Check bulletin boards near BH 329 for officers and meeting dates. Get involved with your professional associations for
networking, mentoring, job opportunities, leadership opportunities, and much more. Check out their Websites.
Fashion Network Association, advisor: Dr. Ulasewicz
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~fna/
Family & Consumer Sciences Student Association,
advisor: Dr. Sands
YOUR DEPARTMENT’S ORGANIZATION Consumer & Family Studies/Dietetics Department
Chair: Dr. Nancy Rabolt, BH 329A Office Coordinator: Kelly Vuong, BH 329
Office Technical Assistant Michael Jensen, BH 329B
is located in the
College of Health & Social Sciences Dean: Dr. Don Taylor, HSS 204
Associate Dean: Dr. Alvin Alvarez, HSS 239 Student Resource Center: David Woo, HSS 239
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
Volume 16, Issue 1
CFS/D Faculty Advisors
Ms. Sarah Josef, BH 301, DFM
Dr. Karen Johnson-Carroll, BH 335A, ID
Dr. Gretchen George, BH 302, DFM
Dr. Nancy Rabolt, BH 329A, ADM
Dr. Kelly-Reddy-Best, BH 328, ADM
Dr. Billie Lou Sands, BH 330, FCS
Dr. Connie Ulasewicz, BH 335C, ADM
Dr. Gus Vouchilas, BH 335B, ID
Ms. Wanda Siu-Chan, BH 303, DI
CFS/D Lecturers
Gail Baugh, BH 335D, ADM
Marcia Baum, BH 306, FCS
Scott Cahn, BH 308, DFM
Yvette Catallini, BH 307, DFM
Lecturers, cont.
Alicia Connor, BH 308, DFM
Jennifer Dye, BH 307, ID
Dr. Kenneth Fehrman, BH 304, ID
Jamie Ficarra, BH 306, DFM
Dr. Sherrill Halbe, BH 307, ID
Adrian Leong, BH 335D, ADM
Anne Markevich, BH 306, FCS
Ivana Markova, BH 335D, ADM
Julie Matel, BH 308, DFM
Dr. Janet Sim, BUS 336, HTM
Kathrin Spoeck, BH 308, DFM
Dr. Nellie True, BH 306, FCS
Jerry Van Slambrouck, BH 307, ID
Your Department’s Organization Faculty
Student Associations
1
Starting Off Right: MySFSU, deadlines, etc. Meet and Greet/ Advising Fall 2013 Graduation Applications
2
May 2013 Pre- Commencement Celebration
3
Impacted Programs
Program News
Newsletter editor Wanted
4
Inside this issue:
ASID Student Chapter, advisor: Dr. Vouchilas
Email: [email protected]
Student Dietetic Association, advisor: Dr. George
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~sda/
San Francisco State University
CFS/D STUDENT NEWSLETTER
September 2013
GET CONNECTED: USE My SFSU. You can do many
things through MySFSU. Go to email options to forward
your SFSU email to your gmail, yahoo, or other account
so you don’t miss important messages from campus.
Faculty send e-mails from their class lists or iLearn site,
which go to your SFSU address. You can print your tran-
scripts, DARS or class schedule, sign up for Credit/No
Credit, add classes with a permit number, change your
address, verify your enrollment, check deadlines, and
many more things through MySFSU.
DEADLINES: DROP/ADD/CR-NC/W. Adhering to
deadlines is very important, especially in this budget era.
The university is being strict about deadlines and adhering
to new policies. High unit students will be getting notices
from the registrar for additional required advising. Finish-
ing or adding double majors and minors may be more dif-
ficult this year. Check with your advisor.
You must check your online registration before Sept 9 to
make sure you are properly registered. Drop deadline: Sept
9. The deadline to add a class: Sept 23. You will NOT be
allowed to add classes late. CR/NC deadline is Oct 21. Sign
up online (faculty cannot do this for you.) Withdrawing
from a class needs 3 signatures and documentation of seri-
ous and compelling reasons. Deadline: Nov 22. Check
course syllabi for details on CHSS ‘W’ policy. Documenta-
tion is needed for all withdrawals.
THE CFS/D WEBSITE. Check out the dept site. You’ll
find student association news, program requirements, appli-
cations, dept activities, and more: http://cfsd.sfsu.edu.
