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Press Releases and Letters


August 9, 2021
AAFCS Student Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients

August 9, 2021
AAFCS Awards of Excellence

July 14, 2021
AAFCS Teacher of the Year Honoree Lori Henry

July 13, 2021
AAFCS DSA Honoree Duane Whitbeck, Ph.D.

July 13, 2021
AAFCS DSA Honoree Karen Bergh, Ph.D.

July 13, 2021
AAFCS DSA Honoree Joanne Bankston, Ph.D.

May 18, 2021
AAFCS Celebrates 2021 Award Honorees

August 26, 2020
AAFCS Honors Dr. Virginia Vincenti, CFCS as 2020 DSA Honoree

August 26, 2020
AAFCS Honors Ms. Carolyn Barnhart, CFCS as 2020 DSA Honoree

August 26, 2020
AAFCS Honors Ms. Elizabeth Jane Steiner, CFCS-Retired as 2020 DSA Honoree

August 26, 2020
AAFCS Honors Dr. Jacqueline Holland, CFCS-HDFS as 2020 DSA Honoree

August 24, 2020
2020 Distinguished Service Honorees Recognized This Summer

August 23, 2020
AAFCS Honors Kayla Correll, CFCS as 2020 Teacher of the Year

July 30, 2020
AAFCS Announces the 2020-2021 Board of Directors

August 16, 2019
AAFCS Announces the 2019-2020 Board of Directors

May 7, 2019
Heather Jones, CFCS, Named AAFCS 2019 National Teacher of the Year on Teacher Appreciation Day

March 29, 2019
AAFCS Sends Response to Rachael Ray

July 17, 2018
AAFCS Board Adopts Resolution to Support Humane Policies and Treatment of Families Crossing Borders into the United States

May 8, 2018
Camelle Kinney Named AAFCS 2018 Teacher of the Year Merit Finalist

May 8, 2018
Karen Roberts Named AAFCS 2018 Teacher of the Year Merit Finalist

May 8, 2018
AAFCS Announces 2018 National Teacher of the Year on Teacher Appreciation Day

April 24, 2018
Jenny Watson Named AAFCS 2018 National Teacher of the Year

April 23, 2018
Cynthia Miller Named President of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

March 20, 2018
AAFCS Joins the International Federation for Home Economics in Celebrating World Home Economics Day