ChemLine 
Todd Miller 563-659-2394 (PH) A publication of
Secretary 563-593-3970 (CELL) The Illinois-Iowa Section of
August 2001 The American Chemical Society
For the latest information about upcoming events, visit our
website at http://membership.acs.org/I/ILIA/
Special Summertime Edition
ILLINOIS-IOWA
SECTION NOMINATED FOR TWO CHEMLUMINARY AWARDS
The IL-IA Section is in the running for two ChemLuminary awards. We are one of four small sections to be nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Local Section in the Small Size Category" by the Committee on Local Section Activities. We also have the honor of being one of four sections across all size categories to be nominated for the "Outstanding Kids and Chemistry Program" award by the Society Committee on Education. Winners will be announced August 28 at a ceremony at the ACS National Meeting in Chicago. Details about the ChemLuminary awards are on the Web at http://www.acs.org/localsections/chemluminary.html#
CONGRATULATIONS to all section members who helped us achieve these nominations!
For more information on what we did this past year to be nominated for these awards, see the 2000 annual report on the web. Go to http://membership.acs.org/I/ILIA/ and click on the Annual Report link. Be sure to check out the photos in Part II, Appendix 3 - you may see yourself!
Fall 2001 Meeting Schedule
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Date |
Location |
Program |
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Wednesday, September 12 |
GPC in Muscatine, IA |
Tour speaker, Dr. Richard Honeycutt; "The Academic Industrial Matrix (AIM)--An Example of Local Cooperation Between Industry and Academia" |
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Tuesday, October 16 |
Augustana College in Rock Island, IL |
Tour speaker, Dr. Irmgard Howard, "People are Chemicals, Too - A Biochemist's Approach to the Public's Fear of Chemicals" |
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Week of November 12-16 |
Monastery at Peosta, IA (near Dubuque) |
"Organic Farming Methods" |
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Wednesday, December 12 |
Augustana College in Rock Island, IL |
Awards Banquet and 125th ACS Anniversary Celebration |
SPONSOR A COLLEGE
STUDENT PROJECT - SEPTEMBER
MEETING: We are once again kicking off the academic year
by extending a special welcome to college chemistry/science students at the
Wednesday, September 12 meeting at Kent/GPC in Muscatine. Additionally, we would like to match up
individual students with ACS members in order to encourage one-on-one
conversations during the social hour and dinner. In order to be a success, this event needs participation by
ALL ACS members:
1. As
a local section member, volunteer to sponsor a college student for the
September meeting. Your part is to
pay the meal cost of one student - or ask your employer to pay the cost - and
spend the social and dinner time visiting with the student you are matched
with. Whether your are currently
employed, retired, or between jobs, you have much to offer to a student
planning a science-based career.
Additionally, after this brief mentoring experience you will likely find
that you too have gained a lot.
Just listening to what a student has to say can be an enlightening
experience! Please take part by
signing up when you make your dinner reservation. Faculty members wishing to participate as a mentor will be
matched with a student from another institution. If you need a letter for your employer describing this event
for reimbursement purposes, contact Lisa Fields (319-264-6039,
lmfields@muscanet.com).
2. As
a college faculty or staff member, encourage your students to attend the
September meeting. Consider
arranging for car-pooling or even tying an assignment to meeting
attendance. When signing up for
the September meeting, please provide Rich Craddick with the names of students
who would like to be paired up with an ACS member. We will do the best we can to make as many matches as
possible. Students will be
assigned sponsors on a first-come first-served basis. Students without sponsors are welcome but will have to pay
their own meal costs.
Deadlines and other details will be in the September newsletter.
The NEW ChemKid Program: ChemKid is a childcare
program for IL-IA section members coordinated through chem. clubs at colleges
hosting the monthly section meeting.
The program is designed to
give parents a "night-out" with ACS. Volunteers from these student groups look after school age
(1st - 8th grades) children of ACS members who attend the
monthly meeting. Look for the
October meeting announcement to sign up for ChemKid at the October meeting at
Augustana College.
National Chemistry Week (November 4-10): Get ready for NCW 2001! Again the IL-IA section will be funding NCW events. Get your proposal and request to NCW chairperson, Dr. John Bonte (jbonte@eiccd.cc.ia.us), by October 1, 2001.
Nominate a TOY or POY: Nominations
are now being accepted for the Illinois-Iowa Section "High School Teacher
of the Year" (TOY) and "Promoter of the Year" (POY) awards. The
TOY award is presented to an active high school chemistry teacher that has had
a major impact on both students and chemical education within the Illinois-Iowa
Section area. The winner of the Section award will become eligible for Regional
and National awards. The POY
award is given to a person or institution, not currently employed or directly
involved in professional education, that has made significant efforts in the
promotion of chemistry to the general public, either within the region or at
the state or national level. TOY
nominees will be sent an application form that will request the information
needed by the committee (and by Regional and National ACS) as the basis for
this award. POY nominations should include achievements and supporting letters
as well as other information on which to base the award. **All nominations are due to the
Section Education Chair, Dr. Sally Rigeman (srigeman@netexpress.net) on or
before October 1, 2001.
It's official!: The National ACS has approved our affiliation with the Quad Cities Engineering and Science Council.
Get Involved! We are currently in need of a Quad Cities Engineering and Science Council representative. Your responsibilities would be to attend monthly meetings of the QCESC and be a liaison between the IL-IA ACS and the QCESC. Pad your resume by becoming a Great Lakes Regional Meeting (GLRM) Steering Committee representative. Your responsibilities would involve attending the GLRM planning meeting once per year during the GLRM. Also keep in mind that each fall we are in search of a new chair-elect and take nominations for secretary and treasurer.
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