers!

2014-2015 Student Ambassa- dors (left). Pictured seated from left are: Aries Lewis, Elizabeth Sanders, Brittany Hart, Miranda Paschall. Stand- ing from left are: Kimberly Barnett-Sledd –Program Re- source Specialist, Lauren Hudson, Zoe Stringer, Mike Davis, Heather Dunn and Allison Maxey. Not pictured: Karina Pulido, Allison Roland and Andrea Richardson . Pictured (above): FCSE Student, Laura Fitscher, doing her student teaching and assisted with recruiting at OCCHS.

Student Ambassadors commit to a year of Preview Days, Academic Major and Career 218 potential students and of those 88 volunteer service with the Department of Fair and recruitment opportunities at area have been seniors, academic major chang- Family and Consumer Sciences. The am- High Schools. What is new this year is es or transfer students that have partner- bassadors represent all 7 concentrations that our ambassadors are forming part- ships with the Student Ambassadors. If of Child and Family Studies, Dietetics, nerships with prospective incoming fresh- you are an FACS Teacher and would like Food and Nutrition, Family and Consumer man and transfer students, offering these for an ambassador to come visit your Sciences Education, Fashion Merchandis- students a chance to ask questions spe- school and talk about our program, please ing, Gerontology and Hospitality and Food cific to their areas of concentration via contact Dr. Sue Byrd at [email protected] or Service Management offered in the major email correspondence. Feedback from call 731-881-7100. in the Department of Family and Consum- the partnership has been overwhelmingly er Sciences. Ambassadors may assist in positive with prospective students gaining recruiting, campus tours and correspond- insight through the eyes of another stu- ence with prospective students. Our am- dent. To date, the department has gath- Keywords: UTM Family and Consumer Sciences bassadors have recently assisted with Fall ered information for recruitment from January 2015

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Welcome to the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences!

Amy Richards, M.S., R.D., L.D.N. has joined the Family and Consumer Sciences Just a few of our 2014 Freshmen and Our New Graduate family this fall as the Director of the Research Assistant, Tracye F. Valentine Didactic Program in Dietetics. Previ- ous to her appointment at UT Martin, Richards was the dietetic internship director at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. She is currently completing her PhD in Nutri- tion, Exercise and Food Science at South Dakota State University. Rich- ards is getting acquainted with the R.D.’s in the area who are vital to our program, setting up rotation sites for field experience for senior dietetic students, getting up to speed on ac- creditation requirements for the DPD program, and teaching 3 classes this fall (Nutrition and Disease, Lifespan Nutri- tion, and Advanced Nutrition).

Other News: AAFCS

Former department chair and Professor Emeritus Anne L. The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences th Cook won the Little Black Dress Contest that was part of 106 Consumer Science Conference and Expo will be in Jackson- ville, FL, June 24-27, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency, Jacksonville the AAFCS 2014 Annual Conference in St. Louis this past Riverfront. summer. She is shown here with Seth Aaron Henderson of Project Runway fame with her dress which is reversible.

Advisory Council and

Student Interviews!

Pictured Left: Emily Strawser, Heather Tillman, Mike Davis

Family Consumer Sciences Advisory Council members were on campus in November and provided input for Family Consumer Sciences programs, talked to students about their careers and interviewed students. (Back row L to R) Carrie Brawley, Kelly Tivey, Amy Vaughn, Beverly Shelby, Benita Giffin; (Front row) Julie Donaldson, Olivia Riley, Kathy Waggoner, and Betsy Henderson. Not pictured: Michele Atkins, Michelle Bruner, Barry Keathley, David Keeling, Warner Pace, Julia Lynch, Shirley Williams. Thank you for your continued support!

Pictured above: Allison Maxey, Megan Pictured above: April Ring, Sabrina Witherington, Karina Palido Black, Miranda Paschall Keywords: UTM Family and Consumer Sciences January 2015

Getting students involved in Student Learning Internationally

Women from the Mindo, Ecuador area show off the Tote bags they made, surrounded by students, faculty and Karen and Gary Schlitz (back left), who live in the area and help organize similar projects.

