Meeting Minutes 3-6-19
Upcoming Events
Orlando Union Rescue Mission
We will be volunteering at a homeless shelter and soup kitchen.
Contact: acsucf.events@gmail.com
Location: 3300 W Colonial Dr
Date: March 23rd, 9:00am - 11:00am
Carpool: Meet in front of PSB at 8:15am
Guest Speaker: Dylan Weitzman
The co-founder and chief research officer of ThorORE is coming to present at ACS. He developed a nano-filtration process for the simultaneous, atomic-level extraction of precious metals and rare earth elements from the waste streams of mining operations
Location: UCF PSB 160
Date: March 27th, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
STEM Day
We need volunteers for 30min shifts throughout the day, to demonstrate dry ice and slime for middle schoolers
Contact: crobert18@knights.ucf.edu
Location: PSB Atrium
Date: March 29th, 9:45am - 2:15pm
Science Olympiad
Help judge the students submissions for the Science Olympiad. This is a full day of volunteering, and food will be provided for the judges. Sign up through https://goo.gl/forms/jh7Wc59N0J8qBWuI2
Contact: acsucf.events@gmail.com
Location: UCF CREOL Building
Date: March 30th, all day
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
Ice Cream Social
Join us for fun, frozen-nitrogen ice cream and community building!
Location: 4498 N Alafaya Trail suite 330
Date: April 11th, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ongoing Events
Bonding With Bithlo
Teach the students of Bithlo science with fun interactive experiments!
Contact: akemizv@knights.ucf.edu
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.
Contact: longsam1221@knights.ucf.edu
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 be starting our e-board nomination process! If any one is interested in becoming an officer next year, be sure to attend the meeting!