The Illinois State University Interdisciplinary Research Group on Personal Relationships will present a research colloquium featuring Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D. from 2–3 p.m. Tuesday, October 9 in 210 Moulton Hall.
Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences
Sewing problems: Students offer free clothing repairs to community
An elderly man approached a couple of students sitting in front of a sewing machine in the Coffee Hound and asked what they were doing. Repairing clothes, they told him, and noticing a large rip in his jacket, suggested he get it fixed.
Breaking the cycle of technology interfering with family life
Parents who escape from stress using technology may be compounding the problem of challenging behavior in children, but there is hope, says Brandon McDaniel.
Power of community: FCSP gave a little, to give a lot
The members of the Family and Consumer Science Professionals of McLean County (FCSP) have proved that anything is possible with cooperation and determination through endowing their Outstanding Senior in Family and Consumer Science award.
Let’s Talk Teaching: Interrupted Case Studies
University teaching award winner Bill Anderson talks about ways to promote creativity by getting students to make predictions.
Stretching the Ties that Bind: Mothers and daughters topic of talk, April 23
Megan Gilligan of Iowa State University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies will present “Stretching the Ties that Bind: Intergenerational Estrangement Between Mothers and Adult Children.”
She Rises exhibition at Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection gallery
The Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection (LJHCC) in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University invites the public to the collection’s new exhibition, She Rises: The Changing Role of Women c. 1970s, running through August 31.
Chef Roy Choi to headline Science and Technology Week
Chef, restaurateur, and author Roy Choi will spend an evening in Normal as the keynote speaker for Illinois State University’s 2018 Science and Technology Week.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Are there health benefits to eating meat?
Redbird Scholar Jennifer Barnes answers the question, Are there any health benefits associated with eating meat?
CAST to host Science and Technology Week, April 16-20
Science and Technology Week 2018 is jam packed with exciting events and opportunities for students.