AAFCS, CAFCS, and CATFACS Awards and Recognition

New!!! At the bottom of this webpage...A Listing of Award Winners from 1973 through 2010

2010 CAFCS Professional of the Year

Carole Makela has centered her career and service on CSU where she is currently a professor in the School of Education in the College of Applied Human Sciences. She has mentored hundreds of univerity students in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences and has been a resource to many Extension Agents. Carole supports the attendance and participation of her students in professional association meetings. She provides encouragement to her colleaues in personal and professional endeavors. She answers everyones' questions and contributes regularly to the newsletter.

She has encouraged students to study policy implications as related to family and consumer science. She has mentored faculty at Colorado State University, as well as nationally and internationally. She has attended and made presentations at eight International Federation of Home Economics conferences, sharing her knowledge in the world arena. She is the epitome of a consummate professional in the family and consumer science profession.

Carole has chaired numerous committees at the national level during her FCS career and has served as Editor of the AAFCS Journal since 2006. For CAFCS she has served on the Board since 1990 and been treasurer since 2004. She serves on the planning committee for the annual conference, and organizes student posters for display at the conference. In 2006 she received the AAFCS Distinguished Service Award.

Besides leadership roles in AAFCS and CAFCS, Carole has been very involved in other organizations. In 2007, she participated in the Iowa State University Family and Consumer Science Education Leadership Academy. She has served as leader on numerous committees for Gamma Sigma Delta, the American Council on Consumer Interests, and Kappa Omicron Nu. She was the Executive Director of the Western Regional Home Management-Family Economics Educators and was President of ACCI. She chairs the university’s curriculum committee.

2010 CAFCS Teacher of the Year

Janice Lockman began her teaching career in 1979 in Poudre R-1, teaching home economics and English. She went on to teach for Greeley District 6, the UNC Laboratory School, UNC, Briggsdale and Kersey. She "retired" from teaching in Colorado in 2008, and moved to Dighton, KS, where her family owns a farm. She was recruited by Dighton School district, and began teaching there August 2008.

Janice has taught a variety of content during her career, including FACS, English, Teen Parenting, and Health to middle school and high school students. While at Platte Valley, she managed all aspects of the Coordinated School Health Program including working with grants. In addition to her teaching and administrative responsibilities, Janice has been an FCCLA advisor, class sponsor, and advisory committee member. She is well-respected by her students, administrators, and peers.

Her administrator at Platte Valley wrote, “Janice has always demonstrated a sincere appreciation of her discipline and acted as an outstanding professional educator. She is the perfect example of a teacher that should be recognized for her continued dedication to her discipline and her profession.” Her current administrator wrote, “Mrs. Lockman quickly established herself as an outstanding teacher who was dedicated to providing a superior education for students in her family and consumer sciences courses. . .Mrs. Lockman is not only a very qualified teacher and leader in our school, but she is also a wonderful, caring individual. (Her) students will be better prepared for the challenges lying ahead of them because of the efforts that she puts forth each and every day.”

Janice has been married to Steve for 32 years. They farmed their entire married life in Larimer and Weld counties, until moving to Kansas where they expanded their production of breeding hogs and show pigs. They have two adult children, Jennifer who teaches fourth grade in Kersey and Brian who works for Fort Hays State University in Kansas.

2010 CAFCS Marcile Wood Community Service Award

Luann Boyer is being recognized for providing many hours of service to community groups and organizations. Luann was a founding member of the Morgan County Family Center when it was incorporated in 1993. Since its beginning, the Family Center has grown from having 1 funded program with 1 part-time employee and a budget of $$30,000 to a resource center for Morgan County and Northeast Colorado with 12 funded programs, 6 full-time employees and several seasonal and part-time employees.

As a member of the Board of Directors, Luann has been primarily involved in the overseeing the fiscal responsibilities of the organization. She developed the accounting policies and procedures that are currently followed by the board, executive director and employees. She initially did all the accounting and financial management including the federal tax reports which would average as much as 50 to 60 hours each month. When the Family Center began using QuickBooks for accounting, Luann set up the accounting system for various grants in accordance with the state and federal requirements. Luann continues to do payroll, withholding and unemployment reports, year-end tax reports, and has the authority of the board to manage Family Center funds - all of which averages about 20 hours a month. As a result of Luann's eye for detail and balancing to the penny, the Family Center gets a glowing audit for fiscal management each year.

She is also involved in Fort Morgan DOES (Elks Auxiliary) as Senior Counselor and is Benevolent Committee Chair where she is responsible for gathering all benevolent activities for members and preparing national report in support of charitable organization tax exemption. She also participates in the Elks Blood Drive annually.

2009 CAFCS Marcile Wood Community Service Award

Judy Clock is a true example of service to others. She is active in her community, church, and professional organization.

