Since its inception, community outreach has been an integral part of the American Chemical Society Student Chapter of Idaho State University, the ISU Chemistry Club. The student chapter has continuously strived to promote the public’s perceptions and understanding of chemical sciences through community outreach programs and public science literacy campaigns. These activities enriched the education of chemistry students through peer interaction and simultaneously provided ISU students with a broader understanding of chemistry concepts. Additionally, the student chapter has further encouraged the formation of lasting friendships and connections with both peers and mentors through various extracurricular activities such as rafting, trail races, skiing trips, and building mentorship connections for student research. The club is highly integrated into the student body at ISU, as many of its members have held positions in the ISU senate. Over the last year, ISU Chem Club had tremendous success in its endeavors.<br/><br/>The student chapter has continuously traveled to elementary schools to perform fun, educational, and entertaining demonstrations of the chemical sciences which seamlessly incorporated the ACS theme, forensics in chemistry. Moreover, the club has annually performed a National Chemistry Week Chemistry Magic Shows which are free to the public and has average annual attendance of 350 people. The student chapter further plans to promote science education by providing free summer chemistry camps for children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds and children from Pocatello’s free summer lunch program. Moreover, the chapter plans to promote education in youth by conducting an educational toy drive. The chapter will continue to volunteer annually at the Pocatello Environmental Fair.

American Chemical Society Student Chapter of Idaho State University

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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