The Ouachita Baptist University student chapter boasts a successful 2010-2011 school year. A total of 13 student members with an additional 22 chapter members participated in ACS events. A major goal of our chapter is sparking interest in chemistry in the minds of primary school children with hopes that continued exposure will result in more awareness and interest in the impact of chemistry in daily lives as they mature. We expanded our community service to involve activities such as collaboration with the Arkansas Museum of Discovery in Little Rock, and we participated in chapter-building activities such as our intramural sports team the �Bunsen burners.� The intramural teams, in particular, though not explicitly chemical, provided an avenue for participation in ACS for students who would not have otherwise done so. We also celebrated National Chemistry Week, helped to draw interest at the majors fair, and participated in school-orchestrated community service.

Bunsen burners: Sparking interest in chemistry

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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