FACS hosts 10th fashion show

‘Countdown To Chic: Cosmos Fashion’ launched student spring collections Crowds lined up outside the LaHaye Multipurpose Center to attend Liberty’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) 10th annual fashion show Saturday, April 2. Themed after its title, “Count Down To Chic: Cosmos Fashion,” the show gave students an opportunity to test their skills and showcase their clothing designs. “Not […]

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Life of a model

Designers prepare for the ‘cosmos’ spring fashion show When it comes to fashion shows, designers are not the only ones working long hours in preparation to showcase their art. Models, too, are exerting their talents to assure that the designs are presented in a way that expresses themselves as well as the designers’ visions. With Liberty University’s Department of Family […]

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Passion for fashion

Alumna Ruth Bibby uses experience in fashion PR to judge Liberty’s annual show Liberty University’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) welcomed back former fashion show director and alumna Ruth Bibby to assist in judging its ninth annual spring fashion show, titled “Cotton Couture: Nature’s Dream,” April 11 in the Schilling Center. Bibby graduated with a double major in […]

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Wild wardrobe

Spring fashion show responds to the call of nature Audiences were treated to visual representations of nature at the ninth annual Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) spring fashion show, titled “Cotton Couture: Nature’s Dream,” at the Schilling Center April 11. The night began as JaNique Cameron and Julie Earle, director and assistant director of the show, explained that the theme […]

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Dresses put on display

Fashion show recognizes designs from FACS department Four designs from April’s “Go Green, Go Glam!” fashion show hosted by the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) will be featured this November in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the International Textile & Apparel Association’s (ITAA) 2014 annual conference. The designs of students Melissa Breaux, Brianne Crist, Amy Yoon and Tenzi Chacha […]

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Green trend expands

Saving the planet one stitch at a time at the annual fashion show Liberty students showcased their design skills at the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences’ (FACS) eighth annual fashion show Saturday, April 12, in the Schilling Center. For this year’s theme, “Go Green, Go Glam,” student designers were required to create outfits that incorporated at least 60 percent […]

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Runway goes green

FACS students prepare for their annual fashion show As the semester comes to a close, students have the opportunity to watch as more than 40 models walk the runway in handmade works of art, which make their debut in the Family and Consumer Science (FACS) Department’s “Go Green, Go Glam” fashion show April. 12. According to Fashion Show Advisor and […]

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Cooking fun foods

FACS club serves up free culinary training Liberty University’s first cooking club organized by the Department of Family & Consumer Sciences held its inaugural meeting Jan. 28. Students gathered in Science Hall room 103 to learn how to cook food with high nutritional value. “I have come to this club hoping to learn about a new cooking style (and to) […]

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FACS introduces two new classes

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences courses demonstrate new aspects of baking and interior design The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) introduced two new courses in the spring 2014 semester for students seeking to increase their culinary and interior design skills. The courses, Bakeshop and Catering and CAD I: Computer Aided Design for Interiors, provide hands-on learning […]

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Students attend a meeting about the spring London and Paris trip

The Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Department of Liberty University is introducing students to the fashion capital of the world with a springtime trip to Paris and London. According to Ruth Gomes, assistant professor in the FACS department, this trip has two main areas of focus, the architecture and the fashion. The architecture fulfills the interior design part of the […]

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FACS offers new class

Liberty University and the Department of Family & Consumer Sciences is offering a new bakeshop and catering class next semester that will inform students about the intricacies associated with the baking business. Linda Kitchel, a professor in the Family & Consumer Sciences department, will be instructing the course. Kitchel has taught at Liberty for more than 20 years and has […]

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FACS launch party

The eighth annual Liberty University Department of Family and Consumer Science (FACS) Fashion Show coordinators announced details about the upcoming show at the FACS launch party Wednesday, Oct. 23 in the Reber-Thomas Executive Dining Hall. According to Fashion Show Director Kristen Goodrich, FACS hosts a fashion show each year. This year, the theme will be “Go Green, Go Glam.” The […]

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FACS majors unveil cooking skills

The Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Department hosted a Food Science Fair, Wednesday, April 24, where students cooked and showcased a variety of dishes. “The students have been working on this for three weeks, and it was a success because the students enjoyed telling other people what they learned,” Professor Linda Kitchel, who led the event, said. According to Kitchel, […]

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