Judy was a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher for 25 years. While teaching, she was active in CAFCS and other professional organizations, including NEA/CEA and the Career and Technical Education committee. She served in a variety of leadership roles in CAFCS, including Public Policy Vice President and President. She was a key person in the establishment of the annual Legislative Breakfasts which held at the State Capitol Building for a number of years. Through her efforts, many legislators became aware of FACS programs and the issues addressed by our profession. She served two terms as CAFCS President , and developed the Area Liaison Program to improve member involvement in our organization. She has given many hours of service to our organization. She is currently serving our organization as our Executive Director.

Judy has always been involved in her community serving as president of the local Lions Club and event chair for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Eagle County. She is active in her church and helps with the music. She is well-known and respected in her community, as well as by CAFCS members.

2008 AAFCS Leader Award, Debbie Nelson

With sincere gratitude,
Debbie Nelson, CFCS
AAFCS Leader

2008 National Family & Consumer Sciences Award

The award is co-sponsored by Goodheart-Willcox Publisher and the teacher education community. It is given in recognition of a family and consumer sciences teacher educator who has provided outstanding teacher preparation instruction and outstanding contributions toward innovative and unique teacher education. Mallette accepted the award at the national AAFCS conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in June.

Mallette is a teacher educator for Family and Consumer Sciences and General Education in the Colorado State University School of Education. She is also the director for the School of Education Continuing Education office. Besides being a full time professional educator, she is also involved on local, state, and national advisory boards and civic committees. Prior to being at Colorado State University, Mallette taught at Fort Hays State University as a graduate assistant, and was a junior and senior high school teacher before earning her Masters from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and her Ph.D. at Colorado State.

2008 CAFCS Marcile Wood Community Service Award

2008 CAFCS Professional of the Year

2008 Extension Awards: Epsilon Signa Phi (ESP) Continued Excellence Award

2007 AAFCS Distinquished Service Award

Dr. Helen McHugh, a 45-year member of AAFCS, received the 2007 AAFCS Distinquished Service Award, which was presented in Reno, Nevada, at the AAFCS 98th Annual Conference and Expo, June 21-21, 2007.

Colorado is honored to have Dr. Helen McHugh selected to receive the prestigious Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for 2008.

Helen has provided leadership for Family and Consumer Sciences programs and professionals at the state, national, and international level for over 20 years. It has included teaching and advising students at The University of Texas at Austin, Indiana State University and Oregon State University. She served as Family Resource Management Department Head at Oregon State University. She concluded her professional career providing administrative leadership at Colorado State University as Dean of the College of Human Resource Sciences (now College of Applied Human Science) and as Deputy Director for the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station.

As an advisor to Family and Consumer Sciences students, Helen mentored many future professionals. Her personal interest in students provided the extra push and support for many of them to become leaders in the FCS profession at the state, local and national level. Even in retirement, Helen has continued to be involved in activities at Colorado State University, in the Fort Collins community and in professional organizations, including the Colorado affiliate for AAFCS.

Former students and other friends recognized Helen’s dedication to Family and Consumer Sciences by sharing a letter expressing their remembrances of Helen which were presented to her with the award in Reno.

2007 AAFCS Ranked in Top Eight Teachers of the Year

Cindy Miller is a 20-year member of AAFCS. As a FACS Department Head at Windsor High School, Cindy has helped to grow both staff and enrollment at her school. The innovative Body Works curriculum she developed with a PE teacher inspired the State Nutrition and Wellness Curriculum.

2007 CAFCS Teacher of the Year

2007 Marcile Wood Community Service Award

2006 AAFCS Distinquished Service Award

Dr. Carole J. Makela, CFCS, Professor, School of Education, College of Appliced Human Sciences, Colorado State University, was honored with the AAFCS highest national award, the AAFCS Distinquished Service Award, at the 97th Annual Conference & Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Makela was recognized for her many years of outstanding contributions to the family and consumer sciences profession and AAFCS. At Colorado State University, she advises family and consumer sciences undergraduates and teaches the capstone course, where students gain a perspective reflective of Makela’s commitment and dedication to service and integrity. As she teaches and advises graduate students at the masters and doctoral levels, she promotes quality research as the foundation of one’s field.

This philosophy has been furthered through her efforts as an associate editor of the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, compiler of the theses and dissertations for the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal, and former editor of The Journal of Consumer Affairs. In October 2006, Makela will become the editor of the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences.

Makela serves the Colorado Affiliate of AAFCS in many capacities and is currently treasurer and champion for students. She has worked on numerous AAFCS committees, as an officer in the International and Family Economics and Resource Management Divisions and the former Research Section. She has served as president of Gamma Sigma Delta, the honorary society of agriculture and related sciences—the only woman to hold that honor.

Makela’s commitment to department, college, and university governance at Colorado State University has garnered many commendations.

2006 CAFCS Professional of the Year

2006 CAFCS Teacher of the Year

2006 CAFCS Marcile Wood Community Service Award

Milestone Members 2010 Membership Awards

20+ Year Membership: Judy Clock, Karen Ellis, Bonnie Gibbons, Janice McKenzie, Cynthia Miller, Jane C. Wroblewski

Past and Current CAFCS Award Winners 1973 through 2010

2010 Award were presented at the 2010 CO/WY AFCS Annual Conference March 5-6, 2010.