SFL Career Fair, March 6th

This will be a wonderful opportunity to explore some options for your SFL degree!

Valentine's Event! This friday, the 7th!

Check out the Calendar!

We have two events coming up! One on February 7 and the other on March 6. Don't miss out on our Valentine's activity! It will be a great night to relax and enjoy Valentine's Day!  More information will follow.

Women in the Workplace

Here it is!! Women in the Workplace is happening TOMORROW!  It will be in B002 in the JFSB at 7PM. See the flyer for more info.  Come get some more ideas for using your SFL major!

Women in the Workplace

Women in the Workplace is coming up! It will be November 21 at 7:00pm. The location is still being decided and will be posted as soon as it is finalized. This event will be set up like a panel with about four women. Come to see how these women have used their major from the School of Family Life. You can get ideas of how these women used their major and how they balanced work with families. Also, we invited someone who has never had the opportunity to be married as well as a stay-at-home mom who has a small sewing business from home. Come find out some of your options and get good ideas for raising families whether you have a paying job or work in the home! This is going to be great!

Service Activity on Oct. 25!

We have an amazing service opportunity coming up for SFLSA!  We will be meeting on Friday, October 25 in the JFSB quad at 3:40pm to head to the food bank at 815 S. Freedom Boulevard in Provo.  We'll be there from 4-6pm helping them with their renovations.  Come with clothes you can work in.  If you're needing something for a resume or just to get warm feelings for serving, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!!!

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Graduate School Seminar!

Have you been wondering about graduate school, how to apply, and what options are available? We can help with that! SFLSA is hosting a graduate school seminar on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 11:00 am in B132 of the JFSB.  We will have some information about graduate programs that students in the School of Family Life typically apply to and how to apply.  Come learn more about your options!

This has been a wonderful opportunity for students in the past! Take advantage of it!

FHSS Internship Fair!

The FHSS Internship is this coming Tuesday, April 2nd from 9:30-3:30 in the Wilkinson Garden Court. We encourage you to attend this wonderful opportunity to find an internship and meet people putting degrees similar to those of family life into action. Please see the attached flyer for additional information.

The Stepfamily Experience Project (STEP) is a BYU study aimed at gathering meaningful information from individuals who grew up in stepfamilies in order to better include their voice in social, political, clinical, and academic conversations.

If you have lived or currently live in a stepfamily, you are invited to take the online STEP survey.  Individuals who complete it will be eligible for one of five $100 VISA gift cards.  Follow the link below to take the online survey:

Survey Link:  https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9Rcn5is9g7JQML2

For additional information:

Facebook: Facebook.com/StepfamilyExperienceProject

Twitter: @STEP_BYU

Email: step@byu.edu

Enchanted Evening with SFLSA!

Join us this Friday, Feb. 8th at 7:00pm in the Varsity Theatre for an Enchanted Evening!

Events include:
1) Lecture by Dr. Jason Carroll, "Knot Yet: Recent Trends in Dating and Marriage at BYU and in the Broader U.S."
2) Raffles! Prizes include MOA Cafe Meals, gift certificates to Black Sheep Cafe, Bowling Tickets, and much more!
3) We will also be showing the movie "Enchanted!"

Bring your spouse, significant other, friends, friends who are more than friends, your crush, or come alone and meet some enchanting others! Everyone is invited to this Enchanted Evening! 

The Strengthening the Family Conference

 Engaging Issues with Courage and Civility invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit papers to this year's conference

Papers done in conjunction SFL classes on the topic of issues related to marriage and family are eligible for submission and to receive cash prizes. 

The submission date is December 15th

For more details, visit http://studentsforthefamily.org.

Recruitment Meeting for Graduate School

Researching grad schools can be a long and tedious process, Loma Linda University  (a healthcare specific university) was nice enough to do some of that work for you!

Come to the Taylor Building Rm 177
Monday November 5th at 1pm
for a chance to hear about Loma Linda's following graduate school programs:

- MS, PhD and DMFT in Marital and Family Therapy

-MS in Counseling

-MS in Child Life Specialist

-MA and PhD in Family Life Education



Refreshments will be served. Be a good friend, tell those you know who are looking into grad school!

Meet the Board

Here is (most) of your wonderful SFLSA Board members at the 2012 Homecoming parade

Over the next few weeks we will be presenting short biographies about these students so you can get to know your board a little better.

Ever see any of these faces in one of your classes? If you haven't joined SFLSA ask them how! 

Halloween Party Update

Volunteers still needed!! We will meet at 5pm Oct. 30th in the parking lot of Zion's bank on University Ave. (It's best to park in the Ylot right behind it...the one by the Smith Fieldhouse).  We'll then be carpooling up to Orem to put on a fantastic bonanza for Kids on the Move (475 W 260 N, Orem UT 84057).  Again email nate at nathan@stoddard.org if you'd like to help out.  Hope to see you there!

Halloween Service Extravaganza

Volunteers Needed!!
Love Halloween? Love service opportunities? You do?...well isn't this just too perfect!  SFLSA is putting on a Halloween party for Kids on the Move on October 30th.  We will have all sorts of fun activities like a cookie walk, pin the nose, crafts, face painting, musical chairs, a bean bag toss and more!  So throw on a costume and come help out!  We'll be meeting at 5:15 to carpool to Orem.  Set up is from 5:30 to 6, the party is from 6-7:30, and then clean up.  Details on the meeting place and Orem address will be coming soon.  Please contact Nate if you would like to volunteer or have anymore questions! nathon@stoddard.org

Women in the Workplace Lecture

Panel Discussion and Free Popcorn

Come join us in the Varsity Theater Thursday, October 25th at 11 am to hear wise words of wisdom from successful women in the workplace! (Can you say alliteration?!) The panel will feature women who have developed themselves in the professional world while also balancing the demands of family life.  We will hear from both SFL faculty and women in related professions.  Don't miss out on this great experience!

Homecoming Parade

Don't forget to come out to the BYU Homecoming Parade!! Saturday, October 13th at 10 a.m.  We'll be starting at the Marriott Center and ending south of campus.  Come cheer on your SFL representatives....and free candy is always a plus!

PAID INTERNSHIP

Flourishing Families paid research positions
Are you looking to join a research team that will help you gain valuable research experience, work with professors, and get paid? The Flourishing Families Project, which is a longitudinal study of family life, is hiring new undergraduate research assistants for spring and summer 2013. As a research assistant, you would have the opportunity to work with professors to analyze and present data at the Mary Lou Fulton conference, you would work with other research assistants to contact families and collect surveys, and you could use your work for course credit. Applicants who are accepted will also take a 1 credit training class in Winter 2013. f this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please apply today! Applications are available in 1041 JFSB, and they are due back by Oct. 22nd. If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact ff.seattle@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!