The Northern Kentucky University Chapter of the American Chemical Society (NKU SAACS) has high ambitions to continue to excel in fostering a community between students and faculty within the Department of Chemistry, to help educate the basics of chemistry to children in the local counties, and to provide guidance for students throughout the school year.  NKU SAACS is an accomplished chapter located in Northern Kentucky that has been very active. The student led organization has a diverse selection of students, ranging from incoming freshmen to graduating seniors, and many are a part of undergraduate research within the department. The chapter has experienced a large increase in membership compared to previous years, and is eager to see the development of the organization as a whole.  We have held several fundraising events such as selling goggles, t-shirts and the crowd pleaser “Pie in the Face” where the ability to pie several faculty and graduating seniors is auctioned off.  In order to spread chemistry to the community, we held a very successful open house where children of all ages along with their families participated in demos run by student volunteers.  For NCW, a group of volunteer students and faculty planned several demonstrations in conjunction with this year’s theme, including “Tie-dye milk”. The volunteers then traveled to local libraries and performed these experiments for children, in order to help raise enthusiasm for science.  NKU SAACS also helped the community by participating in highway cleanups around the local area. One of our most well attended events is the seminar series we have each semester.  NKU SAACS invites outside speakers from other colleges and companies to come to the university and present on their research as well as recruit. Lastly, the chapter holds several potlucks a semester for students and faculty to socialize and learn about SAACS.

NKU SAACS: Where sometimes H3C-CH2OH(aq) is the solution

251st National Meeting (2016)

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