Student Resources

Advisors in FINA

B.S. in Apparel Design & Merchandising

Amy Dorie, BH 335C, adorie@sfsu.edu (student last name A-L)
Ivana Markova, BH 304, ivanam@sfsu.edu (student last name M-Z)

B.S. in Interior Design

Soheyla Mohammadigorji, BH 335A, soheylagorji@sfsu.edu (student last name A-L)
Gus Vouchilas, BH 329A, gusv@sfsu.edu (student last name M-Z)

B.S. in Nutrition & Dietetics

Gretchen George, BH 302, glgeorge@sfsu.edu (student last name A-I)
Zubaida Qamar, BH 330, qz@sfsu.edu (student last name J-Q)
Jennifer Stimson, BH 301, jstimson@sfsu.edu (student last name R-Z)
Wanda Siu-Chan, BH 303,  siuchan@sfsu.edu (Dietetics Internship)

Graduate Program: M.A. in Family & Consumer Sciences

Gus Vouchilas, BH 329A, gusv@sfsu.edu

Summer advising for all programs

Gus Vouchilas, BH 329A, gusv@sfsu.edu

New and Prospective Majors

To all prospective and current majors within the FINA Department, welcome. We encourage you to make an appointment with your advisor to prepare or review your Graduation Plan, which will guide you towards graduation with proper course sequencing. Our priority is to facilitate the timely graduation of our majors.

All Majors

• Majors should meet with their advisor each semester. Make an appointment by emailing or signing up outside the advisor’s office. 
• Pick up your folder in BH 329 and bring it with you to your advising appointment, then return the folder to the office.
• Be sure to bring your current unofficial SFSU transcript to advising sessions.
• Remember most advisors are not on campus during the summer.
• If you need summer advising, please make an appointment with Dr. Vouchilas. Call (415) 338-2060 for an appointment.

• Probation/Subject to Disqualification
• GPA Calculator

Many of the lower division classes required for the Apparel Design and Merchandising and the Interior Design degrees can be transferred from community colleges. The following link lists the specific classes that articulate (are approved for transfer) into our programs. Check on the ASSIST website for approved courses by clicking on San Francisco State University and the college/university from which you will transferring.

Students do not need further faculty approval for these classes, but the classes do need to be noted in student advising folders along with a transcript showing those courses from the school granting credit for the course. Be sure to continue to see your advisor every semester.

Important Steps: 
1.    Meet with your major advisor to ensure you have met all degree requirements   
2.    Apply for Graduation: Visit the Registrar’s website to review the procedures and priority application dates 

University Commencement Celebration: Join graduates, family, and friends at Oracle Park in May for an unforgettable Commencement Celebration. For details on tickets, regalia, and more, visit Commencement.sfsu.edu. 

FINA Department Celebration of Success: Experience a very special celebration with your fellow FINA graduates. Wear your regalia, process into the building, listen to inspiring speeches, and proudly walk the stage as your name and degree are announced. Capture this special moment with a professional photo. Watch your email for invites to the FINA Department Celebration of Success.   

The following scholarships are available each year for current FINA students.

• Rabolt Scholarship in the College of Health and Social Sciences (Deadline: November 8, 2024)

  Dr. Nancy Rabolt taught fashion merchandising and fashion consumer behavior for 37 years at SF State and was also the department chair of Consumer & Family Studies/Dietetics (currently, Family, Interiors, Nutrition, and Apparel/FINA) from 1998 to 2016. With this scholarship, Dr. Rabolt wishes to support students whose studies and work help to empower families.

• Bay District of CA-AFCS Scholarship (Deadline: April 1, 2025)
• CA-AFCS Scholarship (Deadline: April 1, 2025)
• Stonestown ADM Scholarship (Deadline: Coming Soon)
• Diversity in Interior Design and Architecture (Deadline: Coming Soon)
• Riggs Design Scholarship (Deadline: Coming Soon)

• Krohn Trust Dietetic Internship Scholarship (Deadline: Coming Soon) 

  Dr. Juno-Ann Krohn Clarke started the DPD program in the CFS/D Department and taught for over 40 years.

  Eligible: seniors, 2^nd baccs, in DPD program who have applied for an internship

• Helen Mau Dietetics/Nutrition Scholarship (Deadline: Coming Soon)

  Dr. Mau taught Family Resource Management in the Department for over 40 years. Upon retirement she moved back to her home in Victoria, BC and passed away last year leaving funds for our student scholarships. This is in honor of graduate Richard Farrar, long-time friend of the Department for a dietetics or FCS nutrition/foodservice student.

  Eligible: juniors, seniors, graduate students in Family & Consumer Sciences nutrition area and Dietetics

• American Society of Interior Designers
• Fashion Network Association
• Student Dietetic Association

The FINA Department takes great pride in the work of our students. Each of our program areas builds quality of life issues into curricula and student outcomes address them in myriad ways. Visit the gallery to see our students’ work which invokes new and diverse thought processes that build on knowledge and practice.  

There are several options for FINA majors to study abroad. Click on the Office of International Programs/Study Abroad program for information and procedures for applying.