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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY LOCAL SECTION N e w s l e t t e
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Volume
IX, number 2 July
20, 2000
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July 30 - August 3 16th Biennial Conference on
Chemical Education University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor August 20 – 24, 2000 220th ACS National Meeting Washington,
D.C. October 21
Saturday 11:00
am-3:00 "Chemistry Day at Lansing
Mall" November 5 - 11, 2000 NATIONAL
CHEMISTRY WEEK Theme: Kitchen
Chemistry |
Ms.
Annis Hapkiewicz 1999-2000
Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher of
the Year
Ms. Annis Hapkiewicz, a teacher at Okemos High School, has been named
the 1999-2000 Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the
MSU Local Section. This award
recognizes the work and dedication of outstanding chemistry teachers within
our section boundaries. The criteria
for this award include excellence in teaching that inspires students to
pursue careers in chemistry and related fields, demonstrated professional
growth, and outreach to the educational community and the public at large. Employed by the Okemos Public School
District since 1970, Ms. Hapkiewicz currently teaches first-year and AP
Chemistry and serves as the district's K-12 Science Coordinator. In addition, she has advised her school's
National Honor Society, coached both Okemos High School Quiz Bowl and Science
Olympiad teams, and assisted with the district's annual Science Day and
Family Science nights. Ms. Hapkiewicz’s contributions to the
Michigan science community have been significant. She has been a member of the Michigan Science Teachers
Association (MSTA) Board since 1986 and served in various capacities
including President. She has worked
with the Michigan Department of Education on the MEAP exams since 1986. She served as a member of the Science
Advisory Board for Impressions 5 Science Museum from 1992-96. She has
been an adjunct instructor with the Michigan State University College of
Natural Science since 1990. She is
currently on the Advanced Placement Chemistry Test Development Team for
Educational Testing Services, and has been a member of the College Board
since 1992. (continued on page 2) |
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1999-2000 OUTSTANDING HIGH
SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD (continued from p.1)
Ms.
Hapkiewicz has published over 30 articles in the MSTA Journal, Science Teacher,
and the Journal of Chemical Education.
She had made over 30 presentations at various professional meetings,
state-wide and nationally. She was a
member of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Chemistry Summer travel team from
1991-1995, instructing other chemistry teachers at various sites throughout the
country. She is also co-founder of the
monthly local high school science teachers meeting sponsored by our local
section. This meeting, first held in
1986, provides support for area chemistry teachers.
Ms. Hapkiewicz has been recipient of the 1998-99
MSTA Distinguished Service Award, the Okemos Kiwanis Outstanding Teacher Award
in 1997 and 1999, listed as "Most significant teacher for a Westinghouse
semifinalist" several times, and was a finalist for the MSTA Teacher of
the Year. In 1991, she received the
Michigan State University College of Natural Science Outstanding Teacher Award.
As recipient of the 1999-2000 Outstanding High
School Chemistry Teacher of the Year, Ms. Hapkiewicz will be the Michigan State
University Local Section nominee for the 2001
Great Lakes Region II Award in High School Chemistry Teaching, sponsored by
the American Chemical Society.
The Michigan State University Section of the American Chemical Society has established an award for the outstanding graduating student in chemical sciences at each of the colleges within the section's borders. The faculty at each college selected the award recipient from their school. The 1999-2000 outstanding graduating students in chemistry are:
Kristi Dimitriou – Albion College
Joshua Feller – Jackson Community College
Michael Stout – Michigan State University
Dave Wilhite – Spring Arbor College
Michael Stout received his award (also known as the Kedzie Award) at an awards ceremony before the Max Roger's Lecture at MSU on Tuesday, April 18th. Prof. John McCracken presented Dave Wilhite with his award at Honor's Chapel at Spring Arbor College and Prof. Paul Mantica gave Josh Feller his award during class at Jackson Community College. Kristi Dimitriou received her award from the department chair at a departmental picnic.
The recipients of the 1999-2000 ACS awards for outstanding performance in undergraduate chemistry at Michigan State University are:
Freshman Chemistry – Christopher Burton
Honors Freshman Chemistry – Annette Marie McCoy
Organic Chemistry – Stephanie Teich-McGoldrick
Physical/Analytical Chemistry – Joe Peltier
Advanced Chemistry – Michael Stout
These awards were presented at a reception in the Department of Chemistry at MSU on Thursday, April 27th.
The University of Michigan is hosting the 16th Bienniel Conference on Chemical Education sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education of the ACS. The conference will be held in Ann Arbor July 30 – August 3, 2000. Please visit the BCCE conference website http://www.umich.edu/~bcce for further information.
