these in-person meetings, there are emails, conference calls, and webinars. If you don’t participate in these activities, what is the best way to connect? AAFCS Commu-nities!

At last count, only 15% of AAFCS members belong to one or more Communities. Nationally, Com-munities offer the opportunity to collaborate with other members, as we all work to impact those making decisions about their well-being, relationships, and resources.

With the new AMS, it is easier to access members-only online services, including Communities, at www.aafcs.org! Look for the login button below in the top right of each webpage to get started!

What an exciting year to serve as your president! As we work to-gether to stream-line AAFCS, headquarters has launched a new Association Man-agement System

(AMS); the Annual Conference has been redesigned; and we just celebrated the fi rst annual Family and Consumer Sciences Day on December 3. Wow, so much is happening in the life of AAFCS!

While preparing to speak about AAFCS at our Fall Leadership Workshop, I thought about the many important ways we can cre-ate connections through AAFCS to make a difference. At the local level, our Affi liates are a crucial av-enue for connecting across prac-tice settings in the geographic area where we live and work. Through Affi liate meetings and conferences, we receive professional develop-ment and networking opportunities. Thank you, Affi liate leaders!

Next, I thought about how mem-bers connect across state and national borders. Some volunteer to serve on committees and every June we come together at the Annual Conference. In between

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(1) One login opens MyAAFCS, and your personal computer can remem-ber login and password information if you choose. (2) Inside MyAAFCS, you’ll see the “Manage Community Connections” button, and you can join a Community with just one click. (3) To communicate with your Com-munity members, select the “Explore Groups – Directory and Resources” button, followed by the “Email Group Members” button.

Currently, there are 20 Communities offering you the opportunity to be en-gaged with like-minded profession-als, from the Community of Elemen-tary, Secondary, and Adult Education to the newly formed Community of Ethics. There has never been a better time to get involved! Sign up today, and you’ll be on your way to connecting with others to make a difference for individuals, families, and communities.

Bev Card, CFCS

President

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AAFCS Hosts Fall Affi liate Workshop in Alexandria By Sophy Mott, AAFCS Director of

Affi liate and Member Relations

AAFCS staff and board members

were pleased to host the Fall Af-

fi liate Leadership Workshop in

Alexandria, Virginia, the home

of AAFCS headquarters. Forty-eight affi liate leaders partic-ipated in the workshop, Oct. 10-12. Some, like Cherylann

Dozier of New Mexico, left home at

3am to make the trip, while others

like Jacqueline Snee of Virginia

had an easier commute of just a

few Metro stops away. AAFCS was

excited to see them all!

Leaders got to know one another

at a “cookout” themed dinner on

Friday night, then learned about

the Annual Conference Redesign

and got a sneak peek at the 2015

conference city, Jacksonville, FL,

from Teri Fuentez of the Florida

Affi liate. On Saturday, Bev Card,

Peggy Wild, and Jane Walker

shared the benefi ts and impacts

of the recent Senate actions, and

Carolyn Jackson guided affi liates

on new initiatives, including Family

& Consumer Sciences Day 2014

and the new Research Center

Directory. Participants enjoyed an

offsite lunch at local favorite Theis-

mann’s Restaurant, and some took

advantage of the proximity and

toured AAFCS Headquarters.

The rest of the Workshop was

dedicated to strategic planning,

led by Peggy Wild, and affi liate

and member management tools

and resources, including the new

MyAAFCS. AAFCS legal counsel

also presented on taxes, insur-

ance, and everything in between!

If you’d like to see some of the

resources from the Workshop,

please visit www.aafcs.org/Mem

bership/Affi liateResources.asp.

Thousands Celebrate First Annual Family & Consumer Sciences DayBy Gwynn Mason, AAFCS

Communications Director

On December 3, 2014, more than 100,000 people from all 50 states, all seven con-tinents, and 17 countries participated in the fi rst annual

Family & Consumer Sciences Day

campaign, “Dining In” for Healthy

Families—the national celebration

that educates families about the

importance of preparing healthy

meals and “Dining In” together.

December 3rd was chosen to

honor family and consumer sci-

ences pioneer and AAFCS founder

Ellen Swallow Richards’ birthday.

“With the high rate of obesity in

this country, especially among

children, “Dining In” for Healthy

Families calls attention to a simple

action that families can take to be-

come healthier—prepare and eat a

nutritious meal together. We were

proud to lead this important cam-

paign,” said Carolyn W. Jackson,

CFCS, AAFCS executive director.

On December 3rd, AAFCS broad-

casted live interviews with Dr.

