BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, FCS New Bath and Body Works store receives help from FCS majors Searcy's new Bath and Body Works store had the help of 25 family and consumer science majors when it opened its doors this fall. The visual merchandising and display class received first hand experience learning how to set up store displays by working with Bath and Body Works before it opened. its new store in Searcy. All students in the class were either fashion merchandising, interior merchandising or interior design majors. The visual merchandising and display class taught students how to do hands-on displays. "We do lots of displays at local businesses, both libraries in town and the bookstore," Ted Rille, associate professor of family and consumer sciences, said. "For one day for three hours during class time we went and set up all of the displays in the store[Bath and Body Works]." Many of the students worked more than just the three hours during class because Bath and Body Works insisted on paying the students for their work. So, many worked for hours on different days to help set up the store. "They gave us a little picture that showed how everything was supposed to be set up," junior Jana Jones said. "The hardest thing was finding all of the boxes that the products were in. Seeing everything come together after being just a Behavioral Science & FeS 156 ~--~~~~~~~A~c~a~d~e~rn~i~cs Did You Know... Dr. Ken Cameron, professor of psychology, was the Chief of Mental Health for the Missouri Department of Corrections from 1987-1993. Among other responsibilities, Cameron assisted in the supervision of death row inmates. huge pile of boxes was a really cool experience." "I enjoyed the aspect of seeing a store through a new perspective," sophomore Marty Hill said. "To experience the starting of a store instead of going into it after it is set up was neat. We also got to see how really disorganized a place can be. It took us almost an hour and a half to find the boxes with the snowmen display that we were going to set up." This experience helped several students apply their majors to the real world. IIInterior merchandising is setting up things, and this really made a real-life application," sophomore Courtney Craddock said. All the students that participated in the exercise said they gained something from this hands-on experience. "It was neither fashion or interior so it was a very positive, unique experience," Rine said. - Mac Bell Junior Jana Jones measures ribbon to wrap around decorative boxes at the Bath and Body Works in Searcy. Because the store opened its doors in the fall, FCS students were able to help set up the interior of the store. Photo by Daniel Dubois. Junior Shannon Starks cuts a dress pattern for a project in one of her FCS classes. Students involved in the sewing class were required to sew several outfits during the year. Photo by Daniel Dubois. Students in Michelle Hammond's criminal justice class stand outside the state penitentiary after touring the facility in the fall. Hammond said the trip was an eyeopening experience for many of her students. Photo supplied by Michelle Hammond.
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