Awards & Scholarships

Recognizing excellence, leadership, and scholarly achievement in Family & Consumer Sciences.

2024

2024 Annual Conference Award Winners

Hillary Mehlhoff

•FCS Teacher of the Year

Hillary is currently a FACS teacher and FCCLA advisor at South Albany High School. She is deeply involved in her school and community, advocating for her students and helping them to pursue their goals and grow their leadership skills.

Chris Ward

•Distinguished Service Award

Chris has been an advocate for FACS for more than 30 years. She served as the head of the Home Economics Education department at OSU and advised students. Chris led a task force around the curriculum work with the new name change of FCS in the late 90s.

2019

2019 Student Scholarship Recipients

Joseph Vanek

•Oregon State University

Shea Looper

•Oregon State University

2018

2018 Teacher of the Year

Sheila Lenker (center)

•Teacher of the Year

2018

2018 Professional of the Year

Kelsey Hibbert

•Professional of the Year

2018

2018 ORAFCS Community Service Award

Melissa Whiteman, ABC House

•ORAFCS Community Service Award

2018

2018 Student Leadership Award & Scholarship

Joseph Vanek

•Student Leadership Award & Scholarship

2018

2018 Student Leadership Award & Scholarship

Shea Looper

•Student Leadership Award & Scholarship

2016

2016 Student Scholarship

Jessica Motter

•Student Scholarship

Jessica Motter, student teacher at Philomath High School was awarded a student scholarship for Spring 2016. Jessica will be graduating and looking for a FACS position for Fall 2017!

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