BYU School of Family Life Student Association - SFLSA

Lunch with professors is back! Our first lunch with professors is Friday, September 30 at noon in JFSB B150. Bring your own lunch, get a free cookie, and hang out with some of our amazing professors! Professors Alex Jensen and Ashley Fraiser will be there so come with questions about research opportunities, graduate school advice, and more! Bring your own lunch and get a free treat! Sign up link is in our bio. See you Friday!

Thank you to everyone who came to the opening social last night! We’re looking forward to an amazing year with many more exciting SFLSA activities!

Thank you to everyone who came to the opening social! We are looking forward to an amazing school year with many more exciting SFLSA activities!

Meet your 2022-2023 SFLSA Board! We are excited to get to know you at our activities this year!

Go follow our FHSS Diversity, Collaboration, and Inclusion committee on Instagram! They post amazing information, quotes, resources, and and more. This is a great way to learn more about ways to better create a community of respect, unity, and inclusion within FHSS!

We had a great turnout at our Senior Banquet! Thanks so much to all of our graduating seniors who came to celebrate their incredible accomplishments with us. Congratulations, seniors!

If you RSVP’d but were unable to attend, please go to the SFL office in JFSB 2086 to pick up your graduation gift

Take a break and come downstairs for the SFLSA Closing Social! Come to socialize and drink delicious Italian sodas! We will be in JFSB B071 on Thursday, April 7th from 11am-12 pm. See you there!

A great opportunity for preparing for graduate school is to research with professors. Researching can also count as the 403R requirement for graduation. You can see different types of currently recruiting research opportunities on the School of Family Life website under Research Opportunities! Click on the specific project to learn how to get involved!

We had so much fun at our Women of Color networking event yesterday! Thank you so much to everyone who came and made it such an enriching experience!

Are you planning out your classes for future terms and semesters? Check out BYU Class Search! ClassSchedule.byu.edu is a website that helps you find great classes to take here at BYU! You can filter by term offered, credit hours, days taught, instruction mode, and more! Check it out!

Happy Spring Break! We hope you enjoy this bonus long weekend. Take some time to rest and do something fun, you deserve it!

Do you want more amazing advice from your favorite SFL professors? Want to make gospel connections to what you learn in class? Look no further! There is an easy way to listen to all of the BYU devotionals from your wonderful SFL professors. Here is the link! https://familylife.byu.edu/school-of-family-life-devotionals

Meet Natalie Hansen, the Career Director for Humanities & Social Sciences! As your Career Director, she can help you with services such as career exploration, in-depth resume and cover letter review, job searching, networking, interviewing skills, and graduate school preparation.

Natalie is a proud graduate of BYU-Hawaii, where she earned a BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management. After graduating, she served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Texas Houston South Mission. She then moved on to receive a Master of Social Work degree at San Jose State University. Afterward, she spent two years working as an Academic Advisor for MSW students at USC, and then 5 years as a Career and Academic Advisor for 9 high schools throughout the South Bay Area. She then received a master’s in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford in England.

Natalie loves to travel and has visited 18 countries in the last six years. Reading is one of her favorite pastimes, especially thrillers, suspense, and personal development books. She loves to cook and tries to make a new recipe every week. Some of her other favorite pastimes are going to the movies, musicals, plays, and doing macrame projects. Natalie moved to Provo and started working for BYU in August 2020.

Natalie’s advice to current students is to have fun! Enjoy the journey of learning and gaining your education. Seek opportunities to grow and seek experiences that push you out of your comfort zone.

The SFLSA lunch with professors is THIS Friday March 4th from 12:00-1:00 P.M. in JFSB B032. Bring a lunch, get a free cookie, and hang out with some of our amazing professors! Professors attending will be Quintin Hunt, Ashley Gibby, Andrea Busby, Dana Hunter, and Melanie Hill. Sign up link is in our bio! See you Friday!

Save the date for Friday, March 4th: Days for Girls Service Project! Help make sustainable sanitary products for girls who would otherwise miss school during their monthly periods. Stop by for as long as you want, no sewing skills required :)

Friday, March 4th, 9am-12pm in JFSB B053 (sewing lab)

“There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on.” - Leo Christopher

Have a great three day weekend, cougars! We hope you spend it with the people you love!

Coming up: The SFLSA career fair! The career fair will take place on Wednesday February 23rd at 7 P.M. -8:30 P.M. over zoom. Many professionals will be there to answer your questions about what you can do with an SFL degree as well as talk about their career journey. Can’t wait to see you there!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our SFLSA Spirit Day today! You are what makes SFLSA amazing!

On Friday wear your SFLSA gear and come to the JFSB main entrance at 2:00 P.M. (by the spiral stairs on the first floor) to be in some pictures! Your photo might end up on our social media!! Come pick up a treat, take some pictures, and make new friends in SFLSA!

Need a good podcast to listen to as you walk to campus each day? Check out the Family Perspectives Podcast on your favorite podcast app!

Listen to amazing professors and faculty members in the School of Family Life share findings from their research, insights on their field of expertise, and more! You can also email [email protected] to recommend a future guest you'd like to hear from!

