Exceptional advisors play an important role helping students navigate the academic path to their future careers. A faculty advisor at NDSU was honored for her skills in helping students achieve their…

Congratulations to Emily Kinkade on winning this year’s Mark T. Suffolk Award for Outstanding Contributions to Developmental Science. Emily is deserving of this award because she excels as a…

Sarah Paul is the recipient of our award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Human Development in Family Science. Sarah will graduate in May with a remarkable 3.9 GPA with a bachelors degree in…

HDFS Professor Heather Fuller was recently awarded NDSU's Mentoring Excellence Award. A group of her students, including Emily Kinkade and Bryce Van Vleet, and Dr. Hektner nominated her for this…

Each year, faculty have the opportunity to nominating graduating seniors for the HDFS Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award. The award recognizes students who go above-and-beyond expectations by…

Dr. Christi McGeorge will guide a group of HDFS students on a 7-day study aboard trip to Berlin focused on LGBTQ Civil Rights and History.

Deadline to sign up for the trip is December 1, 2023.

Some…

HDFS Professor Margaret Fitzgerald was recently named to the Dr. Anne Stegner Endowed Professorship. The professorship recognizes and supports faculty who exemplify the mission of NDSU and can…

Heather Fuller, professor, was recently named a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. 

Fellow status is peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology and…

Kerrie Leonard, a doctoral candidate in our program, received the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the period of September 1 – December 15, 2022!…

Shawn Carlson, Emily Kinkade and Bryce Van Vleet received the 2022 Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Assistance to Faculty. 

This award recognizes the most outstanding contribution made by a…

The 2022 - 2023 Developmental Science graduate students arrived from many places! They traveled from Taiwan, Zimbabwe, Jamaica and India. Read about their research interests!

The College of Human Sciences and Education recently held their annual Celebration of Excllence. Several HDFS faculty members received awards.

Christi McGeorge - Exceptional Contributions to Research…