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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
X, number 2 July
20, 2001
The American Chemical Society is the premier membership organization for chemists, chemical engineers, and allied professionals worldwide, number one chemical information provider, and leader in advancing the scientific literacy of students and the public's appreciation of chemistry
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August 26 – 31, 2001 222nd ACS National Meeting Chicago,
IL October 20, 2001
Saturday 11:00
am-3:00pm "Chemistry Day at Lansing
Mall" November 4 - 10, 2001 NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK Theme: Chemistry and Art November 8, 2001 Thursday 7:30 pm "Preserving the Past: Art
and Science at the Detroit Institute of Arts" Dr. Karen
Trentelman Detroit Institute
of Arts Kresge Art Museum, MSU Campus |
Congratulations
to Annis
Hapkiewicz Recipient
of the 2001
Central Region Award in High School Chemistry Teaching Ms. Annis Hapkiewicz, a teacher at
Okemos High School, and the 1999-2000 Outstanding High School Chemistry
Teacher of the Year in the MSU Local Section, has received the 2001 Central
Region Award in High School Chemistry Teaching. Annis has worked in the Okemos Public
School system since 1970. Her
approach in the classroom is to encourage her students to examine and
challenge their explanations of the physical world. This begins the process of constructing a framework of
understanding based on the scientific process. She also encourages both the human element and historical
perspective of a scientific achievement, as well as any social and cultural
aspects that may have played a role in the nature of the discovery. This ability to stimulate student interest
as affected the growth and success of the Okemos High School AP Chemistry
program. Her students are among the
best in Michigan in receiving the superior “5” score on the exam. She has led a successful drive to
encourage young women to move into the AP program, as well. She
is a prolific contributor to educational journals, with several dozen
articles published. She continues her
professional growth through a series of annual workshops and courses, and she
is an active member of several Science and Academic associations. In 2000, she received a travel award from
the MSU Local Section to attend the 16th Biennial Conference on
Chemical Education in Ann Arbor, MI.
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2001 CENTRAL REGION AWARD
IN HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHING (continued
from p.1)
There she co-chaired, and presented at, a symposium entitled “Chemical Demonstrations in a Variety of Classroom Settings”.
With all that, she still has found time to serve a coach of the Chemistry Olympiad and Quiz Bowl teams from Okemos High, serve as an advisor for the National Honor Society, and work with students on research projects that have been submitted to national science contests. She is extremely proud of the fact that many of her students have achieved national recognition for their efforts.
As a recipient of the 2001 Central Region Award in High School Chemistry Teaching, Annis is now nominated for the James Bryan Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching.
1999-2000 Outstanding STUDENT
aWARDS
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 2000-2001 outstanding graduating students in chemistry are:
Albion College – Sarah Burpee
Jackson Community College – Michael Baldwin
Kellogg Community College – Christopher Niblock
Michigan State University – Amy McAdam and Jeffrey N. Dzingle
Spring Arbor College – Melonnie Furgason
Amy and Jeffrey received their award (also known as the Kedzie Award) at a reception in the MSU Chemistry Department. Dr. Robin Hood presented Sarah Burpee with her award during a retirement symposium for Dr. Robert Armstrong at Albion College. Prof. Paul Mantica distributed the award to Melonnie Furgason during Honor’s Chapel at Spring Arbor College and to Michael Baldwin during class at JCC. Christopher Niblock received his award from the KCC department chair at their annual awards banquet.
The recipients of the 1999-2000 ACS awards for outstanding performance in undergraduate chemistry at Michigan State University are:
Freshman Chemistry – Daniel C. Peltier
Honors Freshman Chemistry – Andrew Carl Goetz
Organic Chemistry – Michael J. Davis
Physical/Analytical Chemistry – Bryan P. Hogle
Advanced Chemistry – Eric L. Dane
These awards were presented at a reception in the Department of Chemistry at MSU on Friday, April 27th.
CHEMLUMINARY
AWARDS
We are happy to announce that the MSU Local Section has been nominated for four (4!) ChemLuminary Awards:
· Best Overall Local Section Women Chemists Committee-ACS Women in Chemistry,
· Activity or Program in a Local Section that Best Addresses the ACS Strategic Thrusts-ACS Women in Chemistry,
· Most Innovative New Activity or Program in a Local Section-awarding patches to Girl Scout participants at Chemistry day at the Mall
· Outstanding Performance by a Local Section Medium Size Category.
Kathy Severin, MSU Local Section
Councilor, will represent the local section at the awards ceremony held during
the Chicago ACS meeting. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the
outstanding outreach efforts of the local section during the past year.
MSU ACS LOCAL SECTION OFFICERS 2000-2001
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Chairperson: Dr. Paul F. Mantica 517-355-9672 ext. 456, fax: 517-353-5967 e-mail: mantica@msu.edu |
Chair Elect: Dr. Aaron Odom 517-355-9715 ext. 171, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: odoma@msu.edu |
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Secretary: Dr. Holly Bevsek 517-355-9715 ext. 372, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: bevsek@msu.edu |
Treasurer: Dr. Robert Maleczka 517-355-9715 ext. 124, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: maleczka@cem.msu.edu |
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Councilor: Dr. Kathryn Severin 517-355-9715 ext. 372, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: severin@cem.msu.edu |
Alternate Councilor: Dr. Susan J. Masten 517-353-8539,
fax: 517-432-1827 e-mail: masten@cee.msu.edu |
LOCAL
SECTION TRAVEL GRANTS
The MSU Local Section has limited funds available to provide travel support to chemical research/educational conferences. Travel grants up to $250.00 may be awarded to individuals who are members of the MSU Local Section or the local K-12 science education community and have a paper accepted at a conference sanctioned by the American Chemical Society. An application form for travel support is available at http://www.cem.msu.edu/~msuacs/tgrants.html. Applications will be reviewed by MSU Local Section board members in May and December each year. Please contact Paul Mantica, 517-333-6456 or e-mail mantica@msu.edu for more information.
WOMEN CHEMIST COMMITTEE TRAVEL AWARDS
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, 2001 – Meetings between January 1 & June 30, 2002
February 15, 2002 – Meetings between June 30, 2001 & December 31, 2002.
ACS PRESIDENT TO VISIT MSU
Attila Pavlath, current ACS President, will visit Michigan State University on July 27, 2001 to participate in the inauguration of the Coupled Cyclotron Facility associated with the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). The inauguration ceremony will be held at 1:00 pm in the Wharton Center. For further information on the inauguration event, please contact Paul Mantica (mantica@msu.edu, 517-333-6456). The NSCL will hold an open house for the general public on Sunday, July 29, 2001 from noon to 3:00 pm.
MSU LOCAL
SECTION NEWSLETTER CHANGES
To help defray printing and distributing costs, we will start to distribute the local section newsletter via electronic means to all MSU associated local section members, beginning with the fall newsletter. If you are not associated with MSU and would like to receive your newsletter in electronic format, please send your email address to Dalila Kovacs (kovacs@cem.msu.edu) who will update the newsletter distribution list.