Recently eight UT Martin students went Professor, and Sue Byrd, Family and ing habits. Copies of this brochure were to Ecuador and worked in the Andes Consumer Sciences Professor, also visit- delivered to the Clinic during this visit. Mountains at the Milpe Bird Sanctuary ed the small town of Mindo to interact The response was overwhelming. Un- to make a difference in the lives of fami- with individuals who recently opened a dergraduate students at UT Martin will lies in the area and help the environ- health care clinic in the area. During a continue to work on this project to de- ment. Students planted trees as part of trip to the area a year ago, Byrd became velop additional brochures with a possi- a forest restoration project in an area acquainted with the efforts of Volunteer ble return visit within the next 2 years. that had previously been clear cut for Med Partners, a U.S. based NGO, who pasture land. They also assisted in had identified this region as badly in teaching the women in the area to sew need of a health care facility. (Visit and make bracelets so they can sell http://www.volunteermedpartners.org/ products to supplement their income. VMP/Home.html for more information.) They worked with the children, teaching The clinic project director was interest- English as well as learning games from ed in providing nutrition education but the children. had little resources. Byrd organized The group led by 3 faculty from UT Mar- graduate students who researched and tin, including Dawn Wilkins, Biology Pro- developed a brochure specific to foods fessor, Craig Darroch, Animal Science eaten in the area, promoting good eat-

Above: Sue Byrd, Professor at UT Martin, teaches a local Ecuadorian mother how to sew in order to supplement her income.

Left: Students bird watching and planting trees as part of a reforestation project at Milpe Bird Sanctuary.

January 2015

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Updates FCS Registered Dietitians in South Carolina! Alum in Nashville!

3 UTM Alumni all Registered Dietitians living in South Carolina and Alum Shannon Fisher (right) is currently Guest Services Repre- very involved with the South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and sentative at Marriott Hotel in Nashville. (She is shown here with Dietetics (SCAND). This photo was taken during regulatory day Dr. Sue Byrd) when SCAND officers were visiting the government agencies. Katherine Gattis Shavo (left), MS, RDN, LD; UTM BS '88; UTK MS Extension Alumni! '96; Current Position: Nutritionist for the Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging; Living in Columbia, SC. Charlotte Caperton-Kilburn (middle), MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN; UTM BS '87; owner of NFL Performance (Nutrition For Life Performance), Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietitian, Charleston, SC; President of the South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ann Childers (right), MS, MHA, RDN, LD; UTM BS '77, MS '79; Manager of Clinical Nutrition & Informatics at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, SC; Consumer Protection Coordinator, South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Left to Right: Tennille Short, Sarah Poole, Rachel Erwin

ALUMNI NEWS NOTES:

Amanda Evans (Spr 14)— is currently in Douglasville, GA and works in Atlanta as a Design Consultant for Havertys Furniture. She works at the brand new concept style store called the Style Studio in Buckhead (Atlanta). Amanda has worked there since October 2014.

Emily Turbeville (DI) - RD, new PRN hire at Centennial hospital in Nashville and also at Nashville YMCA for nutrition counseling.

Whitney Pope (Fall 13) - is the FACS teacher at Lake County High School

Vanda Cook (2010) - is the FACS teacher at Arlington High School

Meagan Symmes (2007) - Senior Sales Coordinator with Lincoln Financial Group, Franklin, TN

Attention Alumni: Give us an update! Email your graduation year /degree and what you are doing with your FCS degree to [email protected]! Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations from Family and Consumer Sciences to Lauren K. Hudson, Student Ambassador and junior FSCE concentration, and Tra- cye F. Valentine, GA for FCS. Both were initiated into the Alpha Epsilon Epsilon Chapter at UTM Kappa Delta Pi Chapter on December 7, 2014. Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) is an International Honor Society in Education whose membership is offered to those top 20% of their field and was founded in 1911 to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. Initiated membership exceeds 1.2 million and some of the more notable members include: John Dewey, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jean Piaget, Marga- ret Mead and George Washington Carver.

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The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Other News from across the state:

KIDS COUNT—Tennessee Data Book rates states on Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth—Every day across is 36th this year in the an- four domains: Economic the state, there are people working to improve the lives of children and nual KIDS Well-Being, Education, youth. Some provide care and important services, some are vol- COUNT Health, and Family and unteers helping a child in need National Community. Each domain and, some speak out on behalf of Data is comprised of four kids to improve their well- Book measures. When the most being. By their actions, they are all advocates. ranking recently available data on child were compared to those And, they are all everyday super- well- from 2005, Tennessee im- heroes!

being, better than its 39th proved on 10 of the 16 th ranking in 2013. The state measures; worsened on On March 10th and 11 , 2015, the Tennessee Commission on Chil- is among the five states five and remained the dren and Youth’s 27th annual Chil- with the biggest improve- same on one, paralleling dren's Advocacy Days will cele- ments in overall rankings national changes. brate these "Superheroes of Advo- from 2013 to 2014. The cacy." Student Organizations SDA FMA AAFCS WTAEYC

