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| Alumni and Friends,
Welcome to the latest issue of E-Viewpoints, the newsletter of the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences. The fall welcomes many changes, and I am proud of our faculty, staff, and students for their resilience and innovative work.
We hope to see you during Human Sciences Day on the evening of October 8th at our Homecoming Parade Watch Party in celebration of Texas Tech's Homecoming! Celebrate your Texas Tech spirit and enjoy free food and activities for the children while watching the Homecoming Parade from the best seat in the house. For more information and to RSVP, visit the event page here.
I encourage you to read more about some of our exciting new research and celebrations of student success, like the inaugural class of dual degree graduates in Nursing and Human Sciences. Celebrate the achievements of our College of Human Sciences family in this issue, and be sure to share your news and updates. We look forward to hearing about your latest accomplishments.
Go Tech!
Tim Dodd, Ph.D.
Dean
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|  | Human Sciences Honors its Inaugural Class of Dual Degree Graduates
Centered at the College of Human Sciences core is its mission to improve and enhance the human condition. With five pathways for students to choose a career aligned to pre-health careers, the option for a dual degree in Human Sciences and Nursing was a natural fit. This past August, COHS and TTUHSC celebrated as its first graduating class walked across the stage with two diplomas in hand.
| |  | Interior Design Student Awarded Diversity in Design Pipeline Scholarship
The Diversity in Design Pipeline scholarship initiative in partnership with the Interior Design Society focuses on providing Interior Design students from underrepresented communities with the essential tools needed to enter the competitive industry successfully. Interior Design major Raquel Rodrigues was selected from Texas Tech University.
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|  | Malinda Colwell Selected as the Next Associate Dean for Research in the College of Human Sciences
In August, Malinda Colwell, Ph.D., a seasoned faculty member in Human Development and Family Sciences, was appointed as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Human Sciences (COHS). As Associate Dean for Research, Colwell will support faculty research endeavors and advance grant submissions and increase external research funding.
| |  | First Generation Student Veteran Finds Success in Human Sciences Degree
Growing up 20 miles outside of Lubbock, Chapa says he grew up as a Red Raider. As a first-generation college student and veteran, it meant that much more to be able to wear his class ring finally. Chapa says the online degree from Texas Tech was the best choice for his career and family life.
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|  | Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities Founder and Visionary Returns to Campus
With his struggles on the road to recovery, Carl Andersen, Ph.D., knew better than most how collegiate recovery communities were needed on a college campus like Texas Tech. Andersen's son fell down a similar path to recovery—at the time, he was enrolled at Texas Tech. Without a resource for students in recovery at the university, Andersen created what would later become the Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities (CCRC).
| |  | Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Daniela Garcia
I have always been so grateful for being able to use my Mexican heritage in a way that allows me to show others a different perspective than they are commonly used to. In my classes, I have always used my knowledge to aid in class discussions. During my consumer behavior class, my professor was explaining many differences between her country and the United States when it comes to consumers.
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|  | After more than two decades at Texas Tech, Vickie Hampton is retiring as chair of what has become the nation's first School of Personal Financial Planning
After more than two decades at Texas Tech, Hampton is retiring as chair of what has become the nation's first School of Personal Financial Planning. In that time, the undergraduate program has nearly doubled in size. The graduate programs have grown exponentially, including the birth of dual degrees with the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business and the School of Law. A nationwide financial planning competition was born at Texas Tech – and Red Raiders have won it twice. More importantly, Texas Tech alumni have launched new financial planning programs throughout the country.
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|  | International Collaboration Offers Greater Opportunities for Research, Outreach
With a new five-year, $500,000 grant, the Obesity Research Institute will lead a transdisciplinary, international collaboration to train undergraduates in basic nutrition, community nutrition, obesity research and prevention, data and literature analyses, and applications of modeling and machine-learning tools. The Nutrition BEST program will position students for future leadership in food, nutrition, and agricultural sectors.
| |  | Longtime Faculty Member and Associate Dean for Research Steps into Retirement
Appointed as Associate Dean for Research in 2009, Michael O'Boyle, Ph.D. brought a wave of innovation and expertise to the College of Human Sciences (COHS). Having served as a faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and as adjunct professor of pharmacology and neuroscience at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, O'Boyle helped shaped the college's research efforts across the board.
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 Spotlight on COHS Centers and Institutes: Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences
The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences (CCFCS) has a longstanding and rich history in the College of Human Sciences, with more than 52 years serving family and consumer sciences (formerly home economics) educators throughout the nation. CCFCS supports family and consumer sciences teachers through quality curriculum development and a broad range of resources, including online, print, multimedia, and professional development training.
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| |  | University Adds New Degree to Regional Site in Waco
Texas Tech University at Waco began offering a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree for its Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management (RHIM) program this fall. This program is designed for those who have an Associate of Applied Science degree in culinary sciences or hospitality management. The program is an excellent opportunity for non-traditional students employed in the service industry as it addresses the leadership, communication, and analytic skills needed to mobilize careers.
