At Central Michigan University the American Chemical Society Student Members constantly search for innovative ways to get students engaged and get them visiting places outside of the university.  Part of this is necessity as we are located in a predominantly college town (pop. ~25,000) that nearly doubles when the approximately 20,000 students return for the year.  Traditional chemical industry is one of our target visits and for variety, 2+ hours away there is a second major chemical company site.  But when one thinks about where chemist's use their talents, a lot more options open up, what about food processing, beverage industry, automotive, and even agriculture?  Presented here will be the logistics of planning a field trip, ideas to budget (finance) the trip, incorporating network time, and some recent trip examples.  Additionally, we have some assessment data from students that participated in recent trips and how it has made an impact on their perspective of a �chemist�.

Getting student members to travel, doing more then ACS National meeting

247th National Meeting (2014)

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