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Origin of the ACSVC

Origin of the ACSVC. Summer 2011 Forwarded email from Dr. Eileen Perez about student chapters of the ACS Fall 2011 Dr. Diego Diaz agreed to be a co-advisor Investigation of student interest $500 Starter Grant for ACS Student Chapters at Two-Year Colleges

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Origin of the ACSVC

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  1. Origin of the ACSVC • Summer 2011 • Forwarded email from Dr. Eileen Perez about student chapters of the ACS • Fall 2011 • Dr. Diego Diaz agreed to be a co-advisor • Investigation of student interest • $500 Starter Grant for ACS Student Chapters at Two-Year Colleges • Wrote the constitution with ‘founding members’

  2. Student Interest Survey Results • What members wanted from the club: • Community service hours • Letters of recommendation • More knowledge/experience in science • Field trips • Guest speakers • Tutoring in chemistry • Internships/lab experience • Fun experiments • Scholarship help

  3. Business Meetings – 8 to 35 attendees

  4. Career Exploration Field Trip:Lake Nona Medical City • UCF College of Medicine • Talk by Robert Larkin, Director of Admissions • Tour of the classrooms, labs, and library • Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute • Vignettes from various researchers • Tour of the labs • 9 attendees

  5. Liquid Nitrogen Fundraiser

  6. ACSVC Challenges • Lack of direct access to students • Low participation from students • High turnover of members/officers • Lack of organization • Officers • ICC/student development

  7. ACSVC Successes • Recognition as official Valencia College club • 25 members • 8 events in spring 2012 • 3 business meetings: bringing in speakers from UCF and Siemens Energy, making slime • 3 recruitment events with Interclub Council: dry ice experiments, InChemistry magazines, etc. • career exploration field trip to Lake Nona Medical City • liquid nitrogen ice cream fundraiser • Recognition as official ACS chapter • Completion of ACS grant

  8. Check us out! Atlas Group: American Chemical Society Facebook: ACS Valencia Chapter www.acs.org/undergrad and click on “Student Chapters”

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