The American Association of Family The Student Dietetic Association Fashion Merchandising Associa- and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) has In October, 2014, the newest (SDA) recently wrapped gifts for tion (FMA) through the UTM been very active and during home- student organization, the West Healthy Start Children. Above (l Women’s Center Speaker Series Tennessee Association for Educa- coming week participated in a can to r): Jennifer Sommerville, in November 2014 presented a tion of Young Children (WTAEYC) food drive and sculpture along with Gerpouria Minter, Allie Whimey, program on what to wear when attended the 60th Diamond Jubi- other homecoming activities includ- Shelly Jones, and Hannah Grider. giving a presentation. FMA stu- lee Conference in Chattanooga ing Quad City. Pictured above are: dents dressed either appropri- for TAEYC. TAEYC serves as the Pictured above are Mike Davis, Dr. ately or inappropriately with voice for the early childhood the audience voting and dis- Lisa LeBleu, Mrs. Littleton and Alli- community in Tennessee advo- cussing correct attire. Below son Maxey. Pictured below are cates for children, their families, are clothes on loan from Mau- Heather Dunn, Mike Davis and Lau- and their futures. Pictured with rices and 5 Seasons Men’s Shop ren Hudson. speaker Lisa Murphy are students Emily Strawser and Allie Reyn- olds. SDA students showing off their new banner. The purpose SDA is to develop bonds between stu- dents, faculty and the communi- ty which increasing ones' knowledge of nutrition and die- tetics. January 2015

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Activities:

Left: Debbie Walden, Program Coordinator, Healthy Start; Aman- da Wilkin, Family Support Worker, Healthier Beginnings; Debbie Abel, Program Manager, Healthier Begin- nings; Dr. Marti Herndon, Profes- sor, Child and Family Studies; Leigh Ricketts, Family Support Worker, Healthy Start; Cathy Waggoner, FCS Advisory Board Member

Debbie Walden spoke at the NW Council Legislative Forum Breakfast, regarding funding of Healthy Community Nutrition Class helping out at Start for next year. Since Healthy Start is not in the State's reoccurring budget, we are on the Chop- We Care Ministries of Martin, TN. ping Block again this year. Tell your legislators how important Healthy Start is to North- west Tennessee!

Food Science Labs Tennessee Women’s Economic Summit

Dr. Shirley Raines (left), Presi- dent Emeritus, University of Memphis and UTM, family and consumer sciences alum- nus, is shown here with Dr. Sue Byrd, Department Chair,

Students in food science class use a refrac- at the Tennessee Women’s tometer to measure the brix concentration Economic Summit. of sucrose in an aqueous solution; analyze through the microscope the dispersion of various oil/water emulsions and measure viscosity of ketchup and corn syrup. Stu- Scenes from the FNCE dents also participated in substitution of Meeting in Atlanta in ingredients and comparison of tastes. October 2014. Megan Sylwanowicz and Kim Boldt with Jared of Sub- way fame.

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On December 3, 2014, the UTM FCS celebrated the first annual National Fami- ly and Consumer Sciences Day. December 3rd was chosen because it is the birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards, our founder. She was an amazing woman! Left: Dr. Byrd with cake for dedication of 1st annual event. Right: FCS stu- dents, faculty, alumni and university friends celebrate Family and Consumer Sciences Day by Dining In and celebrating Ellen Swallow Richards' Birthday. Cultural Etiquette class learning dining etiquette January 2015

Congratulations August 2014 and December 2014 Family and Consumer Science Graduates!

Giving That Makes a Difference in FCS!

As alumni we know you are asked by UTM to give back to the University and we know you do. Many of you give to our FCS scholarships, even sponsoring a scholarship. But we have been asked by others, do you give FCS scholarships? The answer is YES!!! So when you give to UTM you can designate your scholarship go to a specific scholarship. We have scholarships desig- nated for students in dietetics, fashion merchandising, family and consumer sciences education, as well as scholarships for any student in family and consumer sciences that have been named in memory or honor of FCS professionals. If you are in- terested in more information contact Dana Prince at [email protected], or Sue Byrd at [email protected]

The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Family and Consumer Sciences 340 Gooch Hall Martin, TN 38238-5045 (731)-881-7100 www.utm.edu/fcs

Department Chair: Dr. Sue Byrd [email protected]

Program Resource Specialist: Kimberly Sledd [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Tracye F. Valentine Graduate Research Assistant [email protected] Keywords: UTM Family and Consumer Sciences