Barbara O’Neill, CFCS, Rutgers

Cooperative Extension, who

discussed the fi nancial impact

of “Dining In”; Dr. Brian Wansink,

Cornell Food and Brand Lab, who

provided healthy eating strategies

from his new book Slim by Design;

Dr. Ingrid Adams, University of

Kentucky, who talked about the

benefi ts to children of “Dining In”;

and Dr. Barbara Fiese, University

of Illinois Family Resiliency Center,

who shared how to build family re-

lationships during family mealtime.

Other Family & Consumer Scienc-

es Day segments supported the

“Dining In” theme and highlighted

the work of the Family & Consumer

Sciences Alliance’s Next Genera-

tion movement. And there were

even guest appearances by Ellen

Richards (played by Joyce Miles)!

All archived segments are posted

at www.youtube.com/aafcs.

In addition to “Dining In” on De-

cember 3rd, secondary schools,

universities, Extension offi ces, and

businesses celebrated Family &

Consumer Sciences Day by pre-

senting food preparation educa-

tion programs and workshops;

distributing family meal information

and recipes; holding food drives

for families in need; and participat-

ing in FCCLA@TheTable.

Family & Consumer Sciences Day

was sponsored by Nasco Family

& Consumer Sciences, The Sugar

Association, and Delcor Technol-

ogy Solutions.

Thank you to everyone who

participated and helped to make it

a huge success!

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XLR8 with AAFCS Certifi cations!By Todd R. Christensen, CPFFE,

National Financial Education

Center at Debt Reduction Services

My kids know that I tend to be

a bit overly opinionated about

people who spend extra money

to personalize their license plates,

especially given that many, if not

most, of them are already liv-

ing paycheck-to-paycheck like

nearly 60% of Americans (see

www.usfi nancialcapability.org).

However, that doesn’t mean I still

don’t spend my entire turn at a red

light (and sometimes more time

later) trying to fi gure out what the

license plate on the car in front of

me really says. Seriously, though,

how are most people supposed to

know that “I ALT F4” means “I quit”

(Alt-F4 being the Microsoft Win-

dows keyboard shortcut for clos-

ing, or “quitting,” a program)?

Well, if I were to create a “vanity” plate for the Cre-dentialing Center, I’d prob-ably choose from one of the following: UP2D8, XLR8, or INOV8.

When I joined the Council for Cer-

tifi cation as its only public mem-

ber nearly six years ago, I was

impressed with the certifi cations

already in place, which included

CFCS, CFCS-HDFS, CFCS-HNFS

and the then recently added

CPFFE (which I now hold myself).

Additionally, there were a number

of pre-professional certifi cations.

The mark of a great program is continual improvement. That’s why we know that we have

a great Credentialing Center.

Over the past year, they’ve been working on new certi-fi cations, including a Certifi ed

Nutrition and Wellness Educator

credential and the pre-professional

assessment and certifi cation in

Leadership. More information is

forthcoming, but if you have any

involvement in these disciplines, I

hope you’re pretty X EYE TED.

In fact, if you ever see a license

plate with GOT CFCS or a newer

GOT CNWE, fi rst, wave at them

real friendly like, then CELEBR8

their hard work by smiling at them,

and then know that the driver of

the other car has the ULTIM8 in

certifi cations.

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Someone Ought to Do Something!By Duane Whitbeck, Board Liaison

to the AAFCS Public Policy

Committee & Carol Werhan, Pro-

fessor, Pittsburg State University

At a conference presentation the

speaker said that there are three

things an effective presenter will

do: “Inform you about the topic,”

“Inspire you to see why it is im-

portant,” and “Motivate you to

act.” As professionals in family

and consumer sciences (FCS)

the fi rst two areas are where we

spend much of our lives as we

talk with others about our fi eld

or teach our students. The third,

motivating to action, is one that we

might do far less often. Over the years there has been much discussion about how we should get the individuals in authority to recognize the value of FCS at all educa-tional levels. The topic seems

so large that no one knows where

to start. As a profession, we are

stuck on the issue, without a de-

fi ned task or action plan. How-

ever, as family and consumer

scientists, we are great with tasks.

Here is some background infor-

mation to motivate you to act and

specifi c tasks to be completed.

Every year each Chief State

School Offi cer is responsible for

submitting to the U.S. Depart-

ment of Education a list of Teacher

Shortage areas. This 25 years’

worth of state data can be ac-

cessed online. The most recent

reported data indicates that 15

of 57 reporting states/territories

list FCS as a High Need/Teacher

Shortage area. This is important

for two reasons: 1) national grants

are available for those entering

a teaching fi eld in a high needs

area and 2) public perception of

the need for FCS teachers impacts

potential teacher candidates’ deci-

sion to enter the fi eld. Of those

that reported, there was no con-

sistency in the title of the licensure

area. Data cannot be accurately

aggregated if we all aren’t using

the same term for the licensure

area. In Kansas, we have asked

repeatedly how to get FCS educa-

tion on the state teacher shortage

list and no one seemed to know.

