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Family & Consumer Sciences

Welcome!

Our Faculty develop and deliver science-based educational programs that address issues of importance to Tennesseans. Programs focus on four main subject areas.

Our Initiatives are developed to educate Tennessee residents on current issues affecting the daily lives of people across the state.

Check our HOT Topics page for more information on recent events that affect all of us in our everyday life.

Knowledge Areas

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Family Economics

Teaching individuals and families skills for resource management and for building and protecting wealth over the life cycle.

 
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Health and Safety

Empowering Tennesseans to manage their health and health-care and live, work, and learn in safe and healthy environments.

 
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Human Development

Strengthening individuals and families through education to enhance their emotional, social and personal development.

 
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Nutrition and Food Safety

Promoting self-responsibility for health by providing research-based nutrition and food safety education to consumers.

 

 

 

 

News & Announcements

LifeSmarts
The LifeSmarts competitions will be beginning soon for more information go to our LifeSmarts page.

Health & Extreme Heat
Hot Topic is available with links to resources on staying healthy in these hot summer days.

Buy Locally Grown Tomatoes
Read our Hot Topic on the FDA's recent warning about a possible link between a recent salmonellosis outbreak and certain raw tomatoes.

LifeSkills
It's time again for the 4-H LifeSkills competition. Center descriptions and references are available on the LifeSkills page.

Family & Consumer Sciences

2621 Morgan Circle
119 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501

Phone: 865-974-7384
Fax: 865-974-1068