The Colorado State University-Pueblo chemistry club in recent years was dwindling in membership and activity until fall 2018 where resurgence has revived the club’s activity and growing membership from four to over thirty members. To date, the CSU-Pueblo Chemistry Club has provided community outreach activities, science related field trips, and networking opportunities for club members. Outreach activities include providing chemical demonstrations with mini-lectures to supplement local high school chemistry courses, sponsoring ACS Program-In-A-Box webinars, and interacting with other clubs on campus, such as our Biology Department’s Med-Sci Club. A recent “demo day” at East High School (Pueblo, CO) was very successful, and we were enthusiastically invited to come back soon. Our initial goal was to do one per month and to rotate among the local high schools. Field trips completed or planned include touring the historic Mollie Kathleen gold mine in Cripple Creek, CO and a trip to the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. Pueblo is a historic center of mining activity in southeastern Colorado with a rich history of lead, silver, and gold mining operations, thus providing ample opportunities for future outdoor events. Networking events have been focused on permitting club members to see chemistry in action and learn about potential employment opportunities and the requisite skills and education. Tours of the local wastewater treatment plant, an engineering company, a lab in Denver, and a nearby cement plant have been completed or planned. Our club members are academic leaders in their classes and inspire future scientists while walking their path to be a professional in a lab coat.

Ramping it up

2019 Spring National Meeting

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