SENIOR PORTFOLIOS. Students will develop a por t-
folio of their work in their senior year. You should think
about projects in each class that might go into your portfo-
lio.
courses on the application as appropriate. You need a cur-
rent copy of your unofficial SFSU transcript. You may
want to check with the university Advising Center if you
have questions on general university graduation require-
ments. You need 120 units and a 2.0 SFSU GPA, 2.0 Over-
all GPA, and 2.0 Major GPA.
IMPORTANT: check your DARS for equivalencies
for major courses. If they are not listed, see your advisor
ASAP. But, the DARS is only a guide, it is not official.
Your advisor may have substituted a course not shown on
the DARS where you expect it.
The deadline for Fall graduation applications is Friday,
Sept 20 to the dept chair. Be sure to star t the process
early. Your Advisor and Department Chair must sign your
application before you take it to Student Services. Advi-
sors may not be available the day of the deadline, so don’t
wait till the last day! Take your folder to your advising
appointment.
Follow the guidelines that are in your folder for gradu-
ation applications. Remember you must type in the cours-
es required for your major in the order they appear on the
checksheet in your advising folder and have all substituted
courses signed off by your advisor. List the substituted
START THE YEAR OFF RIGHT
FALL 2013 GRADUATING SENIORS
Caption describing
picture or graphic.
(DARS).
4. Work out an Graduation Plan with your advisor, sign it,
and have a scan sent to your email by
the office staff. The original should be in
your folder in BH 329. You may need
this the first day of classes. Please do
NOT take your folder home; we must
have it in the Department office.
5. For GE and general advising, you
may want to visit the Student Resource
Center in the College of Health & Social Sciences, HSS
239, 415/405-3533, https://chss.sfsu.edu/advising/
6. If you do not attend the first day of classes, you may be
dropped; but don’t assume that, you are still responsible
for your registration.
Meet your faculty and fellow 2013 students
Attend the Meet and Greet session for new
majors in BH 401
August 28, Wednesday, 2:30-4:00
Vista Room BH 401
Advising Info: 1. You should have already started a file in the CFS/D
Department office, BH 329. If not, start one in BH 329.
2. Each semester, see your program advisor. Make an ap-
pointment during his/her office hours. Bring your folder
with you.
3. Transfer students: bring copies of your unofficial tran-
scripts from all schools and your Degree Audit Report
MEET AND GREET FOR NEW FALL 2013 CFS/D MAJORS/ADVISING
Page 2 CFS/D STUDENT NEWSLETTER
See Your advisor
every semester to
keep on track with
your Advising Plan
which leads you to
Graduation.
CFS/D faculty and students organized a wonderful ceremony and celebration for our 2012-2013 graduates. The celebra-
tion took place in the gym where our College Dean, Don Taylor, and Department Chair, Nancy Rabolt, talked to stu-
dents, families, and friends. Christine Batten, CFS/D distinguished undergraduate student, and Elena Zidaru, CFS/D
distinguished graduate student, spoke to the graduating class. Also student representatives from each degree program
spoke about their programs. Congratulations to all! Refreshments were provided by the Vista Room staff.
Thanks to many of our FCS graduate students and Dr. Vouchilas’ team for making this such a great day. We need
student organizations to work on next year’s celebration. Also we’re hoping juniors will volunteer in May for the next
graduating class (when you graduate, the juniors will do it for you!). See Dr. Rabolt or Dr. Gus Vouchilas with your
ideas.
Dietetics graduates and faculty Interior Design graduates and faculty
MAY 2013 CFS/D PRE-COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATION
Family & Consumer Sciences graduates and
faculty
Page 3
Apparel Design & Merchandising graduates
and faculty
MA FCS graduates and faculty
The BS in Apparel Design & Merchandising, the BS in Interior
Design, and the BS in Dietetics are impacted. Departmental sup-
plemental applications, in addition to the SFSU application, are
required for admittance. (Continuing SFSU students only submit
the department application.) Faculty carefully review applications
and admit about 60 ADM, 50 DFM, and 40 ID new majors each
Fall. Supplemental applications are online at http://cfsd.sfsu.edu.
Prerequisites to the majors are open to all students; major require-
ments are open to majors only. The deadlines for Fall 2014 are:
Jan 15 for ADM, Jan 10 for Dietetics, Jan 10 for ID.
IMPACTED CFS/D PROGRAMS
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Who: Ideally, the president of a student association, but could be any student in the department. What: Gather and publish student news. When: Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 How: Earn 1 unit of CFS 699 credit with Dr. Rabolt. See her if interested. Note: The first issue each year is produced by the CFS/D
office. Additional issues are produced by student editors. Please help your student newsletter representatives put together an in-house newsletter that meets your needs.
