The Catawba College ACS chapter encourages and strives to include and connect with the students on campus, as well as the community, through improving the opinions of STEM. Our focus this year has been on revitalization of STEM in the community. To kick off the year, ACS teamed with our theatre department on their production of Radium Girls. The chapter provided a display on the chemistry behind the self-luminous “paint” that caused radiation poisoning to the female factory workers. We also successfully led a Mysteries in Science Day, funded by the ACS Community Interaction Grant, where we invited the local middle schools to come and participate in various experiments. These hands on demonstrations were led by our very own ACS members and experiments ranged from making their own bouncy balls to alka-rockets. Feedback was phenomenal, and we hope to be able to make this a yearly event. Catawba College ACS also strives to serve their immediate college community. The ACS students staff the newly erected science center. The center is staffed five nights a week by ACS members and provides assistance from general chemistry level to the upper division courses in chemistry, along with lower level biology courses. Traditional events of the chapter, such as silvering Cheerwine bottles on campus and in local schools, along with various fundraisers that aide the senior student’s travel to the National ACS conference still ensue and are a vital part of how we serve our community. As the year continues, we look forward to continuing our efforts to expanding our community’s knowledge and interest in Chemistry.

Solving mysteries through chemistry

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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