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Is your tire going flat?

Have you ever been in a car that had a tire go flat?  Did you notice warning signs before it went flat? Maybe a warning light came up on your dash or you noticed a bit more vibration while driving? Even if you didn’t notice the signs, you knew when it went flat. Life gives […]

WRITTEN BY: Dr. Roseanne Scammahorn, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Darke County, Scammahorn.5@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Susan Zies, Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Wood County, zies.1@osu.edu

Getting Financial Aid Without Getting Scammed

Avoiding financial aid scams.   My first year of college I was invited by a person from my dorm to attend a sales presentation. When they said that I would receive a FREE glass beer mug I agreed. I attended the presentation, thinking that I would stay only long enough to get my mug. It turned […]

WRITTEN BY: Ken Stewart, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Monroe County

REVIEWED BY: Courtney Warman

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/photos/mentor-school-students-college-3513738/

SOURCES:

  • https://studentaid.gov/resources/scams
  •  http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-avoid-scholarship-and-financial-aid-scams
  • https://studentaid.gov/articles/student-loan-scams   

How Vaccines are Safe: An Episode of Healthy Living Resources

Healthy Living Resources is a telecast presented by the Family and Consumer Sciences program specialists that will focus on health, wellness, and the impact that stress has on our lives. Whether it be financial struggle, or chronic disease management, stress can creep up as a result of many of the day to day events that […]

A Time for Learning: Black History Month and FCS Educator Day

Some may question the val­­­ue of recognizing only one month or only one week or only one day to be aware of different groups or causes. I appreciate that annual recognitions remind us to continue learning. Carter Woodson is known for his role in promoting what we now celebrate as Black History Month. Almost 100 […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

REVIEWED BY: Candace Heer, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Morrow County and Misty Harmon, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Perry County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • The Ohio State University Photo Archives, Home Management House 1937

REFERENCES:

  • About Du Bois. (2022). W. E. B. Du Bois Center. http://duboiscenter.library.umass.edu/about-du-bois/
  • Black History Themes. (2022). Association for the Study of African American Life and History. https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/
  • Bunch, L. (2015). Knowing the Past Opens the Door to the Future: The Continuing Importance of Black History Month. Smithsonian. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/knowing-past-opens-door-future-continuing-importance-black-history-month
  • Carter G. Woodson. (2021). National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/cawo/learn/carter-g-woodson-biography.htm
  • Chenoweth, R. (2017). 45 Graduate Didn't Let Obstacles Hold Her Back. The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology. https://ehe.osu.edu/news/listing/45-graduate-didnt-let-obstacles-hold-her-back/
  • Dr. Booker Taliaferro Washington. (2022). Tuskegee University. https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/booker-t-washington
  • Home Ec students fight against exclusion. (2013). From Woody’s Couch. The Ohio State University Libraries. https://library.osu.edu/site/archives/2013/02/12/home-ec-students-fight-against-exclusion/
  • Mack, F. (2009). Gladys Kidd Jennings (1925- ) https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jennings-gladys-1925/
  • Margaret Murray Washington. (2005). Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame. http://www.awhf.org/washington.html
  • Margaret Murray Washington, Educator & Suffragist. (2020). Alabama Department of Archives and History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXvAcPbsYIA
  • Reed, W. (2018). Being Best. Washington State University Magazine. https://magazine.wsu.edu/2018/08/06/being-best/
  • State, ex Rel. v. Trustees, (1933). https://casetext.com/case/state-ex-rel-v-trustees-2
  • Steward, T. (2012). “All I Want is Opportunity”: Doris Weaver, Wilhelmina Styles, and the Pursuit of a Professional Status. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0zw2c7ks

GET ORGANIZED! WHY IT MATTERS.

For some people, being organized comes so naturally to them. For others, it is easier said than done. Why does being organized matter?  How is being organized related to our quality of life?  Being organized is more than having a tidy house, clean car, or an office that looks like it belongs in a container […]

WRITTEN BY: Dr. Roseanne Scammahorn, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Darke County, Scammahorn.5@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Emily Marrison, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Coshocton County, marrison.12@osu.edu

REFERENCES:

  • Beaumont. (n.d.). Health Benefits of Being Organized. Retrieved on February 3, 2022, from https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/blogs/health-benefits-of-being-organized
  • Saxbe, D. & Repetti, R. (2009). No Place Like Home: Home Tours Correlate With Daily Patterns of Mood and Cortisol. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Retrieved on February 3, 2022, from https://undecidedthebook.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/saxbe-repetti-pspb-2010.pdf
  • Selhub, E. (2015). Your Health Destiny: How to Unlock Your Natural Ability to Overcome Illness, Feel Better, and Live Longer. HarperCollins Publishing. New York, NY.
  • Simply Placed. (n.d.). Wellness Wednesday: 5 Health Benefits of Being Organized. Retrieved on February 3, 2022, from https://www.itssimplyplaced.com/wellness-wednesday-5-health-benefits-of-being-organized/
  • Vohs, K., Redden, J. and Rahinel, R. (2013). Physical Order Produces Healthy Choices, Generosity, and Conventionality, Whereas Disorder Produces Creativity. Psychology Science, Retrieved February 3, 2022, from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797613480186

Making Changes to a Healthy You: An Episode of Healthy Living Resources

Healthy Living Resources is a telecast presented by the Family and Consumer Sciences program specialists that will focus on health, wellness, and the impact that stress has on our lives. Whether it be financial struggle, or chronic disease management, stress can creep up as a result of many of the day to day events that […]

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