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What is SAFCS?
Student Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
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What is the FCS Original Discipline?
Focuses on an integrative approach to the reciprocal relationships amoung individuals, families,and communities as well as the enviornments in which they function
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Who is the original founder of FCS?
Ellen Swallow Richards
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What are three current issues in FCS?
- 1. Obesity
- 2.The recession
- 3. Widespread Unemployment
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What is the Morill Act of 1862?
An act enacted to designate a parcel of land in each state to be used for establishing a university.
by Abraham Lincoln
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What is the host, location, and name of the event that launched the discipline of FCS?
Summer Conference in Lake placid held by Mevil Dewey
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What is the original name of FCS?
it was the AHEA ----> American Home Economics Association
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What are the three options that EIU offers as a major in FCS?
- 1. Dietetics Option
- 2. Family Services Option
- 3. Apparel & Textiles, Consumer Studies, Hospitality, and Merchandising Option
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Where was the "Rumford Kitchen" displayed to a mass of people?
At the Worlds Fair
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What are the 10 eco trends that emerged after an enviornmental scan?
- 1. Ageing population
- 2. Digital Technology
- 3. Genetically modified products
- 4. Nutritionally enhanced fruits and veggies
- 5. an Altered institution- marriage rates down, and kids raised w/one parent
- 6. Protecting the enviornment while accomodating growth
- 7. no majority ethic group
- 8. more women owning their own business
- 9. people plan to work after retirement
- 10. live in one part of the country and employed in another
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Professional Disciplines that influenced FCS over the years?
Trade Unions, the national consumer leauge,YWCA, Womens sufferage movement, The american dietetics Association,
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What is the Human Ecosystem?
How the major areas of study in FCS - Food,Shelter, Clothing, and Relationships all contribute to the well-being of individuals
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What is the interface of FCS?
Strengthening children, families and communities to be safe, healthy and thriving.
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