Mentoring sign ups end tonight! Anyone is welcome to sign up! For mentors mentoring looks great on a resume and is a really good opportunity to serve. For mentee’s mentoring is an opportunity to learn more about the SFL major, what classes to take, where to volunteer, getting advice on applying to grad school, ect. Mentors and Mentees are paired together based on similar career paths and interests. The deadline is tonight at midnight! Sign up using the link in our bio!

Meet Karen Christensen, our internship coordinator! If you’re interested in doing an internship, part-time job, summer job, or volunteer work, schedule a time to meet with her! She will help you discover career options that could be the perfect fit for you!

Karen received a BS in Human Development (w/ a minor in Editing) and an MBA from BYU. Her husband, all of her 5 children, and ⅘ of her children’s spouses all graduated from BYU, so they are a True Blue family! She has 12 of the cutest grandchildren on the planet (and one more coming in June) and is enjoying the ‘good life’ of grandparenthood! In her spare time, she enjoys reading (especially audiobooks), learning new technology, scrapbooking, quilting & sewing, all things crafty, outdoors and sports, and especially traveling to new places.

Karen loves helping students discover career options they can pursue with their social science degrees. Internships are a critical part of your undergraduate program since they provide real-world experience while you are in school and help you figure out which career direction is the best fit for you. You get to try something out for just a semester or two before committing to a grad program or specific career direction!

Check out http://fhssinternships.byu.edu/ or email [email protected] to get started with your internship search!

See you at our SFLSA Winter semester opening social this Thursday, January 27th from 5:30-7:00 P.M. in WSC 3280. Use the link in our bio to reserve a Chick-fil-la sandwhich! Socialize with other students and meet professors! See you there!

Does this photo make your mouth water?

RSVP to the SFLSA opening social to reserve your Chick-fil-A sandwich!

When: Jan 27 @ 5:30-7:00 pm
Where: WSC 3280
What: Learn about SFLSA, meet professors and fellow students, and eat Chick-fil-A!
Food: RSVP to reserve your sandwich! RSVP link in bio

Photo Credit: J. Kenji López-Alt

Have you ever wondered what you can do with a Family Life degree? The School of Family Life website has many career spotlights with videos of what others have done with their Family Life degree. These spotlights are an example of just a few of the many things that you can do with a degree in Family Life. If you have interest in any of these specific spotlights (listed in the graphic above) feel free to visit the link: https://familylife.byu.edu/career-spotlights to learn and explore more. Many within the School of Family Life can testify of the innumerable advantages a Family Life degree can offer that extend even beyond career benefits, but a Family Life degree can prepare you for an exciting career as well.

Meet Dr. Erin Kramer Holmes (she/her/hers), the Director of the School of Family Life! Erin did her undergraduate work at BYU in Family Sciences, received her MS at the University of Delaware, and her Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin.

She spent her childhood in Chicago and her adolescence in Rexburg. Though she thought moving to Provo during her senior year of high school was the cruelest thing her parents could do, she forgave them once she discovered her cute neighbor, Chris Holmes, who lived just down the street.

Erin and her opera-singing husband have been married for 23 years. They have 3 children (pictured in order from oldest to youngest), a golden doodle, and 2 cats. If you want to hear a story from their courtship, ask her husband about a “strictly platonic kiss.”

Her research focuses on fathering, mothering, and the work-family interface. More recently, she has been studying the impact of su***de loss on individuals and families.

Assuming COVID settles down, she and a colleague will take a group of students to London this summer to learn about global human rights and women’s rights. Email her if you’re interested at [email protected]!

In her spare time, Erin loves trying new restaurants, baking, traveling, singing, playing games, watching TV, going to the movies and the theater, and spending time with the people she loves.

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Meet Dr. Erin Kramer Holmes (she/her/hers), the Director of the School of Family Life! Erin did her undergraduate work at BYU in Family Sciences, received her MS at the University of Delaware, and her Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin.

She spent her childhood in Chicago and her adolescence in Rexburg. Though she thought moving to Provo during her senior year of high school was the cruelest thing her parents could do, she forgave them once she discovered her cute neighbor, Chris Holmes, who lived just down the street.

Erin and her opera-singing husband have been married for 23 years. They have 3 children (pictured in order from oldest to youngest), a golden doodle, and 2 cats. If you want to hear a story from their courtship, ask her husband about a “strictly platonic kiss.”

Her research focuses on fathering, mothering, and the work-family interface. More recently, she has been studying the impact of su***de loss on individuals and families.

Assuming COVID settles down, she and a colleague will take a group of students to London this summer to learn about global human rights and women’s rights. Email her if you’re interested at [email protected]!

In her spare time, Erin loves trying new restaurants, baking, traveling, singing, playing games, watching TV, going to the movies and the theater, and spending time with the people she loves.

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Welcome back Cougs! The tip for this week is to remember BYU scholarships are due February 1st, 2022 and to apply! Start now before school work gets heavy! Good luck on this semester!