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Mrs. Betty Peterson
Secretary
  309-762-8114
    betmelp@earthlink.net

November 2009
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A publication of
The Illinois-Iowa Section of
The American Chemical Society
 

 

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For the latest information about upcoming events, visit our website at http://membership.acs.org/I/ILIA/





NOVEMBER MEETING

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009

 



Monmouth College
 
700 East Broadway
 
Monmouth, IL 61462 Map is available here


Times:



7:00PM

MEETING: Room 110 in Heldman-Thiessen Hall

Speaker: Kathy Mainz; Topic: "Research at Monsanto"

No Reservations necessary! Coffee and cookies will be served at the talk.

No December Meeting. See you in 2010!


Kathy Mainz

College for Kids Director
Biology Dept. Laboratory Manager
Monmouth College
700 East Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462

TOPIC: Spectrographic Analysis of Glycine max and seed treatment

Bio:

BS in Elementary Education and Reading, WIU 1988
 
Extensive graduate work in science education and gifted & talented education
 
Graduate assistantship in science education @ WIU
 
MS candidate Mississippi State University 2010
 
Geoscience (geology, geography and meteorology)
 
Taught middle school science 14 years
 
IA Dept. of Education K-12 Science Consultant, 4 years
 
Biology Dept. Laboratory Manager @ MC 3rd year
 
Director of College for Kids program for Gifted/Talented children @ MC
 


UPCOMING MEETINGS

No December Meeting
 

DONALD KISER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

The 2008 winner of the scholarship is Kelly Holt, who graduated from Alwood High School in Woodhull, IL. She will attend Harvard University and plans to study chemical engineering.

The scholarship review committee for 2008 (George Bailey, Art Serianz, Rich Craddick, and Mary Ellen Biggin) reviewed 24 applications.

JOB POSTINGS LINK

We now have a job postings link on our homepage (http://membership.acs.org/I/ILIA/). If you have job openings that you would like to post, please send them to Dr. Mary Ellen Biggin (maryellenbiggin@augustana.edu).


Contact us:


Chair: Chair Elect Past Chair
Dr Audra Sostarecz position open Dr. Mary Ellen Biggin
(309) 457-2252 (309) 794-3467
asostarecz@monm.edu MaryEllenBiggin@augustana.edu
 
Secretary: Treasurer: Councilor:
Mrs. Betty Peterson Mr Richard Craddick Dr Brian Mundell
309-762-8114  (563) 264-4394
Fax (563) 264-4367 
 
betmelp@earthlink.net Rich_Craddick@kentfeeds.com brian@bioresearchprod.com 
Alternate Councilor Chemistry Olympiad Chair   
Dr Mel Peterson Mr John Bonte   
chpeterson@augustana.edu (319) 244-7138
jbonte@eicc.edu  
 
National Chemistry Week Chair: Education/Grants and Awards Committee Chair: Public Relations Committee Chair:
Audra Sostarecz Position Vacant Mr Richard Kissack


(563) 243-4812
rkissack@mchsi.com
Kiser Scholarship Committee Chair: Audit Committee Chair: Webmaster:
Mr Richard Craddick Mr Richard Helms Mr Craig Willi
(563) 264-4394
Fax (563) 264-4367
Rich_Craddick@kentfeeds.com
(563) 264-4240
FAX (563) 264-4216
craigwilli@juno.com