My First Entry!
Well here we go! First of all welcome! I hope this helps to show you what it is like to be an HDFS major, and answers some of the questions you may have. This is for you. I’m going to start off with my story about becoming an HDFS major. After all I did start off as an International Business major and switched into the major my second semester of college. As a First Year I came to Messiah with the great goal of becoming this amazing business woman. My great-grandfather started his own business; my grandfather and dad have kept it alive since then. I had it in my mind that I was going to be the next one in line. Well let me tell you, God changed all of that for me. Through His small, but significant signs, I realized that I was not supposed to go into business. I couldn’t even make it through my accounting class, how was I supposed to spend the rest of my life working in business? So I started exploring in the handy-dandy Messiah College Catalog. I looked at various majors and read the list of classes that each one contained. Some of these majors were easily ignored: Nursing-I definitely couldn’t handle large amounts of blood, and Engineering-How does a bridge stay suspended?; others were pondered, and then also thrown aside. The only one that remained was Human Development and Family Science. Upon looking at the list of classes, I became very excited because they ALL actually interested me. Was this possible? Would I be able to graduate with a degree, from a major that seemed to be relevant to me in every aspect of life? Well it turns out it truly is possible. I have learned SO much through this major. I never would have guessed in a million years that I would be in such a major as this. Every class has relevance in my future life. I have learned about how people develop from a small infant to an 80-year-old adult, I have learned that families all function together and that if one person changes the whole family dynamic changes, and the lessons go on and on. I’m so glad that I am now in a major that has practical purposes outside of just the job market. I will graduate with so called “street knowledge” for the family I will eventually have. Think about it, what other major can offer that too? -Liz-
I am so excited to get to share with you, some of my personal experiences and what it is like to be part of the Human Development and Family Science Department (HDFS). I have never done this before, so stick with me.