Fort Valley State University

By Jennifer Jordan, student writer
Agricultural Communications Department

Vivian Fluellen was awarded for her outstanding service for pioneering efforts toward faculty development in family financial planning for the 1890 Family and Consumer Sciences and Distance Instructional Alliance.

This assistant professor at Fort Valley State University received the award on June 10 at the Association of Extension Administrators and Association of Research Directors Land-Grant conference in Memphis, Tenn.

She collaborated with seven other 1890 land-grant institutions to form a grant worth nearly $185,000. This U.S. Department of Agriculture capacity building grant was used to train faculty members and teach financial planning certification classes offered at eight land-grant schools, including Fort Valley State.

This Family Financial Planning Program that certifies people to become financial planners would not be possible without Fluellen who has been teaching in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences since 1997.

“This program fulfills a need to offer more online courses to increase enrollment at Fort Valley State University,” Fluellen said. “The online program offers many opportunities for our students. The program qualifies students to take the Certified Financial Planner Examination after receiving training and experience.”
Fluellen has a joint appointment as an assistant professor and specialist with FVSU’s Cooperative Extension Program which provides training and educational opportunities for Georgia residents.

For more information about the Family Financial Planning Program, and how to enroll, contact FVSU’s Department of Family Consumer and Sciences at 478-825-6234.##