Greetings!
Recently, the MSU Local Section of the ACS established a Younger Chemist Committee (YCC). As the chair of this newly organized committee, I would like to ask for your help in charting a course for and in growing this committee. First established as part of the National ACS in 1974, YCC strives to identify the needs and concerns of younger chemists and to develop programs responsive to their needs. The YCC is driven by three strategic goals:
1. To make the ACS relevant to younger chemists,
2. To increase the involvement of younger chemists in the ACS at all levels, and
3. To develop mechanisms to integrate younger chemists into the profession.
To manage these goals more effectively, each Local Section is encourage to establish its own YCC, so that there is a local group that younger chemists can turn to for assistance in professional growth.
Currently, we are in the process of organizing a steering committee for YCC. This will be a challenging undertaking, as the people who will benefit from the YCC in our Local Section make up such diverse groups as “industrial” chemists, teaching professionals, graduate students, and undergraduate students. The YCC steering committee should, therefore, be made up of people who represent this diversity.
Here is where you come in. We need your help to make our Local Section YCC a committee that reflects the membership, anticipates the memberships needs, and meets (and exceeds!) these needs. If you would like to serve on the steering committee for YCC, or have suggestions as to programs that you would like to see the YCC introduce, please telephone, write, or e-mail me!
Jim Ciszewski
YCC Chair
Chemistry Department, MSU
355-9715 x-172
Chairperson: Dr. Paul F. Mantica 517-355-9672 ext. 456, fax: 517-353-5967 e-mail: mantica@nscl.msu.edu |
Past Chairperson: Dr. John L.
McCracken 517-355-9715 ext. 229, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: mccracke@pilot.msu.edu |
Secretary: Dr. Kathryn Severin 517-355-9715 ext. 372, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: severin@cem.msu.edu |
Treasurer: Dr. Robert Maleczka 517-355-9715 ext. 124, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: maleczka@cem.msu.edu |
Councilor: Dr. Evelyn P.
Jackson 517-355-9715 ext. 204, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: ejackson@cem.msu.edu |
Alternate Councilor: Dr. Susan J. Masten 517-353-8539,
fax: 517-432-1827 e-mail: masten@cee.msu.edu |
The Women Chemist Committee of the ACS is calling for applications for Travel Awards for post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate women to make their first research presentation at a national meeting. These awards are sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company. More information and an application form can be found at http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC or contact Cheryl Brown at 800-227-5558 ext. 6022. Deadlines for receipt of applications for 2001 meetings:
September 15, 2000 – Meetings between January 1 & June 30, 2001
February 15, 2001 – Meetings between June 30, 2001 & December 31, 2001.
ACSWIC
finished off the spring term with a couple of great meetings! Professor Gale M. Strasburg from the
Department of Food Science and Nutrition discussed “Organic Chemistry in the
Kitchen” at a lunch time meeting on April 12th. Among the topics explored: why fruits and
vegetables turn brown when bruised and how antioxidants work to prevent
rancidity. Then, on May 16th,
Dr. Barbara Radecki, a manager at BASF Corporation (and MSU graduate) shared
her experiences in “Surviving the Chemical Industry – One Woman’s
Perspective.” Dr. Radecki talked about
industrial jobs from a recruiter’s, a manager’s, and a mother’s point of
view. As an outreach activity, steering
committee members: Shawn Mehrens, Shannon Haymond, and Kathy Severin had a
great time sharing hands-on activities and demonstrations involving acid-base chemistry
at a science fair at St. Thomas Aquinas School in East Lansing on April 27th.
In April members chatted with Prof. Vicki DeRose of Texas A&M
University and Prof. Kathlyn Parker of Brown University as part of our “Meet the Speaker” activity. All information about meetings as well as
other news about the group can be found at our website: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~acswic.
MSU LSAC Ballot to elect new local section
officers for 2000 – 2001.
Please return before August 15, 2000. All candidates are running unopposed. Write-in a candidates are welcome for all offices.
Chair-Elect: ___ Aaron Odom (MSU, Chemistry)
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Councilor: ___ Kathryn Severin (MSU, Chemistry)
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Secretary: ___ Holly Bevsek (MSU, Lyman Briggs School)
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Treasurer: ___ Rob Maleczka (MSU, Chemistry)
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Chair-Elect: Aaron Odom (MSU, Chemistry), Assistant
Professor
B.S. 1993 Texas Tech University; Ph.D. 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1998-1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research involves synthetic and mechanistic aspects of inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Councilor: Kathryn Severin (MSU, Chemistry), Academic Specialist, Analytical/Physical Laboratory Coordinator
B.S. 1976 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S. 1990 East Tennessee State University; Ph.D. 1996 Michigan State University; Postdoctoral Research Associate 1997 Michigan State University. Secretary, MSU ACS Local Section, 1999; Steering Committee member, ACS-Women in Chemistry since 1997; National Chemistry Week Coordinator: 1998 - 2000.
