CSU's Department of Design and Merchandising welcomed over 30 middle-schoolers to gain confidence in the STEM disciplines through fashion at the two-week Fashion FUNdamentals STEM enrichment camp.
After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Fashion FUNdamentals STEM enrichment camp safely made its return in 2021. This year, 18 middle school students got the opportunity to enhance their interests, self-esteem, and abilities in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Faculty in the Department of Design and Merchandising received the 2018 Outstanding Scholarship Article award from the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences for their research evaluating the outcomes of Fashion FUNdamentals, a youth enrichment program for middle school girls.
When Karen Hyllegard talks about her goals as the new head of CSU’s Department of Design and Merchandising, the conversation inevitably leads to the January 2019 opening of the new Richardson Design Center.
Fashion FUNdamentals, a CSU program for girls that builds self-esteem and knowledge about STEM fields by having them create their own fashions, has won $25,000 as part of a crowd-sourced philanthropic campaign from State Farm.