Failing to fi nd the answer at the

state level, it seemed logical to

begin working the problem from

both ends.

The Offi ce of Post-Secondary

Education at the U.S. Department

of Education was contacted and

indicated that each state submits

data gathered from school su-

perintendents regarding teacher

shortage areas. That information

once compiled at the state level is

then sent on to the national level.

While it sounds like a relatively

simple process, apparently it is

not. In Kansas, even though we

have a critical shortage, this data

was never reported to the US De-

partment of Education and it was

unclear as to who was responsible

for doing so. Further informal

investigation revealed that other

states resubmit past data or use

inaccurate methods of determining

shortages.

In order to work from the ground

up, superintendents in Kansas

were surveyed to assess their

perceptions of the need for FCS

content and to establish that there

is a critical shortage.

We need your help. Our goal is to determine the report-ing system used in every state, inform the decision makers, and get accurate data reported. To do this we

need partners in every state who

can facilitate a similar superin-

tendent survey and assess who

is reporting shortage data to the

federal government and where

they get their data. To date, we

have 23 states that have at least

one volunteer willing to participate.

Our goal is to have four to fi ve

volunteers from every state. Of

the 23 that have paticipants, 10

have only one person. We need

more partners. We need YOU. Someone ought to do something!

Now you can. If you are willing to

help, please email us at

dwhitbeck@pittstate.edu and

cwerhan@pittstate.edu.

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CELIAC DISEASE: A Hidden World-wide EpidemicBy Juanita Mendenhall (See

www.aafcs.org/res/14_AC/Pres-

entations/Celiac_Disease.pdf for

slides presented at AAFCS 105th

Annual Conference)

The session room was at capacity

with colleagues interested in learn-

ing about what they, as an AAFCS

professional and as an individual

“need to know” to help curb this

serious common disease affecting around 1 in 100-133 people worldwide.

Ninety-fi ve to ninety-nine percent

of those with it don’t know it, but

they most likely have had it since

birth because it is a frequently ex-

pressed hereditary disease. It is

not a new disease but doctors are

only now paying much attention in

the United States, although Europe

and Australia have tested babies

and checked for celiac disease for

at least 20 years, which eliminates

many illnesses that are caused

by or specifi cally infl uenced by

celiac. Information used came

from Columbia University Celiac

Research Center, Johns Hopkins,

Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, the

National Celiac Foundation, and

numerous medical publications.

When a person with celiac ingests

gluten, found mainly in wheat, bar-

ley, and rye or their derivatives,

an immune reaction is set off that

wears away the villi on the 22 foot

long small intestine, reducing the

absorption of vital nutrients. When

this happens all sorts of “other”

manifestations occur but the

underlying condition is the celiac

disease. Celiac is defi nitely not

an allergy! It is clearly a different

mechanism, which acts slowly

(usually) to cause a host of condi-

tions and illnesses that the indi-

vidual has been treated for, without

being tested for the real culprit,

celiac disease. Over 30 health conditions are found to be linked to celiac. Some are: in-

fertility, miscarriage, and stillbirth;

menstrual problems; Osteoporosis;

Type 1 Diabetes; Lupus, Thyroid

Diseases; intestinal and lymphoma

cancers, bloating and bowel

problems, Dermatitis Herpetiformis

and eczema; dental defects,

canker sores; Autism Spectrum;

slow growth in children, etc. (Go to

DoIHaveCeliac.org to do a

self-check.)

Tests for celiac are very spe-

cifi c and the correct ones must

be used. Also, if you have not

been eating gluten when you are

tested it will not be an accurate

test. Many doctors miss the diagnosis, so if they are not well

versed in celiac, fi nd one that is

so you feel confi dent in the results.

The heredity factors are HLA-DQ2

(95% have) and HLA-DQ8 (5%

have). Initial blood work should

be: Total IgA, IgA-tTG, IgA-EMA.

Celiac is the most misdiagnosed

and undiagnosed autoimmune

disease in the world.

At the session, participants tasted

three samples of gluten-free food,

which “disappeared quickly.”

They were given recipes and tips

on how to navigate grocery stores,

pharmacies (yes, meds and cos-

metics), restaurants, and gather-

ings, etc., as well as resource lists.

There are so many new and great

gluten-free foods and ingredients

to choose from that eating is as

pleasurable as ever. In fact, being

diagnosed with celiac disease IS

ABSOLUTELY CAUSE FOR CELE-

BRATION! You fi nally know what’s

wrong; what you can do about it;

and that you can heal yourself—by

remaining gluten free! (I have!)

For more information, check out:

www.celiaccentral.org, The Na-

tional Foundation for Celiac Aware-

ness. Teachers, consider a unit in your FCS classes and help curb the epidemic! Spread the word so more peo-

ple can have the healthy life they

should have. We all can help.

