Improving Consumers' Lives through Design, Management, and Policy

The Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management (AHRM) is a dynamic and student-focused department with a mission to improve the lives of individuals, families and the broader community by incorporating consumer, business, and design perspectives in our various undergraduate program areas. These undergraduate program areas are Apparel Product Development and Merchandising Management, Housing, Residential Property Management, and Consumer Studies.

Our programs offer many student learning opportunities including design studios, "real-world" projects, internships and undergraduate research. We also provide events where students can interact with industry professionals through study tours and on-campus visits by nationally recognized speakers.

The AHRM Department is in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

Check out our web site to learn more about the AHRM Department, our faculty and staff, our programs, the support and offerings we have for students, our scheduled events, and news and updates.

In Memoriam
Dr. Celia Ray Hayhoe, Associate Professor
Family Resource Management Extension Specialist

Dr. Celia R. Hayhoe passed away on March 16, 2012 leaving a void in the AHRM Department, the Virginia Cooperative Extension program, and the people she served in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Celia made many contributions to the study of family financial management and used her knowledge to develop programs that help people manage debt, bankruptcy and retirement.

If you need information about on-going financial management programs for youth or adults or bankruptcy classes offered by Family and Consumer Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension, please contact:

Sherri Jackson, CALS Extension
Voice mail: 540-231-9347
Email: shjackso@vt.edu

If you have general questions regarding the resource management programs supported by Virginia Cooperative Extension please call or email:

Dr. Brian Calhoun
Associate Director, Family and Consumer Sciences
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Voice mail: 540-231-1247
Email: dcalhoun@vt.edu

If you were trying to reach Dr. Hayhoe regarding a personal matter, please be in touch with her daughter, Janice, at jhayhoe@Wellesley.edu.