Communication is key to relationship success, especially for intimate partners. To learn more about how deployments impact couples’ communication, MFRI researchers recruited 87 partners of deployed service members to complete daily diaries about their communication.
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Student opportunities grow experience, knowledge
Are you thinking about a unique, challenging internship experience that offers an array of hands-on opportunities, college credit and a rewarding experience? MFRI is accepting interns for the upcoming spring semester […]
MFRI director receives Leadership in Action award
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, professor of human development and family studies and director of MFRI, was honored to receive Purdue’s Susan Bulkeley Butler Center Leadership in Action Award on Dec. 5. […]
Strengthening behavioral health providers' service of military and veteran families
MFRI continues to receive support for sustaining Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP).
Students from across campus build skills at MFRI
MFRI offers many opportunities for students to gain professional skills as interns, student employees and research assistants. The students who engage with military and veteran families at MFRI come for a variety of backgrounds, such as pharmacy, engineering, interior design, communications and more. Involving students in projects that enhance their professional and academic skills helps prepare them for future endeavors.
MFRI's Focus Forward Fellowship serves women student veterans
The Focus Forward Fellowship is a program designed to build skills, leadership and a sense of community among women student veterans.
Happy Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps
Happy birthday, Marines! MFRI wants to give all U.S. Marine Corps families an extra salute today as they celebrate the service’s 242nd birthday.
US Air Force celebrates 70 independent years
Vital to national security, USAF is the 2nd-largest branch of service
Center for Families to host family symposium
Issues to address issues facing military, low income, urban/rural families
Time is running out to register for Battlemind to Home
Event builds knowledge, motivation among participants