Celiac MYTHS

Myth #1: You can outgrow celiac

disease. Although symptoms may dis-

appear with proper gluten-free adher-

ance, once a diagnosed celiac, you

ALWAYS have celiac.

Myth #2: A little bit of gluten now

and then won’t hurt. Research

indicates it WILL, even in very small

amounts. (20+ ppm does damage)

Myth #3: Vinegar contains gluten.

Distilled is OK. Only MALT vinegar

has gluten.

Myth #4: Distilled alcohol has

gluten. Distilling removes gliadin, so

it is gluten free. Only spirits made from

wheat, barley, or rye and related fl avor-

ings contain gluten.

Myth #5: Gluten is absorbed

through the skin. Gluten MUST be

ingested to affect the villi of the small

intestine. The condition dermatitis

hepetiformis that celiacs may get is

caused by eating gluten, not creams

or lotions ON the skin.

Myth #6: You can get celiac diesase

through a blood transfusion. The an-

tibodies found in blood cannot cause

celiac disease in another person.

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Mentoring Undergrads in the Human SciencesSponsored by Kappa Omicron Nu

Dr. Sherry Haar & Kelsie Doty in video

of “Common Interests, Creativity, and

Scholarship Characterize an Under-

graduate Mentoring Research Jour-

ney into Plant-based Dyes” at Kansas

State University

Mentoring Undergraduates in the Human Sciences, http://mentoring.kon.org/, is

designed to emphasize the bene-

fi ts of and improve undergraduate

research in the human sciences

associated with engagement:

student learning, retention, and

possible connections to post-bac-

calaureate study and involvement.

The resources are rooted in endur-

ing principles that began with the

relationship between Telemachus

and Mentor in Greek Legend.

Resources are posted in the following categories: Mentoring Information, Mentoring

Resources, Abstracts and Awards,

Mentoring Tutorials, and Mentor-

ing Stories. Students and faculty

are encouraged to use the site to

increase the effectiveness of insti-

tutions in building and sustaining

quality undergraduate research

programs, to share their experi-

ences, and to give recognition to

undergraduate researchers and

their mentors.

The mentoring minisite accom-

panies the successful Under-

graduate Research Journal for the

Human Sciences that is celebrat-

ing its thirteenth year of publishing

research manuscripts, research

papers, and research reports at

http://www.kon.org/urc/

urc_authorguidelines.html.

AnnouncementsCongratulations, Newly Certifi ed Professionals!

July 1, 2014 – September 30, 2014

Karen Chessell, CFCS

Teene Duff, CFCS

Carol Erwin, CFCS

Maryann Guldin, CFCS

Aimee Kilgore, CFCS

Hannah Mott, CFCS

Casey Ochoa, CFCS

Abigal Potts, CFCS-HDFS

Lawrence Strauss, CFCS

Katrinia Voekel, CFCS

Award Nominations Due January 12, 2015

By Roma Jean Bradburn, Chair,

Awards & Recognition Committee

The Teacher of the Year award, the

graduate fellowships, and undergrad-

uate scholarship nominations are due

in the new year, January 12, 2015.

Mark your calendars so that the date

does not pass you by!

Remember that the process for sub-

mitting nominations has been revised

for the January 12, 2015 submission

deadline.

All nominees will submit their personal data through an online survey. All other sup-porting materials will be sub-mitted in Word or PDF form to Roxana Ayona at rayona@aafcs.org. This will simplify the

submission process. Once all nomi-

nations have been received on Janu-

ary 12, 2015, Ms. Ayona will prepare

the material to be sent to the jurors for

judging during the months of February

and March. See the Awards page to

familiarize yourself with the process at

www.aafcs.org/Awards.

Thank you

for Sponsoring

This Issue!

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Address service requested AAFCS Calendar of Events

December 31, 2014 Last day for charitable contributions for the 2014 tax year. Give your best gift at www.aafcs.org!

January 5, 2015 Manuscripts due for JFCS issue 107.3 on The Next 100 Years of FCS in the United States

January 12, 2015 Submission deadline for AAFCS Teacher of the Year award, fellowships, and undergraduate scholarship

February 2015 Registration opens for the AAFCS 106th Annual Conference & Expo

February 20, 2015 Regular registration deadline for AAFCS professional competency exams in March

For year-round professional development, check out our wide array of archived webinars at www.aafcs.org/DevelopmentCenter/Webinars.asp.

The FACSThe FACS is the quarterly news-letter for members of AAFCS. Photos and articles from and about members are welcome.

EditorGwynn Masongmason@aafcs.org

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The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is the only professional association that provides leadership and support to family and consumer sciences students and professionals from both multiple practice settings and content areas.

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