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NCFR Awards: Nominate or Apply Today / Recognize an Innovator in Teaching Family Science / Submit to NCFR Nexus / Call for NCFR Fellows / & More |
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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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• Register for NCFR 2025!
• Nominate Someone for NCFR Awards
• Cognella Innovation in Teaching Awards: Deadline of May 30
• Congrats to CFLE-Approved/Renewed Programs
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Zippy News will take a break the week of May 26 and return June 5.
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NCFR Annual Conference
Secure Your Conference Registration Today
NEW Conference Registration System
The time has come for you to begin registering for the reimagined 2025 NCFR Annual Conference, taking place Nov. 19-22! We are so thrilled about the opportunity to see you in Baltimore, Maryland this fall.
This year's conference brings you a highly interactive, engaging forum prime for academic exchange, networking, and advancing scholarship. This year's conference is about you, it's about making an impact—Every Family Thriving.
We are also excited to present to you a NEW conference registration system. This process should provide users with a more timesaving registration experience! Register by Aug. 14 to secure the early-bird registration rate.
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Upon clicking the registration link in your email, your information will autopopulate from your NCFR account
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If you are not an NCFR member or are new to NCFR, create an account in minutes
Please note: Updates will sync to the conference registration website the next business day. Therefore, member rates will be available for new or renewing members the following business day.
>>REGISTER TODAY<< |
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| REGISTER FOR NCFR 2025 |
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After registering for the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference, reserve your hotel room at NCFR's conference hotel, the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. Once registered for the conference, you will be able to use NCFR's discounted conference rate. |
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NCFR Awards and Recognition
It's Time for NCFR Awards
NEW Awards Submission System
Take this opportunity to nominate yourself, your students, colleagues, or mentors for an award from NCFR and/or its member groups! Here are a few examples that are available to you. Most awards have a June 15 deadline, unless otherwise stated.
Recognizing Efforts in Family Policy
Showing Appreciation to Mentors & Instructors
Spotlight on Those Advancing Family Science
>>SEE ALL 2025 NCFR AWARDS<< |
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This year, award nominees and nominators will use our NEW awards submission system through OpenWater. This streamlined approach allows users to apply in one convenient location!
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Login to the OpenWater awards system using your NCFR username and password
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If you are not an NCFR member or are new to NCFR, create an account in minutes
★Please note: NCFR focus group award applications will be available in OpenWater beginning May 23.★ |
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NCFR Awards and Recognition
Cognella Innovation in Teaching Award for Family Science
Application Deadline: May 30
Calling all Family Science instructors—submissions are now open and being accepted for the 2025 Cognella Innovation in Teaching Awards for Family Science! NCFR and Cognella are searching for outstanding higher education instructors in Family Science who bring innovation, passion, and personal drive for excellence to their teaching practices each and every day.
Submissions and nominations will be accepted through May 30. Please think about submitting your work for consideration or nominating a peer who is truly making a difference for their students, their institution, and the discipline at large.
Awards are presented at the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. For eligibility details, award criteria, and to submit an application, visit the Cognella award homepage. You may also visit the previous winners page to learn about past recipients of the Innovation in Teaching Awards.
We hope you will take this chance to seek recognition for the great work you do, or take the opportunity to recognize someone in the field who inspires and motivates you! We look forward to acknowledging innovative instructors in the discipline this fall!
Spread the word among your peers in Family Science.
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Visit the Cognella Award website.
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Upon reading about the award, scroll towards the bottom.
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Find the application in the application process tab.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COGNELLA AWARD & APPLY |
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NCFR Awards and Recognition
NCFR Seeks Nominations for 2025 Fellows
Nominations due Sept. 15
NCFR Fellow status is an honor awarded to living members of NCFR on the basis of their outstanding contributions to Family Science. We encourage nominations of all family scholars and professionals who have made contributions to the family field.
Among the recognized areas of contributions are scholarship, teaching, outreach, practice, and professional service, including service to NCFR. Nominees must be nominated by another NCFR member.
Please submit your nomination materials by Sept. 15.
LEARN MORE & NOMINATE |
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MEMBER NEWS |
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On the Bookshelf
Family Health for Population Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Person-Centered Care, Education, Research, and Policy
NCFR member Rosemary Eustace, Ph.D., RN, CFLE, PHCNS-BC, has published a new release. This text explores the multifaceted influence of family on health and healthcare practices. Dr. Eustace examines topical areas that are integral for educators, practitioners, and scholars focused on the role of family in the context of health and public healthcare.