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 Couple, Marriage, and Family Therapy Doctoral Alumnus Publishes Book on Qualitative Therapy Research
Carlos Perez recently published Integrating Postmodern Therapy and Qualitative Research: Guiding Theory and Practice, a book that integrates postmodern approaches to therapy with practices of qualitative research. As a graduate of the Couple, Marriage, and Family Therapy Ph.D. program at Texas Tech, Perez says he not only felt prepared to teach but was able to have a consistent research agenda because of his training.
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| |  | Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Melissa Rosales
I've dreamt of studying fashion design since I was 8 years old. Growing up in a small town in Mexico made it hard to start a career in fashion since there weren't any opportunities, so I decided to take advantage of my dual citizenship and researched the best fashion design programs in Texas since it is closest to home. After doing my research, I found out Texas Tech had one of the best fashion programs in the southwest, so I automatically decided to apply.
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|  | First-Year Personal Financial Planning Students Awarded National Merit Finalist Scholarships
Incoming first-year students who take the PSAT exam in their junior year of high school and reach the top 1% of their class in Texas qualify as merit semifinalists. Once students are selected as a semifinalist, they can fill out a scholarship application and, if selected, will advance to finalist standing. Qualifying students who designate Texas Tech University as their first-choice institution are eligible to receive the National Merit Finalist Scholarship, which guarantees 100% of the approved cost of attendance.
Personal Financial Planning majors George Allen and Andrew Matz were awarded the National Merit Finalist Scholarship upon choosing Texas Tech.
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 | Personal Financial Planning Assistant Professor Awarded National Endowment for Financial Education Grant
Personal Financial Planning (PFP) assistant professor Miranda Reiter, Ph.D., CFP®, was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $111,417 from the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). Reiter and her team aim to create a robust, methodologically sound roadmap for identifying, testing, and reporting on the cross-racial validity of the Klontz Money Script Inventory-Revised, laying the groundwork for testing additional measures critical to the financial planning research field.
| |  | Nutritional Sciences Doctoral Student Selected as Graduate School Ambassador
Third-year Nutritional Sciences Ph.D. student Grace Hyunjung Lee was selected as a graduate school ambassador for the 2021-2022 academic year. In this role, Lee will advocate for the needs and concerns of current and prospective graduate students. She will promote the pursuit of graduate education at Texas Tech and help foster relationships between the Graduate School and academic departments across campus. On-campus, Lee wants to impact food insecurity issues among students and plans to prioritize this initiative in her graduate ambassador role.
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 Human Sciences Researchers Examine LGBTQIA Relationships
With its designation as a top-tier university in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, its research profile has increased dramatically. Simultaneously, Texas Tech's recognition as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and repeated five-star rankings on the Campus Pride Index speak to its ongoing efforts to support diversity and inclusion for all. The university's growth in these two priority areas is highlighted in the work of College of Human Sciences faculty member Dana Weiser and her graduate students.
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| |  | COHS Chair Spotlight: Doug Smith, Ph.D., LMFT, Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences
The Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences (CFAS) department recently welcomed longtime faculty member Doug Smith, Ph.D., LMFT as its next chair. Before this appointment, Smith served as an associate professor in the department and as the Couple, Marriage, and Family Therapy graduate program director for a number of years. As the graduate program director, Smith oversaw the creation of the master's program in marriage and family therapy and led the charge to have the program accredited.
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 | Family and Consumer Sciences Education Welcomes Two New Assistant Professors of Practice
Amanda Holland and Melanie Schmitt bring teaching and field experience to the Family and Consumer Sciences Education department. As Assistant Professors of Practice, Holland and Schmitt specialize in family and consumer sciences and will be able to prepare students for the teaching field.
| |  | Texas Tech Wins 2021 Financial Planning Challenge
For the third time in its history, and the third time in four years, a three-person team from Texas Tech University's School of Personal Financial Planning has come out on top in the 2021 Financial Planning Challenge, hosted by the Financial Planning Association® (FPA), Ameriprise Financial and the CFP Board.
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 Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Leslie Cuevas, Ph.D.
As a first-generation, Hispanic/Latina who was born and raised in a South Texas border town, I am receptive to the challenges that ethnic minorities often encounter in higher education. For example, my high school education led to a challenging time adjusting to college-level courses, whereas the lack of Latina/o representation in educators impacted my ability to feel understood.
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| |  | Alumna Achieves Career Goal as Director of Preschool in West Plano
In May of 2008, Sarah Maxwell became an alumna of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences with a degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE). Growing up, Maxwell felt drawn towards working around children, and today, she is a director of a preschool in West Plano. Maxwell uses educational strategies learned from Texas Tech’s Early Childhood Education program in her role as a preschool director.
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|  | Refer a Red Raider
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Encourage your student to attend Texas Tech Preview, which is our campus-wide open house for prospective students. The event will be held on Monday, October 11, 2021. Learn more or register to attend here.
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