July 8, 2022

• July 15, Conference Survey Due
• September 14, Student Unit Connect
• September 30-October 2, Fall Leadership Workshop (Arlington, VA)

The recent 2022 Annual Conference made history as we gathered hundreds of professionals for the first time since 2019. If you were in Orlando, you experienced the new HUB, additional general sessions, conference photos taken by our attendees, wellness activities, an introduction to Clean the World, our celebration and salute to our award recipients, our new send-off celebration! All of this and much more.

We deeply appreciate everyone who traveled to Florida or participated virtually. Our conference was filled with new opportunities to reconnect, recharge, engage, network, and reinforce the importance and value of our profession. If you attended the conference virtually or in-person, you received a survey earlier this week. We hope that you will provide your feedback to help with our planning for the 2023 Annual Conference in Baltimore. If you missed the official welcome from the Maryland Affiliate, you can get to know our 2023 host city here.
 

NANCY BOCK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
American Assn. of Family & Consumer Sciences

SPECIAL RECOGNITION: AAFCS Annual Conference Sponsor

A special shout out Thank You goes to Goodheart-Willcox Publisher for their never-ending support as a AAFCS Conference sponsor and official 2022 Sponsor of the National Teacher of the Year Award! Year after year, G-W has been a solid partner and exhibitor in the Conference Expo/Hub. The TOY Award is highly recognized in the education industry!

Goodheart-Wilcox Update: 

This fall, teach culinary arts with a digital solution that prepares students for the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation’s secondary certified programs and credentials. [g-w.com/ignite]G-W Ignite is now available for the fourth edition of The Culinary Professional and launches students into a career pathway in hospitality with a comprehensive package of readings, media, auto-graded assessments, and robust reporting tools that track student progress. Learn more at www.g-w.com/ignite and see how G-W Ignite can enhance your culinary program!

2022 Teacher of the Year Announcement!
Sponsored by Goodheart-Willcox Publisher, the AAFCS National Teacher of the Year Award was established in 1974 to recognize exemplary teachers who utilize cutting-edge methods, techniques and activities to provide stimulus and visibility to family and consumer sciences in elementary and secondary education.

Finalist: Christina E. DeSimone, CFCS-HDFS, Maryland
Merit Finalist: Kimberly Kay Baldwin, CFCS, Colorado 
Merit Finalist: Gretchen Lee, Minnesota 



Additionally we would like to recognize our affiliate finalist. 
-Kimberly Hart-Shatswell, Wisconsin 
-Jill Hurt, Kentucky
-Katie Newcomb, Ohio
-Janis Moore, CFCS-Retired, Ohio
-Marissa Pipkin-Jones, South Carolina 

Congratulations to all recipients! Your valiant efforts have not gone unnoticed! Thank you for all you do! 

Salute to Excellence Honorees! 

Join us as we celebrate and congratulate our outstanding AAFCS Award Recipients! The recording of the reception can be found on MyAAFCS, under conference library for attendees. 

Distinguished Service Award 
-Beverly Card, CFCS, Virginia
-Barbara George, CFCS-Retired, Wisconsin 
-Marilyn Swierk, CFCS-Retired, Florida 

Leader Award
-Karen Alexander, CFCS, Texas
-Donna Dinco, Wisconsin
-Sharleen Kato, CFCS-HDFS, Washington
-Susan Shockey, CFCS, CPFFE, Ohio

New Achiever Award 
-Ashleigh Childs, Georgia
-Olivia Johnson, Texas
-Michael Westbrook, CFCS, Wisconsin

Fellowship
-Nicole Wanago, Montana 

Scholarship
-Emily Hogsett, Colorado 
 

ITS NOT TOO LATE! Full Advantage of your Membership this Summer!
The AAFCS Virtual Professional Development (VPD) program offers members an opportunity to acquire professional development in FCS areas and earn PDUs (Professional Development Units). AAFCS offers Virtual Professional Development educational modules. Each educational module includes the following:

• 30-minute recorded video presentation
• Supplemental materials and instructional resources
• PDU Certificate 

JFCS in Memoria for our Members 

Every year, we recognize AAFCS members who have passed away in the recent 12 months.

If you are aware of any members who have passed since September 2021, please let us know so that we can recognize and honor them in the next issue of our journal. To help us honor those members that we have lost, we ask that you send an email to membership@aafcs.org that includes their full name, credentials, and state. Please type Memorial in the subject line of your email.  We must receive this information no later than August 1, 2022.

Even if you think you may have sent this to AAFCS, or maybe another person did, we ask that you take a moment to help us ensure that we have the right information in the journal.  Thank you!

Call for Papers Deadline Extended to August 31st:  Special Issue “Consuming in Hospitality and Tourism during Pre- and Post-Pandemic”

The Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal would like to cordially invite scholars to contribute an article to the Special Issue titled “Consuming in Hospitality and Tourism during Pre-and Post-Pandemic.” The COVID-19 pandemic has made the hospitality and tourism industry into an unprecedented challenging environment since 2020. Understanding consumption in Hospitality and Tourism during pre-and post-pandemic is essential to surviving in the unpredictable market environment. Short-term and long-term strategic practices and solutions are needed to develop and implement for the present and future. Thus, the focused area of this special issue should stress the importance of consumers’ behavioral changes and adaptation. The guest editors would like to take this opportunity to bring significant attention among hospitality and tourism scholars on understanding consumers during pre-and post-pandemic and give insight on strategies prepare for the future. Further information about the call for papers (extended to August 31, 2022) and this special issue (published June, 2023) can be found here.

It's Certification Renewal Time!

AAFCS Professional Certification renewal occurs each fall.  Invoices are now prepared and available in MyAAFCS.  Click here to access your open invoices.  Email notifications will be sent by July 15; paying electronically before paper invoices are created/mailed at the end of July will demonstrate “Save the Planet” and “Save AAFCS Resources” behavior! 

Certification renewal is based upon payment of the maintenance fee (paid annually) and submission of 75 PDUs (reported at the end of the cycle). The due date for fee payment and PDUs is October 1st.   PDU reporting is due for those whose 3-year certification cycle (CFCS, CFCS-HDFS, CFCS-HNFS, CNWE, and CPFFE) ends August 31 of the current year. 

Click here for more information about the renewal process.  Questions regarding AAFCS certification renewal should be emailed to certification@aafcs.org.

2022 Fall Leadership Workshop (in-person)
September 30 - October 2: Affiliate Leadership Workshop is designed to support our affiliate leaders on their journey to be future-ready by turning insights to action to help prepare for whatever lies ahead. Hotel venue: Hyatt Centric Hotel, Arlington, VA. Please check our website, AAFCS.org, for details this summer.

Registration Now Open! Click here for details.

An exciting NEAFCS professional development is waiting for you at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.  We are excited to SEE everyone in-person. You will be challenged by dynamic keynote speakers, experience innovative programming and meet other NEAFCS professionals. Plan now to “Take Flights, Reach New Heights" in Raleigh, NC. where you will explore innovative opportunities to engage local communities, discover skills that strengthen personal and professional development, connect with other professionals to create lasting partnerships, and re-energize and have fun.