MAY 2020 | VOLUME 11, ISSUE 2
33RD ANNUAL ALUMNI & STUDENT RECOGNITION Celebrating the achievements of the FCS Department Alumni and Students!
Written by Dr. Alicia Landry, 2020 Emcee
As I write this message, I reflect on how thankful I am to have had the honor to be emcee of the Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni and Student Recognition Luncheon. I am astonished thinking about how much we have accomplished in just one year, especially a year that was everything but normal. The Planning Committee for the Alumni and Student Recognition Luncheon was hard at work in January, and throughout the spring semester, planning for the event. We were very excited to work closely with Aramark to have a unique and inspired meal (we did lots of taste testing), Conference Services at UCA to use a new location (McCastlain Ballroom), and Ms. Pam Teague for beautiful decor. As the event approached and concerns about physical distancing grew to be more and more of a reality, we had to make the very difficult decision to cancel the luncheon.
Fortunately, we were still able to honor awardees, bestow scholarships, and celebrate the Department we all love and hold dear to our hearts! We value our alumni and friends. The partnerships we have with sponsors and businesses in preparing family & consumer scientists, family & consumer sciences educators, dietitians, and interior designers for practice are invaluable. We would like to express our deep gratitude to all of our alumni, students, supporters, and sponsors! We hope you will find our Alumni Newsletter as uplifting and inspiring as ever. In a time when positivity needs to shine through, our scholarship recipients, distinguished alumni, and departmental sponsors are more important than ever. Thank you for reading and we hope to see you in person next year!
Inside this Issue: Sponsor Appreciation.................... 2 Outstanding Student....... 3 Distinguished Service Award.............................. 3 Young Achievers.......... 4-5 Distinguished Alumna..... 5 Scholarship Recipients.................... 6-11 Previous Awards............ 12