Meeting Minutes 2-20-19

Upcoming Events

Networking with Dr. Sherpa

We will have a networking event with a professor at the University of Alberta who studies Stimuli-Responsive Polymer-Based Sensors, Muscles, and Drug Delivery Platforms.

Location: UCF, PSB 248

Date: February 25th, 9:30am - 10:30am

Program-In-A-Box

Learn about the evolution of the periodic table with ACS members from across the nation! Snacks and prizes will be available to participants

Location: UCF, room 248

Date: February 28, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Science Live

Science experiments and fun for adults! Must be over 21 to participate.

Location: Orlando Science Center

Date: March 2nd, 8:00pm - 11:30pm

STEM Day

We need volunteers for 30min shifts throughout the day, to demonstrate dry ice and slime for middle schoolers

Location: PSB Atrium

Date: March 29th, 9:45am - 2:15pm

Walk MS Orlando

Join us to help support research in multiple sclerosis.

Location: Harbor Park in Baldwin Park

Date: March 30th, 7:00am - 12:00pm

ACS Conference Open House

Help promote the UCF chemistry department during the ACS national conference. Escort visitors between the conference and PSB, or direct visitors around PSB for lab tours. This is a great opportunity to network!

Location: UCF Physical Sciences Building

Date: March 31st, 1:40pm - 5:00pm

Ongoing Events

Bonding With Bithlo

Teach the students of Bithlo science with fun interactive experiments! Email akemizv@knights.ucf.edu to sign up

Date: Every other Thursday, 9:00am - 11:00am

Carpool: Meet in front of PSB 160 at 8:20am

Dr. Dare's Lab

Supervise experiments at the Orlando Science Center once a month. Email longsam1221@knights.ucf.edu to sign up

Date: March 9

T-Shirts

T-Shirts are now in! If you reserved one, can buy online at acsatucf.com or before meetings, $15, cash or card, You must be at meetings to pick up if you purchased online. There are extras in every size in case you didn’t reserve one, you can buy them at the meetings. If you have any questions, or need to pick up at a different time, email acsucf.treasurer@gmail.com

Member-Get-A-Member

If you are not already a member of National ACS, and you want to become one, contact acsucf.president@gmail.com for a sign-up link. When you sign up, you’ll get:

- An element anniversary mugs after every year of membership!

- The ability to add “National ACS Member” to your resume

- Access to ACS publications

- You’re automatically qualified to go to the National Conference in Orlando!

- A cool periodic table blanket

Tutoring

We are looking for tutors who are willing to tutor Chemistry, Biology, Physics, or Math. The price is $20 per hour to be tutored, with $10 per hour going to the tutor and the other $10 going to the club.

Next Week's Event

Next week we will have a speaker at our meeting. Eve from Aromatech is coming to give a presentation on scent and flavor synthesis, and chemistry in the industry.