Fashion Design and Merchandising

The Fashion Design and Merchandising sequence prepares students for employment in the global textile and apparel industries.

Human Development and Family Science

The Human Development and Family Science sequence provides students the skills needed to provide educational, preventative and intervention services to individuals and families.

Interior Design

The Interior Design sequence curriculum develops students’ skills and knowledge in color, design, drafting, space planning, building and interior systems.

Teacher Education

The FCS Teacher Certification sequence certifies students to teach all areas of Family and Consumer Sciences at middle school and high school levels.

Food Nutrition and Dietetics

The Food Nutrition and Dietetics sequence prepares students for dietetic internships and successful careers in dietetics and food management fields.

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Sewing problems: Students offer free clothing repairs to communityAn elderly man approached a couple of students sitting in front of a sewing machine in the Coffee Hound and asked what they were doing. Repairing clothes, they told him, and noticing a large rip in his jacket, suggested he get it fixed.

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Stretching the Ties that Bind: Mothers and daughters topic of talk, April 23Megan Gilligan of Iowa State University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies will present “Stretching the Ties that Bind: Intergenerational Estrangement Between Mothers and Adult Children.”

She Rises exhibition at Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection galleryThe Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection (LJHCC) in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University invites the public to the collection’s new exhibition, She Rises: The Changing Role of Women c. 1970s, running through August 31.