HDFS Program Meeting

January 24, 2017

1:30-3:00 PM

Attending: Dr. Lisa Mize, Dr. Flora Farago, Dr. Hyunsook Kang, Ms. Lynsey Cortines, Dr. Jennifer Newquist, Dr. Rachel Jumper, Paige Holland (student worker)

Program Goals for 2017-2018

Recruitment/Promoting HDFS:

  1. In spring 2018 (Feb) hold an advising luncheon to promote the HDFS minor and new courses—invite faculty/advisors from across campus.
  2. Expand the HDFS Advisory Board
  3. Nurture relationships with community colleagues—revisit faculty assignments; update articulation agreements; serve on advisory boards at community colleges, potentially hold luncheon
  4. Reach out to admitted students who have not enrolled—ambassadors will call and student worker email the 1st Monday of every month; develop strategies for reaching out to parents of the admitted students.

Discussion Items:

  1. Recruitment:
  2. Photos from the practicum course student powerpoint presentations were “pulled” by Paige and Dr. Mize, and faculty discussed the possibility of using these photos for marketing and recruitment
  3. Some issues to keep in mind: photo release waivers needed from anyone depicted; quality of the photos need to be considered
  4. Dr. Jumper suggested that we go ahead and use photos shared by the Megan W. in order to proceed with recruitment efforts
  1. Graduate Issues:
  2. Rolling deadline for admission/registration
  3. HDFS summer graduate course (HMS 551) will be offered in Summer 2by Dr. Farago
  4. HDFS graduate course offerings: HMS 586 Fall; HMS 552 Spring; HMS 551 Summer 2
  5. Ms. Cortines will teach HMS 586; Dr. Jumper will teach HMS 552
  6. Graduate bulletin is being reviewed by faculty and staff today through Friday – if there are issues, let Dr.Jumper and Dr. Perrit know
  7. Graduate degree plans don’t have to include the semester when a course is taken
  1. Summer Schedule:
  2. After much discussion, it was determined that HMS 420 will currently not be offered in the summer
  1. Fall Teaching Schedules:
  2. In order to determine fall schedules,Dr. Mize reported that we need more data (webfocus; analytics)
  1. Practicum
  1. Required: 200 hrsof practicum at the site – for 3 hrs credit
  2. “We are training professionals, not parents”
  3. Practicum internsare allowed to serve as interns at their current site of employment as long as they are completing tasks that are not normally part of their job duties
  1. JCFR
  2. Meeting is tomorrow, Jan 25th at 6pm
  3. Faculty will provide pizza and drinks
  4. Dr. Newquist mentioned fundraising efforts for TxCFR
  5. Jaycie Case emailed Dr. Farago as JCFR students would like to do a project with Head Start
  1. GETCAP Advisory meeting
  1. Feb 28th at noon atGETCAP Head Start
  2. Dr. Farago will touch base with Ms. Shante about spring events that our students can volunteer at
  3. Dr. Farago will reach out to Mr. Beard regarding advertising the SFA online HDFS program in Tyler
  1. Conferences/Meetings coming up
  2. OMA Diversity conference Feb 9th
  3. Burke Mission Possible conference March 7th
  4. SOAR conference March 27th
  5. WGS (Women and Gender Studies conference) March 23th
  6. TxCFR April 4-5th
  7. URC (Undergraduate Research Conf.) April 17th

Next meeting: 1.31.18 – 1:30