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| Alumni and Friends,
Greetings from the College of Human Sciences (COHS) at Texas Tech University. I hope you enjoy the latest issue of E-Viewpoints, our quarterly college newsletter. I am excited to share the latest COHS news and accolades as we continue to advance efforts that are improving and enhancing the human condition.
In this issue, you will read about the distinguished Come ‘N Go Seed Grant faculty applicants and awardees. See the progress of the Nutrition & Metabolic Health Initiative (NMHI) as they recently celebrated the ribbon cutting of their community outreach site at Texas Tech Plaza. Across the board, our students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making a community and global impact.
As interim dean, I am excited and proud to be a part of the growth in the College of Human Sciences and look forward to connecting with many of you in the months ahead. As you dive into the stories in this issue, I encourage you to share your latest news and updates as well.
Go Tech!
Tim Dodd, Ph.D.
Interim Dean
Associate Dean for Administration and Finance
James C. and Kailee M. Young Regents Professor
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|  | COHS Come ‘N’ Go Seed Grant Celebrates Another Successful Year of Noteworthy Applicants
The grants, which are awarded to COHS faculty members and their fellow collaborators from institutions across the United States, provide funding in the amount of $5,000 to design and implement joint research projects, including covering travel costs between the co-collaborators' campuses.
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|  | Texas Tech Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for Nutrition & Metabolic Health Initiative's New Home
Texas Tech University's Nutrition & Metabolic Health Initiative (NMHI) hosted a ribbon-cutting on Jan. 16 for its spacious new facility on the first floor of the Texas Tech Plaza building, at the corner of University Avenue and 19th Street. The new facility will provide a venue for the NMHI’s cutting-edge research, healthcare education and training, and state-of-the-science clinical and community-based programs.
| |  | Human Sciences Faculty Selected to Institute for Inclusive Excellence
Three faculty members in the College of Human Sciences were recently selected to the Institute for Inclusive Excellence at Texas Tech University. The Institute for Inclusive Excellence (IIE) was initiated in 2009 by the Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development Center and provides faculty across campus with the opportunity to promote a greater understanding of the academic value of diversity.
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|  | Researchers in Engineering, Human Sciences Combining to Help Online Shoppers
What if there was a way for retailers to offer their customers the convenience and selection of online shopping without absorbing the costs or passing them on to customers? Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Smart Mirror App uses shoppers' past purchase history, physiological signs, and actual measurements to guide them to the best products that fit their preferences.
| |  | Researcher Passionate About Nutrition Education for Low-Income Groups
Registered Dietitian and professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Mary Murimi, leads the Community and International Nutritional Research Lab, where she and her students focus on bringing community-based nutrition-education programs to low-income populations to improve their nutrition, health, and quality of life.
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|  | Interior Design Faculty to Conduct Groundbreaking Patient and Operational Safety Design Research
Interior Design professor, Debajyoti Pati, Ph.D., has been awarded a grant from architectural consulting firm, EYP, Inc, to conduct research concerning patient safety and operational safety of hospitals through physical design.
| |  | Texas Tech Family Therapy Clinic Overview
Texas Tech's Family Therapy Clinic is a one-of-a-kind resource available to students, staff, faculty, and the Lubbock community. Not only does it offer clinical services, but it is also incorporating hands-on Couple, Marriage, and Family Therapy (CMFT) graduate student training.
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|  | Faculty Members Honored with 2020 Chancellor's Council Awards
Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell presented research and teaching awards to the Texas Tech University System’s top faculty, including two from the College of Human Sciences.
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 | Meet Josh Colton, Personal Financial Planning Master's Student at Texas Tech University
Learn more about Josh Colton's experience as a College of Human Sciences and Personal Financial Planning master's student.
| |  | HDFS Alumna Honors West Texas and Panhandle Seniors through Magazine Publication
Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) alumna Erin Agee honors West Texas and Panhandle seniors through her publication, Senior Link Magazine.
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 | Alumnus Shares How He Found His Calling in the Personal Financial Planning Program
What began as an interest in an introductory course to financial planning led to a flourishing career for Evan Smith, who graduated from Texas Tech University in 2018 with his Bachelor of Science in Personal Financial Planning (PFP). In fact, Evan says he changed his major five times before he found his calling in the PFP bachelor's degree.
| |  | College of Human Sciences Fall 2019 Banner Bearer
December 2019 graduate and Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) major, Presley McNeely, was selected as the College of Human Sciences (COHS) Banner Bearer for the Fall 2019 commencement ceremony. Presley, originally from Hamilton, Texas, says that she was extremely honored to have had the opportunity to represent COHS at graduation.
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 NCAA Alcohol Education Grant to Encourage Safer Drinking Behavior Among Texas Tech Students
Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences and Human Development and Family Studies faculty members utilized funding awarded from an NCAA alcohol education grant to develop a project dedicated to educating Texas Tech students about safer drinking behavior, or Protective Behavior Strategies, and correcting alcohol myths.
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| |  | Texas Tech Students Impact Lubbock Community Through Fashion Design
Junior and senior Apparel Design and Manufacturing (ADM) students in the Surface Design course, taught by Assistant Professor Ashley Rougeaux-Burnes, MFA, worked throughout the fall semester to design one-of-a-kind clothing for children in the Lubbock community.
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 Cotton Grant to Enhance Education Practices for Newly Established Fashion Merchandising Curriculum
The project will focus on cotton in digital formats and sustainability for the fashion merchandising concentration. Funding was awarded in whole through a competitive grant by the Importer Support Program of the Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated.
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| |  | Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences Degree Prepares Graduate for Career in Public Health
Liesl Wyett graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences (CFAS) in 2013, and then her Master of Public Administration from Texas Tech University in 2015. She currently works as the Director of the Departmental Research Administration at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).
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|  | Skyviews Hosts Pop-Up Restaurants Dinner Series
Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management students will design and serve a five-course meal, featuring seasonal and local fare, for a true culinary experience that can’t be found anywhere else in Lubbock.
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 Family and Consumer Sciences Education Master's Student Earns Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certification
Family and Consumer Sciences Education (FCSE) master's student, Kaylin Morrison, is spending the spring semester as a student teacher in Temple, Texas. Kaylin received her bachelor's degree in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management from Texas Tech and is now working towards completing her post-baccalaureate teaching certification through FCSE.
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| |  | Center for Early Head Start and Graduate Student Organization Continue Toy Drive for Lubbock Children
Last semester the Center for Early Head Start (CEHS) and the Human Development Family Studies Graduate Student Association (HDFS-GSA) partnered to host the annual toy drive event for children of the center.
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 Department of Design Alumna Finds Success With Career at Texas Tech
Texas Tech has always been a home to Interior Design alumna, Emily Spaulding. She not only received an undergraduate and graduate degree from the Department of Design, but has found her professional calling as a Space Planning Analyst II in the TTU Operations Division, Office of Planning and Administration.
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| |  | AgriLife Extension Agent Develops Tools to Fight Human Trafficking in Texas
Human Development and Family Studies alumna and Lubbock AgriLife Extension urban youth development agent, Nancy Treviño, has co-developed a system to help identify and assist victims of human trafficking.Treviño has worked with at-risk and low-resource youth for most of her professional career.
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