The University of Central Oklahoma’s (UCO) Chemistry Club provides opportunities for students to develop leadership skills, holds monthly meetings, and helps students socialize with peers. In the spring of 2018, we collaborated with Upward Bound and GearUp to teach chemistry lab practices to primary and secondary school students from underserved schools. We invited college students to attend the ACS Program-in-a-Box event on the opioid crisis. This fall, we will host the next livestream event, “Chemistry is Out of This World”. Multiple hands-on activities have been offered, such as an E-factor green chemistry experiment, Valentine’s Day cards made from goldenrod paper, and Harry Potter-themed chemistry demonstrations. Speakers came to club meetings to discuss career and research opportunities available to students. Chemistry undergraduates have socialized and studied together at our Chemistry Café events held at the end of each semester. Freshman chemistry majors were welcomed by our officers at the student involvement fair and back-to-school bash events. Awareness of our club was raised through social media, flyer drops in classes, and UCO Chemistry Club T-shirt sales.

Chemistry is central at UCO: Successful student chapter activities

2019 Spring National Meeting

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