The UCF student chapter provides as many programs as possible to foster members' personal and professional development. Through outreach within the community, the chapter is able to form partnerships with community leaders who advise members on how to succeed during and after college. This chapter is very keen on service to its members by hosting workshops for success and socials to provide a more communitarian atmosphere. Lastly, this chapter has significantly increased activity related to green chemistry and, as a result, has been named a green chemistry chapter by National ACS. This chapter has hosted green activities in most of their events in the hopes of creating a more eco friendly chemistry environment by stressing the importance of reducing waste and increasing recyclability. Outreach to the university has become an important part of what this chapter does. This chapter has dramatically increased in active member size mostly in part to its enthusiastic members' constant presence in university outreach opportunities. This year the chapter launched a student tutoring service for the university in which ACS members assist students who struggle in STEM courses. During each day of National Chemistry Week the chapter runs activities, which creatively apply chemistry while engaging with students of the university. For example, this chapter creates a Periodic Table of Cupcakes to receive monetary donations as well as teaching students about the periodic table and the elements. Lastly, this chapter is heavily involved in the community. Outreach to the community involves partnering with nearby ACS chapters including student chapters and the Orlando chapter. The Orlando Science Center is this chapter’s largest outreach venue where members are able to teach individuals of all ages from all over the world about chemistry through hands-on experiments. This chapter provides many services to the community. Most recently, it has developed a program, Bonding with Bithlo, through which ACS student members provide a place for youth in a struggling city to succeed academically. This program is helping at-risk youth to achieve, and it lifts the morale of the whole community. Finally, this chapter provides chemistry awareness through each service opportunity namely Earth Day, where this chapter, along with members of neighboring student chapters and the Orlando Section, teach the people of Orlando about chemistry through experiments, games, and pamphlets to take home.

University of Central Florida's student chapter of the American Chemical Society

249th National Meeting (2015)

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