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| Chair Luis Colon UB @ Buffalo 645-6800 ext. 2143 lacolon@buffalo.edu |
Chair-Elect Mary McCourt Niagara University 286-8257 |
| Vice-Chair Curt Mancuso Life Technologies 774-6618 cmancuso@lifetech.com |
Acting Secretary Mary O'Sullivan Canisius College 888-2352 osulliv1@canisius.edu |
| Treasurer Andrew Poss Allied-Signal 827-6268 |
Double Bond Staff:
Editor and Publisher Business Manager Joanna Christopher West Valley Nuclear Services ZoeWolf@Whitesparrow.com |
| Assistant Editor Patty Shelley Canisius College 888-2341 FAX 888-3112 shelleyp@canisius.edu |
| Topic: | “The Brewing Process at Empire Brewing” |
| Speaker: | Head Brewmaster Steve Schmitt |
| Date: | Tuesday, December 12, 2000 |
| Place: | Empire Brewing Company Theatre District, 623 Main St, Downtown Buffalo |
| Fellowship: | 6:30 PM Cash Bar |
| Dinner: | 7:00 PM 3 meal choices @ a cost of $16.00 per person (1)
Thai-Pork Tenderloin; marinated & wood (2) Grilled BBQ Salmon; with southwestern (3) Grilled Chimichanga Vegetarian; Mexican- |
| Talk: | Lecture and beer tasting at 8:30 |
| Reservations: | Patty at 888-2340 by Friday, December 8, 2000 |
Another year is coming to an end and we have survived the Y2K and the recounts! With the end of the year, my term as chair of the WNY-ACS section also comes to an end. It has been a year of challenge, since I was learning the job as I was going along. However, the collective effort of the Executive Committee indeed made things easier. The many activities of our section are possible because of the team effort of the Executive Committee members, giving their voluntary time to make each activity possible! Our section is active because of the volunteering time of these individuals. Several activities of the section have been recognized with ACS Awards (see October issue of Double Bond). I do want to thank all the members of the committee for their devoted support and time to our section. In particular, I want to acknowledge the work of Joanna Christopher (Editor) and Patty Shelly (Assistant Editor) for their excellent job in maintaining our newsletter – Double Bond – keeping us all informed!
Another year will begin, with new challenges and goals, and we look forward to it! I want to encourage all our section members to continue supporting the section activities in the coming year. If you have any suggestion, comments, or would like to volunteer to work in one of our standing committees, please contact one of the officers (listed in the Double Bond). At this point, I just want to say, thank you for the opportunity and wish you all prosperity in the New Year. Enjoy the holidays!
Chair Luis Colon
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Time: Fellowship & Cash Bar 5:30 PM
Dinner 6:00 PM
Talk: 7:00 PM
Place: Eagle House Restaurant
More details will follow in the December and January issues.
The October 30th issue of Chemical and Engineering News contains an invitation from the ACS 125th Anniversary Honorary Committee and ACS President-Elect Attila Pavlath to all members to contribute a slogan suggestion for the 125th anniversary next year. ChemCenter has posted a similar announcement at http://www.acs.org/125anniversary/. The winner will be invited to attend the national meeting in San Diego, April 2001, as a guest of the Society.
Other anniversary-related activities will be posted at this site, so the link could remain (at your discretion) until December 31, 2001.
October 30 Announcement of solicitation
November 30 Deadline for submission of suggestions to
Anniversary Office
Frank E. Walworth
Special Assistant, 125th Anniversary
Office of the Secretary
American Chemical Society
1155 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (800)227-5558, ext. 6070
Fax: (202)872-6338
E-mail: 125@acs.org
http://www.acs.org/125anniversary
If you would be interested in serving as a co-chairman of the
Senior Chemists please contact
Dr. Joseph F. Bieron @ 888-2357
Contact Patty at Canisius College
716-888-2340 or via email at shelleyp@canisius.edu
If you are planning to attend, you must call Karen Arnold @ 884-5894 to reserve your spot.
