Upcoming Events Calendar

June 2008

This event is hosted by the Department of Development and Family Studies and the Family Studies Alumni Society. Cost is $25 for FSAS members, $30 for non-members. Reception will begin at 5:30pm with the Annual Meeting at 6:00 pm. Dinner and Awards Ceremony immediately following. Receiving the 2008 Lorraine Wetherell Family Studies Alumni Society Distiguished Service Award is Keith Bellizzi, PhD, '03.

(See highlights from previous meetings)

As part of Alumni Weekend Human Development & Family Studies/School of Family Studies (Home Economics) will also be hosting a reception on Friday, June 6th from 2:00 - 3:30 pm, in the Family Studies building, Deans' Lounge (first floor). This is an opportunity to meet two new faculty members, Kari Adamsons, who will discuss "Mothers' and Fathers' Perceptions of Parenting during the Transition to Parenthood", and Shayne Anderson, who will answer the question, "Whose Relationship is the Most Important in Couple Therapy?".

If you are interested in attending the June 6th reception, or any other Alumni Weekend events, you can register on-line at Alumni Weekend 2008- Schedule of Events or by calling the UConn Alumni Association at 888-822-5861.

September 2008

How will families be affected by global climate changes and how might families prepare for a future that will require them to reduce the carbon footprint they generate?  These issues are the focus of a special program conjointly sponsored by the Family Studies Alumni Society and the Family Studies Undergraduate Council at the University of Connecticut. So far the debate about global warming and global climate change has primarily involved policy makers, economists, and natural scientists.  Family scholars, to date, have not been included in these discussions in spite of the fact that these anticipated climate changes most definitely will impact on the structure and experience of family life. Family scholars, because of their knowledge of family dynamics, family systems, parent-child, gender and generational relations, as well as family therapy and family policy, can cast new light on some of the “inconvenient truths” that future generations of families will confront.  We invite you to join us for a session that will focus on the family and these environmental issues. This session will involve some of UConn’s family scholars as well as two specialists from other institutions.

This program is sponsored by the Family Studies Alumni Society, the Department. of Human Development and Family Studies, and the Connecticut Affiliate of the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.

October 2008