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Immigrant Fathers Conference In October 2005, the Department of Child and Family Studies sponsored an international conference on immigrant fathers. "On New Shores: Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America" included presentations from leaders in the field.

Marriage Resource Center An interdisciplinary group of faculty in the College of Human Services and Health Professions has received part of a five-year, $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the creation of a nationwide repository for healthy marriage programs. More

Department adopts Guyanese nursery school The Department of Child and Family Studies has adopted the No. 72 Nursery School in rural, coastal Guyana, South America as a “sister program” to the department’s Bernice M. Wright Child Development Laboratory School. More

Promoting Child Welfare: Training Professionals to Support Healthy Marriages, Relationships, and Families An interdisciplinary group of college faculty has received a five-year, $852,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families for “Promoting Child Welfare: Training Professionals to Support Healthy Marriages, Relationships, and Families.” More

Job Marketability for Child and Family Studies Majors: The assessment of skills and knowledge needed to secure jobs within community human service agencies Through this project, faculty will assess the job marketability of current undergraduate students in child and family studies, and identify the skills and knowledge they need to obtain the best jobs within human service agencies. Such information will inevitability help child and family studies departments design and estabilsh core curriculum and student learning activities that increase students' job marketability. More