The mission of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Preprofessional/Graduate Student Section of the Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences is to provide for and promote the professional development of preprofessional/graduate students of family and consumer sciences/home economics at IUP who are individual members of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. This organization shall:
- Promote professionalism and improve leadership skills
- Develop a knowledge of and participate in the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Establish a means of communication between local, state, and national chapters
- Provide opportunities for interaction with professionals as well as other students
- Provide a resource for career exploration
- Develop professional interest which will lead to active membership in the affiliate and national association after graduation.
A preprofessional/graduate student member shall be a person who is enrolled by institutional standards in a two-year, four-year, or graduate program of the profession in an accredited college or university in Pennsylvania with a major in one or more of the knowledge-based areas of the profession. Graduate students must be enrolled full time. Student members shall pay dues established by AAFCS. For more information on this organization, please contact the president and/or advisors listed below.
- Brooke Wissinger, b.e.wissinger@iup.edu, President, 814-341-1478
- Dr. Terri Owens, terri.owens@iup.edu, Advisor, Department of Human Development and Environmental Studies, 207 Ackerman Hall, 724-357-7692
- Dr. Sally McCombie, smccomb@iup.edu, Second Advisor, Department of Human Development and Environmental Studies, 207 Ackerman Hall, 724-357-4412