Secretary: Holly Bevsek (MSU, Lyman Briggs School), Dutton Lecturer
B.S. 1989 Marquette University; Ph.D. 1996 University of Pittsburgh; Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 1996 – 1997 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Faculty advisor of “Chem Club”, the student affiliates chapter of the ACS at MSU; Faculty liaison for Lyman Briggs Alumni Association. Holly is developing innovative teaching strategies for general chemistry lectures and laboratories and investigating the role of aerosols in tropospheric chemistry.
Treasurer: Rob Maleczka (MSU, Chemistry), Assistant Professor
B.S. 1984 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D. 1992 The Ohio State University; American Chemical Society Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-1995, University of Pennsylvania. His research program is directed towards the synthesis of biologically important natural compounds and invention of new reactions and strategies in organic synthesis.
PLEASE TAPE OR STAPLE CLOSED WITH ADDRESS SHOWING AND SEND TO:
Dr. Kathryn G. Severin, Secretary
MSU ACS Local Section
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1322
MSU ACS LOCAL SECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRS
2000-2001
Committee |
Chair |
e-mail address |
Awards
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Sheldon Knoespel
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knoespel@cem.msu.edu
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Industrial Relations
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Doug Nordhaus
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Bylaws
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Evelyn Jackson
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ejackson@cem.msu.edu
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National Chemistry Week
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Kathryn Severin
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severin@cem.msu.edu
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Public Relations &
Newsletter Editor |
Dalila Kovacs
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kovacs@cem.msu.edu
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Women Chemists
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Shawn Mehrens
Shannon Haymond |
lacasses@msu.edu
haymonds@su.edu |
Younger Chemists
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Jim Ciszewski
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ciszewsk@cem.msu.edu
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Dalila Kovacs (MSU, Chemistry/Chemical Engineering) Research Associate
Ph.D.
1998 Michigan State University; Advanced (1988) and Tenure (1983) Degrees in
Education Babes-Bolyai University; B.S. 1980 Babes-Bolyai University,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Dalila is
currently working on joint Chemical Engineering/Chemistry projects,
investigating mechanistic aspects of heterogenous catalytic processes. She also teaches introductory organic chemistry.
Shawn Mehrens (MSU, Chemistry) Graduate Student
B.A. 1998 Albion College. Shawn has been a graduate student in the MSU Chemistry department since Fall 1998. She is in Prof. Gary Blanchard’s group, studying inter- and intra-layer energy transfer in covalent multilayer systems. Shawn has been on the ACSWIC steering committee member for 1½ years.
Shannon Haymond (MSU,
Chemistry) Graduate Student
B.S. 1998 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Shannon came to MSU in Fall 1998 and is an analytical graduate student in Prof. Jerry Babcock’s group. Her research involves developing a technique that couples electrochemistry and FTIR, in order to study redox-active metal centers in proteins. She has been on the ACSWIC steering committee for the past year.
Jim Ciszewski (MSU,
Chemistry) Graduate Student
The ACS MSU Local Section will once again usher in National
Chemistry Week with our 14th annual “Chemistry Day in the Lansing Mall”
from 11 am – 3 pm on Saturday, October 21, 2000. We invite area schools and colleges, MSU science departments, and
industrial organizations to begin thinking now about their participation in
this fun-filled and educational event.
Kathy Severin (severin@cem.msu.edu) will serve as the Local Section
Coordinator for National Chemistry Week 2000.
The theme for NCW 2000 will be Kitchen
Chemistry.
Inside:
Outstanding Chemistry Teacher Award
Outstanding Chemistry Student Awards
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
Younger Chemists Committee Announcement
Local Section Election
Ballot and Candidate Profiles
Committee Chairs for 2000 – 2001 Academic
Year
Local Section Travel Grants
WCC Travel Awards
ACS Women in Chemistry
Local National Chemistry Week Celebration
Visit
our new and improved Local Section website at: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~msuacs
Dr.
Kathryn Severin, Secretary
MSU
ACS Local Section
Department
of Chemistry
Michigan
State University
East
Lansing, MI 48824-1322