The theme of the National ACS conference is prevalent now, more than ever. COVID-19 has presented challenges, however as scientists we look to investigate and overcome these challenges. As a student chapter the pillars, our pillars of scholarship, character, culture and service at Catawba College drive the chapter’s activities as we seek to create connections within the community. We strive to positively influence and involve as many students and community members as we can in the interest of promoting science and STEM education. With social distancing and masking still in place for most in person events we capitalized off of the go to meeting platform of zoom when needed and worked to create safe and effective ways to communicate science thorough community events and do it yourself (DIY) kits. Our initial goal for the academic year was to help administration inform our non-vaccinated student population of the science surrounding COVID-19, in addition to the vaccine. Our presenters for this event were Dr. Amanda Rushing (Catawba College Biology) and Dr. Agbebi Abayomi (Novant Health). We continued this forward momentum promoting science through professional development activities for our peers such as a recent graduate career panel, service (DIY kits and virtual science demonstrations) and chapter development (outdoor roller skating). Traditional chapter events such as silvering Cheerwine© bottles for prospective students and fundraising efforts (safe and contactless) that aid in student travel to the National ACS conference continued through the year. The student chapter of ACS at Catawba College looks forward to continuing our efforts on the revitalization of STEM in the community as the public school systems open back up to visitors in an effort to decrease the disparities of STEM education within our local community. In the meantime, we will spend our time bonding with our peers and sharing science with the greater Catawba College community.

Community, creativity and career: Bonding through chemistry

ACS Spring 2022

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.