NEEDED: NEWSLETTER EDITOR
FCS STUDENT ASSOCIATION Family and Consumer Science (FCS) majors are needed to form a
Steering Committee to organize the FCS Student Association for
2013-2014 and beyond. The FCS Student Association is for ma-
jors in the following emphases: Child and Family Sciences, Nutri-
tion/Foodservice Systems Management, and General Family and
Consumer Sciences/Teacher Preparation. There will be several
meetings Fall 2013 to develop the organization’s goals, elect of-
ficers and set up committees to provide information and service to
both our community and FCS students. Belonging to this student
association will give you the option to join the AAFCS student
association, which will qualify you for scholarships offered by the
CA-AFCS and the Bay District affiliates. To attend the first meet-
ing, please email all the times you are available on Mon, Tues or
Fri to: Dr. Sands at [email protected].
ADM/FNA NEWS Welcome Dr. Kelly Reddy-Best new full-time tenure-track faculty
in apparel design & merchandising. Dr. Reddy-Best received her
PhD from the School of Design and Human Environment at Oregon
State. She will be teaching apparel design classes this year.
Congratulations to Apparel Design student Janice Lee, who was
chosen to make a dress to be worn by Y'Anad Burrell, at her 9th an-
nual Fashion on the Square runway event. The design chosen by
Y'Anad was based on Janice's design created from discarded hotel
tablecloths and seen at our Runway 2013: Ignite.
New York Fashion Study Tour (CFS 657, 3 units) will be
offered the first week of summer 2014. Look for details in January.
Fashion Network Association membership is open to all stu-
dents. Please download the application from our website or grab one
from the box underneath the FNA board, and return it to the FNA
mailbox in CFS/D office, Burk Hall 329. Mark your calendars now
for Thursday evening Dec 5th for the Fall Fashion Event produced
by FNA in Jack Adams Hall in the Student Union. Details to follow
as the semester gets underway! Check the FNA bulletin board for the
first Fall Meeting and for updates for the show. Contact us at
INTERIOR DESIGN NEWS Dr. Karen Johnson-Carroll is offering an elective for Spring
2014 which will consist of travel and learning in London and
Paris over Spring Break with side trips to Stonehenge, Bath, and
Versailles as well as a trip through the chunnel between London
and Paris. This opportunity is open to all students. Friends and
family are also welcome to sign up for this tour (but no units).
For more information, go to: efcollegestudytours.com and inves-
tigate tour #1375036RM. See Dr. Johnson-Carroll for more info.
ASID, Cal North is preparing for REAL WORLD DESIGN
WEEK. The chapter is offer ing two great events for the week:
a mixer on Mon evening, November 4th and an interior design
workshop on Fri, November 8th at the SF Design Center. There
will be an opportunity to partner up with a local designer or in-
dustry partner to shadow through a day. Check www.asid.org for
more information or to sign up to work with an industry partner. Our Interior Design program has been selected to design a
table for this year’s DIFFA Dining by Design event at Sony Me-
treon Center. This initiative is sponsored by the Angelo Donghia
Foundation. A student team will work with a local design profes-
sional to create a table concept and installation with proceeds of
the event being used for the AIDS Research Institute at UCSF
and the UCSF Positive Health Program at SF General Hospital.
Wordle Puzzle: Find Your Program
DIETETICS NEWS Welcome Dr. Gretchen George, new full-time tenure-track fac-
ulty and advisor in dietetics. Dr . George, who has taught for us
in the past, received her PhD this summer from UC Davis in Nutri-
tional Biology. She will be teaching DPD and DI classes this year as
well as be the Student Dietetic Association advisor.
A New DFM Student Orientation with tips on how to best
prepare for a dietetic internship and have a successful academic ex-
perience while at SFSU will be held two times: Wed 8/28 from 3:30
–4:30, after the CFS/D Meet and Greet function, and Tues 9/3 from
4:00–5:00. Both sessions will be in held in Burk Hall 406 by Sarah
Josef, DPD Director.
SDA is sponsoring an Internship Information Seminar on
Sat. Oct. 26, from 9:00-2:00, recommended for graduating seniors.
Campus volunteer opportunities are available for dietetics
students through involvement in one of the following 1) Vista
Room Improvement Committee, 2) Diversity Committee, 3) Men-
toring Committee (seniors only), and 4) through SDA. If interested
contact Sarah Josef: [email protected].