Through a training session held by the national ACS in late April, our local section has gained some resources regarding career beginnings (for our recent graduates), career development, and career transition. National ACS has provided us with literature on resume building, targeting the job market, and interviewing, as well as several web sites which frequently post scientific employment opportunities. They also have developed several programs which could be of interest to our section, including:
• Employment Outlook, Marketability, and Job Security
• Nine Steps for Career Success
• Strategies for Job & Career Transitioning
• Employment in Small Chemical Companies
• Global Employment
• Employment for Foreign-Born Chemists
• Electronic Job Searching
• “Tell it Well” and “Write it Well”,
two seminars on
effective technical communication
If you have interest in any of the above mentioned literature please contact me. Also, if you have suggestions regarding the type of programming that you would find beneficial, please let me know! We would like to provide programs that are helpful and informative to our members.
Kim Reynolds e-mail: kjr@acsu.buffa1o.edu
or contact Patty at Canisius, phone: 888-2340 or e-mail shelleyp@canisius.edu
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January 1, 2001 February 1, 2001 March 1, 2001 April 1, 2001 May 1, 2001 June 29, 2001 |
Nominations are now open for the 2001 Schoellkopf Award. The Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal was established in 1930 in honor of Jacob F. Schoellkopf, Sr., a pioneer in the founding of the chemical industry on the Niagara Frontier and a distinguished public-spirited citizen. Its purpose is to encourage and recognize the spirit of research and industry.
The award may be presented to a person who has made a discovery pertaining to chemistry or who has invented a plan, process or device useful, valuable or significant to the theory or practice of chemistry and/or who has rendered distinguished service to the Western New York Section.
The Award Jury makes its choice from nominations submitted by industries within the limit of the Section, and by members, in good standing, of the American Chemical Society in the Section. Nominators should submit an outline of the work of their candidate in as much detail as permissible. The jury is empowered by the bylaws of the Section to cooperate with an industrial concern in keeping confidential the basic work for which an award may be made, providing the management of the industrial concern furnished the jury sufficient evidence upon which to base its selection.
Nominations for the 2001 Award should be submitted in writing, no later than January 15, 2001 to:
Mary O'Sullivan
Chemistry Dept.
Canisius College
2001 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14208
Members of the 2000-2001 Schoellkopf Award Selection Committee are: Mary Schreiner, Mariusz Kozik, Troy Wood, Luis Colon, and Mary McCourt
Are you thinking about a career transition? Are you a recent graduate unsure about your future? Do you need to represent yourself with a resume that is updated? eye-catching? web-ready? Do you want inside track information on how to land the right job for you? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, mark Saturday, February 3rd on your calendar now! WNY ACS is pleased to announce our annual Career Counseling Workshop, a program designed to give you up-to-date information on how to maximize the success of your employment search. In the morning workshop session, ACS Career Consultant Ray O'Donnell will be presenting techniques and tips on how to target the job market, build a resume that best highlights your skills and experiences, and interview with confidence. Afternoon activities include one-on-one resume reviews, and an opportunity to hear a panel of corporate representatives speak on how employers hire chemical professionals. If you are interested in new employment at any stage of your career, this is a workshop you won't want to miss.
Date: February 3, 2001
Time: 9:00 AM
Cost: Workshop - FREE
(Optional) Lunch - $3.00
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Patents and Related Matters (CP&RM) invites you to make suggestions to the Committee on possible candidates for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The inventor is not required to be a U.S. citizen, but the invention upon which the nomination is based must be covered by a U.S. patent. The Invention must have contributed greatly to the national welfare and significantly promoted progress in science and the useful arts. Nomination documents are available at http://www.invent.org.
CP&RM also prepares ACS nominations for the National Medal of Technology. Administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Medal of Technology is awarded to U.S. owned companies and U.S. citizens for innovation and the advancement of the nation's global competitiveness through the commercialization of technology, the creation of jobs, or improved productivity. Information about the criteria and nomination forms for the Medal are available at http://www.ta.doc.gov/Medal. If you would like to make a recommendation for consideration as an ACS nominee for these prestigious awards, please forward nomination materials the CP&RM staff liaison, Debbie Fillinich, American Chemical Society, 155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20038, call 202-872-4476, or email d_fillinich@acs.org. Nominations are due on March 1.
Canisius College Press
Phone: 716-888-3254
FAX: 716-888-3112
E-Mail bieron@canisius.edu
Website: www.canisius.edu/historyproject
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