Family and Child Advocacy Society

The BYU-Idaho Family and Child Advocacy Society is:

• An on-campus society run by students
• A society to promote and enhance student learning and professional growth
• A way to get involved in the community
• For students interested in supporting the family and child development
• A place for friendship and mentoring
• Where a student can learn more about classes in the Home and Family Department
• A program that offers internship information through forums and meetings
• A way to meet the faculty in the department

Some of the recent activities of the Society are:

• Internship Evening
• Faculty get-to-know-you activity
• Major’s fair
• Career Night
• Peer advising
• Guest speakers
• Literacy activity

A few of the planned future activities are:

• Enhancing the preschool playground by planting trees for shade
• Willow house for the preschool playground
• Butterfly garden for the preschool playground
• Tree house on the small preschool playground
• Internship Evening
• Majors Information Forum
• Attending professional conferences

Ways to become involved in the Society:

1. Contact one of the officers
   
   • President, Dawn Davidson (dav00029@byui.edu)
   • VP, Shawnee Hendershot (hendershots@byui.edu)
   • Secretary, Mamie Reeder (ree06012@byui.edu)
   • Senior Advisor, Lindsay Burrup (bur05010@byui.edu)
   • Brother Godfrey, Faculty advisor (godfreym@byui.edu)
2. · Look for flyers posted around the Clarke Building and sent through e-mail