Providing conceptual and practical tools to advocate for and integrate family-centered approaches into healthcare delivery, this book is an exemplary core text for courses in family nursing, public health nursing, and health policy.
SEE FULL INFO |
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CALL FOR ARTICLES |
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NCFR Nexus: Fall 2025 Call for Practice & Teaching Articles
Submission deadline: Aug. 1
The fall 2025 issue of NCFR Nexus will explore the impact of privilege. Family life experiences are influenced by one’s social address, which includes intersectional characteristics of one’s identity (e.g., race, gender, religion, sexuality, class, ability). Social address is associated with social advantages or disadvantages that influence family life experiences leading to many potential questions:
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What are the effects of privilege on the ability to maintain healthy relationships?
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Does recognition of privilege potentially lessen negative impacts?
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Can individual power and privilege be used to advocate for others?
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Can the power of privilege be utilized as a tool to advance social justice?
Research-focused articles on this theme have already been collected. The editor specifically invites authors of teaching and learning-focused articles and practice-focused articles that explore these questions. How do teachers in higher education classrooms explore these topics with their students? How do these topics come up for practitioners working with individuals and families in the field?
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the NCFR Nexus Article Submission Form by Aug. 1, 2025. Before submission, please review the author guidelines. Contact the NCFR Nexus editor, Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions, ideas, and intentions.
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Beginning fall 2025, the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) quarterly publications, Family Focus and CFLE Network, will transition to a new, quarterly, digital-only publication called NCFR Nexus. This publication will serve NCFR’s transdisciplinary community of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers. Further, NCFR Nexus will only be accessible to NCFR members and CFLEs, who will receive priority consideration for authorship. |
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CFLE Approved Programs
Academic Program Receives CFLE-Approval Status
NCFR wishes to congratulate the following program for recently becoming a CFLE-approved program:
NCFR also wishes to recognize the five programs below for recently renewing their CFLE-approved program status:
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Southern Utah University – bachelor's (BA and BS) in Family Life and Human Development
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North Dakota State University – bachelor's (BA and BS) in Human Development and Family Science
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Washburn University – bachelor of applied science (BAS) in Family and Human Services, Family Services emphasis
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Queens College – bachelor of arts (BA) in Human Development and Family Science
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University of Wisconsin, Madison – bachelor of science (BS) in Human Development and Family Studies
Graduates of these programs will be able to apply for the CFLE credential through the CFLE-approved program process once they have completed the identified CFLE coursework.
Thank you to these programs for their dedication to Family Life Education!
READ MORE ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS
Find out how your program can obtain the CFLE-approved program status |
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IN OTHER NEWS |
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OneOp Webinar
Resources for Military Family Providers and Family Life Educators
Opportunity to earn continuing education credit
Join OneOp, a free and open-access multidisciplinary professional development resource for providers serving military families, for its upcoming webinar(s).
Each webinar below is approved for 1.0 hour of CFLE continuing education.
Upcoming topics include:
*The live webinars will be available on Zoom and the on-demand webinar will be available on YouTube.
FIND MORE CFLE CEU-APPROVED EVENTS |
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Infant Massage USA 2025 Annual Conference
Use NCFR's partner code and save!
Infant Massage USA will have its 2025 annual conference on June 5 and 6. Infant Massage USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing education and research related to nurturing touch, which has many benefits for both parents and babies. It hosts trainings for family professionals to become Certified Educators of Infant Massage and spread this important knowledge across the country.
What can you expect from the conference?
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Presentations from expert speakers in different sectors of the child care field
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Networking opportunities to connect with fellow family-lovers
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Education on how to improve your skills working with parents and infants
And because NCFR is one of Infant Massage USA's partner organizations, you can add the access code, "partner" and save!
REGISTER FOR INFANT MASSAGE 2025 |
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Video of the Week
How to Transform Youth Civic Engagement
This week's video is a TEDxYouth which features a youth speaker, Zara Miller, a high school senior. Her inspiring talk shares how political participation is more than just voting, it requires redefining civic engagement to include and empower young people prior to their reaching voting age. She says, "engagement happens when we see the issues directly impacting our own lives." Young people have the ability to change everything.
WATCH VIDEO
Do you have a video of a local news story from your area, or something notable? Email a link to Kristal Johnson and perhaps we will feature it in Zippy News!
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